Rising artist MNDR describes herself as a “mega gear nerd” who aspires to not make albums but make every song “a number one hit.” Her declaration seems overly pompous, but catch her live, and you’ll realize she seriously does have the attitude to possibly make the dream a reality. The Bay area electronic artist played [...]
Monster Rally’s latest, bright looped out production once again takes you to your own 1960s pool party. Enjoy some daquiries, toss around the beach ball, and show some skin during the two minute “Color Sky.”
There is some music made for the earliest of mornings, and some songs that just sound better with a cup of coffee. When it comes to “Morning Song” by the 5 piece Washington D.C. band Le Loup- well the name sort of says it all. The banjo riff has all of it’s beauty in it’s [...]
I remember the first time I went on Google Maps towards the end of high school. Like everyone else, the first address I plugged in was my own. Since then, if I were to ever use Google Street View for the hell of it (which I did), the only address I’d care to use was [...]
For our third mixtape, QuitMumbling takes you on a little educational journey, back in time and out East. Sum City Sum Where is a compilation of some of our favorite recordings that defined the New York City underground from the late 60′s through the 70′s. The mix is not organized chronologically, but you’ll be hearing [...]
We went out last night in Silverlake. At the end of the night, the gunman said, “Give me everything you got.” We’re out a cloth wallet, a Droid cell phone, 12 dollars cash, and a garage clicker. Fuck it.
If Kanye treats us to a new track this good every Friday, the start of the weekend will be infinitely better until he stops. Jay-Z, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, and Nicki Minaj all bring out their most intense personalities for “Monster,” one of Kanye’s heaviest productions yet.
RJD2′s debut Dead Ringer became an instant classic for plenty of hip hop and electronic music fans alike. Unfortunately, his follow up Since We Last Spoke was dismissed by several. Whatever the reasons are, I disagree with them. Here’s “Through The Walls” featuring The Cars’ Ric Ocasek for your Friday.
Today, Jason handed me the Sam Cooke SAR Records Story box set. From 1959-1965, Cooke ran his own gospel record company, SAR. It would give way to several standouts, including Billy Preston, Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers, and Bobby Womack with the Valentinos. The Cooke lead Soul Stirrers are also featured on the compilation [...]
