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You can’t spell “rumba” without rum.
How did Sach O get home last night? Bass. How low can you go? Plenty low apparently because after two continuous nights of getting my chest caved in by pounding sub-frequencies while imbibing a pirate’s share of rum, I can assuredly say I need a slight reprieve from Dubstep and its ...
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Planet Rock: The Galactic Dubstep of 12th Planet
Thanks to some bulgogi-bloating Korean BBQ on Wednesday night, I missed sets from 12th Planet and Mary Anne Hobbs at the Scion House Party at The Roxy. Such are the consequences of $16.99 all-you-can-eat dinners. Thankfully, the Fullerton Dubstep don dropped a blistering mix on ...
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XLR8R: Nosaj Thing Podcast
Photo by Christopher Soltis Give XLR8R credit. While the economic crash has turned most print mags into skeletal shells (shills?) of their former self or has found them unable to find an Internet niche, the San Francisco-based dance publication has survived with its integrity intact. ...
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Revenge of the Robot
My post about Robot Koch’s excellent Death Star Droid a few weeks ago drew deafening silence, save for Doc Zeus agreeing with me about how pitiful it was for Koch to switch their name to E1. Fair enough. Now the estimable Berlin-born android is passing out another pair of ...
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Sach O leaves his House: Komodo Dubz & Sukh Knight
Montreal Dubstep ambassador Komodo knows how to have a good time. The promoter and host of the city’s best bass music night, Komodo Dubs, is an infectious whirlwind of energy behind the decks–bouncing, swaying and generally acting like a one man cheerleader for Croydon’s musical ...
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Forge Your Own Chains: Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974
A while back in the comment section, some semi-anonymous seer inveighed against my admiration for what Stones Throw is doing. I don’t get it. Unlike most of the now mostly moribund labels of the indie-rap boom, they’ve managed to keep quality control high, output steady, and ...
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Sach O: Guido-”Beautiful Complications”
The label says “featuring Aarya,” but you’d be forgiven for mistaking the digitized vocalist on Guido’s newest A-side “Beautiful Complication” for yet another sheet of synths layered into the mix. Taking Autotune&B to its logical conclusion, the Bristol Wunderkind’s ...
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The Label’s Trying to Kill Me: Wale, Freddie Gibbs, Pill, Poochie, and Other Totally Outrageous Paradigms (Part II)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWMtdFSR_0 Lost last week in the 45-post a day, ad impression shuffle was the video for Freddie Gibbs and Pill’s “Womb 2 the Tomb,” an instant-classic from Freddie Gibbs’ instant-classic mixtape,  ...
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The Next Spot: Lil Wayne-”The Carter II”
Many moons ago, there was this. Then there was this . Now Jonathan Bradley looks back at what many believe is the best Lil Wayne album. As Cheech Marin said upon witnessing the rising of the Titanic in in Ghostbusters II: better late than never. At the bottom of the bayou, rising up ...
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Low End Theory Podcast IX: Daddy Kev and Dibiase
So quoth the Million Dollar Man: everybody has their price. Thankfully, this is free. Download: MP3: Low End Theory Podcast IX: Daddy Kev and Dibiase
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Cooling Out With King Midas Sound
I’d been meaning to write something on the very solid King Midas Sound collaboration between singer/poet Roger Robinson and British dubstep deacon Kevin Martin, or as he is more popularly known around these parts, The Bug . However, the ever-dependable Nate Patrin does my homework ...
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DJ/rupture & Matt Shadetek–”Solar Life Raft Medley”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi04onuYQS0 A gorgeous respite from the forgettable SO WEIRD IT MUST BE BRILLIANT slop that passes for most contemporary videos. Sorry buzz bands, I do not want to see your limp satire on “Twilight,” or you riding a llama and drinking soy milk, ...
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Dibiase’s Million Dollar Beats
If Dibiase does not win the title of best beatmaker in Los Angeles, he will buy it from a thespian giant named Andre who may or may not hail from Grenoble France. As this is a tough belt to win, I hope he is saving his diamonds and gold bullion. Unlike the Million Dollar Man, the ...
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Live from Brainfeeder Sessions: The Gaslamp Killer, Jogger, and Jeremy Ellis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmkxhEzwjs Footage from last Sunday’s cerebellum-crushing Brainfeeder sessions for those that slept, or unluckily live outside the Southern California region. Credit the last half of that sentence as testament to the Brainfeeder, Alpha Pup, and Low ...
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Sky-Hooked: Karriem Riggins on Benji B
Boycotting American radio might be the wisest decision. Satellite was supposed to be the great equalizer, but despite the promise of Bob Dylan waxing philosophical about catfish, I’m not willing to fork over $20 a month to hear Martha Stewart, Nascar and Oprah boosting Precious . And ...
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The Label’s Trying to Kill Me: Wale, Freddie Gibbs, Pill, Poochie, and Totally Outrageous Paradigms (Part I)
The Label’s Trying to Kill Me: Wale, Freddie Gibbs, Pill, Poochie, and Totally Outrageous ...
passionweiss.com — Bart: Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain? Comic Book Guy: As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me. Bart: What? They’re giving you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they ... The Label’s Trying to Kill Me: Wale, Freddie Gibbs, ...
Breaking Through: Nosaj Thing
After years of blogging, you’d think I’d learn my lesson and not invoke grandiose posts that traffic, migraines, and malingering conspire to prevent me from writing. But despite the linguistic similarity to my surname, I am not wise. So perhaps something on Attention Deficit ...
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Question in the Form of An Answer: Wale
Question in the Form of An Answer: Wale
passionweiss.com — Parts of this interview originally appeared in my Pop and Hiss article on Wale . More on Attention Deficit tomorrow, maybe. So judging from the title of Attention Deficit , its wide-ranging sound, and interviews that you’ve given, ... Question in the Form of An Answer: Wale
Book Review: Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar
Robert Charette, the author of this review, is a senior at Penn St. University. For an assignment in his Literature Public Sphere class, he was told to review a book and have it published somewhere “where someone decides whether or not something or not is published.” For ...
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Teebs and 2:00 a.m. Wine
2:00 a.m. wine is a risky endeavor. On the proper occasion, it can be wise, if not essential to ease social awkwardness, set the mood, or just get your mind right. However, should things not go your way, it can be the recipe to a sledgehammer headache worthy of Peter Gabriel (no shock ...
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