Tag: Music
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week’s playlist comes from the synth punks Holograms, who curated a list heavy on Swedish compatriots like Makthaverskan, Skriet, and Idde Schultz, peppered with a generous helping of American chillwave via Memory […]
In his new book, NaS Lost: A Tribute to The Little Homey, veteran rap blogger Byron Crawford takes aim at everyone, whether it’s comparing Chief Keef to “sellout-era Liz Phair,” devoting an entire chapter to the cultural critic dream hampton, or expounding on the merits of Gin Blossoms’ New Miserable Experience. Through everything (and I really mean everything– […]
Vancouver, B.C., Canada’s greatest interviewer catches up with super-producer/TNGHT member/Kanye collaborator Hudson Mohawke for his latest piece. As always, Nardwuar has a bevy of relevant gifts for his subject, including, awesomely, a 45 of the “Stalag 17,” and the Paid in Full soundtrack LP. Plus, HudMo says “shit” a lot. […]
Last week, Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap hit number 63 on Billboard’s Hip-Hop/R&B albums chart. Now, Acid Rap is very, very good, and Chance deserves every bit of the success and recognition he’s seen since its release. But something about this particular honor is fishy: Acid Rap is a free download; it shouldn’t be charting at all. Someone appears to be […]
You clicked the headline, so you already know what you’re in for. Here’s a beautifully produced video of a few very old white people reciting the lyrics to A$AP Rocky’s “Houston Old Head.” It is very funny, especially when you get to “pimpin’ bitches since lemon shrimp lo mein.” These people are actually very compelling […]
King Krule is offering a preview of his new album 6 Feet Beneath the Moon in a distinctly London, distinctly 2013 manner: streaming it on an endless loop online, accompanied by a livestream from a few of the many, many surveillance cameras throughout the UK capital city. It’s a little creepy, but perfectly of a piece […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week’s “Listen In” comes from Brooklyn’s own Grooms, whose own music pairs ’90s shabby romanticism and energy with propulsive arrangements and crystal-clear production. For their playlist, the’ve compiled a genre-hopping mix that […]
Rap mixtapes have roots in 1990s DJ mixes, but took shape in their modern form the early 2000s, with The Diplomats and G-Unit remixing popular songs of the day and putting out tapes for self-promotion. The increased popularity of the format through the decade raised the expectations of these free promotional projects, putting them in […]
Here’s The Birdman, a 10-minute documentary on the proprietor of Rainbow Music, a shop stocked with LPs, CDs, cassettes and VHS tapes at the corner of First Avenue and St. Mark’s Place. If you’ve spent any time in the East Village you’ve likely walked by; whether you’ve been inside or not largely depends on your patience for Hoarders levels […]
Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. This week we’re looking at Yellowman’s “Zungguzungguguzungguzeng,” a stone-cold classic dancehall tune that spawned a thousand sing-songy hip hop hooks, as well as the beats for Black Star’s […]
