This isn't a drastically belated post about the Beautiful Losers exhibit. It's not even a post about the book (which I hope to death you all have, because it is amazing -- amazing); this post is about the film documentary,…
Continue Reading →Our heads have been bobbing all morning to the new Jose Gonzalez album, In Our Nature. No, it's not available yet (slated for a September 25 Release), and yes, we're naughty boys for listening to leaked music -- but I…
Continue Reading →My friends sometimes describe me as an obsessive type when it comes to things I really like, but I don't always see it as a bad thing -- more often than not, it works out to someone else's advantage. For…
Continue Reading →For anyone still insisting rap is dead, you may want to send Del tha Funkee Homosapien the memo. The rapper has been slinging rhymes for 16 years, starting out as part of his cousin Ice Cube's background band and later…
Continue Reading →Legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock is kicking off the opening of the 2nd Annual Hip-Hop Show in Sao Paulo with a DJ show tonight at the Pompeia location of SESC for only 10 bucks. SESC's a network of public cultural/rec…
Continue Reading →Oh lovely; I adore writing about music festivals that I won't be attending. At least Camp Bisco 6 looks like it will feature primarily electronica -- a fact that will make both my future absence less painful (not really my…
Continue Reading →A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers! Feist! Jim James of My Morning Jacket! Sarah Vowel! Demetri Martin! I like these people! I like their musical and comedic styling! They're all going to be on one stage! The stage of the…
Continue Reading →Josh thought it imperative that he call and tell me that he saw Sia's new video just now which -- in addition to accompanying the standard incredibleness that is anything she creates -- is flat-out WEIRD in that "OMG, this…
Continue Reading →Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are hosting two days each of the country's first-ever Indie Rock Festival (July 25-27), bringing in England's The Magic Numbers and The Rakes as headliners alongside some very good Brazilian indie artists. The indie…
Continue Reading →At any given time I have between fifteen and forty playlists that I actively listen to, each of them slightly different and tailored to fit exactly what mood I'm in, and generally the only time I actually share these with…
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