I recently caught wind of this unique collaboration between Invisible DJ (Santigold, Chester French, Kid Sister, etc) and clothing line LnA called The Music Tee. The front of the shirts have a visual designed by Ian Markell while the…
Continue Reading →Philadelphia often spits out something unconventional and intriguing. Bahamadia the whispering lady rapper, G-Love the hipster-ahead-of-his-time, and a band like no other called Black Landlord. I started hearing their name around town a few months back from a few heads…
Continue Reading →Before the melding of organic hip hop with glitchy processing in Prefuse 73, Guillermo Scott Herren messed with ambient jazz and the chillest nooks of latin music. Many forget that Savath and Savalas brought Herren to Warp Records, leaving many…
Continue Reading →A lone singer/songwriter on a label that prides itself on producers, Fink landed with Ninja Tune in the late nineties with a pair of EPs, followed by 2001's downtempo mix Fresh Produce. It wasn't until five years later that he…
Continue Reading →We can thank Diplo and Switch for boldly auto tuning Andy Milonakis toasting, but there's a lot more to Major Lazer than a comedy gimmick. The tracks heard so far are killer, notably the collaboration with Santogold. This summer their…
Continue Reading →Nice site (and great music to boot) by Orba Squara. Their website is a place to explore their new music (folksy and fun) and a documentation of their journey around the country playing shows, meeting people, etc. Scroll to the…
Continue Reading →To most of us, DJ Shadow is a mind without a past. Everything he touched became a timeless piece, the demonstration of his powers beginning with 1996's Endtroducing, an album that quickly became the soundtrack to the lives of many.…
Continue Reading →Anyone who can turn that crappy dance jam 'What is Love' into an alluring tune of just voice and Wurlitzer is onto something. Diane Birch, an American singer/songwriter whose preacher dad led her around the world during her childhood, has…
Continue Reading →The closest many of us will ever get to putting our hands on the wheels of steel is when they release a DJ game a la Rock Band. In the meantime, we can participate in DJ Times Magazine's America's Best…
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