Records
Ricardo Villalobos: Vasco
Rooted in a purist anti-‘ardkore mindset that spawned a variety of at-home listening styles in the early ’90s, “minimal” usually...
Dec 08, 2008
Records
Matmos: Supreme Balloon
It’s hard to articulate what exactly constitutes electronic music, partly because the genre is a cynical play by marketers who’ve...
Dec 08, 2008
Tracks
Amadou & Mariam: "Sabali"
It’s almost an “Everything In Its Right Place” moment, finding Amadou & Mariam subtly bursting through world music shackles in...
Dec 08, 2008
Guestcasts
Roommate
Enjoy that well-deserved lump of coal to the Kent Lambert-endorsed sounds of: Dungen, Rhombus, Sonoi, Ned Collette, Marvin Tate, the Judy Green, Sin Ropas…
Dec 06, 2008
Records
Clipse: Road to Till the Casket Drops
The Clipse are the giggling, snarking center of the rap universe; they have nestled in the rap head’s psyche and...
Dec 06, 2008
Records
Pivot: O Soundtrack My Heart
My friends and I were watching a satellite feed from New York when we saw it. The Trans Siberian Orchestra...
Dec 06, 2008
Records
MoHa!: One Way Ticket to Candyland
Forethought, structure, and coherence come at a price for bands like MoHa!. The Norwegian spazz-rock duo have developed a sound...
Dec 06, 2008
Records
Ludacris: Theater of the Mind
Back for the sixth time with easily his worst collection of music yet, Ludacris has fatally proven he will never...
Dec 06, 2008
Records
Chris Devoe: The Perception of Obstacles
Out of nowhere comes this year’s latest and last addition to my year-end list. Big props to RA Aaron Newell...
Dec 04, 2008