Here it is. We have already biked and skateboarded ourselves past the waves of chillness that submersed our mental vessels for so short a time. You know, the puffin' tough, get high or die, ride the train from the Bowery to the Cloisters listening to Brian Wilson verses over Dilla beats type shit? Yeah, manne, that's what it is, see. Continue Reading...
We will be celebrating (along with a lot of other folks in Memphis) the release of Digital Lows from Memphis hip-hop/surf/psych artist Cities Aviv on Friday night at the Hi-Tone Cafe. The new digital album, released through Fat Sandwich Records, marks the first full-length collection of Cities Aviv's tracks. Continue Reading...
Toro y Moi's "Still Sound" (from their instant classic Underneath The Pine) gets another sweet remix, this time from Chuck Enciso & the video that Popeye Jawns created to go along with it is pretty clever. Judge for yourself. Continue Reading...
Jed and Lucia have released a limited vinyl run on Ubiquity Records of their latest EP Helium accenting a fascination with dreamy, ethereal synth-pop (a fascination which I share). Continue Reading...
I didn't know who Akila Fields was or what he was up to before last night, but this song "Closer" by his project Sleepyvillain appeared in my Soundcloud inbox and I'm like...ok, I'm here. You got me. The obvious comparisons to both Destroyer and Toro y Moi is inevitable, and that's perfectly fine, good company to be lumped in with. I guess Sleepyvillain's got something called Arithmetic coming out (see the album cover there?), but I know nothing more -- and I definitely want to. Continue Reading...
These will be gone FAST: Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi is not only a talented musician, he's a graphic screen artist as well. Chaz has teamed up with Etsy to bring you these very limited editions of the soon-to-be-classic Underneath The Pine (out on Carpark on 22 February) which include a screen-printed bag (as seen above). More details, a video & MP3 from the record after the jump. Continue Reading...
Memphis today has its fair share of people grinding away at what we would call 'traditional hip-hop' -- and if you're familiar with the city's Oscar-winning exploits, you'd see this as an opposing force to what the city is best known for creating. Memphis is, after all, the city that brought you Three 6 Mafia, Yo Gotti and Al Kapone, just to name a few. The current cultural emphasis on chillwave, lo-fi, echoes of latter-day indie rock and game-spitting masters of hip-hop like Guru (R.I.P), Mos Def and Pete Rock, have subliminally entered the regional zeitgeist, trickling down ...
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