Imagine Bruce Springsteen’s “Youngstown” expanded into a career. Now imagine that, instead of the Boss and his New Jersey origins, the auteur in question comes from a blue-collar background in Kent County, Michigan – a good long-term vantage point for the deterioration of American industry. With those images in mind, you probably have an [...]
The Super Villian has made his return to the legitimate rap game droppin the MF and still spellin in all caps- DOOM. After the The Mouse and the Mask project (probably the most commercial release of his career), DOOM posted up in the dungeon and decided to open the door for three years’ worth of [...]
Brainfeeder celebrates their second digital release today with Ras G’s soon to be classic Brotha From Anotha Planet. The release combines eerie galactic signals with stuttery abstract beats to produce something sounding like an upgrade of Sun Ra’s Arkestra for our time. The album visits a journey through space by delicately combining analog samples and [...]
Texas swing is now rendered into clicking beats and psychedelic samples: think J Dilla inspired grooves from the streets of San Antonio. 24 year old Rae Davis (yes, I know you’re thinking of The Kinks) has released his soft-jazz and harder-beat album Positive Thinking under the San Antonio label Exponential (home to acts [...]
Justin Vernon has found something in the sound of closely mic’d fret buzzing and the Wisconsin woods. Formerly of DeYarmond Edison out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Vernon has taken his time to craft a folk record with an unusual (and consistently intriguing) ambience that elevates it to something entirely different. Neo-Soul? A little [...]