Monthly Archives: April 2008

Designer of the Week: Johnnie Cluney

The world of music blogging has become vast and complex in the last few years. While thousands of sites exist, only a few have made an impact large enough to actually change the face of music. Arguably, the front-runner in such a change is Daytrotter.com. The sites daily updates and frequent [...]

snake, cross and crown (the)

Even after their quick Daytrotter set, Equal Vision signed band The Snake, The Cross and the Crown has been on the road for a little while now with little to no attention (other than the fleeting kind).
Fortunately, we have the poets over at Equal Vision Records (… they are Californians after all):
“They listened and played [...]

Designer of the Week: Illlord tha Ques

Cosign will now be profiling graphic designers hopefully every week on Wednesdays as part of some new additions to the site.

It’s rare when an artist creates imagery that can come to define an emerging genre of music. You’ll remember Blue Note Records distinct style of covers that relayed your eyes to the smooth jazz that [...]

SamIYAm- Rap Beats Vol. 1

I’ve been sleeping on the blog– however… get this beat disc from SamIYAm–because it’s one of the best I’ve heard in a long time (yancey // step up lotus)

Heres a review from Cokemachineglow.com:
“Samiyam’s lineage is blatantly obvious upon first listen, so I won’t spill much ink over Dilla comparisons, or place him in context with [...]

GhostlySwim Free Compilation

Ghostly Records has teamed up with cartoon network’s hippityhopelctrotrance late night steez Adult Swim to drop a free compilation called Ghostly Swim.
It features some of my favorite Ghostly guys including:
FlyamSam (Flying Lotus + SamIYAm)<<Definitely get on this tip!
Dabrye
and
Matthew Dear
Cop it for free here.
Also a throw back… check out the comp Adult Swim did with Stones [...]

Immortal Technique Announces “The 3rd World”

Affluent political MC Immortal Technique has finally announced his final installment to the “Revolutionary” series.

URB Mag writes:
“It’s been about five years since Immortal technique last dropped Revolutionary Vol. 2. Aside from bashing the “Dubya,” educating people about all the political fuckery that goes behind closed doors, and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Eminem and [...]

Conor Oberst Solo Album

Back to blogging with this…

Hometown label Merge Records will be Conor Oberst’s first “solo” album (non Bright Eyes) since the early days.
Merge writes:
“This recording was made in Tepoztlán, Morelos, México during the months of January and February 2008. In Tepoztlán, a place known for Aztec Magic and Extra-Terrestrial Sightings, a temporary studio was created in [...]

Will, Scout and KISS

Calm down, KISS army, this has absolutely no bearing on you or gene simmons…
Will Oldham and Scout Niblett put out a pretty art duet video for Scout’s song “Kiss”
peep it…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cwz12wKD0&hl=en]
real art,
miles