It makes sense that 2012′s first youtube-born ‘next big thing’ would land on Tri-Angle — the home of How To Dress Well, Balam Acab, oOoOO and Clams Casino. The label just dropped this mixtape of the 8 tracks the enigmatic Evian Christ posted in late December. Having only listened to “Fuck It None Of...
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I am literally running out the door to catch a flight to San Francisco, but couldn’t help sharing the latest from the Chelsea Wolfe camp. A few days ago Chelsea tweeted that she was ‘living inside an XXL biggie smalls t-shirt‘. What seemed an odd statement at the time now makes sense. Full time...
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The Fun Fun Fun Fest has been the best weekend of music for quite a few years running. A relatively small festival with a massive line-up, Fun Fun Fun brings acts from near and far (and even from the dead) to the Lone Star State‘s mecca of live music every November. FFF6 will kick-off...
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Wugazi – 13 Chambers (self-released, 2011) Obviously this album layers Wu-Tang rhymes over Fugazi post-rock to create the ultimate tribute to the early 90′s. What might not be so obvious before listening to the album is how well these diverse groups fit together. Like Danger Mouse and Jaydiohead before them, Cecil Otter, Swiss Andy,...
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In these days when most are too jaded to even waste their time claiming ‘hip-hop is dead’, the Minneapolis-based Doomtree collective continue to put out exciting releases from P.O.S., Dessa and most recently Simms. Today they leaked the first track off their Wugazi project. Joining the likes of Danger Mouse‘s Grey Album and Jaydiohead‘s...
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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted about a single song, but I feel Frank Ocean’s “Novacane” deserves a permanent spot here…he deserves more than a lost Facebook post. Ocean was transplanted to L.A. from New Orleans when Katrina hit and it was there that he hooked up with the Odd Future Wolf Gang...
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Slightly below the real world, in my real life, I work as a Sales Engineer for a software company. My days are spent in a home office in my basement in Colorado. This isn’t a windowless, dungeon type of basement as you can see by the photo above, but sometimes the music that escapes...
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jj – Kills (Sincerely Yours, 2010) There was a time when jj was an anonymous Swedish pop project that hid Lil’ Wayne lyrics under balaeric beats and were presented as nothing nothing than blood splattered marijuana leaves. Blood on the cover was ironic at the time because the music was so quiet and the...
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A friend of mine has been pushing me to start including mixtapes on ILSUDH2 for the past year and as much as the idea has appealed to me, I have been intimidated by how much time it will take. In high school I remember making real, cassette-based mixtapes and the process was arduous to...
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Wick-It The Instigator – The Brothers of Chico Dusty The best blues rock album mashed up with one of the best hip-hop releases of the year by Nashville, TN‘s Wick-It The Instigator. Black Keys x Big Boi done well? ‘Nuff said? Download for free.
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‘Now if you don’t think this song is the greatest song ever, I will fight you. That’s no lie.’ – Ron Burgundy The best thing about the end-of-year lists isn’t finding out where everyone decided to place the new Arcade Fire, Kanye or Deerhunter or to hear people bitch that their favorite album didn’t...
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