I have always been late to the game on hip-hop luminaries, call it an error of my youth. This track is an example of what got me into the genre. Simple beat, amazing sample, and flawless verses. Not a second wasted. Pick the album up here. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, “Our Dreams” (2010)

More new stuff from JoyOrb. His new EP is floating around. The London, grime/dub/bass (whatever) sound has not always done it for me, but…this guy is quite the beat-artist. I would post off the new EP, but his label is sensitive. If you are into electronic anything, check him out. Also, in the spirit of [...]

Baltimore noise machine, RUN DMT, is a mystery to me…if anyone knows anything about him let me know. Here is his Mux Tape: http://rundmt.muxtape.com/ The track Feel Flows is what got me curious. Enjoy. RUN DMT, ‘Feel Flows’ (2010)

For all my snowed in DC people: some psychedelic surf rock.Real Estate, “Beach Comber” (2009)

A little nostalgia. Used to listen to this when I was a little one. If anyone can recommend a good box set of 1950s rock classics…please let me know. Buddy Holly, ‘Oh! Boy!’ (1957)

Ohio-based blues/rock band The Black Keys teams up with a slew of hiphop artists to bring us Blakroc. Bit late to the game on this one, but I love the sound. Something in the realm of the Gorillaz. Enjoy. Blakroc, ‘What You Do To Me (feat. Billy Danze, Jim Jones & Nicole Wray)’, (2009)

Been looking forward to this album for qqqquuuuiiiittteeee some time. What up AreSeven? Wale, ‘Triumph (Produced By David Andrew Sitek)’ (2009)download mp3

Sounds like the end of summer. A new band to watch. They are working on a feature length music video (part 1 here). Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, ‘Home’ (2009)download mp3

Somewhere between Simon and Garfunkel and the current forefront of indie folk. Brooklyn based Here We Go Magic’s first, and self-titled, album dropped in February. I look forward to seeing them next week on the Bowery. Can’t figure the drummer out, but I like him (no hat or cymbals)…great harmonies. Here We Go Magic, ‘Fangela’ [...]

Stumbled upon a compilation of edited classic rock and R&B tracks a few months ago and was reminded of the mastermind behind them after spending the last two months in a drunken stupor (Pilooski’s edit of Frankie Vallie’s Beggin’ was a consistent backdrop to my group’s brand of hedonism). There are two volumes, both of [...]