With last week’s Happy Monday post, I mentioned the slick production of Kanye West’s Yeezus. We got some hate feedback on that one, geared towards Kanye. I hear you, but you can’t deny the production value isn’t stellar. Speaking of which, whether or not you’ve spent much time with Drake’s Nothing Was The Same album, I think you’ll find […]
Happy Monday & the last one we’ve got in September. Whether you love, hate or don’t care about Kanye West, you’ve got to admit there’s some pretty slick production on Yeezus. Personally, the sample at the end of “New Slaves” always got me. This weekend I took the time to find the original. It’s from a […]
Happy Monday. Here’s a not-so-distant throwback to an electroclash staple by Fischerspooner. “Emerge” here arrived via Fischerspooner’s #1 album in 2003. Odd that ten years have already passed. Nonetheless, the song still stands up. Tell me you didn’t get down to this track ever.
Happy Monday and happy first day of September. Perhaps you spent the weekend at one of the last summer festivals (like Bumbershoot or Made in America) or maybe you just chilled by a lake. Envious either way. Today’s track is by England’s The Horrors. They produced “Sea Within a Sea’ with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and […]
Happy Monday, guys. One of the the best surprises of my Outside Lands 2013 was Foals. Not that I haven’t dug the Oxford band. I’ve had “My Number” in my head since last winter. But their manhandling of the main stage struck a chord with me. Their live performance of “Total Life Forever” was excellent […]