
DJ Shadow, RJD2, Madlib, The Avalanches - take your pick. The instrumental hip hop scene has a very "been there done that" mentality that makes it very hard to be surprised or impressed anymore.. and rightfully so. So many people have done it so well for so long that a certain jaded perceptive is somewhat warranted. Which is exactly why Heavy Starch , the new album by North Carolina's Dirty Art Club charmed the fuck out of me. I hadn't even cast a glance at this genre for years when this album blew in from left field [...]