Artist: gin

If you consider yourself a foodie, you’ve most likely encountered an event like the Good Spirits tasting event that I attended last week.  Here’s the drill: the perimeters of an event space are lined with vendors (restaurants, cafes, bars, manufacturers) offering samples of a single bite (or gulp), presumably designed to impress and lure you to their restaurant.  There are (or should be) enough vendors that after a few dozen bites and gulps, you have had yourself a lovely little dinner.  You’ve probably also had some combination of pickles, oysters, ice cream, tequila, gin, and vodka, and your stomach may [...]

-commercieel bericht- Ik ben dol op Gin. Het liefste in combinatie met Tonic. Dat heb ik eigenlijk pas leren drinken nadat David overleed. Het was zijn lievelingsdrankje en op zijn sterfdag dronk ik het samen met wat vrienden, met wie ik een uur eerder aan de Amstel had gezeten om hem te herdenken. De smaak viel me alles mee. Ik ben geen bierdrinker en wijn, daar was ik ook wel klaar mee. Gin-tonic kan je blijven drinken, het is fris maar niet te zuur en [...]

-commercieel bericht- Ik ben dol op Gin. Het liefste in combinatie met Tonic. Dat heb ik eigenlijk pas leren drinken nadat David overleed. Het was zijn lievelingsdrankje en op zijn sterfdag dronk ik het samen met wat vrienden, met wie ik een uur eerder aan de Amstel had gezeten om hem te herdenken. De smaak viel me alles mee. Ik ben geen bierdrinker en wijn, daar was ik ook wel klaar mee. Gin-tonic kan je blijven drinken, het is fris maar niet te zuur en [...]

I'm really the wrong person for this track. I'm not a big fan of The XX but masses are. I was a bit lukewarm about the excellent Theatre of Delays' the other day . But 19,000 people disagreed with me. Which means that my support for this remix is likely to be the kiss of death. Gin & Gin are Swedes Mattias Grane & Simon Petersson. Sorry guys but I love this remix. Takes away some of the vocal and adds enough chilled beats back into the mix to give the tune a bit of proper structure. Free download. [...]

D’Angelo, why are you so damn smooth? In honor of his recent comeback, including his first U.S. appearance in around 12 years with ?uestlove at this year’s Bonnaroo , I thought it would be fitting to honor his greatness with a post on Metrojolt. “One Mo’ Gin” is off of his 2000 classic Voodoo . The groove stays slow and steady, leaving just enough space for layers and layers of D’Angelo’s god-given pipes. The harmonies are perfect, fluttering in and out of his gorgeous falsetto. Even the “yeeah’s” and “oohs” make me quiver - just a [...]

• D'Angelo - One Mo' Gin

After years of dominating the music industry as an artist and a booking executive, west coast rap sensation "Gin" released her new EP, "My Lyrical Expression" and is the first of several projects she's planning on releasing this year. The EP also includes the highly anticipated single "Outta My Head" My Lyrical Expression EP by gin iTunes: My Lyrical Expression EP - Gin

The sound of Lichen Gumbo smells of the uncontaminated, rural Finland where the duo comes from. It’s dusty, weird, disjointed rock ‘n’ roll. Of course, incrediblely lo-fi because they recorded their tracks with no-budget dictaphones, tape decks and reel to reel machines. Stream the haunting ballad ‘Helium Gin Gin’ below - which is part of their limited (edition of 100) cassette release on Russian bedroom label Full Of Nothing, which is called Zoom Zoom Ohm Umpha

Download: Cymarshall Law - Triple Shot of Gin Here's an unreleased track from Cymarshall Law & Mr. Joeker "Triple Shot of Gin", track didn't make the cut on Hip Hop in the Soul 2 . iTunes: Hip Hop In the Soul 2 - Cymarshall Law & Mr. Joeker

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Kim Lisagor looks at America's craft distilleries and The Breuckelen Distilling Company in Brooklyn, which opened in July 2011.  It's the borough's first gin distillery since Prohibition ended. Imagine if America’s bars had nothing but Bud on tap, and restaurants only poured Gallo. Or if you had to ignore your hankering for carne asada and onions on a fresh tortilla because the only taco allowed this side of the border was Taco Bell. Scary and un-American, right? But that’s pretty much been this country’s liquor situation for decades. [...]

by BBG The Body @ Saint Vitus Though equipment issues kept their set on the short side, The Body headlined a rainy Tuesday evening (9/6) in Brooklyn. Bruce Lamont and Man's Gin ( who are touring together ) and locals Iron Tides opened the show at Saint Vitus. Pictures are in this post. The Body are now on tour with LP collaborators Braveyoung . [...]

Words by Natalie Shaw We went to Leeds Festival, and wrote about seven things of note. Here they are: 1) Tom Vek is the best Tom Vek stole Leeds Festival from under the rest of the line-up’s noses. His performance was a million miles from what I’d entirely unjustifiably imagined – a shy man in the corner behind a laptop. Instead, we were present with a supremely confident performer who continually switched up his moves as bold and bright as a gawky, obnoxious [...]

Love is like a bottle of gin - The Magnetic Fields I wouldn't know. I imagine he's correct, though.

• The Magnetic Fields - Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin

by BBG The Body at LPR ( more by Greg Cristman ) BrooklynVegan is proud to present doom faves The Body at Saint Vitus on September 6th with special guests Bruce Lamont , Man's Gin , and Iron Tides . The show is the first of a string of US dates for The Body which will continue the following day with Braveyoung in celebration of the pair's collaborative LP together. After a [...]

Never heard of Tito Lopez?? Me neither. But after seein' this...it might not be too long before we're all watching Tito Lopez aka "The Voice of the Underdog" in our kitchens. Mississippi stand up!!!

Suff Daddy & Miles Bonny In Berlin (Photography by Robert Winter) I have to apologize for the long delay, on the third part of the underground chronicles. We haven't had much time to chill since we started as we have shit to do every day. and when I had the chance to chill out a bit i wasn't in the right mood or just too tired to write. Stuttgart, Vienna, Cologne, munich, Erfurt, Berlin, Dresden… they were the last tour stops. It was crazy. we met so many people and experienced a lot of [...]

Click image to view video Continuing from our Underground Chronicles of Suff Daddy, here's a little freestyle from Miles Bonny over a Suff Daddy beat whilst on tour...watch the original video for the track HERE "5 O'Clock Suff" rehearsal at Stecken, Cologne.  Lumberjack Soul drops this Friday June 24. Pre-sale (CD & LP) at  MPM Store and  Bandcamp (Digi). Lumberjack & Gin Tour w/ Miles Bonny & Suff Daddy starts today in Stuttgart. Tour diary on  Facebook . [...]

Don Will aka Don Cusack (of Tanya Morgan fame) made himself a birthday present by recording a free mixtape solely based on Suff Daddy beats taken from "Hi-Hat Club 2: Suff Draft" and "The Gin Diaries": "Long story short it was recorded mid to late last year after i found out about this guy named Suff Daddy and was put in touch with his label (MPM) thanks to the homie Jon Kim.  I waffled about releasing it and finally decided that it was too good not to share. The title comes from just becoming [...]

by BBG Dax Riggs at a BV party in Texas ( more by Samantha Marble ) After an early show with Kittens Ablaze and Voxhaul Broadcast, Mercury Lounge hosts Dax Riggs TONIGHT, 5/6 with special guests Man's Gin . Tickets are still available for the late show which begins Dax's two-day NYC run of swampy dark-blues. [...]

Aussie artist, , Gin Wigmore , originally from New Zealand, released her debut album Holy Smoke in March of 2009. It was recorded with The Cardinals of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals fame. Gin has been working on her sophomore album which see stated on her facebook will be released very soon. In the meantime we can catch a sweet cover she did (above) of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" which [...]

This week’s column is the first in a multi-part series on the various categories of base spirits, and starts with an often misunderstood spirit that fuels many classic cocktails: gin. Snoop had it right. Every spirit, including gin, relies on fermentation, in which yeasts feed on sugars of some sort and produce alcohol.  The sugars can be practically any agricultural carbohydrate, with the source determining the category of the resulting spirit: fruit (brandies), cereal grains (whiskey, gin, and vodka), sugar cane (rum), or agave plants (tequila).  [...]