The Roots have been making tons of good music recently, and we've been largely ignoring it. Time for that to change! Philly's legendary Roots crew, who of course serve as the house band on Late Night Jimmy Fallon, haven't stopped recording now that they've found a permanent gig. If anything, they're dropping more tunes than ever - their 11th studio album How I Got Over came out in June, earlier this year they released a free album of Roots renditions of J. Dilla beats called Dilla Joints , and they're set to release an album with John [...]
It was a clear double entendre to say, "Hey everybody, I'm back! I've missed the spotlight and I've got a lot of music inside of me to share." Roy Orbison - Arts - Music - Reviews - Personal Archives
Paul McCartney's show ended with the famous line, "in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Boy, does that sum it up. I try to be a good person; encourage people, show thanks, and help others when I can. When I got word that I could shoot a couple songs of the concert, I thought "I must be doing something right." I sent Guy on a ticket mission. We had an $80 budget, and needed two tickets. Not good odds. Suddenly, the [...]
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At Bonnaroo, I had the chance to see Jay-Z play a headlining set on Saturday night. It came hot on the heels of a hit-filled set from Stevie Wonder that left me beaming with happiness, head filled with beautiful melodies. Jay-Z took the stage and completely tore things apart - starting with recent hits like "Run This Town," "D.O.A.," and "On To The Next One," and then delving into the back catalog, Jay took the 50,000+ fans on a tour of his oeuvre. Back to back, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z might have been the best concert I've ever been [...]
The late Walter Gibbons passed away nearly 16 years ago now, but his memory lives on in the hearts and minds of any and every house and disco fan, no matter the age, and it also will continue to live on this July, as July 20 brings a new compilation double-disc via Strut Records dubbed [...]
Is there a song that is more fun to cover than Hall and Oates' "Rich Girl"? I posit that there is not. I saw Diane Birch in concert last week (swoon) and she blew me away with a cover of said song. "Some people might say that this song is a little cheesy," she said to introduce the tune, "but I dare anyone in this room to raise their hand and say they don't like Hall and Oates." WORD. There are tons of great Hall and Oates covers [...]
Gil Scott-Heron is one of the legends. He's not just a legend, he's one of the legends. He's the voice of a generation, of a city, of a movement. Know the phrase "The revolution will not be televised"? That was him. Ever heard a rap song? There are parts of him there, too. Gil fell on some hard times in the 2000s, most notably getting booked for two years for coke possession and being diagnosed as HIV positive. This year, though, he made a comeback with his minimalistic [...]
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Toronto - After a 3 year hiatus, Sweden's Club 8 is back with a new record, called The People's Record . There are about 200 jokes featuring The Rock I can put in with the record title, but let's not go there. For those of you unfamiliar with Club 8, they are a tweeish group from Sweden that are on Labrador records, the de-facto record label to be on if you are a band from Sweden. They've been around since 1996 but didn't really rise to prominence til the early 2000s. They have sparingly made [...]
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I love The Books. Love them. The Lemon of Pink is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of sound collage I've ever encountered – up there in brilliance with DJ Shadow and Four Tet. It's an album that might not fully take after the first listen. But years after first hearing the record, I still find it growing on me with every subsequent spin. Brilliant though they might be, The Books are not prolific. Perhaps that's a sign that excellence of this sort – particularly in this [...]
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I've been on a real Outkast kick recently, perhaps due to the trickles of information coming from their camp. Supposedly a new Outkast album is "brewing," and Big Boi's solo album has finally been set for a July 6th release date, which is exciting. The latest single to drop from that solo effort - which has the greatest name ever: Sir Luscious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty - is called Shutterbug. The beat is absolutely massive - sounds like something straight out of a Timbaland/Timberlake collaboration. Dig it. [...]
I found out today that The Guru has passed away after many months of battling cancer. Keith Elam (July 17, 1966 – April 19, 2010), known as Guru (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal)was half of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr and founder of Jazzmatazz. His voice, lyrics and vocals were one of a kind. Your songs go deep. You will be missed. This one is for you my man. Gang Starr - Above The Clouds Feat. Inspectah Deck "It has come to our attention that a mysterious [...]
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Another day another pop album from the Swedish duo Club 8. With the kind of music that the duo have been making I would have never thought of their music to be "remixable." But with tracks from their previous album The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming having been remixed and sounding perfectly fine, [...]
Sinister, smooth, but still very very dangerous, the new remix of the upcoming Todd Edwards Scion A/V-released single "I Might Be" from the kids in My Dear Disco, is just as much fun as any four on the floor fun...
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