
While we´re waiting in nervous anticipation for the World Cup final, let´s play some more music why don´t we. The iPod shuffle picked six winners once again this Wild Weekend , touching base in Christchurch, Russia by way of Kingston, and Washington DC amongst others. Drop that bomb. Guided By Voices always had a knack for intriguing song- and album titles of course, but you´ll probably agree that King Shit And The Golden Boys can hardly be bettered. And the music that slab of wax contains isn´t half bad [...]

Nothing like a reggae version of Take Five ! Listen: Val Bennett ∞ The Russians Are Coming What is your favorite this week? Leave a hullabaloo. More: Weekly Favorites Use some of your 50 FREE Downloads from eMusic to get more favorites. Or not. Upcoming Songs Ciara - Click Lyrics [...]

Jamaican Label Art is a very nicely done site that lovingly displays over 1600 label scans, hundreds of sleeves and lots of other assorted ephemera. Say the proprietors: J.L.A. is a website for those people who are obsessed with Caribbean music and the artwork and design of the labels on the vinyl reproductions of that music. It doesn't matter if those labels are on recordings of Jamaican music released in the U.S.A., or indeed Trini Calypso released in the U.K. It's all the same to us! We don't intend the site to be [...]

roots reggae // jazz standard cover It's been unseasonably warm in the Northeast and the dry air necessitates humidifiers which then inevitably lead me to mimicking some deep toking. All in all, the perfect ambiance to absorb some new new reggae and dub CDs my roommate Adam just acquired. I heard this tune snaking out of his room just an hour ago. Oddly enough, it's not from his CDs, but rather playing from the theme of the 80's series " The Secret Life Of Machines " (recommended!) . This is basically a [...]