Blog: Audiversity

Cee-Lo - Suga Baby ft. Big Gipp & Backbone - Cee-Lo Green and his Perfect Imperfections (Arista 2002) Dangermouse & Jemini - What You Sittin' On? Remix ft. Cee-Lo & Tha Liks (Lex 2004) Dungeon Family - Crooked Booty - Even in Darkness (Arista 2001) I have been working on cultivating the music library at WLUW-FM Chicago (the best independent station in the U.S. [...]

The Cheebacabra - The Annunciation - Exile in the Woods (Mackrosoft 2006) Thee More Shallows - Freshman Remix by Odd Nosdam and Why? - Monkey vs Shark (Turn 2006) Takagi Masakatsu - J.F.P. - Journal for People (Carpark 2006) The Cheebacabra â€" Exile in the Woods / Mackrosoft Holy shit is this a skeletal funk-fusion gem, tight drum grooves, synthesizers… um [...]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Details of War - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (self-released 2005) Errol Brown - Over Dub - Dub Over Dub: 27 Tracks Dub Extravaganza (Heartbeat 1996) The Roots - Episodes - Illadelph Halflife (DGC 1996) Every Sunday night I work the overnight shift at the glorious music-broadcasting mecca of WLUW-FM Chicago, usually going around 9 or 10p and finally [...]

Archie Shepp – Attica Blues – Attica Blues (Impulse 1972) Monk Hughes & the Outer Realm – A Piece for Brother Weldon - A Tribute to Brother Weldon (Stones Throw 2004) The Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn - ..Burn, Piano Island, Burn (Artist Direct 2003) So Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is apparently the biggest indoor aquarium in the world (at least according to the website, [...]

Mr. Lif - Murs iz My Manager feat. Murs - Mo Mega (Def Jux 2006) Aesop Rock - Zodiaccupuncture - Fast Cars, Danger, Fires, & Knives (Def Jux 2005) El-P - The Day After Yesterday - Collecting the Kid (Def Jux 2004) With the excellent new Mr. Lif album, ‘Mo Mega,’ hitting the shelves in a week or two along with new full-lengths from [...]

Masanka Sankayi + Kasai Allstars feat Mutumilayi – Wa Muluendu – Congotronics 2 (Crammed 2006) Michael Brook & Hukwe Zawose - Ntambalize Lijenje/Pumpkin Life – African Xpress (Shakti 2003) The Yahoos – Mabala – Afro-Rock, Volume 1 (Kona 2001) Last night, while doing my best not to over-heat in my sauna of a studio apt, I watched the accompany DVD to the latest Congotronics comp, [...]

Ed Henry - Your Replacement is Here - Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label (Numero 2006) Manhattens - The Feeling is Mutual - Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label (Numero 2006) Bob & Fred - Bob & Fred - Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label (Numero 2006) So I have been ridiculous busy lately not to mention my interweb has been down since Friday, so I [...]

Jamie Lidell – You Got Me Up (Live at the Scala, London) – Multiply Additions (WARP 2006) Otis Redding – Respect – Live in Europe (Atlantic/Stax 1967) Donny Hathaway – What's Going On – Live (Atlantic 1972) First of all, I absolutely love soul music. Everything about it appeals to me; the pure emotive power, the full-bodied, octave-scaling voice, the usual mellow funk [...]

Thee More Shallows Thee More Shallows – I Can't Get Next to You – Monkey vs. Shark (Turn 2006) Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination and Brass – A Day in the Life – Touchdown (Polydor GER, 1977) Toots and the Maytals – Louie, Louie – Funky Kingston (Mango 1973) Cover songs are fun. And for the most part, that’s about it. [...]