Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

Considering that Breakestra's last album was released in that antediluvian pre-Winehouse era known as 2005, people listening to From Dusk Till Dawn might wrongly peg them as carpet-bagging members of the Mark Ronson fan club (comes with free fedora-shaped Mezuzah and a CD-R mix of Le Tigre's greatest hits via Samantha). After all, retro-soul has become as ubiquitous as rappers in skinny jeans and scarves. But Breakestra were at the forefront of the trend, mining Meters and J.B.'s breaks for inspiration long before they cut one of the first Stones Throw releases in 1999. My interview with [...]

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