this group caught my attention because one of the two members is a percussionist for the group raime, who's work i find interesting. this record is eight tracks of brooding electronic with industrial tinged beats. makes for good background music while you work, or simply something nice to zone out to.
_mink nun
if someone might ask you, 'are you a fan of miles davis?' it's a bit of a loaded question. it's like saying, 'what are your thoughts on that dude johann sebastian bach?' the shadow looms long. albert einstein, he was pretty good at math, right? ...by this token, it's easy to pass over his work, just because it can be hard to find an entry point. i suggest you try starting with this album.
_alibi
i am nominating this record for record of the month this month, may 2017. it's house music. it's beautiful. i got this record and listened to it and nothing much else for the first 24 hours that i had it. it's really the mood i want to be in most of the time. lush textures. dreamy aural vistas. it rewards attention but doesn't demand it, is equally effective in the background or front and center turned up. sounds great coming out of your crappy cell phone speakers while you take a shower, sounds great in shitty earbuds, sounds great on a booming system. see if you dig it as much as i do. i'm telling you you can not lose.
_alibi
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_alibi
this band has one of my favorite band names in metal right now. click on album art for full review, streaming and pay what you wish download.
_alibi
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_alibi
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_alibi
i love grace slick but i never liked the jeffersons. i love siouxsie sioux but i never liked the banshees. sometimes superstar singers pair up with inferior talent. kristina esfandiari is, for me, one such singer. she caught my attention with her work fronting a californian shoegaze band called whirr. their ep called 'around' is one of my favorite examples of modern day shoegaze done right. after that, she left the group. she then formed this cheesy metal band called king woman, who, recently produced one of the most cringe inducing music videos you're likely to see in 2017. the video is so bad it's almost good for a laugh. almost, but, it's just sad that this woman's great voice is wasted in this terrible band. miserable is her solo project. it's decent. it sounds almost like rock n' roll's answer to southern rappers who guzzle cough syrup mixed with booze. she really sounds like she is on heavy drugs when she sings. in king woman it sounds like a bad affectation, like an american punk singer trying to sound british or a british rock singer trying to sound american. in miserable it sounds more honest. given that this project is called miserable, you can count on this delivering some really uplifting tunes.
_dj diaper pail
karriem riggins is a hip hop producer and jazz drummer from detroit. he's part of the collective that included j dilla. on headnod suite, his latest full length for peanut butter wolf's stones throw record label, he serves up 29 cuts of fresh beats, almost all of which are under three minutes. can you dig it?
_dj germanic formula
ripping techno comp from float records out of the netherlands. i love techno comps because a lot of artists don't have long players out, and that doesn't mean they're not putting out great music. i read an interview with dan the automator of dr octagon fame recently where he said basically it is as if we are harkening back to the era of 45s. singles often get the same amount of press as an album, so a lot of artists don't even bother to make albums. controversial perhaps. nonetheless, the more you go down the rabit hole of electronic music, the more you see artists who don't have full length records out. comps tend to be well curated and have a nice overall feel, as well as bring some degree of diversity too. this one is no exception.
_duck sauce