The Amherst trio had towers of amps stacked up all over the stage, including one that was pointed directly towards front man J Mascis, in case his monitors weren’t providing him enough of his own guitar sound. And not having enough sound has never really been a problem for the group, and it certainly wasn’t on this evening as the band tore through a fiery 90 minute set that spanned the band’s entire career.
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While my favorite song by Jurassic 5 was released prior to 2000 on their debut EP, they did well for themselves with their fun and spirited debut full length, Quality Control. The music was loose and the rapping was fun, but it still had enough gravitas to it to make it seem different than a lot of the other rap music at the time. Quality Control was released in the summer of 2000 and really built upon the bands first release. The group, which actually featured six members (two DJs and four emcees) despite their name, showed their strength in highlighting “old school” rap that they had been throwing down since the mid-’90s. The album helped to get them into the spotlight, where they stayed until they broke up for good in 2007. While I would be remiss to say any of their output is stone cold classic material, the tracks on Quality Control show a group that was a great example of how the stellar parts equal a strong whole with the group. While they never topped their early work and fizzled out amid solo careers at the end of the decade, the group started the decade out with a band with their entertaining and engaging Quality Control LP.
Music video for “Give Blood” by Rain Machine from the band’s self titled album.
I’m quite a bit late to the game on this one, but I couldn’t help wanting to write about the excellent song “Coffee” by the Brooklyn based band Motel Motel.
A list of the best albums of the decade as compiled by Mike Watton of Minneapolis’ Haunted House.
Music video for “Heaven Can Wait” by Charlotte Gainsbourg from the album “IRM.”
Music video for “The Bones” by the Illinois/California band Tweak Bird.
“Dope Man” is the first single off of the forthcoming Villa Manifesto digital EP.
A list of the top albums of the decade as compiled by Erica Krumm of Sharp Teeth.
Music video for “Cousins” by Vampire Weekend from the album “Contra.”
As a precursor for their album—The Stimulus Package—Freeway & Jake One have released a mixtape with Don Cannon entitled The Beat Made Me Do It which features the Philly Freezer tearing apart 19 heatrocks…
List of the top albums of the decade as compiled by Kristian Melom of Minor Kingdom.
Checking in on the Rhymesayers website this weekend, I noticed there was a new Felt track off of the new album Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez.
Blakroc has been releasing webisodes from the studio with other artists; this time we get some wicked visuals of Monch writing in the studio alongside the Black Keys.
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