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A Sunny Day in Glasgow “Ashes Grammar” Review
November 21, 2009 – 1:28 pm | No Comment

A Sunny Day in Glasgow make pop music that is as mysterious as it is beautiful.

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Jay Electronica “Exhibit C”
October 28, 2009 – 3:15 pm | No Comment
Jay Electronica “Exhibit C”

As with “Exhibit A (Transformations),” “Exhibit C” is produced by Just Blaze; it seems to me as though the Mega Tron Don and Jay Electronica make one hell of a pairing.

Heiruspecs’ Favorite Albums of the Decade
October 28, 2009 – 10:30 am | No Comment
Heiruspecs’ Favorite Albums of the Decade

Guest list of the decade’s best albums prepared by Heiruspecs’ Sean McPherson.

Maskinen “Dansa Med Vapen”
October 27, 2009 – 1:05 pm | One Comment
Maskinen “Dansa Med Vapen”

Like Bonde Do Role’s work, “Dansa” is a pure tropical club banger, with guttural Portuguese rapping over pulsating keyboards and hot beats.

Condominium’s Favorite Albums of the Decade
October 27, 2009 – 10:30 am | No Comment
Condominium’s Favorite Albums of the Decade

Guest list of the decade’s best albums prepared by Condominium.

Gift of Gab feat. Brother Ali & Del The Funkee Homosapien “Dreamin’”
October 27, 2009 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Gift of Gab feat. Brother Ali & Del The Funkee Homosapien “Dreamin’”

On “Dreamin’” Gab brings along Minneapolis native Brother Ali and Bay Area legend Del The Funkee Homosapien to elevate the rhyme…

Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli “Get Started” (prod. by Madlib)
October 27, 2009 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli “Get Started” (prod. by Madlib)

Madlib & Strong Arm Steady will be putting out a project called Stoney Jackson sometime in the near future…

Jay Electronica “Defcon 4″ & “Suckas”
October 26, 2009 – 4:15 pm | No Comment
Jay Electronica “Defcon 4″ & “Suckas”

The world can never have enough Jay Electronica material. For real. And thanks to the interhighway, we have two new amazing Jay Electronica tracks.

Lucy Michelle’s Favorite Albums of the Decade
October 26, 2009 – 10:30 am | 3 Comments
Lucy Michelle’s Favorite Albums of the Decade

Guest list of the decade’s best albums prepared by Lucy Michelle of Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles.

Holly Miranda “Waves”
October 24, 2009 – 10:30 am | No Comment
Holly Miranda “Waves”

Her intimate, head-in-the-clouds jams are great addition to the dream-pop canon—a genre that is currently on fire…

Zaza “Sooner or Later”
October 23, 2009 – 10:30 am | No Comment
Zaza “Sooner or Later”

In a way “Sooner or Later” is very much a modern reprisal of the shoegaze sound, just with better production value and a much more encompassing sound.

Meshuggah “obZen” (Best of the Decade)
October 22, 2009 – 6:36 pm | 2 Comments
Meshuggah “obZen” (Best of the Decade)

obZen is Meshuggah at their most fully realized status yet, and it is an album that challenges every other metal band to match the fury of their attack even as we enter the new decade.

Kill to Kill “Cliffhanger”
October 22, 2009 – 1:05 pm | No Comment
Kill to Kill “Cliffhanger”

While “Cliffhanger” doesn’t show her great singing as well as other songs on Fighter, it best represents the unbridled energy and powerful sound the band has created on their debut for local label Guilt Ridden Pop.