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MP3s: Talking Loud, Signifyin’ Something

Posted Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:24pm PDT

Mouthy rappers insisting on their genius and exhibiting their thick skulls are common enough in hip-hop, but what of electronica? Where is the Jay-Z of the dance floor, the Kanye West of the drum and bass battle, the Mary J. Blige of the dubstep decl More »

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MP3s: New York: Jazz In The ‘50s

Posted Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:56pm PDT

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, New York City was the focal point for myriad jazz styles. Hard bop, cool jazz, trad jazz and nascent third stream and avant garde styles found a home in the city's eclectic clubs, bars, and ballrooms. More »

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MP3s: It’s A Thug World For Us (Infinito: 2017, Plastic Little)

Posted Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:36pm PDT

Thugs get a bad name, no doubt about it. I may be mixing apples with oranges, east coast with west, the 80s with the 00s, but talent knows no boundaries. Today's choice for heroic gangsta/sonic sampling wizardry come courtesy Infinito: 2017 and Plast More »

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MP3s: Rent Romus' Lords Of Outland, You Can Sleep When You're Dead!

Posted Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:55pm PDT

All hail the man of a million hats! The originator of the original San Francisco free jazz industrial rent party! A former student of tenor sax master Stan Getz, Romus once helmed Jazz On The Line, an acoustic sextet that fused jazz, blues, gospel, a More »

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MP3s: Zeppelin For Aspiring DJs

Posted Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:41pm PDT

Illegal pharmaceuticals and rock and roll have a long shared history, as do jazz and rock and roll. Wait a minute, that's pharmaceuticals and jazz. Pink Skull serve up a perfect Bloody Mary of DJ grooves, Krautrock mysticism, psychedelic exploration, More »

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MP3s: Philippe B Takes Philadelphia, And The World

Posted Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:32pm PDT

I think we all want to hear a captivating melody, well performed, and whether we know it or not, performed in tune. A clever lyric can also add to a song's long term viability, as will a rousing chorus that refuses to leave our ears. I find all this, More »

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MP3s: “I Drink Your Milkshake!” (aka “When Robert Fripp Met Jimi Hendrix”)

Posted Mon Apr 7, 2008 5:00pm PDT

Considering that the US is an extremely literate nation where most self respecting people prefer books over television or DVDs, I suggest you memorize the following MP3s from musician Robert Fripp, motivational speaker Patricia Fripp (no relation), p More »

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MP3s: Barry Adamson’s “Psycho Sexual”

Posted Tue Apr 1, 2008 12:18pm PDT

The man of a million musical hats, a witty performer whose albums include The Negro Inside Me, King of Nothing Hill and Stranger on the Sofa, and sideman extraordinaire, Barry Adamson returns with the typically genre defying Back To The Cat. More »

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MP3s: Talking Loud, Signifyin’ Something

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MP3s: It’s A Thug World For Us (Infinito: 2017, Plastic Little)

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