February 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
cleaning out my closet: the top 100 records of...
1. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
2. Liturgy – Aesthetica
3. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
4. The Men - Leave Home
5. Horseback – Impale Golden Horn
6. Pistol Annies - Pistol Annies
7. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
8. All Pigs Must Die - God Is War
9. Factory Floor – “A Wooden Box”/“R E A L L O V E”/“Two Different Ways” 12-inches
10. Ballaké Sissoko...
whiney's best of 2011 mixtapes: vol. 1, 2 & 3
volume 1: THE HITS [145 MB, 79:42] str8 mersh, lol indie rock, brit-brit, k-pop youtube rips, contrarian stanning for major label country records, trendy 80s revisionism that will age terribly, that drive song even your dumbest friends posted to facebook, footwork, minimal techno, disco orchestras, factory records aspirations and the requisite thee oh sees song
volume 2: ALL RAP...
nogtown and b-boys: four holiday events
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 I have the world’s largest collection of Christmas rap. Tonight I square off against inestimable talent booker Chris White of Tiger Mountain Presents.
Thursday, Dec 15, 2011 More Christmas rap for Puja Patel’s “I Got Ho’s” happy hour. I go on mad early because there’s real DJs on the bill.
Friday, Dec 16, 2011 The penultimate show...
September 2011
1 post
trivial pursuits
@1000TimesYes: I know its corny to shit on Pitchfork, but I’m in absolute fucking hysterics over their new “board game reviewer.”
“Yet there’s something thrilling about shaking a fistful of dice. The clatter of the bones against felt or tabletop is a visceral pleasure. And there’s that breathless moment when everything settles and you’re reading the...
July 2011
2 posts
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
4 posts
the 33 shows i saw at sxsw 2011, ranked
honestly, this is as useful as whatever coverage you did.
1. Letlive. 2. Yelawolf 3. Altaar 4. Bruce Lamont 5. Low 6. Batillus 7. Big KRIT 8. Liturgy 9. Yob 10. Ken Mode 11. Mistah FAB 12. Shabazz Palaces 13. Magrudergrind 14. Errors 15. Buck 65 16. Grayceon 17. Quintron & Miss Pussycat 18. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (Billboard debacle) 19. Cough 20. Curren$y 21. Moe Green 22. Trae...
“No disrespect to anybody that’s doing mixtapes but these are documented,...”
– E-40 on releasing four albums with the span of 13 months. Rappers take note. [via hiphopdx]
January 2011
1 post
“i don’t have anything against it, myself. but the poignant beauty of...”
– ilx poster contenderizer on pomplamoose
November 2010
1 post
re: tonight's Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All...
via Don DeLillo:
Several days later Murray asked me about a tourist attraction known as the most photographed barn in America. We drove 22 miles into the country around Farmington. There were meadows and apple orchards. White fences trailed through the rolling fields. Soon the signs started appearing. THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN IN AMERICA. We counted ...
October 2010
2 posts
May 2010
11 posts
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“Here she is, married to the scion of a multinational corporation, and she makes...”
– Michaelangelo Matos on M.I.A.’s “Born Free”
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“The Faith No More alum sure can use his voice box. Here he sings mostly in...”
– Philadelphia Weekly on Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane, an album whose press release has the word “Italian” in the first sentence
mangum p.i.
this is why we can’t have nice things dept.
No filming (photos or film) will be allowed at the event… This event is for the people attending before anyone else, and having to fight for a view of the performers past somebody getting a shitty photo on their shitty RAZR phone should not be part of the equation for such a premium ticket price… If you whip out your phone to film...