‘Artists’ Archive

24 Feb

Dope, New, ‘Unsigned’ Artists

Dope, New, 'Unsigned' Artists

During the last few years, streaming music technology has become increasingly accessible. One of the wonderful results of this new-found accessibility is the fact that websites who provide a free streaming service to artists can easily become a thriving sharing community. I have been finding artists on communities like Soundcloud and Carbon Logic creating amazing [...]

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6 Jan

ROYALTY / Five Easy Pieces

ROYALTY / Five Easy Pieces

The past year has been filled with “future” sounds as much as it has been with “retro” ones. It’s always nice to find an artist that is able to combine the sound of the past while pushing the boundaries of the groove. I think that the best example of an artist doing that in 2011 [...]

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5 Oct

5 Things

5 Things

Here are 5 new music releases that I am really excited about right now: 1. GLAQJO XAACSSO, by Patten 2. We Stay Together, by Andy Stott 3. Vibe 2 Compilation on Future Times 4. Fantastic Plastic EP, by Lee Bannon 5. Framework, by Mike Dehnert

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15 Jul

Hype Williams: One Nation

Hype Williams: One Nation

I’ve just been bumping the album One Nation, by Hype Williams, released back in March on the consistently awesome label, Hippos in Tanks. This music is gloriously lo-fi and funky. Hype Williams’ music sits nicely somewhere between instrumental hip hop beats and abstract/ambient tape music. Everything sounds as if it were hand-sequenced and recorded to [...]

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12 Nov

Tonight: Nosaj Thing

Tonight: Nosaj Thing

I’m going to rock out to this guy tonight at Rickshaw Stop Jogger also plays.

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