With a somber drone, "Woven by priests and jeweled by the sea", Sun Dogs I: Spirit Modules changed what I thought possible in music aesthetic. Encased in a Medieval garment, this opening phrase allowed a ghastly mood to settle over Rose Window's debut album, Sun Dogs, from the onset. A homeless bard in a hooded cloak headed toward a... Continue Reading →
Cool was Here, Bremen Cafe, Coyote Armada
What crossroads have we come upon? Where marks here? The vangaurds of Now Wave pop culture, weary at their posts, find that extolls of 'Lifer' rolled easier from the finger tips 23, 26, 27. It screamed all or nothing, and right now. It occupied. It moderated brand consumption in exchange for indignant conformity with... Continue Reading →
Heart of Gold, Dropout Arts, Soulstice Theatre, This is Our Youth
He's slumming it, holed up in a hard to access apartment that makes his visitors traverse an obstacle course of doors, stairs and narrow passages to get in his company. He likes it better that way. He's kind of high-strung, domineering and paranoid, a "real-player" in the criminal underworld in his own mind. Cops,... Continue Reading →
T’official, adoptahighway, Qualmness, A Fault p. 3
Adoptahighway is one of my favorite efforts out these days, and those. He's built a ill body of work, churning content hard these past five years. The promo piece Qualmness off of his pressed LP A Fault continues culminating the melodic remedy he's been treating us with. Check the Video: Qualmness, adoptahighway via Wes Tank on Vimeo 2015 Blockhead crept... Continue Reading →
Can You See? Mad Planet, Busdriver
Damn conventional wisdom, Busdriver still matters if he don't get heard. It baffles me that a dude can collaborate with one of the illest, illest, rappers of all time Aceyalone as a teen, put out give-or-take 12 albums through out the 2000's into today, and still be okay paying dues. That's probably why he's so raw. Not trying... Continue Reading →
Local Trolley 