Songs N.i.C Fell in Love with in 2010
We have a set of speakers in the middle of our living room that has served as the great moodmaker of the house. It’s the rooster that wakes us in the morning and the cricket that lullabies us to sleep. It’s the campfire we huddle around every time we discover a new song that MUST be shared with [...]
Children of Production: Hella Funky Kids’ Shows
I didn’t start listening to hip-hop until I was almost in high school. It’s not like I hadn’t heard it before, but for most of my life I felt like what I had in my tape collection was much more dynamic – Fraggle Rock, The Lion King Soundtrack, Alvin and the Chipmunks covering Michael Jackson, etc.. [...]
Songs Dahlak Fell in Love with in 2010
From coke rap to classic gospel, Dahlak shares his favorite discoveries of 2010.
Zadie Smith @ NY Public Library
The New York Public Library has been kicking ass and taking names lately. It was only a week ago that they housed a conversation with Jay-Z and Cornel West (which was annoyingly co-opted by this other dude) and tonight they’re featuring Zadie Smith, who is a brilliant literary cuuuuuuuuutie pieeeeee! Tickets are still on sale [...]
The video for Lykke Li's "Get Some" is simply dope
I love Lykke Li’s videos because they don’t try too hard – which isn’t to say that they’re not amazing, psychadelic, intense experiences. But the concepts are simple and the quality is always high without necessarily having to be high-tech. But whether she’s playing acoustic piano by a ditch or packing a band into the [...]
Don't miss the conversation between Jay-Z & Cornel West tonight!
I can’t tell if I should be happy for Jay-Z or sad for our society that his appearance tonight at the NY Public Library features Cornel West merely as a sidenote (when I went online to buy the tickets, Cornel wasn’t even mentioned in the headline). In reality, tonight is much deeper than a promo [...]
Get Some New Lykke Li, a.k.a. New Lykke Li "Get Some"
Have I told you about how obsessed I am with Swedish music? Almost as good as the fish. One of my favorites from the land is Lykke Li, whose first album Youth Novel stays on my rotation (okayyy if you neeeed a hip-hop reference, awhile back Drake remixed her song “Little Bit“). At long last, [...]
Prince Announces the "Welcome to America" tour featuring Janelle Monáe, Esperanza Spalding & then some
Now that’s how you do a press conference. Prince “Kiss (Daft Punk Remix)”
Big Boi finally drops the full version of "Lookin' 4 Ya" ft. André 3000 & Sleepy Brown!!!
Big Boi‘s album Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Dusty Chico hasn’t left my rotation. The shit’s hottttt! The one big setback is the rather obvious absence of OutKast teammate André 3000 (not counting his production contribution for “You Ain’t No DJ“*), which you can blame the fuckboys at Jive Records for. Well, luckily for [...]
