Category Archives: Music

The “Sound of Kudoro” Is “the Titts”

November 25, 2008 – 10:30 am

Blame the internet, or M.I.A., but I can’t remember when there was so much international cross-pollination going on in dance music. Yeah, back in the day the Brits took House and Techno and made them their own, spawning the Rave culture that eventually found its way back to our shores, bringing us Drum-N-Bass in […]

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Dusk of the Living Bassheads

November 24, 2008 – 10:30 am

Traditionally I’d look upon an “illness” like Seasonal Affective Disorder as some manner of quackery or another. On the other hand, I’ve always thought all this Daylight Saving Time-related falling back and springing forward we do every year is a bunch of malarkey. It gets dark at four in the goddamn afternoon now! […]

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Records at Random, Vol. 75: Genius/GZA Liquid Swords

November 21, 2008 – 10:30 am

Back in August I marked the dog days of Summer–and the 13th anniversary of the album’s release date–by dedicating a Records at Random post to Wu-Tang Clan swordsman Chef Raekwon’s mafioso-Rap epic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In that post I went to great lengths to outline just some of the myriad reasons that […]

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Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: The Rapture Tapes

November 20, 2008 – 10:30 am

As I’ve already made abundantly clear, I have reason to celebrate this week. And while it’s true there won’t be much in the way of partying going on in my vicinity I still can’t seem to shake the festive mood, no matter how hard I try. And it’s in that spirit of having […]

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Money vs. The Mummy (in 3-D!)

November 19, 2008 – 10:30 am

Monday I mentioned how I had to abandon my plans to give scantily clad women money in exchange for the opportunity to watch them shake their butts in honor of my birthday. But today’s post is about a pair of bands who’ve released albums that’re actually about currency and gyrating one’s posterior. Founded by Chicagoan Matt […]

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