Tag Archives: Japanther

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 7 — Shuffle, Step, But Change…Not So Much

Since this blog’s inception a few years back London-based composer Shawn Lee has appeared in our pages no fewer than three times. His most recent appearance was of course in Tuesday’s post, where I featured his newest LP Soul in the Hole alongside metal-masked rapper/producer DOOM’s new record Born Like This. But […]

“I Can Tell You’re Fly by the WEAVE! That You Wear… ” © Kelvin Mercer

I know, Hip-Hop is far from the only genre of music whose modern incarnation is fractured and unbalanced. Seeing the art of songwriting and raw talent replaced by a cult of personality drove most people to write off what passes for “Pop” music a long time ago. The voice of the disaffected, dispirited […]

Hexes’ and Eche’s

A full week of December is nearly over, which means the end of 2008 is nigh. The tail end of any year is typically kinda slow music-wise. The usual flood of releases is reduced to a trickle. People in “the industry” increasingly take time off for the holidays. Folks like me […]

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

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 […]

“Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.”

Over the last month I’ve been preoccupied with a lot of things, most of them downers like death, uncertainty, mortality, throwing out the belongings of a loved-one, paying bills, and so-on. In between I’ve listened to lots of music, and tried to write about some of it. But stress and the aforementioned depressing minutia has […]