Tag Archives: M.I.A.

Fresh From the Frialator

As I noted in yesterday’s blog entry, UK Indie-Dance outfit Hot Chip holds the top spot for most listens out of all the music on my hard drives and hand-held digital listening devices according to the calculations of Last.fm and their Audioscrobbler software. I make no bones about it either; I love the shit […]

Records MP3s at Random, Vol. 69: Big Audio Dynamite Tighten Up, Vol. 88

Writing about one-man British pixel-Punk band Sportsday Megaphone yesterday, and noting several qualities he shared in common with Mick Jones‘ post-The Clash group Big Audio Dynamite, inspired today’s choice of random record. Well, first it reminded me that I was supposed to put B.A.D.’s 1995 album F-Punk on m. Cody’s iPod, but after that […]

“Repent Ye; For The Upsetter Is at Hand!”

It shouldn’t have gone unnoticed that over time I’ve profiled a few records produced by legendary Dub producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in this space. I’ve also invoked his name on numerous occasions even when he wasn’t directly involved with creating the music under discussion. The frequency of his appearances in my writing is […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: DLake, Diplo & Santogold and KiD CuDi

When I started slipping posts about mixtapes into my blog repertoire last year I felt it necessary to point out that I had been turned off by the whole mixtape subculture for a number of years. Regardless of my reasons (and if you really want to know what they were, you can go back […]

S**t! God-Damn! Get ON This Ass & Jam!

There are sequels, and then there are spin-offs. After initial reports that Lovefoxxx, lead vocalist of Brazilian Post-Punk dance-band Cansei de Ser Sexy, was working on a solo album after the success of her band’s debut I was living in anticipation of the latter more-so than the former. In the end, the reports of a […]