Fisch Loops = MF Doom + tomppabeats + J Dilla … read more
Local Review: Fisch Loops – Looking Back
Local Review: Finale Grand – Baroque Beats
Finale Grand = Madlib + Karriem Riggins … read more
Local Review: Freemind Movement – Saint Villain
Beyond instrumentation and production, Freemind stays true to their moniker with spiritual, insightful and poignant content in Saint Villain. It’s cliché, but they display awareness and humility in their content that seems to resonate with old-school hip-hop fans. … read more
Local Review: finale – Proverbs
finale = Netsky + Tycho + Flite … read more
Local Review: Follow the Weather – First Light
Follow the Weather = Estas Tonne + The Cinematic Orchestra × acoustic Chevelle … read more
Local Review: Good Ol’ Triple – Meet the Outlaw
Good Ol’ Triple = 21 Savage + Froggy Fresh + Lil Bibby … read more
Local Review: Glume – Redefined Displeasures
Glume = Joy Division + a whisper of Angelo Badalamenti … read more
Local Review: Fur Foxen – The Death Of
Fur Foxen = Elliot Smith + The Swampers … read more
Local Review: Founders of Ruin – Movement I: Concept
Founders of Ruin = Meshuggah + After the Burial + Between the Buried and Me … read more
Local Review: Gerald Music – Take Part of Group Activities
GERALD MUSIC TAKE PART IN GROUP ACTIVITIES Gerald Music = Temporary Residence Records + William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition + yin-yang My favorite part of Gerald Music is the silver, fawn-soft bells that seem to rise like multi-colored bubbles above the heads of a dreaming, silhouetted crowd in a club infused with magic, if only for
Local Review: Gina French – Of Rapture
Gina French Of Rapture Gina French = Emmylou Harris + Robert Johnson + Dead Can Dance Gina French has more soul than Al Green french-kissing Tina Turner. She is the only folk artist I know that takes the sexiest, dirtiest parts of the blues, rock and alt-country and mixes it with Middle Eastern scale progressions.
Local Review: Gaza – East
Gaza East Exigent Records Gaza = Soilent Green + Today Is The Day + Eyehategod + Pushing Up Daisies Probably unfairly lumped in with many of the metalcore bands coming out these days, Gaza are unique and don’t deserve such categorization. Elements of raging, pissed hardcore are evident, but with a very kick-ass mix of
