Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, "Massage Seats" We've had a lot of Madlib around here, in a bunch of different projects. In 2014, he got together with Freddie Gibbs, the upcoming gangsta rapper who also was comfortable as an underground MC. That...
The Hit Pack, "Never Say No To Your Baby" A Motown track from 1965, the heavy horns here really sound a little more like Stax than like Motown, especially from 1965. Rufus Thomas, "Funky Mississippi" Yeah, see, those horns! DJ Vadim,...
Fifteen, "Petroleum Distillation" Fifteen is the successor band to Crimpshrine, who were one of the seminal bands of the entire Gilman/Lookout scene in California. Crimpshrine splintered, yielding Operation Ivy, the legendary Cometbus zine, and Fifteen. As you can hear, this is very...
Isotope 217, "Kryptonite Smokes The Red Line" Is it post-rock or jazz? Half of the band is from Tortoise, so that's a big post-rock vote. But, they have multiple horns! So, jazz? But Godspeed You! Black Emperor have multiple horns, right?...
The Adjusters, "Armstrong" The Adjusters were a ska/soul act out of Chicago, who managed a couple albums before the ska scene imploded, but hung around with a couple more albums with much more narrow distribution. They also wore their left politics on...
