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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Shigeto crunching beats
Wow, is this beat ever good. I don’t know much about this Shigeto producer but this track was released on a new EP called Semi Circle on Ghostly International just the other day: Look at him drum: “They say some of the best art is born of struggle, but in the case of Shigeto’s Semi-Circle [...]
Stevie on Sesame Street
Was getting ready for my Niagara Falls gig at Casino Niagara (with Jully Black) tonight, and realized it’s been a long time since I last listened to some good funky soul music. Here’s Stevie Wonder rocking ‘Superstition‘ on Sesame Street. It’s pretty awesome.
Mutek 11
Hands up if you’re going to Mutek this year! The line-up of performers is slowly being revealed, with the final line-up to be announced on April 13th. Here are a few photos of only some of the artists that urbansteve and I caught last year… Moderat The Mole Mathew Jonson & Dandy Jack Lusine Carl [...]
Emotions vs. Warrior vs. mo’ remixes!
A couple of excellent remixes of José James‘ “Warrior” (itself a cover of Benga‘s “Emotions”) by Subtrkt, Jus Wan and Rockwell that bring the track back to its bass music origins… out on April 12th on Brownswood Recordings: See my review of Jose James’ Blackmagic for JunoPlus here. P.S. I also recently wrote this review [...]
Dusty Fingers all over my 45s
Stones Throw recently pressed a few hundred copies of this 45 for this year’s SXSW music festival, with Mayer Hawthorne and James Pants covering each other’s songs. I want! Alas, the tracks are now only available for purchase digitally. Mayer Hawthorne’s rendition of JP’s “Thin Moon”: The OG: On the flip side, James Pants’ rendition of [...]
