This beatboxer from Japan just showed NYC how it's done. Happy holidays, folks. Instead of a drunk Santa picture, we thought it would be better to share some stories about dressing up like the old guy and traveling on planes instead of sleds. On Dasher! On Vixen!
Of temp agencies, Saks Fifth Avenue, Wild Turkey, and damp St. Nick costumes. [The Awl]
Over the river and through the woods to grandma's house we go. Indeed! How about 700 miles from Calgary to Victoria, Canada--with your chain smoking in-laws. [Gawker]
Right now I am in Bombay, India (aka Mumbai), where it’s 90 degrees and wild dogs, cows, and rickshaws are competing against people and taxis for space on the streets outside our hotel. This is one of the stops on the Subatomic Sound System and Dubblestandart “Planet Dub Tour” that is slowly spreading deep bass and echoes around the earth.
More words and flicks of Emch's tour through Asia after the cut. Get the latest episode here:
Greenmoney shine up their grillplates for the holidays and drop gold coinz in the form of atomic dancefloor shakers on this week's episode. Joining them on the decks for a special mix is DJ SRC. Watch out now!
This is an interview we did with Brit Dubstep producer Rusko. (You can check out Part 1 and 2 here. There's also more video and live footage of Subatomic Sound at our YouTube channel. Never enough!) This one focuses specifically on the links between the original '70s Jamaican dub and the dubstep sound of the '00s that has been evolving in the UK and, now, worldwide. Part 3 is my personal favorite segment as we get a little more in depth and get some nice comparison listening for people who might not otherwise hear the connection in the concept.
The posting of part 3 of this interview coincides with the digital release of "Blackboard Jungle Vol.2 - Respect My Shit" from Lee Scratch Perry, Dubblestandart, Subatomic Sound System, and Jahdan Blakkamoore. It's some dark, wobbly dubstep based on Perry's original rootical dub classic "Blackboard Jungle."
DJ DRM and Sema4 get deep into the scene--you know what we mean?--on this week's episode of Bastard Jazz Radio. Artists include Kelp, Coldcut, People Under the Stairs, Malente, Sneaky Fox, and other fun loving groovesters.
I have a bunch of of disco diva Celi Bee's vinyl laying around, but I rarely seem to play them because…well, I have this idea in my head that she's kinda cheesy, (Which she is—see the photo for proof.) But some of her tracks are actually quite lovely, like the one included here, "Fly Me on the Wings of Love," written and produced by her producer/Svengali Pep Luis Soto in 1978.
This year's award for over-hyped noisemakers in the music media goes to Animal Collective. (One more mention of their dumb album, Merri Your Post In Our Pavilion or Something, might make us gag up psychadelic patterns and blow them all over some smug Williamsburg art clown.) If you still can't get enough of their wanky instincts, though, we suggest you download a free copy of the latest issue of The Fader, where they serve as editors. BARF! [The Fader]
The worst songs of the decade have been decided upon. With a bullet, "Empire State of Mind" is number one. We kid, we kid! Awfulness has a new name, and that name is Adam Duritz. Congrats on beating out Tila Tequila. [Village Voice]
Electronic music mag Resident Advisor has picked out some of their favorite things of the past 12 months. We're not sure who half the artists, labels, or tracks they select are. However, they certainly make it look interesting. [RA]
This story is not music related, per se, but it does contain two of the three familiar elements of a rock n' roll lifestyle: sex and drugs. TV news anchoring and radio host to minivan moms is new to the equation. [Charlotte Observor via Gawker]
Windy City resident Britt Julious has been holding down the noisy guitars and distorted dance grooves from Indieland on I Love My Wife, with co-host Arianna Stern, on Brooklyn Radio. We're truly lucky to have someone with our maxim for poptastic taste in the mainstream that mixes with a love for the underground and unexplored. Besides feeding your ears here, she curates your other senses at her blog, Britticisms. After the cut, we learn Brittany is a Brittany fan.
A record label owner, producer, and DJ, Nick Name has been flying his eclectic and discerning brand of music into the digital age with the Care In the Community show on Brooklyn Radio. Constantly dipping into the esoteric sounds of decades past, Nick shows the big picture of sonics on the wide screen: A soundtrack to your obscure part of life. After the cut, we dive down the rabbit hole with Nick to get his thoughts on the decade that was.
Queens native Chucky Brown, of The Shake Up on Brooklyn Radio, packed up his rock circus and took it out to San Francisco last year. But just because he departed for the Left Coast, that didn't mean we were going to stop letting him floss New York City--even if it was in the Bay. (In fact, after some dispatches from Chucky, we've warmed to Northern Cali and added some native Golden Gate DJs to our line-up, J.Boogie and his Beatsauce crew.) After the cut, a slimmed down Brown dives into his thoughts on the past ten years.
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