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villalobos albums are all but poiintless without headphones. (though i find they also work at very low volume on a stereo very close to your head as you're going to sleep, though i suppose that's the same principle in a way.) but i still find the new one a bit dry. on the recorded evidence i've...

i got burnt out on reggaeton really fast. there's some good stuff there, but so many of the rhythms are just old school dancehall 7-beats-to-the-bar clonks. (plus my neighbors behind are doing their level best to make me hate it.)

actually i mean flo dan not god's gift

dizzee <i>has</i> painted himself into a corner; i can totally see <i>showtime</i> as his <i>marshall mathers lp</i>, the full summation of his shtick. without a serious reinvention he's sunk, i think. the idea of him releasing an <i>encore</i> in two or three years is just depressing beyond...

yeah "vulture culture" which i don't think they're pressing anymore, but you can still find through the usual less-than-reptuable channels probably.

it's heavy, alright. big up craig and toby. (craig is seriously one of the nicest musicians i've ever dealt with as a writer.)

oi this is well heavy. what "ambient jungle" should('ve) be(en)! who is this cat?

also: the dj pica pica pica record is certainly worth a spin if you can find it for less than $40 (god, i have to finally get the rest of my records back from washington...all that money!). the hellshit/carhouse record not so much. <i>shock city shockers</i> and ooioo records i'd put in the...

i've only listened to <i>seadrum</i> a few times, but it's held up each time. it's the kind of thing you really do have to mark out 30 minutes to listen to, though..can't really shut it off mid-stream! (no pun intended.) same with <i>vcn</i>, which makes it hard to find time to listen to this...

i am surprised as many people are as disparaging of the post-<i>super ae</i> stuff here as they are. i thought <i>seadrum</i> was a bit of a let down (well, at least the "house of sun" half), but <i>vcn</i> is great.

oh god paul yr fucking killing me. "no good advice" into "apocalypse never"?! clearly i need to move back to nyc.

is that the "roll out" remix? it's quite old at this point, isn't it?

and yeah, the marley comparison is specious beyond all reasoning.

it's a decent piece but she contradicts herself too often for me to be fully comfortable with it. it's understandable for "conscious" dreads to spit homophobic lyrics in the context of their religion? because it's just part of every day life in jamaica? the vibe i get from a lot of...

i used to like elephant man quite a bit, but now i'm all but burnt out on him. i can feel vybz kartel fatigue coming on too. you know, they pump out so much material, and when they become the fan favorite for a season or two and are on every comp...you just get sick of their little catch...

the tempo/structure of the tunes surely has something to do with the (current?) vogue for dance crazes ala the mashed potato too.

"red alert" was my favorite riddim from last year, with "bubble up" and "scoobay" right behind. a lot of stuff seems to be moving at a techno-ified clip these days. logan why is "chaka chaka" sign of a decline? (i haven't heard it.)

we all know how long blog suspensions last, right? ;) matt, woebot will never be taken off my links as long as the archives are still up. they contain more work than most running blogs will ever post.

I never bothered with any of the Kraut stuff outside the canon (it even took me ages to hear Amon Duul), and I've sold back 75% of it (survivors: Can, natch; Neu 75; Faust Tapes and IV...Kwerk never counted as Krock to me.) Did I miss the biggest hipster swindle of the 90s? (When I think about...

big up all dissensus crew. going to be the best year ever, don'tcha know?