Since The Roots’ Questlove took to Twitter with a blog post that reported Gang Starr’s Guru is in a coma, the word has begun to spread around the Internet. Here’s what the original post from the T.R.O.Y. blog/Philaflava said: If anyone has info about this please let us know. WeR[...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 26th, 2010 - 2:51 pm § in True/Slant
Video Friday: The National and a bunny
Music videos rarely tell stories anymore. So it’s great to come across a director who can tap into the emotional vibrancy of a song and bring it out into their original narritive. Director and animator Tobias Gundorff Boesen gets it. He used The National‘s “Slow Show” for a b[...]
February 24th, 2010 - 8:08 pm § in True/Slant
Raaaaaaaandy's 'Aaaaaaaangry (with eight A's)' is Okaaaaaaaay
Yesterday, comedian Aziz Ansari dropped a little gem from his forthcoming mixtape collaboration with TV On The Radio‘s Dave Sitek entitled “Aaaaaaaangry (with eight A’s).” Rather, it’s an almost-gem. Ansari’s rhymes are surprisingly solid and flow with ease thanks[...]
February 18th, 2010 - 9:17 pm § in True/Slant
The Pixies Sell Out
Anyone who complained about Jim DeRogatis’ review of The Pixies’ Doolittle-themed show because DeRogatis focused on the band’s rampant commercialism must be shocked by Pixies’ frontman Black Francis/Frank Black’s interview with Quietus [via Pitchfork]: “We’r[...]
February 18th, 2010 - 3:16 am § in True/Slant
Bon Iver, P.O.S., Megafaun and a dozen musicians walk into a bar…
I was shocked – shocked – when I saw this on the A.V. Club homepage: New “supergroup” featuring Justin Vernon, P.O.S., members of Megafaun and The Rosebuds, et al., looks awesome, awful, awesome again Just the combination of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and P.O.S. sent my b[...]
February 17th, 2010 - 7:02 pm § in True/Slant
The Biggest Rapper in Milwaukee
Last week, Milwaukee’s Juiceboxxx dropped his first mixtape, Thunder Zone Volume One. Topping out at 20 tracks, the mixtape could be a turning point for the oft-misunderstood rapper from the heartland. Often mistaken for a nerdcore artist because of the color of his skin and nasaly flow or met[...]
February 17th, 2010 - 3:34 pm § in True/Slant
The Terrible Cover of MGMT's New Album
Congratulations to MGMT. The Brooklyn “indie” act just released the cover for their sophomore LP, Congratulations, and it may be the worst album artwork I’ve seen all year: All other bands out there, take notice. MGMT has thrown down the gauntlet for atrocious cover craft, and it i[...]
February 15th, 2010 - 12:31 am § in True/Slant
Will Max Bemis no longer Say Anything?
Max Bemis took to Twitter just a little while ago with one long, oft-rambling ode to the pangs of posting things on… Twitter. Part of Bemis’ cathartic, well-intentioned rant included a curious take on the future of Say Anything, the excellent band Bemis fronts: To let you guys in on some[...]