Every music blog has a end-of-the-year top 10 something. 2008 was a good year for music, I think. This list is a sample of all the great things released in ’08. There may be a slight advantage to music released…
After four years, Nicolay and Phonte finally drop another album together as The Foreign Exchange. This time, only two tracks have a few seconds of emceeing. The rest is soulful crooning by Phonte and friends over electronic-tinged production. I’ve seen…
From L.A. With Love is a collection of tracks by various artists out of LA (Nobody, Daedelus, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Flying Lotus, Madlib, Gaslamp Killer) put together by Andrew Lojero, aka ArtDontSleep. The music is amazing, but he also took…
Possibly the first compilation of Brazilian music I ever bought, DJ Nuts’ mix CD was released by Mochilla and Wax Poetics. I found it new for about $7 at the local record store. I was excited. The artwork was done…
Something just didn’t sit right with me and this album. I’m not sure why. Maybe it was because it was so different from DJ Vadim’s USSR: The Art of Listening, an album I was obsessed with back in high school.…
This is the inside of Georgia Anne Muldrow’s first EP on Stones Throw. Surprisingly, I enjoyed this more than her LP, Olesi: Fragments of an Eart, although both albums are top notch. I’m pretty sure I read that the album…
This is actually my barber’s group. He’s the older looking one in the back to the left. He’s been cutting my hair since I was little. My father played guitar for him a few times and I sat in on…
Great album with a great packaging. The spacey/retro style fits well with Eric Lau’s music. The design was done by Ashkahn aka Don’t Stop Studios. Photography by Adrian Wood. Don’t Stop StudiosAdrian WoodEric Lau
I saw this in CD in the record store last year and knew it was something good. Unfortunately I didn’t buy it. I was confused until recently, not knowing that the Stark Reality album “Now“, released on Stones Throw, was…
This is the recently released cover for the new Roots album coming in April. It’s an interesting choice. The Nah Right post got an explanation from ?uestlove. “This drawing is entitled NEGRO RULE. and it pretty much sums up the…
I didn’t realize how soon this album was being released until today. Madlib, Georgia Anne Muldrow, 9th Wonder and Dilla are on production. How can Erykah go wrong? What I really wanted to post about was the music video for…
Soul Sides made a quick post yesterday about a book of album cover art that Wax Poetics Magazine is releasing in “a few weeks”. I’m sure it’s going to be amazing. So I need money for that and their first-five-issue…
Just a heads up. The latest issue of Wax Poetics features a few great photographers mainly involved in hip-hop culture. George Dubose, David Corio, Ernie Paniccioli, Joe Conzo, Jamel Shabazz, Janette Beckman, my favorite Brian Cross (B+) and a few…
This is the album insert for Alice Smith’s first LP from 2006 on BBE Records. A New York-based singer, Alice’s music is an interesting mix of soul, rock and blues. The design work was done by David Bias. A lot…
The other day I picked up a used copy of Fela Kuti’s Monkey Banana / Excuse O. Fela was a musician and composer from Nigeria partly responsible for creating “afrobeat”, a style of music combining jazz, funk, highlife and traditional…
Today I made a pilgrimage to the Hemphill Gallery in DC to see the work of Mingering Mike. I had heard about him through other blogs. I didn’t understand what it was all about until recently. Mingering Mike is sort…
From looking at thumbnails, I figured this scorpion was illustrated. Unfortunately, it is a photo. A little disappointing, but it still works. I can envision being stranded in the Sahara, being stung by a scorpion and having the bands music…
For my first post, I’m going to talk about one of my favorite music artists, favorite record labels and favorite designers. I thought it was appropriate. This is the cover of Yesterday’s Universe released last Tuesday on Stones Throw Records.…
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