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Daedelus: Love to Make Music To

There are 50 ways to leave your lover, and Daedelus (aka Los Angeles-based electronic composer and trained jazz man Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) wants to sell you 15 more. , his ninth album since 2002's Invention and first on Ninja Tune explores love and ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Pitchfork,  24 Jul 2008

Review: Buckshot & 9th Wonder: The Formula

Like so many other May-December relationships, Buckshot & 9th Wonder spend plenty of time reminding us just how awesome their relationship is. The problem is that great duos in hip-hop never need to tell everyone just how intuitively combustible they ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Pitchfork,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: 9th Wonder,  Guess?

Rick Ross - Rise to Power

he “Make It Rain” remix told us everything we needed to know about Rick Ross. On that particular song, he’s set up by, in order: top-shelf Scott Storch Doppler 5000 schmaltz, R. Kelly’s self parody/Major Payne referencing tight rope sprint, Weezy’s ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  23 Oct 2007
Related Topics: Rick Ross,  Scott Storch,  R. Kelly

Prefuse 73 - Preparations

ince 1997, Guillermo Scott Herren has shuffled masks, personas, whatever you deem to call it, across albums. He composed angles of himself in tidal flats of bent circuits, guitars, electric steam, and vocal samples stretching from gossamer wistful to ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  19 Oct 2007

Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends

razy insane or insane crazy? For years now Tim Harrington, the lead singer of Les Savy Fav, the Providence-germinated, Brooklyn-habitated four-piece, has been a man apart. While his band mates have dutifully produced dependable art punk petroleum ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  18 Sep 2007

Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death

he Diamond is an apt name for albums certified for 10 million + sales by the Recording Industry Association of America. The hardest substance on earth: insoluble, impervious to penetration, secure in itself. "The formation of natural diamond requires ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  11 Sep 2007
Related Topics: John Keats,  Sylvia Plath,  Frank O'Hara,  Mike Tyson,  Tupac Shakur

Yung Joc - Hustlenomics

ast Christmas a close friend gave me a gift: Kids Rap Radio, two discs of sparrow-voiced youngsters chasing down “Fresh Azimiz,” “Laffy Taffy,” and a snacks-and-candy inspired take on T.I.’s “Why You Wanna.” It was masterminded by Beyonce’s father. ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  4 Sep 2007

Spokane - Little Hours

hough it’s got much in common with the more ethereal corners of all things ambient— yawning, disquieting plateaus of strings, murmured vocals—Spokane’s isn’t what you’d call sprawling. The album’s best songs are dark works in miniature (“Minor ...

From EVAN MCGARVEY, Stylus Magazine,  28 Aug 2007

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