The Hood Internet return from the recesses of their underground lab with the sixth volume in their free mixtape series, another hour+ banger filled with hip hop flows laced over indie rock beats. The duo of ABX and STV SLV take the likes of Ma$e, The Cool Kids, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Kreayshawn, Rick Ross & […]
8
May
ABX & STV SLV seamlessly blend indie rock with hip hop massives
16
Feb
From Four Tet, Floating Points, Teebs & DJ Shadow to 50s jazz
Escondido-via-Oakland producer Shortcircles — the latest signee off Los Angeles label Plug Research — released his eponymous debut EP this week. He claims influence by artists the likes of Four Tet, Teebs, Floating Points, DJ Shadow and a “a plethora of 50’s jazz records,” so you can sort of get where his music’s coming from. […]
6
Dec
Musical stargazing with Ninja Tune's latest bass beatsmith
There are few, if any, labels that can match the roster of the immaculately curated Ninja Tune Records. One of the newer names in the label’s their stellar bullpen (which includes heavyweights like Cold Cut, DJ Food, Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser, et al) is Philadelphia’s own Starkey (ak PJ Geissinger), who brings his […]
20
Dec
More animated craziness from LA's future driven beatsmith
Los Angeles producer and man of the future worlds Flying Lotus gets the Adult Swim treatment in this video for his track “Zodiac Shit”. Is it as good as the misanthropic robots turning against their human overlords? I’d say it’s pretty damn close…
