It’s no secret we love The Weeknd here — we put his Thursday mixtape as #2 on our 2011 Year In Music retrospective. Now The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, releases the first album from the man who produced the Echoes Of Silence mixtape cut “Initiation”. DropxLife’s 9-song instrumental Further mixtape recalls much of the atmospheric, bass-oriented, reverb-drenched […]

There are a lot of ways to help to help out our cultural brothers and sisters over in Japan, but here’s another good one. The Help Japan T-Shirt is a great way to donate money to the desperately needed relief efforts while showing your allegiance to the cause. Very similar in concept to the Japan […]

What’s happened to our fine friends over in Japan is obviously horrific beyond words. We have so much respect for the Japanese people, culture and society in general that the devastation is honestly heartbreaking. There are many ways to help, including directly donating to the Red Cross and other on-ground organizations. If you want to […]