Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows
Syl Johnson was a blues and soul artist who never made the big time like Al Green, yet today he’s one of the most sampled performers around.
Syl Johnson was a blues and soul artist who never made the big time like Al Green, yet today he’s one of the most sampled performers around.
Evolution (Blue Note Records). Review by James Mann.
Rock the Bells kicked off its 2009 hip-hop festival tour in Chicago – just two days after Michael Jackson’s sudden death. Chris Catania took in this year’s finest while ruminating on the psychology of a crowd in mourning.
LA Heat (No Threshold). Review by Chris Catania.
Class of 3000: Music Volume One (La Face Records / Cartoon Network). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Appendix (K7!). Review by Bob Ham.
But you’d better believe that the ODB is having a blast as the ODG! J. Noise tries to see a silver lining in the first (of many) post-mortem cash-in albums.
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The Hillside Scramblers (INDIEgo). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Graymatter (Rapster). Review by Stein Haukland.
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Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA). Review by Bill Campbell.
The EP (Etheric). Review by Stein Haukland.
Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues (21st Century Blues). Review by Rob Walsh.
Mad Men on Arrival (Hum Drums / Illmindmusik). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
Arrhythmia (Warp). Review by Bill Campbell.
Devil’s Night (Shady/Interscope). Review by Julio Diaz.
It is probably spoiled to malign the latest Wu-Tang effort simply because the…
Charles DJ Deppner takes a look at a new book of artwork by DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh, and discovers the book is actually looking back at him.
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’ “Wicked World” video features Alice Bag, previews That Delicious Vice, out April 19 on In The Red Records.
Despite serving up ample slices of signature snark, FOX News golden boy Jesse Watters, for the most part, just listens — driving the narrative of his latest book, Get It Together, through the stories of others.
Brooklyn rapper Max Gertler finds himself a bit ground up on “Put My Heart in a Jay,” his latest single.
The dissolution of a wealthy Russian family confuses everyone involved.