Gnarls Barkley, "Gone Daddy Gone" It takes a lot of guts to cover anything from the sui generis Violent Femmes. It's such a beloved album, and such an iconic set of performances, that you're very much always going to be compared against perfection. I think...
Arsonists, "Session" My favorite song on As The World Burns, powered by that savage bass line. I'm basically a sucker for any upright bass. And, of course, it's fun to hear them trading verses back and forth. Prefuse 73, "Last Night" One of the less...
Six songs today! Amon Tobin, "Precursor" One of the big trends of rap beats was taking old soul music and speeding it up so that it sounds like the Chipmunks. Here, Amon Tobin sounds like he's doing kind of the same thing, only with cartoon...
Happy birthday to my oldest! 10 years! Mind blowing. Let's see what shuffle pulls up to celebrate! Arsonists, "Backdraft" One of the things to like about the Arsonists is the way MCs are coming into and out of this song, weaving their verses. I love...
A bit of a mixed bag today. Too bad we missed the Amon Tobin track that immediately followed these! Arsonists, "Blaze" Underground rap act out of Brooklyn, Arsonists are odd simply for the fact that they signed to legendary indie rock label Matador for their...
