Hepcat, "Marcus Garvey" Y'all, it's ska weather right now in Seattle. It's still sunny, but not oppressive, and some breezy tunes to go with it is just perfect. I've had Hepcat on while making dinner a few times recently, and it's going down niiiice. Right...
Sharon Jones, "Make It Good To Me" Fuck me, listen to that organ. I try and play a decent amount of soul around the kids, because it's just such amazing music, and with luck, they'll get the same appreciation of it. I try not to...
Great one today! Run The Jewels, "Early" Run The Jewels 2 is just perfect. El-P's beats have never sounded better, Killer Mike's rhymes have never soudned better, the guests are fantastic. It's just such a great album, one of the highlights of music this decade....
Good set today. Hepcat, "You And I" Hepcat could really straddle the line between ska, rocksteady, and even something like soul. This song is just a low-key delight. Wu-Tang Clan, "Shame On A Nigga" I love it when rappers deliberately use a bogus word and...
Nice set today! James Brown, "The Payback" Sometimes on this blog, I talk about things that are cool. It's hard to put your finger on what cool is. It's the kind of thing that you can't really define, but can only find the outlines of...
