Jan
2
2012
Once every three months I list the best of what I heard in albums/songs/remixes for the quarter. I do this to personally keep up with all the awesome music I hear, as it ultimately helps me at the end of the year when I do my overall listing for the previous twelve months. I also do it to introduce you cool cats to tunes you may have missed independently.

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no comments | tags: A-Trak, Azealia Banks, Big Black Delta, Black Bananas, Bleached, Busta Rhymes, Calvin Harris, Cass McCombs, Charli XCX, Coldplay, Diplo, Drake, Dum Dum Girls, Escort, FIDLAR, Gauntlet Hair, Kate Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, M83, Phantogram, Rihanna, Ryan Adams, Sam Frank, Skream, Small Black, Star Slinger, Surfer Blood, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Rapture, Thee Oh Sees, Tom Waits, Trombone Shorty, Youth Lagoon | posted in List, Music, Quarterly Review
Dec
23
2011

20. Wiz Khalifa – Roll Up
Delivering sing-song verses, that trademark stoner laugh, and a chorus you’ve memorized by the second time you’ve heard it, Wiz Khalifa might be one of the laziest rappers on Top 40 radio. But that’s exactly the point. He’s not some uptight, eccentric, crazy ambitious, domineering figure. He’s that pot-smoking friend who’s down for whatever, and if your down, he’s down. The most casual summer jam of the year.
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no comments | tags: Born Gold, Dragonette, Drake, Ford & Lopatin, Givers, Hooray For Earth, Jay Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, M83, Martin Solveig, Paul Simon, Phantogram, Primus, Purity Ring, Ringo Deathstarr, The Joy Formidable, The Rapture, The-Dream, tUnE-yArDs, Tyler the Creator, Wiz Khalifa | posted in Best of 2011, List, Music
Oct
8
2011
Every Saturday, I post a 15-20 minute podcast featuring some tracks I’ve been jamming the previous week, as well as some commentary and random musings from yours truly. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes
Rustie – All Nite
Phantogram – Don’t Move
DJ Khaled – I’m On One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne)
no comments | tags: DJ Khaled, Drake, Dum Dum Girls, Lil Wayne, Phantogram, Rick Ross, Rustie | posted in Music, Podcast