1. Matt & Kim | Cameras
2. Matthew Dear | You Put A Smell On Me
3. Das Racist | Who’s That? Brooown!
4. Black Milk | Deadly Medly (feat. Royce Da 5’9” & Elzhi)
5. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl | Lose It (In The End) Continue Reading

In the world of DIY choreography, Ok Go, are the undisputed heavyweights.  Having jumpstarted their career with the backyard classic, “A Million Ways,” the sultans of synchronization have since let loose with a chain of multi-platinum Youtube videos.  Previously, the foursome has tasked themselves with plotting and performing elaborate dances with a twist and a thick layer of Velveeta.  With the release of “This Too Shall Pass,” the gang kicked it up a notch, actually hiring an engineering firm to design and build the monumental tribute to Rube Goldberg.  This relinquishing of power was sign of what was to come. Continue Reading

Considering his recent 180 on the grandiose undertaking of writing an album for each of the 50 states, it might have been alarming to hear Sufjan Stevens declare his new album would conclude with a 25-minute marathon track, boasting no less than six distinct “acts.”  And given the avant-ness of his mixed-media tribute to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a song of this length leaves a lot of room to go awry.  But in the way that only he can, Sufjan blows the doors off this bitch.  Continue Reading

For as much as I’ve had to say about Menomena this year, you’d think that my memories of their live show would be exclusive to the four-man phenomena (rumor has it, that is how they got their name, Men + Phenomena =Menomena).  However, this is not the case.  As was evidenced by my Antlers experience, there is almost always a #1 fan, and a majority of the time he or she acts like a real #2. Continue Reading

SEPTEMBER 2010

1. Cee-Lo | Fuck You!
2. Fitz & The Tantrums | MoneyGrabber
3. Midnight Juggernauts | Lara Versus The Savage Pack
4. Chromeo | Hot Mess
5. Das Racist | Rainbow In The Dark Continue Reading