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Saturday, February 27, 2021

Madlib’s ‘Sound Ancestors’ Is a Triumph of Hip-Hop Beatmaking, With a Little Help from Four Tet

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 2021, Four Tet, Kieran Hebden, Lyn Collins, Madlib, Madlib Invazion, Otis Jackson Jr, Sound Ancestors, Young Marble Giants

What the samples chosen for Madlib’s ‘Sound Ancestors’ teach us about his genre-bending, boom-bap brilliance

Rock

How Many More Years: Little Feat at 50

February 2, 2021February 5, 2021 Justin Joffe 5 Comments 191, Bill Payne, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lowell George, Richie Hayward, Ted Templeman, The Band, The Mothers of Invention, Willin'

A half century in, the freaky Heartland perseverance of the band’s eponymous debut still has us Willin’ to keep movin’

Art Pop Electronics Experimental Folk Hip Hop Indie Rock

Don Giovanni Records’ Quest To Share Honest Cultural Narratives Forges On

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Bad Moves, Don Giovanni Records, Marissa Paternoster, Modern Hut, Moor Mother, Supercrush, Teenage Halloween

Don Giovanni co-founder Joe Steinhardt on cultivating narrative truth, the label’s plans for 2021 and his new album with Screaming Females’ Marissa Paternoster

Britpop Rock

Champagne Like Coca-Cola: Lola Versus The Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One at 50

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 Justin Joffe 2 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Dave Davies, Lola, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, MOJO, Ray Davies, The Kinks, Tim Sommer

A half-century later, The Kinks’ timeless classic makes us yearn for the problematic music industry of yore

Music Journalism

Many Music Journalists Started Substack Newsletters This Year

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments CABBAGES, Gary Suarez, Hunter Harris, Music Journalism, Music Journalism Insider, Substack, Todd Burns

We ask some of the new platform’s more visible members how it’s going

Electronic Funk jazz Latin Psychedelics Records Soul

The Hermetic Composer’s Dream

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Coronavirus, Four Tet, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Kieran Hebden, Seth Applebaum

Four Tet, Ghost Funk Orchestra and the power of splendid isolation

Indie Rock

IN CONCERT: Don’t Sleep On Nap Eyes

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn Bowl, Coronavirus, Dan Bejar, Destroyer, Lou Reed, Mark Zuckerberg, Nap Eyes, Nigel Chapman, Ryley Walker

Opening for Destroyer at Brooklyn Bowl, the band gets to the point of the groove amidst Coronavirus fears

Indie Rock

IN CONCERT: Angel Olsen’s Mirror-Erasing Magic

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments All Mirrors, Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, Kate Bush

What Angel’s self-actualized songs taught me about being a true partner

New Wave

PREMIERE: DOOMSQUAD’s “Let It Go” Video

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Bella Union, DOOMSQUAD, DOOMSQUAD live, Ejji Smith, Gutzon Borglum, Hudson Yards, Let It Go, Let Yourself Be Seen, Market Hotel, Richard Serra, The Vessel, Toronto

After the Toronto band’s video for “Let It Go” was scrubbed from digital existence by the very forces it criticized, DOOMSQUAD return a new cut, along with their thoughts on the death of public art and shared spaces