Month: November 2008

You know those stubbornly anti-CGI and strangely-anchored-to-an-unmoving-retro-image-of-the-future graphics that still come bundled with Windows Media Player and that tumble in random, garishly psychedelic loops endlessly and tastelessly in default to whatever CD you play? Department of Eagles are one of a select breed of bands that make sense of those visuals. And surprisingly that is no criticism. It’s not because they are garish, or tasteless, or even at all nauseatingly overegged themselves, but because they are unquestionably far out, come Continue Reading

It’s been around roughly a month now, but ‘Wlib AM: King of the Wigflip’ is the latest tongue-twisting, rhyme-spitting, atom-splitting release by the maverick, prolific and indefatigable Californian multi-instrumentalist, Madlib The Beat Konducta, who trades in his more recent forays into world rhythms and returns to his roots in hip-hop and R&B. Guests on his 24-track cruise amongst the stars are J-Rocc, Frank N’ Dank, Kanye West sideman, Karriem Riggins and veteran Prince Po on the fat and rubbery, ‘The Continue Reading