Category Archives: album review

Soulful Women of the Jazz Harp

Posted on April 7, 2012 by WALL I

Sometimes your ol’ friend Wall I gets his gills trapped in a net, snagged by fisherman, or stuck in the mud, and when that happens, I reach into my musical vault for one jazz genre of bright and uplifting music … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, Uncategorized | Tagged adele girard, alice coltrane, angie stone, betty glamann, bjork, cole hacker, dorothy ashby, electronic, experimental, fred frith, harp, ikue mori, Jazz, pete rock, ravi coltrane, samples, skate videos, Soul, zeena parkins | Leave a comment

The WALL I Swimmeth……

Posted on April 2, 2012 by WALL I

Greetings my minnows and my minnowettes, My name is WALL I and I’m a cold blooded mutha of a fish that lives in the fresh waters of Wisco who’s into skinny swimming, Friday Perch Fry’s on acid, happy endings after … Continue reading →

Posted in album review | Tagged alika, biz markie, calle 13, cumbia, dub, hip hop, hollie cook, horseman, princesa, reggae, reggaeton | 2 Comments

LA Deep Funk

Posted on November 22, 2011 by spinladen

Connie Price and the Keystones-Wildflowers This group from LA will melt your face with funk. Connie Price is the alias of drummer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Ubick from Breakestra, who formed the group with trumpeter friend Todd M. Simon. Wildflowers is the debut … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, music | Tagged Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Deep funk, Funk Inc, Give a Demonstration, Instrumentals, International Hustler, LA, LA Carnival, Malcolm Catto, Packers Defense, Poets of Rhythm, the jb's, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

The O C’s

Posted on November 17, 2011 by spinladen

Here is the second album by Thee Oh Sees this year, and boy-howdy are we lucky. Really just two EP’s smooshed into one album (Carrion Crawler/The Dream). This psyched-out group of bandidos hail from San Francisco, no surprise there. This … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, music | Tagged Carrion Crawler, EP's, In the Red Rec, psychadelic rock, San Francisco, The Dream, Thee Oh Sees | Leave a comment

The Step Kids, can’t beat it

Posted on October 17, 2011 by spinladen

Its hard to pin down this album, but there is one thing that can be said about it confidently…it is great. I have a hard time not picturing early p-funk albums like osmium, america eats its young, maggot brain, etc… … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, music | Tagged Annie Nguyen, beck, black keys, captain beefheart, el camino, flaming lips, frank zappa, funkadelic, parliament, stones throw rec, The step kids | Leave a comment

Str8 from the Windy…

Posted on September 13, 2011 by spinladen

…better bundle up to this one. The Cool Kids give us their first real LP release. After several amazing EP’s, mixtapes, and a tornado of hype on the internet and commercially. Perhaps overshadowed by the greatness of their early tracks … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, music | Tagged album review, Bundle Up, hip hop, The Cool Kids, The WIndy City, When Fish Ride Bicycles | Leave a comment

Bombed and Depleted

Posted on September 5, 2011 by spinladen

Beirut is back with their new album Rip Tide. This is delightfully more of the same from Zach Condon’s small bedroom project turned rolling juggernaut. None of the unique instrumentation is lost here, only added to and expounded upon. Showcasing … Continue reading →

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Based God Gay?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by spinladen

Lil B-Open Thunder Eternal Slumber or Download the whole thing here. Controversy for rappers has never been a bad thing for sales, think N.W.A., Body Count, 2 Live Crew, etc. Now Lil B the Based God has named his new … Continue reading →

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Big Krizzle is Str8 on his Grizzly!

Posted on May 6, 2011 by spinladen

Big K.R.I.T.- Dreamin’ That’s right Big K. R. I. T. has been grinding it out in the rap game for a minute now. The virtuosic rapper/producer’s CD from last year K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, was undeniably one of the best albums … Continue reading →

Posted in album review, music | Tagged Big K.R.I.T., K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Outkast, Return of 4eva, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, T.I., Tracey Morgan, UGK | Leave a comment

Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino: The Steve Urkel Of Rap

Posted on April 28, 2011 by spinladen

Lil Wayne-6 Foot 7 Foot (Dirty) Childish Gambino-Freaks and Geeks Comedian Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino has got a new EP out for a little bit now. This cat has been working real hard for awhile, and has released some … Continue reading →