Some bands have a pretty distinct aesthetic when it comes to their music, how it sounds and how it’s presented. Khruangbin have taken that vision and run with it, all the way to the tailor and back. Laying down the most laid-back grooves one can think of, they coolly play a brand of music […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
Legendary funk icon George Clinton talks Men in Black, bad drugs, and why he gets so many jaywalking violations.
LOVE AT FIRST CITE: CAMINO 84 CRAFTS VALENTINE’S DAY MIXTAPES
Local disco funk artist Camino 84 is serving up handmade Valentine’s Day mixtapes to help set the mood this holiday.
SINKANE: RADICAL POSITIVITY IN A TIME OF TOTAL DESPAIR
Funk psych musician Sinkane radiates light… and you can too if you follow his advice.
CONFIDENCE BOOSTER: THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN GET FUNKY
San Francisco’s sunny singer uplifts herself and listeners with some help from tUnE-yArDs.
DAY ONE: BOSTON CALLING IS CASUALLY COOL
Boston Calling winds up becoming the chillest version of a festival thanks to Beck, Tame Impala, and Sharon Van Etten.
REVIEW: GHOSTFACE KILLAH STAYS IN HIS SWEET COMFORT ZONE ON ’36 SEASONS’
GHOSTFACE KILLAH: 36 SEASONS LABEL | TOMMY BOY GENRE | REVENGE RAP REDUX RELEASE DATE | 12.9.14 Ghostface has a pretty sweet comfort zone; in this current phase of his career (this album, plus last year’s 12 Reasons to Die and the forthcoming full-length collab with BADBADNOTGOOD), he’s rarely heard without a live […]
SICK BURN: BUDOS BAND LIGHTS A PSYCH ROCK FIRE WITH NEW ALBUM
Burnt Offering takes the Budos Band sound on a detour into heavier, weirder psych-rock territory. When there’s a hooded wizard straight out of Middle Earth holding a lantern on the cover (drawn by drummer Brian Profilio), you should know what you’re in for.
