Posted on 09/26/2005

 

This received five mics in The Source?

Posted on 09/26/2005

 

It has been roughly four years since Jamiroquai released its last record, A Funk Odyssey, in 2001. There has since been somewhat of a funk-drought in the UK—as if Europe coasted on pseudo-grooves in anticipation for Jay Kay’s cosmic mind to get back into action.

Posted on 09/23/2005

 

The sub-genre is currently a rock n' roll plague. Rock artists are swiftly brushed under one of many labels: metal, hardcore, indie, emo, progressive, or often muddled combination of several.

Posted on 09/23/2005

 

Rap Entertainment Television (RETV) was a hip-hop video showcase that aired on New Jersey cable from 1992-96, and now they're releasing DVD collections of videos and interviews that the program aired in each of those individual years.

Posted on 09/23/2005

 

ehh. If you are at all familiar with those at the forefront of the current Latin/Afro-Cuban/boogaloo vibe, it is nearly impossible to picture that forefront without Yerba Buena in the mix. For the cultural essence, Yerba Buena certainly comes authentic and picturesque (that is to say, they paint a clear picture) on their second release, Island Life. It becomes rather easy to picture sweaty, scantily-clad bodies, floating Spanish dialects, warm summer island nights, and getting down to these grooves while Island Life is explored. So where does this record go wrong (and, in this case, terribly wrong)?

Posted on 09/22/2005

 

It's a great cliché to be asked to sum up a piece of music or an artist in one word. Being the obsessive analyzer I am, I find that task to be nearly impossible, not to mention just flat out annoying. Not very often am I able to come up with one word sufficient enough to describe music that I feel is deserving of much more than one word. However, in the case of the Cranes, I would have absolutely no problem summing them up in one word.