Posted on 06/29/2009
Listening to The Phenomenal Handclap Band's self-titled debut is like listening to an explosion of greatest hits from some of the music industry's most celebrated pop, disco and rock-n-roll luminaries, except this group has an uncanny ability to emulate what others have done and make it sound fresh. That's not to say the PHB copycats industry legends. Rather, this band successfully incorporates the intricacies of musical yesteryear to mold its...

Posted on 06/29/2009
Del the Funky Homosapien has a different definition of "funk" than most. Despite him carrying the word in his moniker for nearly 20 years, the funk that makes you think of Funkadelic and other traditional slick grooves is no longer a staple in Del's music. Del now represents the funk by remaining untouched by trends, at least when it comes to his sound. His distribution strategy is quite current...

Posted on 06/29/2009
Slakah is getting around the Canadian hip hop and R&B scene quite nicely. Working with everyone from Drake to Shad to Divine Brown to Melanie Durant, he’s obviously put work in various styles of production and even drops some great vocals on most of the work he is involved with. Soul Movement Volume 1 is his latest endeavor, and since it made such a splash in Europe in 2008 (selling...

Posted on 06/29/2009
While a saddening amount of his generation grew up to be sell-outs, Neil Young is one baby boomer that’s still down to protest. This time around his cause is alternative energy. Following the electric conversion of his own 1959 Lincoln Continental, Neil Young has dedicated this album almost entirely to the clean and green realities that await us.

Posted on 06/29/2009
Many eclectic musical acts have found themselves at home amongst the various and difficult to define styles shared by the artists on the Mush Records roster. This approach to artistry gives favor to producer and visual artist Sleeper – a producer who modifies electronics and other forms of random gadgetry to craft a sound rooted in hip-hop but vastly different from those rigid confines. Sleeper’s new disc, Behind Every...

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If there’s one thing that most cultures all over the world have in common, it’s the affinity, and to some, the necessity to dance. Because of that need, there will always be a place for dance music in the world. But when speaking critically about dance music, especially the electronic, and house forms of it, one has to consider if its really music that should be listened to. I have...