Aesop Rock : Integrated Tech Solutions

I’m probably the last guy to be talking about hip hop and rap music. I feel gravely underqualified to discuss beat making, rap producers, rap styles, and flow. In high school I was intimidated by rap music. I felt like you had to possess a certain amount of confidence and bravado to be able to […]

Big City Dreams and a Shoe Box Full Of Cups

My oldest has settled into the big city nicely. It was just a week ago that she moved into her apartment on the Upper East Side of New York for her 15-week college internship. As far as I know, she’ll be working for a small publishing house going over manuscripts. Maybe editing them? I wasn’t […]

Jump Off Into Infinity With Numün’s “First Steps”; Album Drops September 4th

There’s an organic quality to the deep space vibes of band Numün. Numün is a New York City-based band which consists of “ambient country” pioneer Bob Holmes (from SUSS) as well as new music composer and artist, Joel Mellin, and percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Romero (both from Gamelan Dharma Swara). I’m completely new to the […]

Eff, With An E : The Urban Sleaze Of Mr. Eff

Mr. Eff was not your high school chemistry teacher. Nor was Mr. Eff a friend of Mr. Brown or Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs. Mr. Eff is a producer and musician that makes musical odes to terror on subways, burned-out city street lamps, and dark alleyways. His sound is based in hard knocks funk, early […]

Julian Casablancas+The Voidz :: Tyranny

So what happened to Julian Casablancas, or has he always been really weird? I guess there’s always been an element of weirdness to the guy, even back when he was the king of New York cool. That weirdness still felt slick and tough, that is until 2006 with The Strokes’ First Impressions of Earth. While […]