A Music Blog for Recovering Mix-Tapers
Featuring: Medicine Singers w/Jaimie Branch, Jack White, Carlos Truly, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Preoccupations, Ralfi Pagan, Ebo Taylor, Dezron Douglas and Brandee Younger, Susso, Sylvan Esso, Doctor Nativo, Rebecca Lane, Freddie Gibbs w/Anderson .Paak and Raekwon, Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox, and Meridien Brothers.
Read More"The previous day at Pitchfork, I experienced serious queasiness and cultural disorientation when ASAP Ferg exhorted the crowd to 'put their guns in the air.' What does it mean for a crowd of privileged people to do that in the same city where this 'shooting tracker' shows 29 shootings that weekend, including a 12 year old boy riding a scooter? It's gross."
Featuring: Freddie Gibbs, Mdou Moctar, The Wood Brothers, Jimmy Whispers, and more.
Read MoreFor me, this month essentially began and ended with Ry Cooder. I've fallen in love with albums of his before, especially the stellar I, Flathead, but the enormity of his genius, the sheer amount of time he's been making great music, escaped me until I started sifting through his catalogue (which goes back to 1970) this month.
Featuring: Cate le Bon, Arcade Fire, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and more.
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