A Music Blog for Recovering Mix-Tapers
Featuring: Makaya McCraven, Lucrecia Dalt, Kaki King, Seamus Eagan, Latin Playboys, Abstract Rude and Aceyalone, R.A.P. Ferreria, Ski Mask The Slump God, Marlon Coles, Cindy Lee, Temple of the Dog, Depeche Mode, Low, Rozi Plain, Horse Lords, Bilou XIV and Zo Flame, Algiers w/Zack De La Rocha, SZA, and Hermanos Gutiérrez.
Read More“Luckily, my first exposure to footwork was live, and came accompanied by about 12 dancers. Otherwise, I think it would have been impossible for me to understand this music. At once magnificently cerebral and viscerally physical, it's music that is quite literally designed for dancing.”
Featuring: Makaya McCraven, Onyeka Onwenu, Mala Rodríguez, Tshegue, and more.
Read More"In the last few years, I have found my peace with the holidays. Mostly that has been through appropriating the time into a retreat: for writing and editing, (finally) reading the books that have piled up faster than I can get to them, and immersing myself in the records that followed me home like strays all year. It’s a gloriously indulgent couple of weeks. 'The Retreat' unpacks some of my 2017 favorites, nods to the Pacific, the wildfires, and even the recent Atlanta mayoral election."
Featuring: Juana Molina, Kamasi Washington, Cypress Hill, and more.
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