Month: October 2013

A lot of my musically oriented friends spend way too much time patrolling internet blogs for obscure music. If you want to find good stuff that isn't very well known, don't look to the interwebs. You only need to look to the past to find music that sounds dope. There are tons of hip-hop hits which were played on the radio 15 years ago, but have since slipped back into "the underground". Check out this slapper by Camp Lo. Perhaps forever doomed to be known as a one-hit-wonder group, Camp Lo has made a lot of other music worth listening to. Even though I usually have no idea what they're talking about, the flow is sick! -Ben Feldman

Yoann Lemoine, the french singer-songwriter and music video producer better known as Woodkid, burst onto the scene two years ago with his "Iron" EP and accompanying music video. The video opened sailing through the cloud, bursts of ominous strings pulling you through. A few stills of a lone boy, a wolf, and then quickly the drums. With his trance like voice Yoann lets us immediately know: This is music of the elements. Primal. The track spread like wildfire and was even featured in multiple trailers and TV shows that year. However, the rest of the EP struggled to provided the same power and felt scattered. Woodkid returned this year delivering a much more focused full length LP. Combining the force showed on "Iron" with the introspective feeling of other tracks on the EP, he has creat...

It’s been about a year since 100’s released his first mix tape “Ice Cold Perm” (produced by Joe Wax). Ever since the tape dropped, the dude has been blowing up. From tours with Kreayshawn and Snoop Dogg, to collaborations with bay area legends Andre Nickatina and Mac Mall, to having one of his songs put in the GTA5 soundtrack, homeboy has seen some success. He’s also now signed to Fools Gold Records (the same label that claims Kid Cudi, Lil B, The Cool Kids, and Danny Brown). Seeing a contemporary from my hometown getting put on by the music industry just makes me proud. Well anyways, here’s a single he just put out on October 2nd. The track was released on Marino Gang’s “The Big Payback” mixtape, mixed by DJ Nick. If you like that baby powder synthesizer sound (or could maybe see your...