by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 4, 2009 | Music Reviews
When Family went into the recording studio in late 1969 to make their third album, with new members John Weider and Poli Palmer, the stakes couldn’t have been higher; they had suffered various blows throughout the year, and it seemed as if the group was...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 4, 2009 | Music Reviews
Turntablism is a weird thing to get into. It can be easily described as “instrumental hip-hop,” but that’s not quite accurate, at least not for this album and for pioneers of the genre like DJ Shadow and Rjd2. Although many turntablists and DJs produce for an MC to...
by morristown@scotticd.com | Nov 3, 2009 | Music Reviews
So I’m sitting in a lecture hall, listening to my professor talk about the Tao Te Ching. But instead of thinking about Yin and Yang and their relative duality, I’m thinking about the music video for Crookers’ remix of Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite.” And it all seems clear—I...
by Jeff from Scottidesign.com | Nov 3, 2009 | Music Reviews, New Releases
What can I say about this album? It isn’t new. It is neither refreshing nor surprising. It isn’t mind-blowing, face-melting, genre-bending or other cliches. It is simply commercial-grade, homogenized pop rock; white guys performing vanilla rock on coral...
