Monday, November 21 2011
Kashmere Stage Band: Texas Thunder Soul: 1968-1974 Deluxe Edition
The only high school band that mattered.
Friday, November 18 2011
James Brown: The Singles Volume 11: 1979-1981
If you're looking for the Godfather singing disco, country, and a jawdropping 11-minute ode to cakes, this is the comp for you.
Thursday, November 10 2011
Kool and Together: Original Recordings 1970-77
Despite what its song titles claim, Original Recordings is far from the best way to Get Your Feet Off the Ground or Blow It Out Your Mind.
Friday, October 21 2011
Beta Hector: Sunbeam Insulin
Beta Hector is successful on Sunbeam Insulin in marrying diverse and seemingly contrarian styles of music together into an almost seamless blend of electronic pop.
Wednesday, October 12 2011
Trombone Shorty: For True
If Lenny Kravitz came out of the New Orleans brass band scene ...
Friday, September 23 2011
Various Artists: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love
The music is uniformly solid, even groovy. But there’s a sweetness to the singles.
Tuesday, July 26 2011
Blitz the Ambassador: Native Sun
Blitz the Ambassador combines the sound of Africa and hip-hop with a message that stretches across borders, languages and cultures.
Wednesday, February 9 2011
Com Truise: Cyanide Sisters
Com Truise is never far from a long-discontinued synthesizer or a 1980s VHS tape.
Thursday, February 3 2011
Bilal: Levels EP
"Levels" has Flying Lotus’s sonic fingerprints all over it, even if he was only involved with a "re-edit" here.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
Various Artists: Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!
Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! offers the screeching guitar tones and blurting organs you'd expect, with spirited and blissful head trips peppering its 20 thoroughly researched selections.
