Caserta’s “Ricky” Is Another Grand Shadeleaf Release
Shadeleaf has been somewhat over-represented in our review section over the last year. It's for good reason, and you should prepare for many more. thatmanmonkz continues to give a clinic in modern A&R with...
Bai-ee and Johnny Fiasco: How Deep
How Deep is a tour de force from Chicago exile Bryan Bai-ee, taking you from the floor and secret cubbyholes of the Red Dog to the rooftop afterhours where the night lingers and is...
Lee Mills – Hands Together (Fresh Meat Records)
I can mark time by Fresh Meat's records. I've written more about this label than any other, and the last five or six years has seen the beginning and end of relationships, friendships, personal...
Sleazy Bootleggers Cash In On Classy (Legit) Reissues of Italo Classics
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'Lectric Worker's "Robot Is Systematic"/"The Garden"
Thirty two years too late (or too late to save anybody we lost and left...
Afrikan Sciences: Means and Ways EP
Seriously, I almost flipped my wig when I first heard the tunes on this 12" from Oakland's Eric Douglas aka Afrikan Sciences. This is soundscaping at work as unique waveforms are presented with three...
Now and Then: Ten Years of Hudd Traxx
Hudd Traxx turns ten in 2015, and part one of their landmark anniversary compilation packs one hell of a wallop.
It's easy, as we all know, to release records like you're making a festival flyer:...
Specter: The Gooch (Sound Signature)
This is like reading the back of a pack of Chinese firecrackers: light quickly and run away. Drop the needle anywhere, at any point on any of the three tracks of Specter's new EP...
Harry Wolfman & Laurence Guy: The Lone Grazer EP
Having just heard the sad news that the brilliant Lost My Dog Records are to close their doors in 2015, I must confess that writing this review feels bittersweet to say the least. Young...
Praising the Frique: The Disco Never Dies EP from Farris Wheel
If I had to nominate just one DJ to represent everything Chicago stands for as a city, a people and a musical sanctuary, that DJ would be Frique. Let me explain for those from...
Phil Weeks and Joss Moog: Not Over EP
It's a very fine line between "tribute" and "rip-off". The second song on this four track EP, "Stuff Like That", is a case in point. It's almost note-for-note, 100% derivative of Spencer Kincy's "Don't...
Ortella: Mad In Lyon EP (Rutilance)
The vinyl industry is still in a state of rehab after a debilitating stroke dropped it to the floor. After years of re-learning how to hold a fork and use the stairs without grasping...
Abacus Presents iDrum: iDrum This Djembe (This Is Not a Bongo)
There's a fine line between a teacher nourishing the masses and a tyrant forcefeeding them. Robespierre observed that "No one welcomes armed missionaries," and a ludicrous zealotry from certain Deep and Soulful House purists...
Theo Parrish: American Intelligence
Alex Chilton spent most of his life in obscurity, working for shit wages to support himself as his records were released in tiny bundles that might as well have not been released at all....
Brett Johnson’s The Bounce Is Back
There's always that one great mix people remember you for. Mine is called Bodegas and it was a labor of love put together in the summer of 2002 when I was back home from...
The Music Was Loud Enough: Colette’s Oasis
It's to Colette that I owe a maxim about the role of the artist in the modern music industry that I've recycled (more accurately, stolen) and used a dozen times since then. "You can...
Lay-Far: How I Communicate
Cloudy skies be damned! "How I Communicate" is a delicious disco slice of heaven guaranteed to perk up your atmosphere on even the gloomiest of days. Whether you like your disco on...
Ewan Jansen: Country Music EP
I never dreamed I'd associate the words "country music" with Chez Damier, but Balance Recordings' latest sublabel (presided over by Portuguese protege Jorge Caiado) makes a running gag of the expression for their second...
Red D’s Chez EP
Bubbling up on the ever-excellent Freerange Records is the Chez EP from Belgian producer Red D who, although a brand new name for me, appears to be doing all the right things here in...
Atnarko: Violent Sky (Dance:Revolt)
It's pretty crass to say that what makes a track stand out from the pack is that it's about something, but it's true, and so is the implication that most have nothing to say....
Chicago Skyway and Dcook: Lager EP
Sean Hernandez aka Chicago Skyway states, "I met Dave Cook back in the '00s and Specter told me he had some pretty dope music. We ended up exchanging some music and I really dug...
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