In case you haven’t noticed, The Roots have been out there something fierce promoting their new album, Rising Down. But even at their hardest hustle, you have to wonder if ou faves from Philly can’t help but sabotage their chances. First there was the decision to drop the crossover hit “Birthday Girl” with Fallout Boy’s Patrick Stump. Then last night, the band (minus Black Thought) used an appearance on the Colbert report to perform the “Star Spangled Banner.” And while the rampant instrument smashing that ensued might help folks become familiar with newbie guitarist and bass player—Capt. Kirk Douglas and Owen Biddle—it probably isn’t as effective for selling records as playing one of your songs.
When he’s not covering the wide world of film and hip-hop for media institutions like URB, DJ Kevlar (aka Kevin Polowy) is one of NYC’s rising turntable workers—proving that ‘waxmaster’ might be one of the few recession-proof gigs, even in Burrough that brought us the bear market.
DJ KEVLAR’S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008
10. Rabbi Darkside – Building the Better Bomb and Hired Gun – The People’s Verses (tie) Full disclosure: These are my dudes… otherwise I might’ve had to rank them higher. Two of 3rd Party’s threesome went solo in ‘08, and the results couldn’t be more official. Rabbi D’s Bomb drops like a ton of bricks, with pensive poetics that range from political to deeply personal, while on Verses, Hired Gun continues to drop knowledge with the ferocity of a young and …
We all know techno gods tend to dress like, a) total scrubs rocking the same label t-shirt for a week straight or, b) futuristic extras from Logan's Run. Can anyone guess which icon wore this odd button down/tuxedo tee crossover in Detroit?
Electro misbehavers Dez and Vani are back for round two with dark party boy Mount Sims in tow as their producer. Cryptic And Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off Into Oblivion (Dear God, why?), the 14 tracks occupy a strange space mirroring where nu-electro has been and teasingly hints at where it might be going (perhaps on a similar path as brooding, David Bowie- or Devo-style pop). Don't let the record's first few tracks sway you from flipping through the rest, though. "Disgrace Chateau" features an awful duet that ...
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