The convergence of two major, established forces in music has rarely resulted in anything less than a disaster. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’ s brief partnership ended with the theft of the Beatles catalog and decades of resentment. The Best of Both Worlds and Unfinished Business, the two mediocre LPs born out of the R. Kelly/Jay-Z collaboration, proved that their business together should have been finished before it even began. As Two Fingers, electronic juggernauts Amon Tobin and Joe ‘Doubleclick’ Chapman seek to break the curse of musical matches seemingly made in heaven. From the sinister yet gorgeous sound of their hip-hop-tinged debut, the two revered producers have undeniably succeeded in doing so. Doubleclick took some time out with URB to discuss working with Amon …
It seems every holiday season there are a slew of brawls which stem from the conflict of holidays (X-mas vs. Hanukkah vs. Kwanzaa etc). Well, Dec is four months in the past and our bruises should have healed and those knocked out teeth should have grown back. Here’s a holiday everyone can enjoy, Record Store Day.
Tomorrow, independently owned record stores located everywhere from Hollywood to Indiana to the UK and beyond, shall celebrate the dying art of slanging hardcopy music. Artists such as Metallica, The Donnas and Peanut Butter Wolf are performing, signing and downright begging you to hop off your computer and make your way down to your local record store. Check the Record Store Day website for participating stores and a gang of …
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