TAG: Review

Mar20

[Wednesday, The F*ck?!?] WTF07 – Dirtyphonics – Irreverence (Review & Limited Album Stream) (MP3)

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means.  Welcome back to WTF, the column dedicated to getting those artists and releases that may have flown under your radar earlier this week.

The Dirtyphonics broke out onto the EDM scene in 2008, lending their stylings and skill the varying schemes of bass music to artists like Marilyn Manson, Nero, Skrillex, and Benny Benassi.  After signing with Dim Mak in 2012, they broke out of the label’s gates with a vengeance, torching listeners eardrums with their brand of bass music, readily encompassing heavy bass, DnB, dubstep, electro, grime, and even heavy metal into their releases.

Tuesday saw the release of their debut LP, Irreverence.  Harkening back to their irreverent take on what bass music should …

May25

Review: Eliot Lipp – Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake

Usually when you’re told about an artist who blends genres to his advantage, it serves to explain the unexplainable by dissecting minute aspects of a homogenous whole, made of appropriated sounds by a producer who’s just trying to make it all work. The way that Eliot Lipp shares a glimpse of his sonic world on his new album “Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake” is quite the opposite of these haphazard attempts at boundary-blurring: he asserts each nod to his influences with confidence, showing us that he’s been around long enough to know what he likes and that he can pay respect to as well as stand up to the pioneers that came before him.

It’s because of these distinct nodes in the album that it at some times can feel disjointed – …

Nov01

brandUn DeShay – All Day DeShay: AM (Review)

brandUn DeShay

All Day DeShay: AM

Released by N/A


What do Pokémon, Life Alert (yeah, the necklace that saves the lives of the elderly) and hip-hop all have in common? Being weird. Well, unless you count brandUn DeShay, of course. Somehow, the Chicago MC and beatsmith manages to throw all of them together along with video games, pain, love and even the dreaded "s" word* to create great music. All Day DeShay:AM is personal at times and playful at others. No matter which it is at the time it is being listened to, it is enjoyable and worth ...
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Oct27

Quelle – The S.O.N. (Review)

Quelle

The S.O.N.

Released by Synergy Works


Dirt can definitely be a good thing. Grit, grime, whatever; this is what used to give hip-hop its flavor. This is what used to make hip-hop, hip-hop. It was the antithesis of the type of pristine, sterile, pre-packaged "rap" songs heard on the radio today. Quelle, who has produced for the likes of Danny Brown and Marv Won, knows that the stuff he puts out is dirty and is pretty damn happy with that. He should be too, because the stuff he puts ...
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Oct24

Yung Classix – Life On The Grid (Review)

Yung Classix

Life On The Grid



Though Detroit, Michigan is known for creating legends in the world of hip-hop (and music in general), it is also nice to know that the upcoming artists from that part of the globe are continuing that legacy in their own way. Yung Classix, rising producer from D-town and part of the "BLAT! Pack," is such an artist. After countless beat battles and even a place in the 2010 Red Bull Big Tune Battle, he has released his fourth instrumental album entitled Life On The Grid. The project is a ...
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