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Review: Nas - Untitled (9.5/10)

Kyle wrote 21 hours ago: In the dizzying two and a half years of innumerable mixtapes and feature verses that led up to the r … more »

Tags: hip-hop, Album Review, Barack Obama, NAS, lil wayne, Untitled, Illmatic

Hello from South Africa! Here are some thoughts on Kid A.

Greg wrote 6 days ago: Hey guys. Although I’m not in the same hemisphere as any of my readers (I assume), I plan to e … more »

Tags: Chuck Klosterman, Kid A, killing yourself to live, Klosterman, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Radiohead

The Most Exciting Music Leak Ever2 comments

Kyle wrote 1 week ago: When Greg and I were in high school, we had an assistant principal named Mr. Jenkins who had long dr … more »

Tags: hip-hop, 2dopeboyz, 9th Wonder, Ghostface Killah, JUSTUS LEAGUE, kevinnottingham.com, Khrysis, pimp story, rain drops

The Quietus fully redesigns and launches

Ned Raggett wrote 1 week ago: The site had earlier renamed itself to the Quietus but had kept its initial design; now, however, it … more »

Tags: Culture, Music, Music News, Blogs, the quietus

Track Reviews - J. Rocwell, T.I., Snoop Dogg

Kyle wrote 1 week ago: J. Rocwell – “Handbags”: I have no idea who J. Rocwell is, but I gave this a listen, and I pre … more »

Tags: hip-hop, ti, j. rocwell, handbags, what up, Snoop Dogg, kurupt, "Diamonds On My Neck", the city is in good hands

The Cool Kids -- That's Stupid The Mixtape (5.5/10)

Greg wrote 1 week ago: The Cool Kids haven’t even come out with an album yet, and they’re already starting to g … more »

Tags: hip-hop, Cool Kids, mixtape, That's Stupid The Mixtape, The Cool Kids, thAt's Stupid, Review

Goodbye, Status Ain't Hood

Kyle wrote 2 weeks ago: After a rather ominous “greatest hits” post on Friday, Tom Breihan has officially annou … more »

Tags: hip-hop, wu tang clan, hiphopdx, wu tang, Tha Carter III, Tha carter 3, tom breihan, Status Ain't Hood, okayplayer

Bonnaroo Concert Review -- Metallica

Greg wrote 4 weeks ago: Metallica is an incredible band. Before I saw them at Bonnaroo, I had never really listened to Metal … more »

Tags: concert reviews, 2008 bonnaroo, bonaroo, Bonnaroo!!!!, Bonnaroo 2008, lars ulrich, Metallica, Napster

Wale -- “I Really Love Ur Girl freestyle”

Greg wrote 1 month ago: Wale released a freestyle over the beat from “I Luv Your Girl” by The-Dream. My reaction … more »

Tags: hip-hop, Wale, mixtape about nothing, i luv your girl, The Dream, Love-hate, i really love ur girl freestyle, Lindsay Lohan

Lil' Wayne -- Tha Carter III2 comments

Greg wrote 1 month ago: Everybody agrees that between his enormous ego, his even bigger sexual appetite, and his fame at … more »

Tags: hip-hop, a milli, Carter 3, Carter III, dr carter, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Let the beat build, lil wayne

New N*E*R*D*, New Girl Talk, New Nas, Really Old Paul McCartney

Greg wrote 1 month ago: Another song from N*E*R*D’s quickly upcoming third album, Seeing Sounds, just leaked. “Y … more »

Tags: hip-hop, Electronic music, NAS, nerd, Seeing Sounds, Everybody Nose, yeah you, girl talk, Feed the Animals

Being thankful to not live for several hundred years in the Middle Ages

Justin Capps wrote 1 month ago: The other day, for a refresher, I decided I was going to listen to music sequentially, from some of … more »

Tags: Justin Capps, 20th century music, Composition, Early Music, Mozart, Music, music commentary, new music, Orchestra

New Ratatat track, and new page for my music

Greg wrote 1 month ago: Ratatat - Mirando I like it. It’s hard to even tell that it’s a Ratatat song until you h … more »

Tags: indie rock, LP3, Lo que se vé, Ratatat, XL recordings

Mahler's 9th, part 3: Getting Gotten2 comments

virgomusic wrote 1 month ago: NaBloPoMo Day 22! You know, I have a confession to make: I thought it would be pretty easy to captur … more »

Tags: Classical, Concerts, Music, detroit symphony, Gustav Mahler, American Beauty

Vampire Weekend is a cool band

Greg wrote 1 month ago: Rostam Batmanglij, the keyboardist for Vampire Weekend, has a MySpace. On his MySpace, he has a  … more »

Tags: indie rock, Vampire Weekend, Campus, Rostam, blue cd-r, cape cod kwassa kwassa, M79

New Cool Kids track

Greg wrote 2 months ago: The Cool Kids — Jingling Like the Cool Kids themselves,  I’m not entirely sure about … more »

Tags: hip-hop, Cool Kids

For music today, it's off to Idolator and Tim Finney's latest piece

Ned Raggett wrote 2 months ago: Sparks are taking the first of their well-deserved breaks during the concert series and I’m cu … more »

Tags: Music, Culture, tim finney, Dance music, funky house, UK Garage

My thoughts on Daft Punk's Discovery (or, Why You Are Probably Too Uptight)

Greg wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been really into Daft Punk for the last couple of weeks. I’m obsessed with Discover … more »

Tags: Electronic music, Daft Punk, Discovery

Criticism: Possible Antidotes... and That's Enough for Now!3 comments

virgomusic wrote 2 months ago: NaBloPoMo Day 16! At the end of the third installment in my series of reflections on criticism in mu … more »

Tags: Classical, 20th Century, music politics, music education, musicology, Igor Stravinsky, Alex Ross, camille saint saens, Wallace Stevens


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