If you’ve ever bought a DJ Kicks album by any of the famous spinsters out there, you’ve certainly noticed that the original music samples that inspires their tracks is entirely another animal. Here’s a case in point. It turns out the heavy-breathing, hard-beating Massive Attack has sampled a ton of little known sexy funk classics. […]
Before I get started, if you play Guitar Hero and purchase this CD, you get three more songs compared to the game. I’m not sure how it works, as I’m not a Guitar Hero player, but I’m sure you can figure it out if you are. That’s a great incentive to buy this CD. I […]
Like an unwelcome guest, the sun tears into your bedroom. The very same bedroom that you, just a few hours ago, swore was impervious to the sun’s vicious and merciless attacks. The same life-giving orb in the sky that centuries of civilizations have worshiped appears to have turned all its might against you. As you […]
Dance addicts and late-night partiers—take notice and remember the name Justin Martin. This DJ/producer/remixer is really starting to make some noise as the”next-big-thing” and one of San Francisco’s best. Martin, a regular on Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly London label and part of the “dirty bird” crew in SF, comes highly regarded as a unique European […]
Yes, you could spend your free time searching through MySpace profiles for local music (the kind you want to actually listen to). But we’re lazy Americans, so screw that. Labels like Adventure and Public Service do our community a great service by doing all the work for us, leading with their heart and love for […]
Thank you, Quentin. Thank you for everything. Thank you for “Jungle Boogie” on Pulp Fiction. Thank you for directing Uma and John Travolta dancing together. Thank you for the 5, 6, 7, 8’s in Kill Bill Vol. 1, and for reminding us of Nancy Sinatra’s tale of childhood love and its ominous signifiers in Vol. […]
The title Black on Black seems to imply that there is something inherently black about the bands involved in this tribute compilation. It certainly is heavy on the screaming and growling and drawn-out spoooooky guitar solos. The second of a series of tribute compilations put out by ReIgnition Recordings, on the heels of Bring You […]
Here we enter the often dubious realm of the cover song. I love a good cover song. I’ve hated many cover songs too. There are many opinions about what makes a cover song successful. For me it’s that a band truly recreates a song within its own style and genre. A cover song is successful […]
As a Red state, Colorado is pretty low on the totem pole when it comes to funding the arts. That may turn around if Hickenlooper throws his Governor’s hat in the ring and makes the kind of dents in the system like he has in Denver, but in the meantime we thankfully have a crew […]
What’s interesting about the DJ-Kicks series is not just about their longevity (10 years), it’s more about the quality of the DJ they recruit and outstanding mixes they’ve created. I remember my first, DJ Cam and my last Daddy G, and other notables in between: Smith & Mighty, Kruder & Dorfmeister, and late great drum-and-bass […]
