Mobb Deep member Havoc served as the main producer for most of their earlier records giving their bleak subject matter equally dark musical landscapes to rhyme over. While […]
MUSIC: SZA – twoAM
Canadian whisper lothario PARTYNEXTDOOR has been making waves as of late for good and bad things in his personal life. He’s also been making waves with his own […]
MUSIC: Kaytranada – Got It Good (feat. Craig David)
Kaytranada’s house is packed with all the cool kids. On 99.9%–his debut album released earlier this month–the Haitian-Canadian producer spins studio magic with everyone from AlunaGeorge and Vic […]
MUSIC: Sampha – Timmy's Prayer
Sampha‘s been relatively quiet since 2013 when he released his EP and also made a scene stealing appearance on the last good Drake album. He’s released a new […]
MUSIC: Mary Akpa – That Day On The Train
By way of Africa through sunny California, Mary Akpa drops her new single, “That Day On The Train”. As the weather gets warmer, the dresses get shorter, and […]
MUSIC: Metronomy – Old Skool
Metronomy had been making solid music for a years now as an electronic based act before their fantastic leap forward with their album, The English Riviera. The group, […]
Art of Cool Festival 2016
For the 3rd straight year the Art of Cool Festival (presented by the Art of Cool Project) continued on its quest of becoming the premiere festival showcasing jazz […]
MUSIC: James Blake (feat. Bon Iver) – I Need A Forest Fire
The last week has been a treasure trove for sad romantics capped off with the release of the always great Radiohead’s latest record, A Moon Shaped Pool. A […]
Baby I’m A Star: Purple Rain, Reexamined
In late April of 2016, the masses returned to an album from 1984. It featured an iconic photo on its cover: a man in a purple crushed velvet […]
MUSIC: Radiohead – Burn The Witch
After a few years of inactivity Radiohead had a mass scrubbing of all their social media accounts of the weekend. It apparently was just a palate cleanser because […]