February 2012
29 posts
bmichael asked: I have relatively little experience with Burial's musical influences, and I may just be predisposed to think about it this way: I like The Bug and Vex'd but I find Dusk + Blackdown and Benga to be pretty cheesy. Anyway, so I find Burial to be incredibly incredibly cheesy. It just sounds like Matrix-lite soundtrack music to me. Do you think I'm missing something, or does it sound...
swagswagtrillbasedhellokitty asked: thoughts on kindred and burial in general?
“DJ Distance, a man originally known for his breakstep output, closed the show...”
– KORN INVENTED DUBSTEP.
“It’s not just about watching rappers. This should be like jungle; music...”
– Teeza describes Grime to a T.
“The reviews for The World Is Gone were mostly excellent, and rightly so. But...”
–
Jess Harvell @ Pitchfork (2009)
I’m not posting this to be mean or to say “I told you so.” It’s just amazing to look back at old Dubstep reviews and realize how puzzling the genre’s 3rd act assension to nu-metal status must be for the trend spotters who first jumped...
January 2012
33 posts
thethickestthieves asked: Coincidence? DJ Q was on JustJam at DontWatchThatTV last Wednesday, I was wondering if you tuned in as I work on the show.
“Jacques Greene makes music for models to stumble back to their suites to....”
– Well, actually there is something wrong with that, at least in my worldview. I want to like Jacques Greene’s music but it’s surrounded by such an aura of absolute douche that I find myself ignoring his releases. He’s a talented kid but his public persona, label name (Vase? really?)...
Anonymous asked: What, you goin to Europe?
“The Wu-Tang Clan is heavily involved in the sale of drugs, illegal guns, weapons...”
– From Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s FBI file.
They need to find one of those old Kung-Fu movie voice-actors to read this for a skit.
