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Planet Mu
If there was a broken-record knock against electronic music in the last decade, it's that it all sounded the same.
Top Dawg Entertainment (2012)
Without much that can be considered "structure" in terms of the verse-chorus-verse standard, Q confidently wobbles through an album's worth of jaded bangers.
Wobble to the top
And with a single magazine cover, it was written.
Def Jam (2011)
The year was 1999, and the Roots were entering a cool-kids club thanks to the release of Things Fall Apart .
Home for the holidaze
Meteoric rise would be an understatement regarding the path Boston's most libidinous DJ duo have taken over the past few years.
Honest Jon's Records (2011)
Honest Jon's Records is nearing deity status within the pantheon of electronic music labels.
Stop the violence
Fliers adorning folding chairs at the Fourth Wall Project displayed the evening's mantra in their first sentence: This is not a party.
Hotflush Recordings (2011)
Taste-making electronic music Web site Resident Advisor recently declared 2011 as Sepalcure's year, citing early buzz from this release, their debut LP, and solo releases by members Travis Stewart (a/k/a Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (a/k/a Braille).
Our top slopeside draft picks
Give us a bucket of booze and a dance floor to replace post-mountain hangover with a more literal type of hangover.
Acephale (2011)
Think of the happiest sound you've heard in your life. Maybe it's waves crashing on a serene shoreline, or the delicate rattle of wind chimes.
The face of based
A word to describe Lil B? Enigmatic comes close, but doesn't really suffice.
One of us, one of us
I scare people. At an imposing 6-4, 220 pounds, first impressions typically aren't my thing.
Boston beat party
When I left my house for work last Wednesday morning, September 28, the temperature hovered at a balmy 70 degrees.
A comedian's life ain't nothin' but hustle and rejection
This documentary from Boston comedian Jimmy Tingle and director Vincent Straggas excels in depicting the plight of the stand-up comedian.
Greedhead (2011)
They still have jokes for days, but lyrical dexterity has taken precedence on their debut LP.
Running the gamut
This selection of 10 short films from around the world runs the gamut of genres, from a brisk actioner to a political documentary to playful horror.
Defying genre expectations
A jet-setting industrialist with a lavish gambling problem and a petty extra-marital affair.
Brainfeeder (2011)
"For Love I Come," a transcendent take on George Duke's 1975 fusion burner, serves as the album's centerpiece and an entry point for fans of Flying Lotus to tap into the influences he has been preaching for years — Herbie Hancock and Roy Ayers serve as the other major mid-'70s jazz-funk reference points.
S trictly for the kiddies
Director Robert Rodriguez has made no bones about this one being strictly for the kiddies.
Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation (2011)
Kanye West has recently espoused the virtues of an album of raps suitable for home listening, as opposed to say club, or car listening.
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