I don’t know if you heard yet, but Tanya Morgan ain’t a woman Tanya Morgan is three guys, surprise surprise! That’s the opening couplet from the song, “Tanya Morgan is a Rap Group,” the title track of the excellent 2008 mixtape. Brooklynatti is back in the house, with The Bridge EP. Their last official release [...]

NEGATIVLAND-”Thigmotatctic” Sampler masters Negativland have dropped a new album, and this one is more song oriented. Usually their collages are pretty vague, but these come closer to forming actual musical compositions, complete with lyrics (albeit sampled ones). This group always surprises. Richard Nixon Died Today JIHAE-”After Thought” Jihae is pretty much the opposite of Negativland. [...]

I’m far from an expert on reggae, ska, or dancehall, or any of its related genres, so I can’t claim to know that the new album by Grammy winner Lee “Scratch” Perry is a great example of its kind, but I do know that I’m really digging it, and I usually find this kind of [...]

This is a totally awesome contest to promote The Black Keys’ performance on “Live From Abbey Road,” a music series which airs on the Sundance Channel on Thursday nights at 10pm. I don’t get Sundance, but if I did, I’d surely watch this. The series is going to feature 36 artists at the legendary Abbey [...]

First things first, go here to get some awesome covers of 80s songs from Buffet Libre. It’s truly a great site. Now then. The other day I was watching VH1′s tribute to The Who and saw a bunch of musicians imitating Daltrey’s famous Baba O’Reilly scream . . . ‘YeeeAAAAHHHH!” . . . And I [...]

This summer was a bonanza for superhero flicks: We had Iron Man, Hancock, Hellboy 2, The Incredible Hulk, and, of course, The Dark Knight. They’ve all come out, and for my purposes, the summer is over. And for the most part, they were a good crop. Here they are, from best to worst. It’s forced [...]

“Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer/I think he might have been our only decent teacher.” That verse is from “Constructive Summer,” the jam that should be the song of summer 2008. It’s got everything: A hot, fast pace; really cool lyrics; rebellion and cruel-to-your-school sentiment . . . In fact, that about sums up [...]

“Freestyle vs. Written” is a benefit album (10% of sales proceeds are donated to Netivot Israel Louna Terror Victim Fund and the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding) that combines the skills of underground rap legend C-Rayz Walz with Kosha Dillz, who I’d never heard of before this record. There certainly have been Jewish rappers in the [...]