Hang with this one . . . It’s pretty cool.

Okay, so it’s cute and kind of stupid, yet I like it.

A bunch of you-probably-need-to-hear-this mixtapes have dropped recently . . . First, foremost, and most anticipated is the fourth and final Raekwon mixtape, Vatican 4.  Volumes one through three were pretty much stellar–or at least remaerkable. I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but check out this track . . . I Wish I [...]

Buffetibre is, without a doubt, one of the funnest places on the interweb.  There’s always some weirdo indie band covering some even weirder esoteric 1980s tune, and then out of nowhere you’ll find some (relatively) known artist or a remix that blows your mind.  Nuggets, people.  It’s a place to pan for gold.  You’ll find [...]

What’s up for the Bat, who will be in a bunch of projects in the coming year: 1.  BATMAN 3.  In a surprise move, the studio has agreed to let George Clooney reprise his role for the third film, after troubles on the set of Terminator Salvation made them back away from Christian Bale.  Kidding, [...]

Wanna know why raprock usually sucks?  It’s because it combines a mediocre rapper with a guitarist who can maybe hit one lick or invent a catchy riff.  It’s formulaic about 95% of the time. But what about rapsoul?  Well, it’s generally a little better, but the formula is basically the same: Get a soul singer [...]

Hellride East is the cover project by Minutemen bassist Mike Watt; Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and Murph. There were other iterations of Hellride, but this was the New York one. And best of all: All they did was Iggy. From July 22, 2000, at NY’s great Knitting Factory venue . . . SETLIST:* 01. real [...]

This is a quick shout out for the smoothness of John Zedd, whose “In This Together” album is nothing but sweet, gentle love songs. His voice is reminiscent of John Mayer, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg . . . It’s not going to blow you away, but it isn’t trying to. It’s more like a gentle [...]