Been fiending to see this for a minute. Directed by Jeff Broadway, OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON: This Is Stones Throw Records is a documentary that shines a well overdue light on Stones Throw Records, founded in 1996 by DJ and producer Peanut Butter Wolf (aka Chris Manak). Starting February 26th, the film will tour various cities, giving sneak previews and Q&A’s by Wolf or Broadway. After the screening at another venue, see performances by Wolf and other artists from the Stones …
Author: Tracy Jones
Yo Madlib is the king of hermits and musical cubby holes. I’ve been blessed to see him spin live and perform as The Lootpack with Wildchild and DJ Romes at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, but homie remains a bright shinning shadow figure. The Beat Conductor laces Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show. It’s deep soul, head banging instrumentals and sautéed spittles. He even threw in some skits just to keep true to his trippy textures. 56 minutes and 43 seconds …
“Open Heart” is the single off Zara McFarlane’s new album, If You Knew Her. She’s the newest artist to join Brownswood Recordings, founded by famed global DJ and music connoisseur Gilles Peterson. McFarlance’s emotional vocals are comparable to Nina Simone. Her original compositions are conscious stabs at something way under the skin. Shorty goes in. via Wax Poetics …
In Colin M. Day’s second installment of “Building Detroit,” he interviews various artists and surveys a bankrupt city that was once a thriving metropolis and hopes to be again. There’s a lot of beautiful pans of the local Detroit street art and graffiti. Bay Area artist Monica Canilao shows off “The Treasure Nest,” a entire house that she transformed (using only recycled parts) into an instillation. Another featured artists is DABLS, founder of The African Bead Museum. He tells the story of …
Peep “Wade In Water,” the first single off the much anticipated White Sands (Stones Throw Records), a collaborative EP between Homeboy Sandman and UK producer Paul White, dropping February 25th. It’ll be releases on vinyl and digital. Sandman’s subversive flow comes off as a stream of consciousness until you actually listen to the man’s words. Here,the Queens MC is showing off his lyrical acrobatics, flipping witty punchlines with playful flows. This is the third and final installment of Sandman working on a …
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