Early Christmas Tree Fires: Winter Mix 2011

Fear not my meandering minions, ’tis the season…oh, fuck that noise. It’s December 1st, and 50 degrees here in the Northeastern United States. No need to remind you how this year flew on by or how insane the weather is (HAARP). We are here to celebrate winter or, shall I say, the winter soon cometh,…

Kanye West’s “Monster” Mash

Very recently, when I had come across an AV Club posting about a possible collabo of Kanye West and Bon Iver (a.k.a. Justin Vernon); I pretty much had thought of it as an idle threat. Oh, how wrong I was. Kanye uncaged this “Monster” on his blog over the weekend, as part of “G.O.O.D. Fridays”….

Nneka’s “Heartbeat” gets a new pulse with NAS

I recently discovered Nigerian-German nightingale Nneka. Her stellar LP, “Concrete Jungle”, which has been out for a couple of months. Nneka is currently on tour with Nas, who’s featured on this latest remix of “Heartbeat” and Damian Marley, (aka Distant Relatives). It is  a perfectly seemless  collaboration and one step up from the original. Listen…