WIXIW is a shoo-in for our top five albums of 2012, so it was a particular pleasure to visit the strange space where it was created — well, at least in part. There are a few tiers to this story, and a decent amount of subterfuge, but the stuff that keeps us guessing is the stuff that keeps us coming back. Furthermore, WIXIW happens to be the most accessible work in their catalog to date, so find out what osmosis and singing underwater has to do with it. Read at SPIN.
Tyler the Creator, Mike G, Syd, Left Brain (L to R)
Run to the stands (now! right now! stop reading! do it now!) to pick up the new issue of Spin. It’s a great one cover to cover, but pages 50 thru 54 are my personal favorites. That’s right. It’s a five-page dive into the bizarre, exuberant world of rising L.A. rap stars Odd Future (OFWGKTA) penned by yours truly. A real labor of love that came with surprising little injury (well, people were hurt, but I wasn’t — it’s in the article). I spent hours with Tyler the Creator, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Syd, Mike G and the inimitable Taco (was there when he revealed his new brace-less face), and even more hours (days?) on the Internet, reading Tweets, blogs, obscure articles and thought-to-be-lost emails about and by these young, rakish web-savvy entrepreneurs. I even talked to Flying Lotus, members of Liars and Tyler’s old high school teacher.
Posted in features, rando, SPIN
Tagged Earl Sweatshirt, Flying Lotus, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Liars, Mike G, Odd Future, OFWGKTA, Syd, Taco, Tyler the Creator
Nite Jewel, amidst balls
We’re getting caught up on two weeks of intense blogging for West Coast Sound, and we now present to you some tasty MP3 and/or streaming works. This is Groove Edition (think “fun-kay”).
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
* “Nite Jewel, keyboard queen Ramona Gonzales, is a quintessential artist of the L.A. underground and has now produced a collaboration with a young group that’s starting to catch buzz, Teen Inc.”
Tagged Alpha Pup, Ana Caravelle, Arabian Prince, Asthmatic Kitty, Asura, beach bummin', chamber-funk, chillwave, CX Kidtronik, Decon, Fol Chen, Freddie Gibbs, free music, gangsta rap, James Poyser, Karriem Riggins, L.A. funk, leaks, Liars, Los Angeles, Madlib, music news, N.W.A., Nite Jewel, Non Projects, Ramona Gonzales, space jazz, Stones Throw, Teen Inc., The Echo, weirdos, XXL magazine, Yesterday's New Quintet
Flying Lotus contemplates world domination.
Quick bloggy bits from around the L.A. underground (and up). Share ‘em.
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
* “We’re trying to make people levitate. You won’t know where the floor is.” — Daddy Kev
Tagged Ale Cohen, Calling All Kids, Cosmogramma, Daddy Kev, Davin Givhan, Davinci, Dr. Strangeloop, Dublab, Echoplex, Flying Lotus, Freddie Gibbs, Frosty, Gonjasufi, Hanni El Khatib, Hyperion Tavern, Jeff Weiss, John Wood, Learning Music, Liars, Los Angeles, matthewdavid, music news, Mute Records, My Hollow Drum, Passion of the Weiss, Pollyn, Ras G, Ravi Coltrane, record release, SFV Acid, Sisterworld, Spaceland, Suzanne Kraft
