Will Schube takes a look at The Buttertones' "You and Your Knife."
The new EP from Nosaj Thing is another stellar exercise in finely crafted electronic music.
Ambient tracks and tropical beats that split the difference between instrumental hip-hop and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Out July 10th on Innovative Leisure.
Max Bell never gives up. The second season of True Detective has been cast. If only Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs had auditioned, if only they acted. Instead, both would rather reflect on 2Pac in the desert in ’95: fresh from Clinton Correctional, Mad Max leather fetish in full effect. Gibbs took the rhymes and […]
Max Bell is looking for a spoonful.  Hanni El Khatib likes hip-hop. See his website for the pictures of Outkast and vintage Mac Dre album covers. For aural evidence, listen to his latest single, “Moonlight.” The title track of his next album — out via Innovative Leisure in January of 2015 –“Moonlight” sounds as if it […]
You can hear the specters of the Tijuana Panthers surf rock past in the wipe out jangle of the guitar solo in the middle of “Nobo.” It’s an effective riff because it relies on feel and functionality not being some jerk off trying to flex. There’s also a tongue-in-cheek cry of “guitar” before it starts. […]
Brad Beatson is the latest head coach candidate for the New York Knicks Phil Jackson would hire Matthew Tavares after hearing the opening run on “Triangle.” It leads the first third of BADBADNOTGOOD’s 9 track Innovative Leisure LP, and plays out like a noirish descent. Starting with drums and keys like a Mad Men preview, the […]
Brad Beatson only dates girls in 5411 Reeboks Classixx’ debut, Hanging Gardens, is about to enter its peak replay season. Thanks to Innovative Leisure, we’re treated with a remix EP dedicated to one of its finest cuts, “A Stranger Love.”
BADBADNOTGOOD — CS60 January 14, 2014
Signed to the 95 percent free-throw shooting imprint Innovative Leisuire, BADBADNOTGOOD continue their impressive evolution. If you’ve been following the inscrutable jazz-hop fusion crew for a while, you might be floored by their growth from “Lemonade” and OF covers. They always had chops, but now they’ve learned the sneaky skills that separate good from great: […]