No need to say much — you can infer from the headline. This is Massive Attack and if you don’t know Massive Attack by now, you probably haven’t been paying much attention. If that’s the case, start here and work from there. Consider this a very necessary update to the original Essential Mix. The facts […]

I don’t see the point of writing about this song in the daytime. I don’t see the point of listening to either of these artists before 10 p.m. Massive Attack and Burial prey upon weakness. They exploit our inherent inclination to grow mournful in the witching hours. Threnodies ideally consumed while solitary, solemn, and with […]

This is the part where you and I pretend that I have the long-term memory to keep up a weekly column showcasing a track from the digital vaults (the crashing of my desktop isn’t helping matters). But let’s ignore the future and focus on the past — specifically, the Massive Attack Essential mix that 3D, […]

We’ll never be able to forget the 90s. Even if we ever eradicate the cult of Cobain, VH1 will mercilessly bludgeon us until the dialogue from Reality Bites is finally memorized without a glitch. Ricardo “Speedboat” Rozay will continue to keep the memory of MC Hammer alive and well on the obese and ursine front […]