Posts By Seth Lopez
TinyForest – The Workflow [EP]
Right now I’m working off a pretty epic Cinco de Mayo hangover. I have all the essential remedies beside me: water, Five Guys bacon cheeseburger and a smooth selection of sounds to soothe my headache. TinyForest’s The Workflow EP is exactly…
Paddy Fred – “You Belong” F. Alby Love
Listen. To. This. Gem. Paddy Fred, a New Zealand-based producer, just dropped one of the most absolute fire tracks you’ll hear. The twenty-something-part-time bassist for Harbour City Electric is set to release his debut EP Laminate on May 10th and “You Belong”…
Stacy & Caleb Stone – “kil ur self” [Potholes Premiere]
Potholes has the honor of premiering Stacy and Caleb Stone‘s new joint track “kil ur self”. The production duo craft a haunting three-minute barrage of reversing elements (wailing vocal samples, out-of-breath cymbal crashes) and clobbering bass. It’s a seriously awesome…
SKYWAY – “Get Yours”
Want to hear some seriously slept on music? Want to find a new favorite hip-hop group? Listen to SKYWAY’s “Get Yours” and all this can be achieved. SKYWAY is a two-part group from the Bay Area consisting of rapper Rufat…
Jean P – “Shining Bright (LCP Redux)” P. J. Rawls
Ohio stand up! Jean P is from the land of the football Hall of Fame and he’s just linked up with a HOF-type producer, J. Rawls. A Columbus native, Rawls has worked with Masta Ace, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Casual…
Eating Shrooms, Getting F*cked Up, No Trailer: An Interview with Alexander Spit
If you’re from the Bay Area, L.A. or Rosewood, Calif. you might already know about Alexander Spit. You might have seen him rocking his The Hundreds gear, sifting through the bargain bins at Amoeba Music or even seen him perform…
Hefna Gwap – Illustrious Goons [Album Stream]
You like good hooks? Catchy hooks? How about beats that bang? That’s what Hefna Gwap’s debut release is all about. Illustrious Goons is the first release by the 20-something Caviar Group rapper from Palo Alto, Calif. The 12-track project has familiar…
Contact Lens – Mediafire Kingdom [Album]
Step into Mediafire Kingdom. It looks a lot like this. Contact Lens is a producer from generation X who’s stylistically stuck in the ’80s. The beatmaker from Ohio recently released Mediafire Kingdom, a 35-track project that sounds like if Com Truise…
Freeze-Tag – “Twice” (Little Dragon Cover)
Little Dragon‘s self-titled debut album dropped in 2007. That was five years ago. At the time their music was making waves in the college radio sphere and people were generally like, “WHO ARE THESE GUYS? AND WHY ARE THEY AWESOME!?”…
Television Sky – Masked [EP]
This kid Television Sky is the real deal Holyfield (with ear intact). And, I say ’kid’ because the San Diego-based producer is only 15 years old. Like fuck, what was I doing at 15? Nothing productive apparently. Artist Samuel Ruth already has…
