First off, congratulations goes out from us to the whole Fool's Gold crew on the launch of their new retail space at 536 Metropolitan Ave in Brooklyn. Reports from various sources around the web all tell us the good news we expected: the space is pretty spectacular and anyone who attended Friday's grand opening bore witness. Now open for business officially, they've decided to collabo with Hitachi's G-Connect to create a new streaming live experience called Tight Space starting on Wednesday, July 20th. Continue Reading...
It's been less than 24 hours since marriage equality passed the New York senate, and what better way to celebrate than with a gay icon (Adele ) singing a song of heartbreak that's been remixed into (you guessed it) a dance beat. The synergy is so fabulous I almost wish they could've spun this at Stonewall last night. Continue Reading...
The rise of bands like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings sort of renews my faith in the general ear of humanity. Makes me think that in the past 50 years or so since the birth of soul, that part of us that's seduced by a knock-out voice over the perfect combination of bass and horns never went away. Maybe it just needed to be waked up. Well wake up baby, because the alarm is going off, and it's the smoky voice of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.
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Did you say you'd like some acid house? A Cut Copy remix? A touch of psychedelia? A group from Portland? That's an awful lot of demands you're making but guess what? I have just the thing -- The Miracles Club is clearly what you're looking for. Continue Reading...
Anyone who knows me (meaning EJ) knows that as the editor & publisher of this site since 2005, I have been a solo operation for the most part. I have searched high and low for new contributors to what I do around here & at long last, I've found someone whose voice and whose passion for music matches my own. Continue Reading...
Mobroder, in his ongoing quest to get Princess back & maintain his place as the king of the disco, turns to his close friend and confidant DJ Hoff for a bit of funky assistance with the song "Rush". Continue Reading...
I really don't know a lick about Memphis' Charlie Blacksmoke other than when I first heard his song "Hippie Glue", I had just finished listening to (like several of you reading this) The Weeknd's House Of Balloons mixtape for the umpteenth time. Continue Reading...
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