i think i better follow you around

During his recent DJ’ing stint at BBC RADIO 1 “Residency” James Blake quietly released a new song titled “Modern Soul”. And it sounds like a near flawless James Blake song. His voice and the arrangements and atmosphere that he creates around the song are just amazing.

Will this song be included in the yet to be announced album? We don’t know. We would gladly take this in a 7″ format to be honest.

Here’s to hoping that this year we get to listen to a new LP from James Blake.

In the meantime enjoy the song.

Today, February 7th, 2016 would have been J Dilla’s 42nd birthday. Furthermore, it was 10 years ago that he released on the Stones Throw label, what would now become a staple/opus/farewell masterpiece “Donuts”.

By now he is regarded as one of the most influential hip hop beat makers/producers of our time. You can read quotes by almost any important hip hop musician and he will surely be in the conversation as an influence. In some other circles and conversations you can surely mention him in the same breath as Miles Davis or even Prince as far as how big of an innovator he was in both the culture and what is now expected in hip hop beats. He helped shaped what became known as the “neo-soul” movement (Erykah Badu, D/Angelo, ?uestlove, etc), and almost as quickly moved away from it to create something new. He never was one to overstay his welcome with anything that he was doing, It felt more like he was just always looking to create something new.

Now, that this album was released just a few days prior to his passing makes it even more memorable, or maybe even sadder. Now we don’t get to find out what could have he created next. We do get to see all the influence that he left behind with all of those artists that he continues to influence, the label Brainfeeder comes to mind almost immediately.

Happy Birthday Dilla.

Here is a new track from Electric Healing Sound, they are one of our favorite local bands, (San Diego, CA/Tijuana, MX), the song titled “Young Man Highway Blues”, check out their bandcamp page and get the “Electric Healing Sound 7″ EP“.

Nick Zinner’s, guitarist and noisemaker for YYY’s & Head Wound City, exhibition of his 601 photographs at Lethal Amounts is coming to an end this Friday January 29th, 2016.

Lethal Amounts is located at 1226 W 7th. St., Los Angeles CA 90017.

This is an ALL AGES show. There is NO DOOR PRICE, this means it is a FREE!!! show! Doors will open at 8pm and show will start at 9pm it is first come first served and it will hit MAX capacity.

Who is Head Wound City? The members are Jordan Billie and Cody Votolato, from the Blood Brothers, Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian, from the Locust and Dead Cross, & Nick Zinner, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

If you’ve never seen them before then you should make an effort and go. Why? Because they sound amazing live. What do they sound like? Their sound is furiously loud and amazing. Also, it’s free and you get to go to an exhibit to boot.

if you’ve already seen them live before then do a good deed and take someone who hasn’t.