Cloudspeakers

Predictability is underrated. Just about every band we love eventually undergoes a transformation-- sometimes it excites us, sometimes it pisses us off. And when a band covers the same ground repea... Lees meer

If you're Ollie Jones, a musician who's made his pseudonym on pushing an underground dance sound further into the mainstream without compromising its strengths, what do you do when it's time for a ... Lees meer

Somewhere in the 10 years between Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus and his previous solo record, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, El-P's production style snapped its leash. Not like it was all that tight... Lees meer

Slum Village didn't deserve to go through so much shit. They had an underground classic debut, Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1, that most people outside of Detroit couldn't even hear until nearly 10 years later... Lees meer

The 1960s being what they were, the crossover game tended to work two ways: The rock groups that covered soul songs made the pop charts; the R&B artists that went the other way didn't. It wasn't fo... Lees meer

When you first heard "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell", did you wonder what a full-length Das Racist album would sound like? Did you even think they were capable of an album at all? Maybe you e... Lees meer

Above everything else that defines them, the Roots are capital-P Professionals. That's why they're perfect for their "Late Night" job. They don't fit there because, as critics would say, they're ea... Lees meer

This could be Internet-accelerated nostalgia talking, but A-Trak's first Dirty South Dance mix keeps sounding better the further 2007 disappears into the rearview. Bringing Southern bounce back to ... Lees meer

The longer some formerly hi-tech sound has lingered, the easier it is for some current musician to warp it into a purpose completely at odds with its original ultra-modern innovation. Last generati... Lees meer

As odd as it sounds, it's hard to imagine a new Reflection Eternal album as any kind of comeback. The duo's Train of Thought was one of the reasons indie rap felt so vibrant in 2000, and 10 years l... Lees meer