Algiers There Is No YearMatador 2020 Without a doubt, Algiers are the most exciting rock band I've heard in well over a decade. Truth be told, their first three albums are so tight and perfectly-formed that I could've picked any one of them as February's Tile Of The Month (they're a bit like Massive Attack … Continue reading Algiers – There Is No Year

Shadez Of Colour presents Allied Heights: DJ Slye In The MixInterplanetary Transmissions 2002 Now what we're gonna do right now is go back... way back. Rewind your mind back to fall 2002: Futureform had just parted ways, with Snakes venturing into the wide open trance-states of the high desert and Slye back to the city … Continue reading Allied Heights

The year of the album I'd already been working on this little list for awhile now, the concept swirling around in the back of my mind for years (much like the Metal Beat 15 had been). In fact, I was originally planning to post this last weekend, but various real world concerns only pushed it … Continue reading 1988

Don of the Haunted Dancehall Crushed to hear of Andrew Weatherall's passing. I've got Glenn Street Assault Squad playing right now, and the rest of his music will surely be on repeat for the foreseeable future (in truth, like it already has been for decades now). From Two Lone Swordsmen to The Sabres Of Paradise, … Continue reading Andrew Weatherall

Motion 004: Infoworld Motion 004 happens at the axis of electronics and rhythm. Taking its name from Juan Atkins' key track in the transition from the Model 500 eighties to the Infiniti nineties, this mix draws its inspiration from the lost highway sound of Infoworld (Magic Juan's R-Theme?). Conceived just as the heaviest rainstorm of … Continue reading Motion 004

Production, kimo... producción! Moving into the second month of the 20s, and things are getting underway. Posts are rolling out on the reg, the Terminal Vibration saga is back in full force, and code is stacking down in The Heights, running in parallel from within the space center mainframe hum. Animals in motion, striking curious … Continue reading Into The 20s

I had a dream about my man last night... I was chilling with my cousin in Puerto Rico, and he goes Check this out... It's a 12" of Scorpio by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, but this copy had a different vocal version on the flip! Kid Creole, Cowboy and Melle Mel were trading … Continue reading Scorpio