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Italians Do It Better (2012)
Chromatics fans have become very familiar with the sensation of anticipation, almost to the point of numbness.
Fool's Gold (2011)
Tiombe Lockhart has been hustling her hot vocal talents for an indie-neo-soul minute now, dropping arresting guest spots with PPP, Waajeed, and Kingdom.
Tri Angle (2011)
"Witch house" isn't the best tag for an act to get saddled with straight out of the gate, and when Balam Acab's first EP, See Birds, dropped about a year ago, that term had less of its current flash-in-the-pan feel.
Italians Do It Better (2010)
Independent Italo-disco throwback record label Italians Do It Better is rooted as deeply in punk-rock DIY as it is in dance 12-inches from the '70s and drugged-out '80s club-night afterparties.
Lefse Records (2010)
In the dreamy, spacious world of How To Dress Well (one-man band Tom Krell), everything is light: the tone, the production, the vocals, the touch of each aural element.
IAMSOUND (2010)
In the beginning, there was Screw: the DJ from Houston whose slow and stuttering technique spawned a new musical subgenre.
Atlantic (2010)
As far as genres go, the '80s-influenced synth-pop revival is a modestly populated one.
Fat Possum (2010)
Using hip-hop tools to create pop isn't a new tactic, but it's not often done well, or even notably.
Lex (2009)
It's been more than three years since the infamous masked rap anti-hero Doom dropped an album — a long time for any musician, and an eternity in the mercurial, often fickle world of hip-hop.
Big Dada/Ninja Tune (2008)
The richest fruit of British rap’s gestation period is the growing catalogue of Roots Manuva.
The Greatest Story Ever Told | Motown
It would be a stronger statement if it weren’t for the conflicting cornerstones of conscientious-rapper soapboxing and standard-issue gangsta themes he’s laid at its foundation.
Fancy Footwork | Vice
It’s no surprise that their sweet sophomore-sleeper-turned-instant-classic is being reissued with extras.
Absolute Value | Fat Beats
One of the hallmarks of Akrobatik’s style has always been his sincerity.
Nostalgialator | Definitive Jux
“Fuck it, it’s a mind set,” Mike Ladd notes amid a dense verbal and aural barrage titled “Trouble Shot.”
Oi Oi Oi | Last Gang
Aficionados and connoisseurs of dance music qua dance music will find Oi Oi Oi a potent, concentrated dose of the undiluted pure stuff.
Gangsta Grillz: The Album | Atlantic
The West Coast is conspicuously under-represented.
† | Vice
Vice like the magazine or Vice like Miami?
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