here's a very cool compilation album i really like !! i love howie B, definitely check out the rest of his stuff if you haven't already. others: DJ shadow, UNKLE, major force west, kruder & dorfmeister's g-stoned, zimbabwe legit, 9 lazy 9, red snapper....... i could go on and on about trip hop lol
trip hop from a new artist??? more likely than you think !
my friend just sent this to me and was like You Have to listen. and he's right... scratching my itch for good trip hop in the current music landscape.
this dude absolutely freaked it with a no skips album that is so uber listenable and kooky. i listen to it on road trips, while i'm cooking, cleaning my room - it just instantly puts me in a good mood. GET HABIBI FUNK IN YA EARS!!!
ground zero for lo-fi hip hop. this was my everything in 2016. Some people may listen and think eh i've heard it all before but it's special to me ok. The samples he used on this were like a rosetta stone to so much other culture; Björk, Chet Baker, Cowboy Bebop, so random but like THANK YOU dude.
you probably know them already. i am from the home of Minutemen, beautiful sunny San Pedro, the port of LA and let me tell you... pedro does extreme pride really well and that is especially true when it comes to this band (and in this case the pride is absolutely warranted). george hurley built a fence behind my driveway for us. i played bass in his drum room when i was like 11 lol. yes i am flexing these things because it's awesome and he's an extremely kind man. mike watt is around town sometimes and he comes off as very unapproachable and cranky which is also awesome and funny. ultimately he is also nice though.
there are still lots of blue-collar middle-aged (to quite old) people in rock bands in pedro going really hard. one of the biggest blessings of my life is having grown up here (despite the town's issues and generally freakish nature) because of the music scene and support from older musicians. minutemen are our (humble) stars, and i'm grateful for them, and i'm grateful for the many rock/punk/jazz/blues/noise/freaky sound art people in my town.
"A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985" is a great book, i was super pumped when it came out and everyone who was around at the time had things to say about it/things to expand on.
i have love for this place but i still am dying to move away. btw. don't get it twisted... i am getting out of town or i die.
pretty bad and stupid .. no clue what it would sound like melodically/rhythmically… could also just be a poem?.. was just wishing The Bear was about a bear…
