RJD2: More Is Than Isn’t
If RJD2 were a chef instead of a prolific and eclectic hip-hop DJ, musician, and producer, he’d kill it on Chopped. For those not…
Various Artists: 10 Years of Fort Knox Recordings
One of the Venn diagrams you could draw of the diverse and sometimes bewildering Washington, DC music scene would include one circle representing funk…
CLOSE: Getting Closer
I had to wait for a rainy day to listen to Getting Closer, the new album by CLOSE (out now on !K7 Records). On a day that…
Fort Knox Five: 10 Years of Fort Knox Five
You may not have seen a license plate from Washington, DC, but for more than a decade the tags from the Nation’s Capital have…
Letherette: Letherette
It’s always wonderful how hearing certain music can take you back to a specific place and time, calling up all kinds of memories and…
UNA: The Laughing Man
“Beautifully sad, tortured but sweet” – the LA-based downtempo trio UNA sketches that melancholy aesthetic on “The Astronomer,” the opening track from their new…
Dobie: We Will Not Harm You
If you’re lucky in this life, or maybe if you’re just faithful to the things you love, then apparently you can go from being…
Toddla T: Watch Me Dance – Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes
Toddla T: Watch Me Dance – Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes “Yo, you know what time it is, any time me and Toddla…
Økapi: Opera Riparata
Økapi: Opera Riparata The mind tends to wander when you’re listening to Opera Riparata, the new album (out now on Illegal Art) from Italian…
Jazzanova: Funkhaus Studio Sessions
Jazzanova: Funkhaus Studio Sessions Raise your hand if you’re feeling a bit parched. In most parts of the U.S., anyway, it seems like it’s…