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Spiritualized's J. Spaceman (Photo: Aaron Richter)

INTERVIEW: Spiritualized’s J. Spaceman Shares His Life Story

Photo by Aaron Richter Interview by Robert Ham I didn’t really have any records when I was a kid. I think we had three records in the house. Stuff like the Australian Army Band album. I remember hearing stuff on Radio 2 that my mom really liked–middle-of-the-road music. My lucky break came when I bought […]

LISTEN: Yesterdays New Quintet, “Suite For Weldon”

Via Stones Throw: The pianist Weldon Irvine, Jr. was a formative influence on Madlib’s Yesterdays New Quintet transformation. Indeed, the pianist was the first of the “jazz elders” to validate Madlib’s take on jazz when the hip-hop producer began recording jazz in 2000. Weldon Irvine died by suicide ten years ago this spring. After he […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Matthewdavid, “Tape 5” (Featuring Eola)

Now here’s a way to make CD-Rs sound exciting: package them in hand-painted floppy discs and limit the run to around 150 copies. That’s what Matthewdavid first did with his Disk Collection in 2008, and what he plans to do in the coming weeks with a nine-track sequel that “features the friendships of Eola, Run […]

Stream Gold Panda’s New Single, “Mountain” / “Financial District”

It’s been a minute since we last heard from Gold Panda, and while we’re still waiting for his next LP, the producer’s new 7”–two instrumental slabs of “modern hip-hop”–is a fitting palette cleanser for whatever’s on the way next. “Listening to ‘Mountain’ again on a trip to Japan over New Year,” explains Derwin Schlecker, “we […]