Low-key Slap by Zammuto: “The Shape of Things to Come”
In their new video, Zammuto reveals the secrets behind their layered, tinkering speed music. Through a fish eye lens we see frontman Nick Zammuto (guitarist and vocalist for The Books) and his band shred on many instruments at once. Zammuto opens for Explosions in the Sky on April 11 at the McDonald Theater.
Big Baby Gandhi – “Blue Magic” (Feat. Das Racist)
words NOAH DEWITT It’s a great time to be a Queens-based rapper of Indian descent. Big Baby Gandhi, a rapper/producer with a genius, raunchy flow, is the newest addition to Greedhead, the desi-centric record label headed by Himanshu of Das Racist. With vintage Bollywood samples that call to mind Madlib’s India-inspired instrumentals and some classically shouty rhymes [...]
Nite Jewel – “One Second of Love”
words NOAH DEWITT This slap is the title track from Nite Jewel’s upcoming album, One Second of Love, the anticipated follow-up to her lauded 2008 LP, Good Evening. With a low, raunchy synth line chugging perpetually and a quintessentially electropop drum beat, “One Second of Love” is ideal for solo bedroom dance fits. The album comes [...]
Chairlift and Kool A.D. cover Beyoncé’s “Party”
Ethereal electropop plus kooky, hyper-referential, college-educated rap plus Beyoncé’s boogie-tinged pump-up jam “Party” equals a slapper in every sense of the word. In this Youtube gem, which hit the internet Friday, fast-rising chillwave duo Chairlift offers a rendition of B’s masterpiece on Australian radio with jazzier guitar, slappier bass, and breathier vocals. Oh, and a [...]
