Dexterous Material: Edition 12
I'm tapping this into my phone as I hurtle through Germany, one of Kraftwerk's beloved autobahns easing my passage across Europe at a steady 170km/h.
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I'm tapping this into my phone as I hurtle through Germany, one of Kraftwerk's beloved autobahns easing my passage across Europe at a steady 170km/h.
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Busdriver is too often overlooked when people reference the LA underground rap and beat scenes of the last decade.
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The penultimate positions, 26-50, in the perennially late but musically still great end of year chart – sample 51-100 , 101-150 or 151-200 by doing the clicky thing.
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Yes, "Hot Cheetos & Takis" is a real song by children about two different spicy snacks that aren't available in all markets.
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Because a five-EP box set is simply not an adequate celebration of Christmas, Sufjan Stevens has corralled a group of rappers for a Christmas-themed hip-hop mixtape featuring music from the box set.
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Dark Time Sunshine, comprising of Onry Ozzborn and producer Zavala, definitely released one of the most surprising hip-hop albums of the year in ANX.
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In order to celebrate his return to Big Dada, Busdriver is giving away a new seven track EP ahead of his new album, which is due early next year.
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Following the glitchy, Das Racist-featuring single "Fire Hydrant," Los Angeles rapper Busdriver comes through with his latest release, a free EP entitled Arguments With Dreams.
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Fast-talking rapper Busdriver is readying a free EP, Arguments With Dreams , for release next week.
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West Coast rap auteur Busdriver released his seventh studio LP, 'Beaus$Eros', via Fake Four back in February – speaking to CMU about it just ahead of the release.
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Homeboy Sandman is set to release his first full length album on Stones Throw, First Of A Living Breed , which is due out on the label on September 18.
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He's part Low End Theory beat family, part Blowdian, part sarcastic Second City native.
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Only one place to start this month; it's a hip-hop sensation that's been spreading across the 'net like wildfire.
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I was all set to do one of those sarcastic self-aggrandizing spiels where I use a ton of alliteration and make esoteric references to farm animals in the hopes of getting you to come to the Echoplex tonight.
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We're a little last minute with this contest, but we have a pair of tickets to give away to Killer Mike's show tonight at the Echoplex in Los Angeles.
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Great news, hip-hop heads with a penchant for the kind of stuff that treads into left-field territory.
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Today marks the release of Busdriver's latest release, Beaus$Eros , which apparently took him more than a year to record.
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L.A. rapper Regan Farquhar, better known as Busdriver , is one of the busier and weirder dudes in the business.
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This upcoming Valentine's Day will bring much more than chocolates, roses, and the like.
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Uber-sharp spitter Busdriver can be counted on to do several things on every project he drops.
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This list was inspired by the guiding light of Liberace, Billy Martin, Ali, and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff.
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Modeselektor has made a career on producing an unexpected mash of sounds and styles.
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We are gestating genres with Berlin's juvenile bass mongers Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary; as Modeselektor they relish dining on dance music's exhausted rulebook.
Read MoreModeselektor return this week their third album.
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You have to be a slightly out-there rapper to tackle the equally out-there music crafted by Modeselektor.
Read MoreAlt-rapper/producer Busdriver is one half of Flash Bang Grenada with seasoned battle rapper Nocando.
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So is August officially the month of hip-hop duo albums?
Read MoreProject Blowed emcees Busdriver and his renowned battle rapper buddy Nocando have been collaborating for a while now, but soon the names may be inseparable.
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They've released 11 albums, each of which combines pop, noise and structure into an experimental stew that often sounds nothing like its predecessor but always like Deerhoof.
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We first got wind of the collaborative force between Nocando and Busdriver in 2009 when we premiered " Least Favorite Rapper ," their joint track on Busdriver's Jhelli Beam. He would soon return the favor, appearing on the hook and third verse of " Two Track Mind " off Nocando's Jimmy the Lock.
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One of the illest and most unique hip-hop acts to emerge from the early 1990′s in Los Angeles was the collective of Aceyalone, Myka 9, Self Jupiter and P.E.A.C.E. — otherwise known to the world as Freestyle Fellowship , whose impact is unquestionable and about whom not nearly enough is written.
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Ninja Tune is busy as ever with a slew of new releases planned for the coming months, including an LP from LA's eccentric beatmaker, Daedelus (pictured above) and an EP from rising Viennese producer Dorian Concept .
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In November, Deerhoof teamed up with L.A. avant -rapper Busdriver for "I Did Crimes Behind Your Eyelids" on the Hoofdriver 7".
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In November, Deerhoof teamed up with L.A. avant -rapper Busdriver for "I Did Crimes Behind Your Eyelids" on the Hoofdriver 7".
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The holiday season brings out the best and the worst in us, and emotions are bound to run a little high in all directions.
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According to Polyvinyl, Hoofdriver is but the first in a potential series of split singles featuring music by Deerhoof and the vocals of a guest collaborator, with the guest also providing their own song for the B-side.
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