When DJ Shadow released ENDTRODUCING in 1996 it revolutionized the American trip-hop movement and helped firmly place his label Mo' Wax on the map. Just over ten years later, producer/engineer Amon Tobin has done the same with FOLEY ROOM, an album that explores 'found sound' as successfully DJ Shadow has in the past. The concept of THE FOLEY ROOM is simple. In film, when engineers want to ...

I'm a bit floored. I haven't heard music this good in a long time. For those of you who thought white-girl soul began and ended with Joss Stone, you were wrong. Adele performs tenderly nuanced vocal performances that evokes emotions like no one has for a long time. The press has been comparing her to Eykah Badu and Jill Scott but I'll go a ...

So yesterday we told you Slayer was performing Jimmy Kimmel. Spank Rock performed on the same stage last week. Spank rock. Slayer. Someone on Kimmel's staff is a fucking genius. Anyways, if you aren't already into Spank Rock, you need to be, before they do something that ruins all their credibility like produce a Lily Allen record or show up doing the ACT ...

Photo of Shannon Hurley by M.F. Dinan On December 22, 2006, Rolling Stone Magazine annouced their pick of myspace's top 25 bands. Rock on, Rolling Stone. Way to give the power back to the people. Here you go...and in alphabetical order, too: The Airborne Toxic Event - “Wishing Well” An Pierlé & White Velvet - “How Does It Feel” Astro Junkie - “Don’t Say Another Word” Band ...

funk2 Click here and die happy. The duel was done last Thursday. Sorry for the delay. The Holidays, two cats, 5 million pots of tea, excellent television programming (Anthony LaPaglia, I LOVE YOU!), long-winded phone calls from family members, and the opportunity to meet new friends all stood between me and the keyboard. But, I return... Colbert's final episode of 2006 ...

The worst thing about the new home of MTV on the internet? Embedded commercials in streaming content. The best thing about MTV on the internet? Commercials aside, I control what I watch and when. While scanning new videos I discovered the new solo record from Chris Cornell where provides a little tunage for the new Bond film CASINO ROYALE (a.k.a Bond-man Begins). Mr. ...

Watch Prodigy of Mobb Deep seriously wild out in "Mac 10 Handle" from his new mix-tape RETURN OF THE MAC. The lyrics begin, "I sit alone in my dirty ass room starin at candles / high on drugs / all alone with my hand on the mac 10 handle / schemin on you....." After getting outted as a former ballerina a few years back on Jay-Z's "Takeover", ...

The duo of Slick & Rose have the Atlanta soul market in the palm of their hands, it's only a matter of time before they take the rest of the world. On Chemical they tread ground somewhere between Gwen Stefani and Outkast. It's the type of feel good dance song about lust and love that's just waiting to catapult them into the mainstream. Download Slick and Rose ...