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#50 album of 2013 – Shruggy Ji by Red Baraat

Artist: Red Baraat

Album: Shruggy Ji

Before I digress for two paragraphs, let me tell you that the Brooklyn-based, half-Asian-immigrant band Red Baraat claim to center their sound on “hard driving North Indian bhangra rhythms with elements of jazz, go-go, brass funk, and hip-hop”. (They also winkingly adopt the genre name “dhol-and-bass”.) I don’t know anything about bhangra or go-go, but I can’t see what they’d gain by lying, so I take this assessment as true.

As I’m […]

By brian|January 14th, 2014|Reviews|0 Comments

Robert Randolph & The Family Band’s Lickety Split!

Get ’em while they’re hot! Robert Randolph & The Family Band’s new album, Lickety Split, hits the shelves today!

Today, Robert Randolph & The Family Band have a new album out, called Lickety Split. I remember the very first time I heard Robert Randolph & The Family Band’s music. It was June 20, 2004, my 32nd birthday. My husband, Bill, had surprised me with tickets to see Eric Clapton at Washington DC’s […]

By Jenny|July 16th, 2013|Reviews|1 Comment

#7 album of 2012 – Skelethon by Aesop Rock

Artist: Aesop Rock

Album: Skelethon

I’ll mostly discuss Aesop Rock’s Skelethon as a vehicle for Ian Bavitz’s writing. At his best, as a lyricist, he’s operating on a level no one else is attempting, and I would want to have heard this album even in a musical form (bluegrass? reggae?) I find off-putting. But instrumentally, here’s who it reminds me of: Wire (once they got into electronics). Nine Inch Nails. Massive Attack / Tricky. This is dark, synthetic […]

By brian|April 29th, 2013|Reviews|1 Comment

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