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Rapper's Delight: Kameleon Beats

posted: June 4, 2011

With a devotion to live instrumentation and an appetite for classic ’70s vinyl, Kameleon Beats is basically the epitome of an old school hip hop producer. A lot of producers get caught up in strictly…
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Your Country's Right Here: Mandy Barnett Offers "Sweet Dreams" To Patsy Cline Fans

posted: June 2, 2011

Mandy Barnett has an old soul. How else to explain her devotion to great vocalists ranging from Patsy Cline to Linda Ronstadt and Connie Francis? And how else would she be able to masterfully record…
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Industrial Revolution: Warner Brat'ya

posted: June 2, 2011

Warner Music Group was sold to Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik earlier this month for some bootleg Beatles tapes and black-market blue jeans. But seriously, it went for $3.3 BILLION. How on earth could a record…
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Get Lyrical: Calico Trail's "Sweet Southern Small Town Summertime"

posted: June 1, 2011

We’ve all heard the old joke: What do you get when you play a country song backwards? You get your dog back, your wife back, your house back, your kids back… Okay, sure. A lot…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Burlap To Cashmere Bounces Back

posted: June 1, 2011

It’s not insignificant that Burlap to Cashmere‘s second album is self-titled. It’s usually a band’s debut album that bears this distinction, but in many ways, this seems like the maiden voyage of a new band.…
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Neuman's Own: Music About Food Gains Some Weight

posted: June 1, 2011

In the two weeks since it’s been posted, Vegan Black Metal Chef: Episode 1 Pad Thai has been viewed over one million times. Ostensibly a parody of cooking culture today, the viral video surprisingly doesn’t…
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