Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

Hip Hop is dead?

Hepcat - Right on Time [1998]

Those Sennheiser CX400s (which I spoke of in a previous post about earbud shopping) turned out to be crap. So back to the drawing board it was, which lead me to the Kicker EB141 Earbuds. Now these are a superior product. A little more expensive-- granted-- but substantially clearer sound quality, and bass response like you read about. Not the most comfortable things I've ever worn, so the quest for the perfect earbud will continue once these blow out.

Fabriclive 29 - Mixed by Cut Copy

This is a DJ mix compilation by synthpop Australian duo Cut Copy. Included in this full range of remixes, you'll hear the familiar sounds of Daft Punk, Justice, Soulwax, Mstrkrft, The Faint, Goldfrappe, Daniel Diamond, Joakim, Riot in Belgium-- or maybe none of this you recognize. Guess there's only one way to find out...

Burial - Untrue [2007]

Welcome to Dubstep (Trance, on heroin). Burial's second studio release, Untrue, is one of the darkest, spookiest, most hypnotic displays of inner city drool to come out of Hyperdub (that I've heard anyways). It's rain soaked, bullet laden, post-apocolyptic, depraved- and worth listening to a hundred times over.

The Avalanches - Live on the Breezeblock 2-26-2001

This is a radio recoding from BBC Radio One's Breezeblock hour. As good as it gets, really.

United Future Organization: Now & Then - Best Remixes (Disc 2)

United Future Organization, more commonly known as UFO, is simply, the shit. Lost disc 1 of this impressive collection. Please advise.

UNKLE - More Stories

-Selected UNKLE Works- which were not included on the War Stories album. Contains a few Surrender Sound Sessions, as well as "A Wash of Black" (an awesome vampire techno jam). A must have for any UNKLE fan.

DJ Shadow - In Tune and on Time

Satisfy all of your created wants with one simply click! Put it on, play it loud, and ignore all that other bullshit for 72 minutes.

Amon Tobin - Foley Room Recorded Live Brussels 2007

"If you didn't have the medallion clearly visible on your house, and your place caught fire, the fire department... well.. they would not have to help you."

Headphone Shopping

The left ear fell out of my JBL ear buds just the other day, and I bought the Sennheiser CX300Bs based on several reviews by Amazon.com shoppers. Considering first the BOSE TriPort series (someone at work already had those), Bang & Olufsen Earset3 (way too expensive), and Shure E2c (too sharp), this seemed like a solid bet. You really do have to press the ear piece DEEEP to get the level of bass that other shoppers promise. They do create a fine seal though, and block out substantial amounts of background noise. Bikers take caution here. As far as the overall sound quality, it is much better than the factory stamped garbage that came with my mp3 player. And for only $20? Easily the cheapest of other choices. So why don't these come standard with OTC mp3 players? Oh yeah, cause then we wouldn't need to buy another pair!