From the category archives:

Reggae

Sno-Cones In Heaven, Served By Local Star

September 20, 2009

Special, special dedication this weekend to a special, special man.
Always there with a smile and a good hug, Don Fucking Steele loved music as much as anybody and was compelled to share — as a musician, a DJ, whatever it took to spread the love.  And thank God, because the brother had amazing taste.
We’re gonna [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Wamp-Wamp-Wamp-Wamp-Wamp

August 28, 2009

Blindsided by a heat wave (San Francisco-style: 83°), the only course of action is inaction.
And dub.
Augustus Pablo – Brace’s Dub, No. 2 from King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

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Even Though You Are So Nice

August 3, 2008

DJ/Rupture’s Special Gunpowder was undeniably one of 2004’s highlights. You know how much I love an album that sounds like a mixtape, right?  Special Gunpowder contains a righteous assortment of sounds — and not an assortment like “this one’s rock, and this one’s a ballad, and this one’s kind of hip-hop.” More like “this one’s [...]

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