nujazz

Finally we dug deep in our mailbox to reveal the cream of the crop we got sent in the last months, prepare for the nujazz, electronica, indie and world music attack in 2009.
+ Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, + Xylos, + The Whitest Boy Alive
+ The Jazzinvaders, + Laura Vane & The Vipertones
+ The Bran Flakes, + Mascot Fight

* Forbidden Ensemble presents Pornosoundtracks
* Short and to the point Wired article, “Five Reasons MP3 Blogs could be the next record Labels”
* Last.fm has Analog for Architecture, an 2006 DVD compilation freely available.

15 Battles – Mirrored (Warp Records) : Everybody’s been talking about “Mirrored” this year, and they kind of deserve it for getting their oddtimed dissonant music to find strange acclaim from mainstream circles as well as mathheads.
14 Deejay OM – Reheated Naan and Curry (Galapagos4) : A fine hybrid of Indian samples mixed with beats. Somehow liked it much more than Madlib’s take. Past