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Top Five Albums of 2008: Number Two
Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:22 PM EST
Well, the top five got postponed slightly due to a series of travel-related complications and other unavoidable stuff. We resume our countdown today with the second-best album of 2008 - a crazy little mashup masterpiece by the name of Feed the Animals.
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Top Five Albums of 2008: Number Five
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:33 AM EST
As you may already be aware, Eric, Scooter, and I will be breaking down the top albums of 2008 over the next week. Each article will feature a pick and commentary by each of us on that album. In my column, we open the week with a little hip-hop. Here we go!
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8tracks: Online Mixtapes, Legally
Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:50 AM EDT
Those of you with better-than-average memories may recall an article I wrote on Muxtape a few months back. In that article, I questioned the legal standing of the site.
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A Diggin' the Crates/TBTMTU Mixtravaganza: Flea Market Funk
Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:41 PM EDT
As one Jacob Martinez has thoroughly established over the last few months, high-quality music blogs are great resources for any tune junkie.
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Press Play: A Review Of Portishead's Third
Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:02 PM EDT
I have a nasty habit of getting into good bands after they break up. Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins… the list goes on. I first heard Portishead's Dummy in the late '90s, several years after its release, at the dawn of a decade of radio silence from these Balboan trip-hoppers.
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A Diggin' the Crates Weekend Special: Today is Record Store Day!
Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:58 PM EDT
Today is a very special day for record collectors. Saturday, April 19th: Record Store Day. Today, independent record stores across North America are celebrating the wonders of the digging lifestyle with sales and special in-store performances.
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What's The Big Deal With Stone Temple Pilots?
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:50 AM EDT
I'm probably going to get slammed for this one. Here's the thing: I don't get Stone Temple Pilots. I never did. Here's a band that rode the coattails of grunge into 17.5 million album sales (and counting).
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Re:Mix - Hip(ster)-Hop Mashups From The Hood Internet
Sun Apr 6, 2008 5:51 PM EDT
If there's one thing that defines hipsterism, it's irony - and the mashup is fertile ground for irony. Since this is a hip(ster)-hop mix, I tried to distill the oddest, funniest, and most unexpected tracks from the irony-fest that is The Hood Internet.
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Diggin' the Crates: Vine(yl)meet Philly
Wed Apr 2, 2008 11:49 AM EDT
This was a very special week for Diggin' the Crates. Over the weekend, the Philadelphia suburbs played host to a summit of the record-heads as Eric, Adam, and I took the region's used record stores by storm. This is the play-by-play.
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Diggin' the Crates: How To Own The Thrift Stores
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:16 PM EDT
After a brief hiatus, Diggin' the Crates is back. This week, let's talk about thrift store records. In a lot of ways, this is my favorite kind of digging. You never can tell what you'll find in a crate in the back of a suburban Goodwill.
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Don't Make A Mixtape... Make A Muxtape!
Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
When was the last time you made a mixtape? Until five minutes ago, the answer for me was, "It's been so long, I don't remember." But now, thanks to Muxtape.com the answer is, "Just five minutes ago. Want to hear it?"
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I Built A Theremin, And You Can Too!
Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:57 PM EDT
This week, I'm putting Diggin' the Crates on hold to write about a recent construction project of mine. I built an instrument called a theremin. For Christmas, I got a kit made by Moog. I finally got around to building it over the weekend. What's a theremin?
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Diggin' The Crates: The Reissue Question
Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:51 PM EST
Reissues are always controversial in vinyl-collecting circles. The true purist never buys reissued records (or such is the rhetoric).
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A "Diggin' the Crates" Special Installment: What's the Big Deal with Analog Sound?
Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:07 PM EST
Records are big, fragile, unwieldy, and generally inconvenient. Digital alternatives like MP3s and CDs are, on the other hand, small, portable, durable, easily reproducible, and generally convenient. Plus, you look totally trendy with your iPod (keep telling yourself that).
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Diggin' the Crates: The Hidden Goldmine
Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:27 PM EST
One thing that's universal among record collectors is the desire to maximize the value of every dollar spent on vinyl. There are a lot of records in the world, and you'll never ever get all the ones you want. Ever.
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The Blammys: A Newsvine Awards Show from Listen In
Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:03 AM EST
Roll out the red carpet! The Grammys are a farce, so we at Listen In have decided to host our very own music awards show. We'll laugh… we'll cry… we'll take aim at some of the more vulnerable targets available. We'll even hand out a few awards. We're calling it the Blammys.
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Diggin' the Crates: Introducing a New Listen In Series
Wed Feb 6, 2008 8:22 AM EST
My name is Evan, and I have an addiction: I'm a vinylholic. For me, there's nothing quite like the sound of a needle touching down on a record. There's nothing quite like the smell of a room full of dusty album jackets.
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Rewind to 2000: Jedi Mind Tricks' Violent by Design
Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:15 PM EST
There is a certain undeniable integrity to be had by promising something and delivering it in full. With their 2000 LP Violent by Design, Philadelphia-based hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks did just that.
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The Artist in Profile: Bill Evans
Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:36 AM EST
Bill Evans was a quiet giant. This shy, innovative savant literally shaped the face of jazz: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and a host of other iconic jazz artists have cited Evans as a formative influence on their music.
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What's the Big Deal with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:33 AM EST
As you are no doubt aware, Madonna has been voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Rewind to '94: Portishead's Dummy
Mon Dec 3, 2007 9:49 AM EST
Portishead's 1994 debut LP Dummy is the seminal album of the genre-bending trip hop movement (AKA the Bristol sound). It is an underground success with rare staying power that has won almost universal acclaim.
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Jackson 5 to Reunite… Whaaaaa???
Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:59 PM EST
Today's music news comes from the "what were they thinking?" category. Jermaine Jackson, of recent Celebrity Big Brother fame, told BBC Radio on November 27th that the Jackson 5 are planning a reunion tour.
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Why U2 Really Is "The Best Band in the World"
Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:26 PM EST
That's right, music fans: I'm back by popular demand. However, in the interest of experimenting and staying fresh, I'm going to give things a twist. So, today I'll be defending famous artists, rather than slandering them.
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