My LA Weekly Debut: Moonchild
London-based tastemaker Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings and his genre-defining Bubblers compilations have become golden-tinted ambrosia for modern experimental groove junkies over the past several years. Current semi-underground standards ranging from Jose James and Hiatus Kaiyote to The Hics and Nick Hakim have been featured on...
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Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum: Lifting kids’ eyes to the sky
News of 16-year-old Compton native Isaiah Cooper becoming the youngest African-American pilot to fly solo around the continental U.S. last summer went viral and became the against-all-odds story that eventually becomes a Hollywood blockbuster. At the center of the accomplishment was none other than Robin Petgrave,...
Here Are Some Of My Last Highlights From 2016
George Clinton Praises Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love”
Siya Already Has Plans For Valentine’s Day EP After Dropping “SIYAvsSIYA”
Review: Ab-Soul's “Do What Thou Wilt” Is The Year’s Best Mind Fuck
Native American Rap Legend Litefoot Has Some Stern Words For Rappers Appropriating His Culture
Passion Of The Weiss – “Black Macabre Vol.1: Thanking Evil” Review
Through Patcher, Garrett invites us to explore what we would do to those we loath — whether momentarily on the bus or throughout a career’s worth of despicable raps — if there were no consequences and we had the power to bend the universe. On...