The Brothers of Chico Dusty (Big Boi vs. The Black Keys) by wick-it
I wonder what it was going to take to get me to listen to the new Big Boi album ( the strength of my fondness of I Like The Way was not going to be enough ).
This is it.
The Black Keys Brothers lp mashed up with Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty gets you The Brothers of Chico Dusty . From first listen it’s actually more of focused and cohesive than Blacks Keys release BlakRoc and I fracking loved that record. But with one main artist to guide you through the Black Keys grooves. it makes a little more sense
SO SAYETH PAM – Botany “Waterparker”
Botany - WaterparkerTrue story: The other day I ordered Gary Wilson’s latest LP, Electric Endicott, directly from the label, Western Vinyl. A label employee emailed me saying my record had been shipped and to please enjoy a free mp3 download link while I waited for it.
The link included in the message, however, was not for the Gary Wilson album. It turned out to be a five-song EP from a much younger, yet equally electronically inclined artist I had never heard before.
It was almost as though the universe was saying to me, “You think you wanna listen to some weird-ass, electro-funky pop. But what you really wanna listen to is chillwave.”
Botany, I have come to learn, is the moniker of a 22-year old Texan named Spencer Stephenson. He used to perform under the name Abacus. He also played drums for a Denton, TX band called Sleep Whale. His debut EP Feeling Today is the precursor to a full-length album due out sometime this Spring.
You could sit there and cringe while I use the same words others have used to describe the music he makes: lush, layered, dreamy, shimmery, blissed out. Bleh! Or you could just enjoy yourself and listen to it.
- Pam Torno
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