Public Enemy wrote the song “By the Time I Get to Arizona” in 1992 as a protest against the state’s unwillingness to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The song seems relevant all over again now that Arizona legislators have passed a law legalizing racial profiling. The law requires immigrants to carry immigration papers [...]

On May 25th, Stones Throw will release Madlib Medicine Show #5: The History of the Loop Digga on CD, digital and a deluxe 3LP format. Back in the 90s, “beat tapes” were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, friends, or potential collaborators. Madlib made a bunch of them [...]

Seahorse and The Storyteller, the debut album from Michael Leonhart and Avramina 7, is out now. The album mixes the sounds of Bollywood with 60s psychedelic rock, and according to Leonhart, “tells the story of two mythical creatures who meet, fall in love and begin piecing together the mysteries of each others past.” For a [...]

The Atjazz remix of Sun Singleton’s “Moment” is deep future soul music. Sun’s voice is sweet, and the music is warm and understated (a sound that seems to be a specialty for Atjazz, and a perfect compliment to Sun’s voice). We highly recommend picking this one up over at Traxsource.

“Call Out” is the new single by Kaskade, and it features vocals by Mindy Gledhill. The track is more like a chilled out house song than a club anthem. It’s lush and minimal at the same time. It’s dance music that should appeal to downtempo fans. You can preview the song here, and then