In honor of my recent SPIN review of Rage Against the Machine’s return to live domination, I’ve resurrected my first concert review ever — of RATM at the Oakland Arena in 1999, published in, wait for it, my high school paper, The Spartan Spectrum. Apparently, “they thoroughly rocked the crowd.”
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MellowHype Bring More Wolves to the Pack
OF strikes again: wild beats, swaggy raps, palpable hatred for authority. SPIN.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Big Sur
Catching up on older stuff. A few weeks back, photog Graeme Flegenheimer and I road tripped it up to the Henry Miller Library to catch the iconic Angelenos in action. New songs, old songs, although strangely not this song. Oh well. SPIN.
Sleeper Agent: High Fives and Kentucky Bourbon
Talked to the lovely youngsters in Sleeper Agent — just a bunch of Kentucky kids from the college town of Bowling Green churning out Southern-fried sing-alongs about, well, other people’s pillow talk. From August’s SPIN.
Kreayshawn and V-Nasty Crush Hollywood
Photographer Erik Voake and I hit The Roxy to witness the White Girl Mob in person. Oakland’s Kreayshawn, V-Nasty and Lil Debbie delivered despite the drama and detractors that seem to follow them in droves. SPIN.
Shabazz Palaces Reinvent the Wheel
The other great indie rap LP of 2011. This highly Digable reinvention will be battling Serengeti’s new one within my top 5 for the year. A.V. Club.
Serengeti is King. Nuff Said?
And to be true, this one’s more like a 9. Easily in my top 5 for 2011. SPIN.
Aesop Rock Returns with Hail Mary Mallon
Honestly, it’s more like a 6, but whatevs. Still got love for Aes Rock. SPIN.
Late, From Lollapalooza 2011
You know how I said SPIN covered the shit out of Bonnaroo? Well, we completely crushed Lollapalooza. From front to back, destroyed it with epic aplomb. Really. You should check out the entire thing, but since this blog’s primary function is totally self-serving, you’ll find my cov’g indexed below:
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Big Sean is Finally Famous. Big Whup.
In which I say words like “spineless wimp,” “waffling” and “hallmark.” A.V. Club.
Chris Writes Things 