Listening Post: Death–"Politicians In My Eyes" Rob Fields Listening Post February 11, 2009 1From The Fader: In 1975, Death, the trio of Hackney brothers from Detroit, recorded an album. Predating Bad Brains by...
Listening Post: Honeychild Coleman–"Never Goin' Home Again" Rob Fields Listening Post February 5, 2009 0An excellent album kicks off the 2009 year in Black rock. First, an admission: I completely forgot that Carolyn "Honeychild"...
Listening Post: V.V. Brown–"Bottles" Rob Fields Listening Post January 29, 2009 0"do[sic] wop indie, whilst traveling on a rocket, all the way up into the deepest part of outer space." That's...
LISTENING POST: The Caesarz–"Four4" and "Take Me Away" Rob Fields Listening Post January 15, 2009 1Tomorrow the biopic of slain rapper Biggie Smalls hits the theaters. I’d like to see “Notorious” even though, as my...
LISTENING POST: Roughstars–"The Virus" Rob Fields Listening Post December 18, 2008 0Brooklyn's Roughstars put their best Bump Rock–a brew of rock, soul, new wave and post-punk sensibilities–on you in this hot...
LISTENING POST: TV on the Radio–"Love Dog" Rob Fields Listening Post December 3, 2008 3My introduction to TV on the Radio was their 2006 album, "Return to Cookie Mountain." It's a funny thing taking...
LISTENING POST: Res–"I'm On My Way" Rob Fields Listening Post November 5, 2008 3With last night’s results in, and Barack Obama now president-elect, we all breathe a sigh of relief. A page turns. ...
LISTENING POST: Red Lotus–"Firecracker" Rob Fields Listening Post October 22, 2008 3What can I say? This is the song that made me want to see this band fully plugged in, and...
LISTENING POST: Chewing Pics–"Chicharon Begao Lives. . ." Rob Fields Listening Post October 16, 2008 0This is a promising young trio that conjures a gentle fury. They mix drum, bass and (sometimes) electronically processed vocals...
LISTENING POST: California King–"2012" Rob Fields Listening Post October 8, 2008 0(photo credit: Tiana Markova-Gold) California King will open the Boldaslove.us/BRC CMJ showcase at BAMCafe in a couple of weeks. Mike...
