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June 19, 2009

Lushlife: Cassette City

Sometimes you just have to believe the hype. It feels like it’s been ages since a truly fresh perspective has come out of the underground hip-hop scene. And by fresh, I don’t necessarily mean cutting-edge. The old adage has never been so true — to truly move ahead you often have to take one step [...]

June 18, 2009

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Polvo: Back with a Bowl

It’s not often that bands break up and reunite over a decade later without some kind of clear financial motivation. Sure Polvo have had their share of shows over the last year in some of the biggest festivals around (they killed it at ATP), but after listening to their newest track “Beggars Bowl” — which [...]

May 31, 2009

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Scissorkast 5: Partly Sunny

Six months since the last scissorkast and it’s not due to a lack of good music. Just have my hands full. I promise to get more regular with these, especially since I’ve digitized about 1000 records since the last podcast. Since the start of the year, 2009 is turning out some epic records, and I’ve aimed [...]

May 14, 2009

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Nosaj Thing

I’ve been corrupted. You know you’ve stumbled upon something great when you’re exhibiting obsessive behaviors like playing a song 10 times in a row because 2:55 just isn’t long enough. “Light #1″ is that song. Old-school heads will instantly think back to the best parts of Mike Paradinas’ finest U-ziq stuff like “Hasty Boom Alert” [...]

April 23, 2009

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A.M. Architect

I could be breaking some unspoken rule of music blogging by posting 2 projects by the same musician so close together. But then again — as you can tell by my recent disappearance from regular posting — the regular rules have never applied to SK. A.M. Architect is another project from Diego Chavez (Aether), together with [...]

March 22, 2009

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From Monument to Masses

There are perfect records and then there are perfect records. As a die-hard proponent of all things instrumental, I realize that my opinion skews when it comes to wordless rock music. Or solidly produced instrumental beats. Or the combination of the two. I’d be naive to expect Pitchfork to slap a 9.9 on On Little [...]

February 24, 2009

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New DJ Mixes Page

I finally got around to posting some mixes I’ve done over the years. Check out http://www.scissorkick.com/dj-mixes/ for a handful I’ve done over the years, starting in 1999. You will also see a link in the top nav bar above. Right now there’s just 3 posted, but I will frequently add to the list. Feel free to [...]

February 4, 2009

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Aether

Snow is an integral part of the character of NYC. A city teeming with transplants, you get this collective anxiety right after a fresh snowfall, as the winter drags on with throngs of people hotly anticipating 100 degree days that smell of dog piss and uncollected garbage. Nah, if you ask me, summer in the [...]

January 29, 2009

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Home Video

New EP from Brooklyn’s Home Video just dropped and while I will readily admit the Radhiohead comparisons are warranted, I still think the band is one of NYC’s most underrated. Why hold it against them because they sound like one of the greatest bands in the world. I mean, go to an art museum and [...]

December 30, 2008

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Scissorkick Picks for 2008 Podcast

December 29, 2008

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Floating Points

Big thanks to DJ DRM for sending this one my way. This will surely be the final post of 2008, before I do my yearly wrap up, and I can’t think of a better song more suited for looking ahead to an exciting musical landscape. The truth is that I don’t know much about Floating Points [...]

December 10, 2008

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Cornershop “Candyman” (from Nike “Chalk” spot)

Totally hot new spot from Nike. As soon as I saw this for the first time — rather, as soon as I heard it (I was away from the TV) — I knew this was a new Nike spot. They consistently utilize top notch music supervision. I’m lucky enough to be one of a select [...]

December 3, 2008

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Scissorkast #4

It’s been a while since I’ve done a scissorkast but there’s no time like the present, so here you go. This installment features brand new tracks from yet-to-be-released records from Bibio, Telefon Tel Aviv, Eliot Lipp and more. You may sense a more emotional thread than usual, undoubtedly the result of the recent birth of [...]

December 1, 2008

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Bastard Jazz Radio LIVE on BrooklynRadio.Net

Apologies on not posting for a while. Been busy with the birth of my newborn son Nicolas. Crazy late nights, unpredictable days, but it’s all amazing and he’s already been exposed to more good music than most adults I know. It’ll probably work out that he shuns all of his “dad’s music” like most kids, [...]

November 18, 2008

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Scissorkick Page on Facebook

I know I’m shamefully late to the Web 2.0 party (especially considering what i do for a living) but you can now follow Scissorkick on Facebook. I will be updating the page there with news of new podcasts, special posts and events. And speaking of podcasts, I have a new ScissorKast and 4 brand-spanking new sessions [...]

October 31, 2008

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The Foreign Exchange

It would be dishonest of me to say that I’m a huge Neo-Soul kinda guy, but I’ve always been a big fan of the production from Nicolay, one half of The Foreign Exchange (with NC rapper-now-singer Phonte, from Little Brother). Their first collaboration, Connected, was one of the best hip-hop/soul records of 2004, and the [...]

October 28, 2008

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Z-Trip’s Obama Mix

I intentionally tried to stay away from any politics over the course of the last few years — I mean with so many more qualified blogs out there, who am I to get into the mix? But when the political and musical spheres bump heads, I guess it’s a little more appropriate to follow course, [...]

October 20, 2008

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Roger O’Donnell

Quick post before I take off for California for work. This one come courtesy of Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and more. Beautiful and subtle record performed almost entirely on one instrument – the moog synthesizer. An accomplished player, O’Donnells advantage is perspective — having played with some [...]

September 30, 2008

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Midnight Lab Band

I’ve always considered a certain level of anonymity an important quality among the musicians I tend to lionize. Not to say I expect a musician to release LP after LP under different pseudonyms, or drop mysterious white-label 12-inch vinyl as a career’s worth of output, but there’s a certain modesty and focus on the music [...]

September 18, 2008

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Chandeliers

I’m a bit at a loss for words after listening to The Thrush by Chicago’s Chandeliers. Perhaps I’m just being lazy, but I truly can’t remember the last time it was so hard to easily summarize a band’s sound with only a few words. To their credit, the quartet do a huge service to listeners [...]

September 12, 2008

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Max Tundra

Back to school people. Sure, I haven’t had first day jitters in a long time, but I’m getting my Bugle Boys ready to impress nonetheless. Should I match with an OP or a Hobie t-shirt? Decisions, decisions. That’s how “Which Song,” the brand new Max Tundra single — from his forthcoming Domino LP, Parallel Errors [...]

September 3, 2008

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Born Ruffians (Four Tet Mix)

Quick post today of a really nice mix done by Four Tet of a newish track from Warp Records Born Ruffians. I actually haven’t heard the original yet, but it’s always exciting when a Four Tet remix actually hits the mark and this one surely does. Builds upon a really clean, looping synth line [...]

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Lushlife: Cassette City

Polvo: Back with a Bowl

Scissorkast 5: Partly Sunny

Nosaj Thing

A.M. Architect

From Monument to Masses

New DJ Mixes Page

Aether

Home Video

Scissorkick Picks for 2008 Podcast

Floating Points

Cornershop “Candyman” (from Nike “Chalk” spot)

Scissorkast #4

Bastard Jazz Radio LIVE on BrooklynRadio.Net

Scissorkick Page on Facebook

The Foreign Exchange

Z-Trip’s Obama Mix

Roger O’Donnell

Midnight Lab Band

Chandeliers

Max Tundra

Born Ruffians (Four Tet Mix)

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