Blackdaylight has a gift for your basket.

April 10, 2009 in Tracks
Tags: Blackdaylight, Chicago, electronic, instrumental hip-hop

Lately, this project by Chicago producer, Blackdaylight, has been a smooth headnoddin’ groove! So that you may also enjoy the ablum, click his picture and, courtesy of Blackdaylight himself, download the entire project for free. My faves are “Indian Chile”, “Hymnal of the Dead”, and “Jade”. You could almost call this smooth IDM. [...]

Thank you for great music, Charles Wesley Cooper III

January 27, 2009 in talkbeat
Tags: Charles Wesley Cooper III, Chicago, electronic, electronic hip-hop, Hefty Records, IDM, Telefon Tel-Aviv

Charles Wesley Cooper III–one half of Telefon Tel Aviv passed away on January 22. From the My Space page of friend and labelmate, John Hughes, the other half of Telefon Tel Aviv leaves these words:
Hello, Everyone.
It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, [...]

Mandrake FM talks with The Aluminum Group

January 6, 2009 in talkbeat
Tags: art-rock, Chicago, gay brothers, Happyness, Headphones, Little Happyness, Mandrake FM, Minty Fresh, More Happyness, pop-rock, The Aluminum Group, The Changes

I’ve written in this digital space often about my appreciation of The Aluminum Group’s music, so to talk with them was a real treat for me. John and Frank Navin continue to craft songs that score life’s indecision and challenge in a seemingly sweet pop package. It’s like the sweet candy with the sour [...]