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Runaway, Brooklyn Club Jam
Illustration/book by Lisa Brown [REKIDS] Taking after the piano-driven house of Still Going and Osborne, Runaway’s “Brooklyn Club Jam” starts with the same impetus but makes sure to contort itself....
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John Roberts, Hesitate
[Dial] “Hesitate” is in the running for the most ironic title of the year. As John Roberts’ debut on the frequently great label Dial, the single begins with a hiccup of a listless groove that quickly...
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Lindstrøm, Where You Go I Go Too
[Smalltown Supersound] Hans-Peter Lindstrøm can do wrong when he puts his mind to it. That was my second thought when I heard about his new album, Where You Go I Go Too and its epic 29-minute title...
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Omar-S, The Further You Look – The Less You Will See
[FXHE Records] There’s a tendency to describe Alex O. Smith, the owner of FXHE Records who is better known as Omar-S, as “enigmatic” or “mysterious,” but the latter is not something that Smith has...
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Ada, Forty Winks/Kink-A-Jou
[International Records Recordings] Michaela Dippel (aka Ada) likes to say she was raised by pink ponies, fashioned herself as pseudo-vampire, and had a blond pup named Fizzmann. If you pay close...
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LWE’s Top 5 Reissues of 2008
For our first year-end column, staff writer Nate DeYoung gathers his top five reissues — and uses that word loosely — released in 2008. 01. Gas, Nah und Fern [Kompakt] (buy) It was only appropriate...
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Zomby, The Lie
[Ramp Recordings] Zomby sees himself as part of the undead but with a taste for skunk weed instead of flesh. He is a resolutely anonymous producer whose publicity photo has few clues into his...
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Moody, Det.riot ’67
[KDJ] Kenny Dixon Jr., or Moodymann, has earned his capital A Detroit Auteur title. He’s been essential to the scene and sound for the past fifteen years. If deep-house fetish was the biggest meme of...
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Argy & The Martinez Brothers, Debbie Downer/Where’s Mr. Brown?
Art by James Jean [Objektivity] The Martinez Brothers are best known because they’re not yet old enough to hear their own music in a club. The gimmick is an easy sell — most recently as a New York...
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Cage & Aviary, Television Train
Art by Banksy [Death From Abroad] Disco might have regained lost popularity in the last couple years, but more often than not, it’s still a collectors’ game. Take Cage and Aviary (Jamie Paton and...
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