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NEEDLE EXCHANGE 035: An Exclusive Mix By … Blue Sky Black Death

So the name–Blue Sky Black Death–sounds a little dramatic. But here’s the thing: it fits the Bay Area duo (producers/multi-instrumentalists Kingston and Young God) perfectly, starting with their heart-sinking debut, 2006’s A Heap of Broken Images. To this day, the instrumental side of that double disc remains one of our favorite ‘downtempo’ discs, a left-field […]

Blank Dogs Announce ‘Land and Fixed’ LP

Photo by Turkishomework While it seemed like Mike Sniper was dropping one Blank Dogs record a month for a while there, the truth is he’s been relatively quiet recently outside of last spring’s Phrases EP. That’s because he’s been busy with two things: (1) the restless release schedule of his Captured Tracks imprint, and (2) […]

NEEDLE EXCHANGE 034: An Exclusive Mix By … Nite Jewel

[Photo by Justin Loy] Words by Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel Technical ability gives an artist the power to say more about his or her dreams of what music could sound like in some faraway place.  For some, the ideal deserted island could be comprised of a bunch of sick players in the live room […]