Jeff Weiss

(all photos by Christopher Victorio) Don't expect much. No one with an iota of common sense would attend a music festival after being struck by the snarling combination of African Sleeping Sickness/Mono/Ricketts/Gout/Scurvy that waylaid me for a full two weeks of misery and and continues to leave my left leg......

From Sugar Hill to the Wild Pitch/4th & Broadway/Rap-A-Lot years to Fondle 'Em and Rawkus, hip-hop was founded on a bedrock of great labels that you could generally trust whatever they released to be quality, save for the the 4th and Broadway-signed Stereo MC's (though we can all admit to......

Jay-Z never really had all that much to say. Of course, he'd occasionally throw in a "Song Cry," or "Where You Have You Been," to flex an often-veiled three-dimensionality and complexity, but for the most part Jay's ouevre has been limited to slick boasts about how he has the most......

Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they're quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of.... (tie) If my review of Khan's Pitchfork Fest set didn't convince you, this interview that ran today should seal......

After listening to the godawful hyphy-tinged, "Dreadlocks" that leaked earlier this year, my expectations were severely lowered for Murs for President, the ex-Def Jukie's major-label debut. But after hearing official first single, "Can It Be," consider those odds reversed. I've been a Murs fan for a long time and this......

Yes, I'm aware that this is a month late. I never said punctuality was my strong suit. (That would be rambling, stoned gibberish. ) Look for the best 10 non-rap albums sometime next week. 10 (tie). Nico the Beast-No Beast So Fierce Genre purists and anyone weaned on that mid-90s......

Credit Stephen Colbert's least favorite band, Grizzly Bear, for intuitively understanding the nature of the Internet better than nearly anyone else after performing brilliant new cut, "2 Weeks" on Letterman last week and then immediately posting it for free download on their website. Don't get me wrong, I don't think......