Lushlife, Zilla Rocca & "Weirdo Rock God-head" R. Stevie Moore Unleash The Avalanches-inspired "Earl Sweatshirt, Give Me a Hug" (Knickerbocker Thuggery Comb-over?)

"This is a loosie joint that I put together this month (sort of celebrating my birthday) with Weirdo Rock God-head R. Stevie Moore on the hook; to that effect, I produced an Avalanches-inspired instrumental and we're spitting rhymes that lament and celebrate being grown-up Rap dudes," rapper-producer Raj Haldar, better known as Lushlife, recently told me within an email concerning his latest Soundcloud release, "Earl Sweatshirt, Give Me a Hug." "I actually knew R. Stevie Moore when I was a kid—he worked at the record store where I would go every day and spend my lunch money on records. Never really knew he was like a lo-fi God or later, would be huge inspiration to dudes like Ariel Pink. We got to talking a while back and decided to flip this joint together," Lushlife tellingly continued. Haldar then recruited fellow Philly-bred emcee, Anything I Touch, I Bruise master-remixer, recent Rap Booklets curator, and part-time Passion of The Weiss contributor Zilla Rocca to join himself and the self-described "#1 Veteran Progressive Popster." Rocca's fellow Passion of The Weiss scribe Chris Daly, who had the distinguished honor of premiering "Earl Sweatshirt, Give Me a Hug," went as far as to deem it "the absolute best titled track of the year." Daly goes on to describe Lushlife, Zilla Rocca & R. Stevie Moore's surprisingly great concoction as "Lushlife schools the youth about what it takes to make it, dropping such knowledge... over a lush Soul sample and refined kick drums." Lushlife is scheduled to hit the road on a quick 10-date joint tour with Blackalicious, which spans from September 27th to October 13th.

R. Stevie Moore has self-released a staggering 400+ cassette, CD-R, and digital-only genre label-eschewing albums since 1968, as well as countless mailed-in collaborations with Half Japanese frontman Jed Fair, Dr. Dog, Ariel Pink, MGMT, Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, The Vaccines, and magician-comedian Penn Jillette. "Earl Sweatshirt, Give Me a Hug"'s central sample backbone, in fact, was culled from Moore's 2015 Bandcamp-released album, Knickerboxer Thuggery Comb-over. Lushlife's most recent output is his 2016 Western Vinyl-released album, Ritualize recorded with Philly/Brooklyn-based "lo-fi House music" trio CSLSX (pronounced "casual sex"), which features the likes of Killer Mike, Marissa Nadler, Freeway, and RJD2. "Earl Sweatshirt, Give Me a Hug" is the second off-kilter Hip-Hop track uploaded to lushlifemedia's Soundcloud page within a week's-time—the first being a jarring instrumental cover of My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep." It seems to have all started with a fateful 2015 Passion of The Weiss piece wherein "Zilla [Rocca interviewed] Lushlife about focusing on the fans and not the hype, working with Camp Lo, his new album, Ritualize, and more..." Zilla's most recent remix project, Anything I Touch, I Bruise Vol. 2: The Superior Foes of Zilla Rocca, was released on a name-your-price basis earlier this month; additionally, he tells me he's currently "sitting on 2 full-length Rap albums that will probably drop in Fall/Winter [2016-17]."

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

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All-around Breakdown: Sean Martin Discusses Debut Instrumental EP Introducing The Magician As No More Magic (Residual Effects)

Sean Martin is a multi-versed musician, producer, and tattooer hailing from Connecticut. As a guitarist, song-writer, and/or producer he has worked with a variety of well-known artists including Hatebreed, Cold Cave, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae, Twitching Tongues, Cage, Kid Cudi, House of Blow, Head Automatica, XO Skeletons, Jet Fueled Horses, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and more. His versatility and flexibility within music allows him to blur the lines in-between the confines of Hardcore, Electronic, Metal, and Hip-Hop. Martin is, also, a skilled tattooer at Brass City Tattoo located in Oakville, Connecticut promoting the traditional approach to the craft. Founded by Martin himself between 2020-22, No More Magic combines ominous melodies with downtempo beats to create a dizzying dream-like atmosphere. Paying homage to the golden era of Hip-Hop while forging ahead down its own dark road. For fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow. No More Magic's Introducing The

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