The Witzard

Beat-twisting Philly producer and multi-instrumentalist Harry Metz AKA Rolled Gold is one of our personal favorite Hip-Hop/Hip-Hop-adjacent artists and has been for the past few years. I believe, we've covered nearly everything he's released since 2016's Rolled Gold & Uncle Crimson: The Great Fallback EP. Metz's beats and Jazz/Soul-indebted compositions are often comparable to the works of Madlib, J Dilla & DOOM, as well as Motown, Stax & Philly Internation Records' gold-dipped back catalogs. Rolled Gold's recent body of work, maybe, within the past year or two, is even vastly different than his earlier works; he's recruited a talented cast of characters (including himself) to record a nearly endless vault of original material, which he's then, able to freely go back and meticulously chop, sample, edit, incorporate, etc. to even newer and more original compositions! A Different Cloth, Vol. 3 is the third and final installment in a beat/remix...

The Rusty Nutz are an Experimental Punk/"lo-fi weird Indie Pop" band hailing from Swansea, Wales, UK. Initially formed in 1998, The Nutz consists of long-time members, frontman Anthony "Ant" Jones , guitarist/vocalist Simon Jones , bassist Martyn Kelly , and drummer Craig "The Finger" Rees . According to Discogs , The Rusty Nutz "recorded and released several hundred songs on cassette between the years 1998-2002, before splitting [up]. Although, several rumors have stated that the band never broke up and have never stopped writing." As recently as 2016, a number of cassette tapes feared forever lost, were suddenly re-discovered, prompting Ant & Simon with their then line-up to re-record four dusty old demos from 1999-2000, as well as a new track, "Mirror Slander" for a 2017 EP, TOUPÈE OR NOT TOUPÈE? on Lavender Sweep Records . It appears as though The Rusty Nutz are currently writing and recording tracks for a new album tent...

Star Wars Songs by Cloud City Soundtrack Tony Thaxton is, likely, best known as the drummer for Pop Punk/Emo band, Motion City Soundtrack ; first joining the band around 2001-02 through 2013 and returning again for Motion City Soundtrack 's 2016 "farewell" tour and their upcoming DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK 2020/"reunion" tour. Thaxton currently drums for Tiny Stills & Don't Stop or We'll Die , in addition to Motion City Soundtrack . Although, over the years, he has, also, played drums for/with Aimee Mann , "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jonah Ray , Ted Leo, Braid , and Paul F. Tompkins. During his various stints and gigs, Tony Thaxton has become an accomplished podcast creator and producer for his own Feliz Navipod! , Cloud City Soundtrack, and, most recently, Bizarre Albums , as well as Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. Cloud City Soundtrack , in particular, is a "weekly Star Wars comedy music video" series, as well as a compani...

As many of you may have already seen, last month, we published a comprehensive track-by-track breakdown fittingly dubbed Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 30th Anniversary All-around Breakdown, Parts I-III or simply PB30 , for short. PB30 featured contributions from a talented cast of characters including fellow writers, musicians, artists, and like-minded Beasties die-hards "waxing poetic" on their favorite Paul's Boutique tracks, B-sides, and remixes. PB30 Part I (Side A) showcased Tracks #01-08. Part II (Side B) featured Tracks #09-14. & 15. "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" Suites a-i. and Part III encompassed B-sides and remixes from 1989 EP's An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego & Love American Style. Now, just about a month later, we've put together this PB30 Companion Playlist & Reading List feature showcasing Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique tributes from our PB30 contributors: Steve Baril, Broken Machine Films Prese...

Selfiestixamitosis by Mongol Horde Möngöl Hörde is a London, UK-based Hardcore Punk/Noise Rock band consisting of Frank "Renrut" Turner, Ben "Awesome" Dawson & Matt "Nadir" Nasir . Both Turner & Dawson were former members of UK Post-hardcore/Punk band Million Dead , while Nasir is actively part of Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls . Following the 2005 dissolution of Million Dead , Frank Turner kick-started a now-successful solo career as a Folk Punk/Rock singer-songwriter releasing multiple albums through Xtra Mile/Epitaph and Ben Dawson currently plays drums with Palehorse, Mothlite, Queen of Swords, and Armed Response Unit. While Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls' are wildly successful and harken back to the sounds of Flogging Molly, Billy Bragg & Bruce Springsteen, I've always wanted something a bit more Punk/Hardcore-adjacent in the vein of Million Dead ; so, I was extremely stoked to recently discover Möngöl Hörde ...

About two weeks ago, ruby yacht makers guild (AKA ruby yacht ) quietly unveiled their group album/label comp. 37 GEMS . It features the rhyming and beat-making talents of R.A.P. Ferreira FKA milo & scallops hotel , SB The Moor, Pink Navel , safari al, Eldon Somers , Kenny Segal, and E L U C I D . Now, ruby yacht have, seemingly, added yet another extremely talented character to their ever-growing roster: Hemlock Ernst ! Ernst is the rapping alias of Future Islands' frontman and life-long Hip-Hop supporter, Samuel "Sam" T. Herring . " Sam was rapping long before he joined a band and it's all he's really ever wanted to do... it's more than "occasional" for him... it's just that his sh*t blew up on a totaaally different tip and he's been riding that out like one of the best to ever do it," safari al (@s_afari_al) Tweeted Wednesday morning. Herring has been featured on Hip-Hop tracks billed as "Hemlock Ernst" alon...

Short Fuze is an Uncommon Records affiliate, who I've personally been listening to and conversing with online since, at least, 2016. It was then when Short Fuze released Autonomy Music with Uncommon Nasa AKA NASA . Short Fuze & Nasa previously collaborated together on a 2010 album, Lobotomy Music, and 2011 follow-up/remix EP, Toxicology Music. In fact, earlier this year, Uncommon Nasa & Short Fuze debuted their official/re-branded collaboration as Guillotine Crowns on "Champions" on Last Sons' Nasa-produced album, CHEKHOV'S GUN. It appears as though, this whole time, since about 2009, Short Fuze has been on an indefinite hiatus from his main group, W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. , which was initially formed in 2000; in its earliest incarnation, W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. consisted of Short Fuze & Augury , while third emcee, Taiyamo Denku joined later in 2001. During their initial 10-year run, W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. released four albums, Seasons Change , Rule...