Spring always pulls me in two directions musically. On one hand, I want to say goodbye to the gloom of winter and the down-tempo, moody music that I seem to feature during those months. To dust off those summertime beats that make me roll down the windows and work on a sweet left arm tan. … Read more
Photo by Agnes Thor Almost three years ago to the day, my very first post on this here blog was a Jam of the Day featuring “Despicable Dogs” by Small Black. That song, and the band, still hold a bit of magic for me. It was the first time I’d communicated with a band to … Read more
Where Small Black is concerned, I sort of feel like an absent son — which sounds weird, but as a blogger, they kind of birthed me way back in the day when I decided to pick up this game. I’ll never forget it — the song was “Despicable Dogs” and it was back in the day when we had … Read more
Last Friday night was not only a fabulous night of music at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, it’s also the night I learned no matter how good your camera is, it cannot compete with a low light situation where LED lights flash and smoke machines poot out wafts of condensed water vapor. Nice concert settings, I … Read more
We’re SO excited to be sponsoring the MANICFEST DESTINY IV SHOWCASE, which is happening Thursday at SXSW in Austin at Rusty’s (405 E. 7th Street, Austin, Texas 78701) starting at 1PM with Brooklyn’s Jillette Johnson on our outdoor patio stage. Please RSVP on Facebook here or RSVP on Do512 here. Be sure to follow Speakers in Code on Twitter for special guest tweets on … Read more
New York quartet Small Black dropped their Moon Killer Mixtape last November and made it free for fans to download. Awfully generous of them because Moon Killer is hot fire, start to finish. Chock-full of electro-pop doozies, the gleaming mixtape contains a spacey, synthy remix of Nicki Minaj’s “Your Love.” Small Black grabs the hook … Read more