Articles by Anupa Mistry

Katy B

On A Mission

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2011

While buzz engorges James Blake's minor celebrity into a murky void, British singer Katy B is a more accurate peg on which to hang dub-step...

Wiz Khalifa

Rolling Papers

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011

It kind of makes sense that the best/worst song on Wiz Khalifa's third studio (first major label) release, Rolling Papers, is Rebecca Black...

Big K.R.I.T.

Return of 4eva

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011

Wisely wasting no time capitalizing on his XXL Freshman list nod, Big K.R.I.T. doesn't sacrifice any quality on Return of 4eva. Since last...

Mac Miller

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2011

Mac Miller speaks in narrative, swerving from his response to a question to related story to theatrical quip, then right back to the origin...

The Weeknd

House of Balloons

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2011

Despite the label-less status of enigmatic Toronto, ON project the Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), that it was first brought to light via Drake sugg...

Toro y Moi

Underneath The Pine

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2011

While you were busy spinning Toro Y Moi's 2010 debut record, Causers of This, into the ground, Chaz Bundick was already off that, writing a...

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX

We're New Here

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2011

Gil Scott-Heron, spoken word legend, is having one of those incredibly rewarding past-prime years of renewed popular interest. Last year sa...

Toro y Moi Gets Personal for <i>Underneath the Pine</i>

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2011

When South Carolinan beatmaker Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) released his Causers of This LP in 2010, he was quickly pegged as yet another...