Articles by David Dacks

Flying Lotus Explores the Meaning of Five

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2010

Cosmogramma, the new album from left-field beat-making producer Flying Lotus, drops next week on Warp, and he's not taking anything for gr...

Mike Patton: Italian Idol

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010

In a career full of left turns, Mondo Cane is Mike Patton's latest, most confounding move. It might also be the most accessible project yet...

High <b>Flying Lotus</b>

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2010

This story of Flying Lotus is uplifting. FlyLo, aka Stephen Ellison, is proof of how a community can lay a foundation for artists to develo...

Little Women's Big Noise

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2010

Little Women don't play fusion; they make jazz and rock scream at each other. "We have a rock and jazz aesthetic," saxophonist Darius Jones...

Tommy Chong

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2010

Forever known as the latter half of "Cheech and...," Tommy Chong wouldn't have it any other way. After an acrimonious split in the mid-'80s...

Poirier Muses Over His Juno Nomination

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2010

It's a rare occurrence that a brand new disc should already have been nominated for a major award - usually it's more common to see years-...

Tony Allen

Secret Agent

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2010

After being on the cutting edge of Afrobeat ever since leaving Fela's band in 1979 &#8213; some would say he took Fela's cutting edge with...

Dawn Of Midi

First (new)

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2010

No Musical Instrument Digital Interfaces are employed in the line-up of Dawn Of Midi. First features a fully formed, piano-led trio that ar...