Articles by David Dacks

Exclusive: Reggae Eccentric Jahdan Blakkamoore Gets Set to Unleash a Surge of New Material

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2009

After making headlines this summer for guesting on the Major Lazer LP, Jahdan Blakkamoore's highly anticipated album Buzzrock Warrior dropp...

Gil Scott-Heron Signs to XL for His First Album in over a Decade

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2009

Maybe lightning will strike twice for XL Recordings. The venerable British indie label scored critical and commercial success with M.I.A.'s...

Brownout

"Olvidalo"

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2009

Brownout's upcoming album may finally bring them to the larger audience they deserve. Despite hailing from Austin and having played SXSW a...

Dancehall Pioneer Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson Dies at 47

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2009

One of the most influential producers in dancehall history has died. Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson, one half of the Steely and Clevie productio...

Dunkelbunt

"Chocolate Butterfly"

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2009

Now clear of its 20th birthday, German world music label Piranha Muzik keeps on going strong. While the label habitually reaches out to the...

Caballo & The Mothafu Kings

"Marihuana And Chocolate"

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2009

Blowing in like a gale from Bogota (via Mississauga), Caballo and The Mothafu Kings aren't your average tropical storm. Strongly reminiscen...

Various

Funky Frauleins

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2009

Sehr Schön! In dance music history, the narrative goes that Black American rhythms become popular in Europe and are then fed back with...

Harris Eisenstadt

Canada Day

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2009

Eisenstadt is a Canadian drummer living in New York who's as well known for his compositions as for his kit work. Canada Day is his patriot...