Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Esthero: 7 Year Bitch

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

"2001. That's the release date. June/July, 2001."Esthero says this with a laugh, albeit a rueful one, as she wolfs down latkes and matzo ba...

Funk, Soul & Outernational Vibes

Year in Review 2005

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

M.I.A.Arular (XL)Backed by a blast of Rocky fanfare, genre-mashing agit-pop star M.I.A. entered 2005 as the champ to beat, even though her...

20th Century Boy Strictly Kev

MP3

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Clocking in at nearly 40 minutes, 52 megs, 60 spoken-word samples and over 130 songs, DJ Food cohort Strictly Kev didn't just raid the latt...

Jukejoint

Organic Matter

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Toronto funk-jazz quartet Jukejoint returns to the record stores with a self-produced collection of instrumental jams on Organic Matter. Mi...

K.I.A.

Adieu, Shinjuku Zulu

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Kirby Ian Anderson, better known as K.I.A., first achieved prominence as a visual artist, using moveable panels to create "remixable" mammo...

Various

Bless You: The Chronicles of Badorbs's Adventures in Gardenia - Chapter One

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Sure, we all knew that Dr. Alex Paterson (the whacked-out mad scientist behind electronic composers the Orb) was weird. After all, he did d...

Various

Nice One

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

With most major label product lacking individuality, indies have long made their names by representing a certain niche, be it a shared soun...

Layo & Bushwacka!

Night Works

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Finally, a pair of DJs put together a production album that flows like a mix-CD but doesn't sound like one. As co-owner and DJ, respectivel...