Monthly Archives: January 2014

Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin, Tropical & Cumbia.

Tiger’s Milk Records is part of a Peruvian restaurant in London called Ceviche and they messed around and dropped this amazing compilation of Peruvian rarities. I’m going to defer to their description because they use a lot of words I don’t understand. Listen and feel alive. Tiger’s Milk Records presents PERU..

Hellfyre Club – Fabian Cortez x Elephant in the Pressroom.

Not gonna lie, I’ve never paid much attention to Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, Busdriver, and their Los Angeles ilk. But their collective Hellfyre Club compilation Dorner vs. Tookie surprised me with one of my favorite tracks of last year. “Fabian Cortez” by Rheteric Ramirez and Nocando is a strange animal. The track..


Alchemist – Diagnosis (ft. Action Bronson).

In October, Coca-Cola commissioned fashion designer Darren Romanelli (DRx) to make “a capsule collection of pieced-together retro Coke clothing found at flea markets and in vintage stores around the world.” Still with me? They also tapped Alchemist to make this track to with it, in which Al flips vintage Coke..

Blck Wzrd – Ralph.

Details are scant on this gentleman’s SoundCloud page, so I asked him to tell me more about this track. His response: ‘spek seent this bitch on okcupid ‘right, her name was ralph. and I like that. bitch wita androgynous nam n shit ‘right. she had this link on her page..

Denmark Vessey – Don’t Drink The Kool Aid.

Shout out to rappers who aren’t friends with Gwyneth Paltrow. Don’t Drink The Kool Aid was one of my favorite rap albums of 2013 for its casual vibe. It’s like the kids banging on the desks grew up and got jobs, but kept the same fun, scrappy approach to rap but now..

MoGiLLaH – The Harbor.

Baltimore beats: producer MoGiLLah serves a beat tape that veers from chaotic to smooth and back again with fresh ideas the whole way through. Shades of J Dilla. A personal favorite is “Sound Garden” which sparkles but cuts and loops on some hip-hop shit. The Harbor by MoGiLLaH Sphere: Related..

New Lungies.

Dear Readers, The decline in activity on Metal Lungies of late can be ascribed to the personal trials and tribulations our staff faced this year. You might not always realize it, but DJ01, Meaghatron, and I are human beings as much as we are music bloggers with cool Internet handles..