Video: Soiled Mattress And The Springs, “Jackpot”
This video, by musical anomalies Soiled Mattress and the Springs could be taken right from an episode of 3-2-1 Contact, only instead of learning about like, ice cream or phosphorous we get to learn...
View ArticleShirley Clarke’s Ornette Coleman: Made In America
Shirley Clarke is clowning the fuck out of everyone who thinks they are cool. Unfortunately she is no longer living. To preserve her legacy, Downtown Brooklyn’s BAM will be showing her last film...
View ArticleFADER TV: Soiled Mattress & The Springs Blow Up
Awhile back we hit up downtown jazzers Soiled Mattress and the Springs to see if they would make some kind of cool video for us. They were totally into it, and worked for awhile on … read more »
View ArticleSchnipper’s Slept On
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s William Parker and Hamid Drake’s Summer Snow. Listen to “Sky”...
View ArticleSchnipper’s Slept On
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s John Coltrane’s Live at Birdland. Yeah, this is totally not a...
View ArticleFreeload: Mor Thiam, “Ayo Ayo Nene” MP3
From Egon’s blog of Madlib’s European Tour: Meanwhile, we got to browse through Gerald’s frighteningly diversified collection and peep the entire Mor Thiam album alongside Mehr Pooya’s Iranian album –...
View ArticleSaturn Never Sleeps- In NY!
Saturn never sleeps..and neither does New York! read more »
View ArticleSuite903 DJ: Qool DJ Marv
An inventive pioneer, Qool DJ Marv deliberately defies categorization to great effect. An evening of Qool DJ Marv may include mind boggling array of selections spanning many eras and decades of music...
View ArticleMulatu Astatke & Menelik Wossenatchew, “Fikratchin” MP3
When they get home, most dudes probably change form their work suits into some sweats and a dingy t-shirt, but we could see Mulatu Astatke just immediately changing into another suit. It’s all about...
View ArticleSuite903 DJ: DJ Spinna
Suite903: No.5 (Part 1) DJ Spinna is something of an anomaly in music. A humbling example of what it takes to truly succeed within the framework of multiple fields. A steadfast work ethic, an...
View ArticleMulatu Astatke, “Green Africa” MP3
Mulatu Astatke has been enjoying the longest career resurgence we could possibly imagine. It’s to the point that it feels like he was never really out of the public eye. And to an extent he … read more »
View ArticleSchnipper’s Slept On
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s Marion Brown’s Afternoon of a Georgia Faun. Listen to clips from the...
View ArticleHarlem Stage Does Tribute to Roy Ayers with Pete Rock
Two years ago, I watched a colleague of Roy Ayers defend the jazz/R&B legend against a young club promoter who didn’t see him on the guestlist. He eventually got into the club, without a heated …...
View Article708 Words I Manifest In the Wake of GURU's Death
“The rejected stone is now the cornerstone.” – GURU Shame on me for taking GURU’s cancer lightly. Today Keith “GURU” Elam died, now the seriousness of his sickness is sinking in a lot more than … read...
View ArticleStream: Flying Lotus’ Album Cosmogramma
It took us a minute to really gel with what Flying Lotus was doing, but now that we’re there with him, we’re really there with him. Cosmogramma is what we hoped his previous record, Los … read more »
View ArticleRe-Issue: Miles Davis
Each week, FADER Media Style Director Chioma Nnadi will comment on the throwback style and fashion of a Suite903 artist. Today’s Re-Issue: Miles Davis. Miles Davis was as prolific with his style as he...
View ArticleShannon Ramsey f. Jazz, "Memory" MP3
Something about this song sounds old school. Maybe its the super orchestra build up to the verse or the fact that both people in the song can sing. Jazz’s riffs remind us of the good … read more »
View ArticleGrammys Trash Talk: Justin Bieber Fans Attack Esperanza Spalding, Lady Gaga...
Last night at the 53rd Grammy awards, Wayne and Minaj walked the red carpet together but were absent from the events broadcast. Lady Gaga traversed the red carpet in an egg supported by pallbearers....
View ArticleStream Shigeto’s Lineage Mini-LP
Zack Saginaw, whose middle name and producer alias is Shigeto, releases his Lineage Mini-LP on Ghostly tomorrow. As the family tree title suggests, Lineage is a personal and reflective album—its front...
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