DJ Haul in Pittsburgh

Last week the homie DJ Haul (HaulandMason.com) came to represent at our monthly (Quality Control) at Privilege in Pittsburgh. The party was live and Haul's set was fresh as usual. If you haven't heard Haul and Mason, they rock 4 turntables and nobody does it better. This is their mix from 2004 (still dope as 2009) on ALL VINYL -NO SERATO!

Haul & Mason - 4 Turntable Beatdown (Full Album) (Zipped)






And of course, had to hit Primanti's...

I need some Justice justice.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. If I have to read one more rant about how Justice's album "t" changed someone's life, I may take my own. I have heard everything from "Album of the Year" to "Best Artist of 2007". If you're like me, you have a general sentiment that music as a whole has been sliding into the toilet, while popular opinion has become increasingly diluted and ill-informed. Is your musical selection and knowledge so limited that you're ranking Justice so high? Did you only listen to 3 artist's new albums last year? (I'm going to go ahead and call the other two artists "Simian Mobile Disco" and "The White Stripes" because I couldn't get through their albums without feeling urges similar to Jack Torrance in "The Shining".) 6 sold out shows in LA? Are you serious?

The album has 12 songs. I only like 5 of them. Of those 5, 2 are pretty much the same song. Of the other 7, (actually the whole album) most of them sound pretty interchangeable. Way to use the same plugins on every track to give your album that uniform, "there's no denying it's a Justice track" sound. Unfortunately, most other electro artists and hipster "I'm a producer because I have Ableton and a blog" amateurs are using the same one. I'm using the term "artist" real loosely here. By loosely I mean I'm downplaying the inability to play an instrument, understand music theory, have creative song structure or even have a musical career longer than 12 months. Most people should call their work "edits".

I'd also like Amanda Blank and Lady Sov to double-team stomp the shit out of Uffie's off-time, non-rhyming-half-the-time, guys actually aren't fighting over your ass, ass.

The bandwagon has never been so big as it is right now and it's moving slow enough that even the slowest can jump on.

Radiohead - All I Need