Del tha Funkee Homosapien’s formula hasn’t changed much over the years: interesting lyrics sprawled across mediocre beats. On Automatik Statik, the beats are cheesier than usual and Del’s solid (but now repetitive) flow cannot compensate. More intriguing: why is Del cranking out subpar albums when Deltron Event 2 remains unfinished?
Reminds us of: A tired, unmotivated I Wish My Brother George Was Here, No Need for Alarm
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Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
By the way, I really liked the mp3 posted. Thanks.
by Joshua H on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.17 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
WHO WROTE THIS...PUKE ! “WHO WROTE THIS...PUKE ! “Picture yourself coasting your bike past space funk palm trees, homeless harpists, vintage video arcades, electronic drum circles, and 60s psychedelic singers who’re waiting for the bus. Cosmogramma is kinda like that if someone suddenly tripped you just as you’re starting to enjoy the ride. But in a good way.””
by Joshua H on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.17 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
I still say Del has come the furthest of all the bands from the Judgment Night soundtrack. Sonic Youth was already cool and, face it, Slayer has been a flat-line for decades.
agreed josh..
hes just wasting his creativity..
should ask his family to produce the beats next time!
wtf!
Cheesier than usual? Listen closer. He’s putting all sorts of superfluous noise on those tracks, just for fun. ANd it sounds like he’s having fun.
Sounds like: IWMBGWH, and NNFA?
Those two are totally different.
You sound like you’re one of those Deltron fans who want Del to do Deltron only. Good luck with that.
Deltron was good. Not his best verses but still a strong release. I don’t want him to to Deltron only, I just want to hear him spit as hard as he used to.