Danny Brown
Alternative rocknyc: Governors Ball 2020 Starts With Rain
all the hallmarks of a typical Gov Ball long weekend, rain expected…
Going Steady: New Singles 2-7-20 – 2-13-20 Reviewed
a menage of 60s soul and 20s pop
Going Steady, An Early Look: New Singles 2-7-20 – 2-13-20 Reviewed
just the best rap song I’ve heard this year
L.A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, October 21st To 27th
Interpol are at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 10-4-19 – 10-10-19 Reviewed
never loosens up his intensity
Sneak Peak: Upcoming Album Releases 10-4-19 – 10-10-19
one of the best rappers in the business
The Growlers Six, Saturday And Sunday October 28th & 29th 2017
a line up that could make the FYF fest jealous.
The Growlers Six In A Few Photos, Saturday October 28th 2017
from punk to rap, from surf rock to beach goth
Governors Ball Day One At Randall’s Island, Friday, June 2nd, 2017 Reviewed
The Live Nation touch is obvious
A$AP Rocky, Tyler The Creator, Danny Brown And Vince Staples At Theatre At Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015, Reviewed
Unfortunately, except for A$AP Rocky, the rappers weren’t quite up for it. Vince and Danny took forever to get their sets into high gear and Tyler didn’t manage it.
10 Songs: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
– Grown Up – Danny Brown – His major breakthrough has a whine in its tale to go along with a Wu type sample and a great hook, made him a start overnight and it is a concept he has continued with through the terrific Old album, and almost but not quite had a hit this big – A
10 Songs: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
Worth It – Danny Brown And Clams Casino – I love Danny’s voice and it is always great to hear him perform a new song and this one with New Jersey Producer Clams Casino is excellent, a very hot piece of self examination with a techno weird sound effects and a clipped half beat – B+
10 Songs: Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Grown Up – Danny Brown – “Remember when my first meal was a school lunch, now I spit sixteen straight with no punch…” One of the best rappers to date takes on one of the great hip hop subjects, being raised in poverty. His voice his really great, it isn’t thug, there seems something just beneath the surface of it seeped in sadness whatever he is saying – A-
Top Five Hip Hop Albums 2013
Tis the season to make lists and thank god for that because there is nothing going on in the music business and I’d be left reviewing Jingle Ball again in anticipation of next years where I think we will finally be getting Katy Perry. Or Taylor Swift. Or most likely both because they owe us for the disastrous 2013.
Best Albums Through October 31st, 2013
6. Something About Knowing – Maria Taylor – One of the top indie Queens finds a truth within the truth, a truer truth in true love, marriage and childbirth, then she tells us how it feels to be a mother and how it feels to know what she didn’t know. A miraculous album.
rock nyc Top 10 Songs week Of 10-14-13
Pusha T and Danny Brown are held over from list week, Pearl Jam and McCartney are new to this week and except for acquired taste new r&b guy Black Milk, this is just about a holding action
That Was The Week Of 10-7-13, That Was
The new Danny Brown album was the keeper and, man, did that take me by surprise, with Pusha T coming up second, less of a surprise, and a handful of indie bands bringing up the rear. Even Miley didn’t suck as bad as predicted.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 10-15-13
Haunting Me – Mary Lee’s Corvette – There is still blood on the tracks on this masterpiece, a beauty of rare emotional depth starts ling singer songwriter confessional becomes country and morphs into a Jimmy Webb song on the chorus – A
rock nyc Top 10 Songs Week Of October 12th, 2013
A pretty good week, nothing killed but two very good rap albums and five very good indie bands plus Miley was better than expected and Sleigh Bells worse than hoped but not bad even so
Singles Going Steady: New Albums Reviews For The Week Of October 7th, 2013
Danny’s second strong release in a row is a companion piece to an album it has nothing to do with: Tyler, The Creator, Wolf, and like Wolf it is about life after fame and like Wolf, it is all drugs and rap, but this is a consistently well rapped album, smart as hell rhymes
Hear ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 10-13-13
Pop’s Love Suicide – Stone Temple Pikots – If it was easy to write glam grunge pop masterpieces like this, why has nobody, definitely including STP, been able to replicate it – A