Not Quite A Record: The Madlib Espresso Blend

Yeah, we know – Madlib’s not “on” Now-Again, but Egon’s overseen most every Madlib project at Stones Throw post Quasimoto’s The Unseen – and The Beat Konducta grabs liberally from the Now-Again crates. And you know that our official L.A. Listening Party partner is Palate Food + Wine…. So it’s only natural (we guess?) that we’d be announcing that the Madlib/Intelligentsia collaborative espresso blend that we’ve been working on for the past year – available while supplies last, beginning tonight, at their newly-opened Pasadena location – here.

If you’re in the L.A. area, come through tonight and enjoy some of The Loop Digga’s finest with us.

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Photos: Seu Jorge and Almaz Live In Boston

Seu Jorge and Almaz performed what the Boston Globe has described as “a celebration” at Boston’s Royale this past Saturday. After the show, they took a few minutes to peruse West African psychedelic, funk, afro-beat and highlife records offered for sale by celebrated Nigerian collector Uchenna Ikonne before heading North to the border for their show at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal.

Link: Boston Globe on Seu Jorge and Almaz.

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More From NY: Seu Jorge and Almaz in New York Times, Brooklyn Vegan

New York showed plenty of love for Seu Jorge and Almaz. Yesterday, the stalwart website Brooklyn Vegan ran their photos and show review; New York’s biggest newspaper ran an album review. An excerpt from The New York Times:

“It’s pretty blissful music, stubborn in its antiprofessionalism, soulful in its garage-iness. It makes strong and simple rearrangements of formerly lush songs. It’s not trying too hard, and then suddenly it is: in “Cristina,” Seu Jorge hollers the refrain as loud as his voice will go, channeling his source, the singer Tim Maia; in Jorge Ben’s “Errare Humanum Est,” the whole performance, with thick crusts of surf guitar and shuffling drums, takes on a mysterious strength, a trancelike shimmer. ”

Link: Photos of Seu Jorge and Almaz at Brooklyn Vegan.

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Photos: Seu Jorge and Almaz Live In New York City

The above photo was taken this past Friday at the end of Seu Jorge and Almaz’s encore at their New York City stop on their North American tour. Over 2,000 fans came to Terminal 5 to see Seu Jorge and Almaz perform their album in its entirety, and catch a Bowie-cover or two, and – in the encore – Jorge’s solo-guitar and percussion performance of “Carolina.” MORE