On a bit of a blog run at the moment, so many great blogs out there bringing us their little rub on music. “I wish you would” from DJ Matthew Africa is another one to check out for totally fresh posts including this great rundown on The Mizell Brothers with a killer little mix of some of their productions, essential.

• DJ Shame – Worchester, MA

October 7, 2009 – Damn I think this is my fav Dust and Groove post yet, anything with great vinyl photography and synths is a win win for me.

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October 7, 2009 – Great article over at dubdotdash interviewing P Money about his love of vinyl and his diggin habits worldwide. This is gonna be a series on Peter’s blog so make sure you check it out.

• VIDEO: GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW – RUN AWAY

September 30, 2009 – Love this video by Georgia Anne Muldrow and still rate her first album, killer crusty production and pure individual vocal styles.

• Groove Store Record Shop Footage (Paris)

September 30, 2009 – Mmmmmmmmm vinyl

• Soundspecies: Psychodelic symphonics

September 28, 2009 – Great little interview over on the Shookmag blog with Soundspecies, nice

• Some Turkish Psych flavor in Istanbul

September 28, 2009 – Another vinyl adventure over at Dust and Groove.

• Conch Records Goes On Sale – from Sat 3rd October

September 28, 2009 – The best vinyl emporium in NZ goes on sale on October 3rd, go check it out and support em, cos I would do if I didn’t spend all my cash on nappies and webhosting!!!

• GP’s Summer Round-Up – Part 1

September 22, 2009 – GP givin us a little rundown of his summer highlights, wonder of I should try and book someone like GP for the Soul Alldayer next year!!!

• Lily Allen Babbles On Piracy And Muse's Matt Bellamy Responds

September 22, 2009 – This is the first thing that I’ve actually heard coming from MUSE which I like!!!

• 1,427 anonymous soul 45 rips

September 22, 2009 – Peter Mac drops the link from the Beat Electric blog which drops a shit load of funk soul 45 rips, I been workin my way through them and there’s some sweet sweet rockers for u to grab, go get em.

• The Lab

September 22, 2009 – I love lab photo’s and here’s my man magOwl’s place for you to check out, nice.

• DOWNLOAD: Guest mixes by Black Classical

September 17, 2009 – Orsii pointin your way to some very tasty little mixes from Black Classical, check the track list people, slick.

• Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin – Music Is My Medicine CD (Ubiquity)

September 17, 2009 – The legend of Clutchy Hopkins over at Conch, man or mystery, maybe so maybe no!!

• LeFtO: Show #2

September 15, 2009 – Another great mix from LeFtOoO over at the Brownswood blog featuring some killer tracks from artists including Mayer Hawthorne, Phil asher and the monster Dorian Concept.

• KOUSHIK-BEEP TAPE

September 15, 2009 – Sweet little beat tape from Canadian producer Koushik over at Stones Throw, free ya mind people.

• MY SHOW ON LAID BACK RADIO

September 11, 2009 – Laid Back radio is a web radio station out of Belgium playing, well, just damn fine music. They have a wicked crew of selecta’s putting show’s together and Orssi now has a new show, so go check it out and download their desktop player too, always fresh.

• Pete Rock On Jay Stay Paid, Dilla, Petestrumentals

September 11, 2009 – What, new Petestrumentals and Soul Survivor albums, WHAT, Pete Rock’s playing in New Zeland for New Years Eve!!!

• Bandcamp Sneaks In Three New Features

September 9, 2009 – Just wanted to slip this one in for all you artists who don’t use Bandcamp to sell / distribute your music online, WHY THE FUCK NOT!!
I used Bandcamp to give away the St Liquor-ish EP and it is by far the easiest and most effective online tool I’ve used to date. Head over and check it out, well worth a look at all the features, I’m particularly impressed with the new feature of being able to add any digital files to a full album download, want to give away extra artwork or midi files for tracks, there ya go. The collection of email addresses and stats on where your visitors come from has been the most useful part of the experience for me.

• St Liquor-ish “The Lick”

September 9, 2009 – Just wanna shout to magic man magOwl who put together wicked little remix of Moneysack from the St Liquor-ish EP, should be available real soon. Make sure you head over to mag’s blog and sample some of his wicked tracks, this man’s got skills.

• Isaac Aesili – Eye See CD

September 8, 2009 – One of the big NZ releases of the year, make sure you check this one out.

• FOOTAGE: MOS DEF & SHUGGIE OTIS LIVE IN L.A.

September 8, 2009 – When it comes to “all time fav album” Shuggie Otis classic album Inspiration Information is probably, maybe top of the list, and here he is with Mos Def, live.

• (lossless) KU-16 Johnny Hammond – Higher Ground (1974 Kudu)

September 8, 2009 – Amazing album by Johnny Hammond over at CTI, well worth checking out, then go and buy the vinyl!

• TIME TO PUT YOU ON SOME NEW NEW

September 5, 2009 – Been checkin this guy on twitter for time and the tracks are gettin shouts all over the place, go go go.

• Projects, Ideas And New Music

September 5, 2009 – magOwl is one of those uber talented fuckers who express through music, art, whatever and I’ve had the pleasure of working on a few projects with him, the latest is a remix of one of the St Liquor-ish tracks from the new EP, it’s a killer remix and will be bouncing round real soon. If you wanna know more about the enigmatic mag just head over to his site and check it, this boys got some history and is always fresh on the beat.

• A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT AND AN EVEN BETTER ALBUM

September 5, 2009 – Soul Sides drop the “best album of the year” punt for Mayer Hawthorne, check it people.

• Madlib & Strong Arm Steady Collabo

September 4, 2009 – MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMadlib POW

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September 4, 2009 – Thanks to Peter Mac for the shout on the Music Machines event coming up in November, gotta love that classic synth action.

• ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: THE BEST OF THE NATIVE TONGUES MIXTAPE VOL.1

September 2, 2009 – Wicked little mixtape takin it back to the oldskool, nice.

• The Jewel School presents…

September 2, 2009 – The Jewel School / The Turnaround / Jazzy Sport / Wonderful Noise / Shookmag / DAMN!

• Matthew Herbert records Robert Johnson

September 2, 2009 – Matthew Herbert is , for me, still one of the most innovative producers today and this next project sounds like another sampling session not to be missed.

• "One pound please."

August 31, 2009 – Love this little post over at Beat Electric about his diggin trip to the UK, totally on point and made me a little homesick for those record shops in crappy towns.

• DOWNLOAD: Moovmnt | Cali Love (mixed by Mr Speak)

August 26, 2009 – Orsii drops a little love for a great mix by the Moovmnt crew, tracklist reads like a list of songs used as part of the mix!! Go get it.

• Upcoming: Electric Wire Hustle Album Out 9 / 9 / 09

August 26, 2009 – Local crew EWH are dropping their debut album next month and the kids at Conch give us all a little history on em, if you haven’t checked em yet then do it now before it’s too late!

• Build An Ark – Dawn Remixes

August 26, 2009 – Shook mag drop a little info. on the new Build An Ark remixes available now on Kindred Spirits Records.

• You Got The Love

August 26, 2009 – One of the all time classic tracks from my late 80′s house days, closed many a set in many clubs from Manchester to Ibiza, respect.

• There's a stack of shellac and vinyl / Which is yours now and which is mine? / 45

August 26, 2009 – Simon Grigg drops a little vinyl history over on his blog giving us all a rundown on all the record stores which have come and gone in Auckland city.

• Knock Out!

August 26, 2009 – Another killer post over at Beat Electric this time featuring Rainbow Brown and Inner Life, too slick.

• Another Beat Swap Meet (Trailer)

August 26, 2009 – Would be cool to run one of these in Auckland if you could get enough heads together?

• At Brownswood #1

August 20, 2009 – If you ever wondered what GP’s place looked like then here ya go, one word, vinyl!

• The Strange Dream of Paul White

August 20, 2009 – Wicked little Paul White interview over at Shookmag, lovin the production from Paul White, make sure you head over to his page to grab some of his deep tracks.

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August 20, 2009 – Local blogger and all round nice guy drops a little promo for the new St Liquor-ish EP, you downloaded it already, right!!

• Maseo of De La Soul Explains “Stakes Is High”

August 20, 2009 – still one of my all time fav albums and hasn’t left the ipod since I ripped it from my old crusty CD, Maseo drops a little history on it.

• Opensouls – Standing In The Rain (From The Crates)

August 17, 2009 – Opensouls new album dropped today and the lovely vinyl addicts at Conch give you the rundown on this wicked album, make sure you check this one.

• Classic 80's House

August 17, 2009 – Beat Electric shares a killer list of 80′s house tunes, I got quite a few of those on vinyl too, must be gettin old!!

• Dabrye- Air ft. MF Doom (fLako & Robot Koch Remix) Free Download

August 14, 2009 – Just go get it, don’t even ask why, fLako is the beatmeister and that’s only part of the equation, slick.

• Amsterdam: Beat Battle

August 12, 2009 – Two words, beat battle!

• DOWNLOAD: Best Of Brownswood Bubblers Mixtape

August 12, 2009 – Brownswood drop a little mix of tracks from their Bubblers series before the drop of Vol.4, head over to Orsii’s blog for the full rundown.

• MAYER HAWTHORNE PREVIEW

August 12, 2009 – Soul sides drops the Mayer Hawthornen preview goodness, future/retro slickness ya’ll.

• 4hero presents Extensions

August 12, 2009 – wicked sounding concept bringing some killer producers together to cover one of my fav musical crews, 4hero, go check out some of the tasters on their Bandcamp page.

• DIGGIN’ 2.0

August 9, 2009 – Soul Sides droppin the news on a new i[hone app for all the diggers out there who wanna check the price of that dusty black disk, nice.