The Archives

• ▼ 2010 (39)
  • ► March
  • • Ernest Ranglin - Ska Wey Dat
    • Infradig - Clinical Indifference & Graveltooth EP
    • Ray Barretto - Hard Hands
    • Nicola Conte - The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte
    • Lost in the Crates #11
  • ► February
  • • Bomb It
    • R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
    • Kyle Kinane - Death of the Party
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Static Impulses of Collapsing Vortices
    • The Sound of Philadelphia
    • Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead
    • Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol.1
    • Food, Inc.
    • Inna Ruminations Stylee
    • John Holt - Stick By Me
    • Ananda Shankar
    • Top Rankin Hi-Fi - Dta Wan Awk Jer Dta Wan Dtok: Cha Bap Nueng
    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Complete Upsetter Collection
    • Lost in the Crates #10
    • All Things Collective Efforts
    • Dillon x Paten Locke - Studies in Hunger
    • Jah Bless Lynn Taitt and Yabby You
  • ► January
  • • Blue Gold: World Water Wars
    • Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights in Hollywood
    • Laem Pakarang, Phang Nga
    • Bei Bei & Shawn Lee
    • Afro-Punk
    • Madlib Medicine Show No.1: Before the Verdict
    • Badmarsh and Shri - Dancing Drums
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Love Is All I Bring
    • Roger Rivas - Organ Versions Vol.1
    • MHE : MRR-ADM
    • Lost in the Crates #9
    • Som Três
    • The Slackers - Redlight Redid
    • Inside Outside
    • Tsunami Memorial in Bang Niang
    • Lost in the Crates #8
    • Bernard Purdie - Soul Drums
• ► 2009 (226)
  • ► December
  • • Life...It's Amazing
    • Quantic - Streams of New Music Flow from Old Sources
    • Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
    • Lloyd Parks x Gregory Isaacs
    • In Remembrance...
    • Yabby You - Jesus Dread
    • Waveriders
    • Blue Note Plays Bossa Nova
    • Lost in the Crates #7
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Tuk Hua Khao Ja Dtawng Kam Nab
    • Manfred Fest Trio - Os Sambeatles
    • Inna Ruminations Stylee
    • Seasons Greetings
    • Big River Man
    • The Cove
    • Treasure Isle Have Di Remedy Fi Mi Heart
    • Culture - Two Sevens Clash
    • Lost in the Crates #6
    • Keepin' the Streets Safe
    • Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques
    • Intellekt & Dirty Digits - Intellektual Property
    • Hoops Fever...or the Lack Thereof
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Gettin' Loose
    • Bukowski: Born Into This
  • ► November
  • • Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars - Living Like a Refugee
    • Lost in the Crates #5
    • Records of Old
    • Tokay Gecko (Gekko Gecko)
    • Straight to the Noggin'
    • Coffee and Cigarettes
    • The Stack That Never Ends
    • From Ghana to Panama to the French Caribbean
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Luak Man Kun
    • Gerardo Frisina EPs
    • Federico Aubele - Amatoria Remixed
    • The Whitefield Brothers - The Gift
    • Keep the Pressure Down
    • Pax Nicholas & The Nettey Family - Na Teef Know Da Road of Teef
    • The Doorway of Mixed Ideologies
    • Lost in the Crates #4
    • Takuapa Vegetarian Festival
    • Quantic - Caja Y Guacharacha
    • Mi Kwaam Suk Wan Loy Krathong
    • Can You Dig It?
  • ► October
  • • End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones
    • Mr. Chop - For Pete's Sake
    • Lost in the Crates #3
    • Happy Halloween
    • Who Feels It, Knows It
    • Gerardo Frisina - The Latin Kick
    • Inbound to Phuket
    • Jackie Mittoo - Macka Fat
    • Dogora
    • Dennis Brown Presents Prince Jammy
    • Lost in the Crates #2
    • Redneck x Rasta
    • Bpra Pae Nee Loy Rua
    • J.Period & K'Naan - The Messengers
    • Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
    • Addicted to Plastic
    • New Jack Hustle - "Lionel"
    • Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae
    • Inna Ruminations Stylee
    • Lost in the Crates #1
  • ► September
  • • Legends of Benin
    • Damu the Fudgemunk
    • Dussehra Festival
    • Flooding Down South
    • El Michels Affair - A Tribute to Isaac Hayes EP
    • Brownout - Aguilas and Cobras
    • Som Rom Band x Drunken-Man Skank
    • The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
    • Breakestra - Dusk Till Dawn
    • Fuck the RIAA
    • Double Dose of Dub
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Shhh!
    • Musically Mad
    • Jah Love Rockers: 1975-80
    • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings x Ticklah
    • More Vibes From Deep Roots Music
  • ► August
  • • Dubwise Vibrations
    • Kylie Auldist - Made of Stone
    • Cookin' on 3 Burners - Soul Messin'
    • Holy Banana
    • Kai-Jo Brothers
    • Deep Roots Music
    • Yes! Cuban B!
    • Making of a Macworld Cover
    • Waterhouse Meets Shaolin & Brooklyn Meets Trenchtown
    • Sounds and Pressure Vol.6
    • WMLB 1690: The Voice of the Arts
    • Tony Allen - Secret Agent EPK
    • Waves and Vibes
    • Dub Echoes
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Naa Chang Mai Jop Sin Jang Wah
    • Slam Dunk 2010: The Streets Shine
    • Jordan Weekend: Coming Soon
    • In The Loop
    • Beastie Boys - Too Many Rappers
  • ► July
  • • Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
    • Posterized
    • Half Pint - Greetings
    • Celtic Pride
    • BBC South Pacific Shot
    • Deadline
    • Wareika Hill Sounds
    • Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
    • Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro - Tradition in Transition
    • Tommy McCook - Pleasure Dub
    • Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock
    • The Gypsy Aquanauts
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: League of Cliché Evil Super-Villains
    • Grant Phabao Soundsystem
    • Nickodemus - Sun People
    • Grant Green
    • Too Much Iron in the Fire
    • Fela - Perambulator / Orginal Sufferhead
  • ► June
  • • Home - A Hymn to the Planet and Humanity
    • Oh Well...
    • Karriem Riggins
    • Madlib & J.Rocc on Worldwide
    • ESL Music
    • Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
    • Music Is the Weapon
    • FELA! Coming to Broadway
    • The SA-RA Creative Partners
    • Contemporary Funk
    • Budos Band EP
    • This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    • NOMO - Invisible Cities
    • Lee Fields
    • Aloe Blacc x Lee Fields
    • Tony Allen - Secret Agent
    • Mos Def - The Ecstatic
    • Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
    • Victor Rice - At Version City
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Ice Cream vs. Literature
    • Home Sweet Home...Away from Home
  • ► May
  • • Continually in Transition
    • Listen Up!
    • Shapes 09:01
    • The New Latinaires
    • Ricky-Tick Records
    • Tommy McCook - The Authentic Ska Sound
    • Cedric 'Im' Brooks
    • Why I'm Improving
    • Why I'm Elated. Why I'm Miserable.
    • Buju Banton - Rasta Got Soul
    • Raggamuffin Inna Different Pattern
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Red Around the World
    • Once Upon a Time at King Tubby's
    • DJ Kentaro - Tuff Cuts
    • Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
    • Wilfred Limonious
    • Stoney Jackson
    • Burial & Four Tet 12"
    • Simmer Down Now!
  • ► April
  • • Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin
    • Flashing Echo: Trojan in Dub 1970-80
    • Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro Pt.1
    • Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro Pt.2
    • Cubeecraft
    • The Daktaris - Soul Explosion
    • Lloyd Brevett - African Roots
    • Legends of Ska Concert: July 2002, Toronto
    • Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
    • Earth From Above
    • Nice Up Di Chalice, Yuh Nah Feel Nah Malice
    • Lord Tanamo
    • Through My Lens
    • The Poets of Rhythm
    • Ninja Tune
    • What's More Killer?
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Pimp After Party
    • Betty Padgett
    • The Beach Boys vs. J Dilla
    • The Grant Phabao Recipe
    • WU: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
    • Truth and Soul Records
    • Brooklyn Droppin' Da Flava
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Opening Day
    • Are you Ready to Get your Guts Kicked Out?
    • Kero One
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Organic Scales
    • Azaxx - The Exotic Delight Bay
  • ► March
  • • You're Welcome America
    • The Obama Deception
    • The Stance Brothers
    • Jimmy Radway & The Fe Me Time All-Stars
    • Third World Records, Kingston, JA
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Boom Bap Boombox
    • Now Seeking: Best Record of 2009 Contenders
    • The Heliocentrics
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Pick Up The Rockers
    • Nothin' Like Rocksteady b/w The Sensi Rock
    • Dreads B-Side
    • Heard Pon Di BBC Radio Wire
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Gramophone Scratchin’
    • Loungin'
  • ► February
  • • Kinny: Melting Pot of Influences
    • The Hope Over Phanom
    • dâm-funk: ambassador of boogie-funk
    • Thai Night-Market Styles: Freaknik ‘93
    • Stay on the Groove
    • Coming Soon: Conan & Andy
    • Umm...Insane!
    • I.O.U.S.A.
    • Grant Phabao: Dub Salvador
    • New Country Discovered!
    • There Are No Words
    • NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest 2009
    • Mayer Hawthorne - "Maybe So, Maybe No" Snipet
    • The Whitefield Brothers feat. Guilty Simpson
    • Pimp Paul & Playboy Wolf: Be Our Valentine
  • ► January
  • • FLOW: For Love of Water
    • Guess What? I Do What I Want
    • Lord Quas
    • Hello Letdown!
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • The Best Job in the World
    • Surfwise: Reject Normal
    • Planet B-Boy
    • Man on Wire
    • Slumdog Millionaire
    • In Memory Of...
    • Even More...Best Records of 2008
• ► 2008 (100)
  • ► December
  • • Best Records of 2008
    • Seasons Greetings
    • Mayer Hawthorne & The County
  • ► November
  • • Current Status: Few and Far Between
    • The Surroundings
    • Straight to eMusic's Head
    • Ohmega Watts - The Platypus Strut
    • Knee Slappers
  • ► October
  • • Underneath the Smog
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Jivamukti Overtones
    • Documentaries Galore!
    • Nature! Spectacles! Kaboom!
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Travelin' This Path
    • Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking
    • Change We Need
    • Alton Ellis: 1944-2008
    • Randy's 17 North Parade: You Name It, We Have It
  • ► September
  • • Oooh Lawd...Pure Fire For the Hi-FI
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - The Pi-Hi Years
    • The Cesta All-Stars - The Cesta All-Stars Vol.1
    • TM Juke and The Jack Baker Trio - Boto And The Second Liners
    • Breakestra - Lowdown Stank 12"
  • ► August
  • • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi: Now Back Inna Di Echo Chamber
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Last Train To Isaan
    • Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold
    • Viva Cubop! - Dance The Afro-Cuban Way
    • Bronx River Parkway - San Sebastian 152
    • Nickodemus & Mariano - Turntables on the Hudson
    • AIFF - Afro Soul System
    • Down Santic Way
    • Desco Records Presents Spike's Choice
    • Truth and Soul Records Presents Fallin' Off The Reel
    • eMusic.com
    • Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Death of the Revolution
    • Saturday Night Fish Fry
  • ► July
  • • Kylie Auldist - Just Say
    • Shawn Jackson - First of All...
    • Diggin In The Crates
    • PPP - On A Cloud 12"
    • Karl Hector and The Malcouns - Sahara Swing
    • Off The Cuff Happenings
    • Top Five (or Ten) Lists From 2008...Thus Far
  • ► June
  • • Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada
    • NOMO: Diversified Sounds
    • Daptone Singles Collections
    • The Onion Movie
    • Jackpot!
    • Lakers vs. Celtics
  • ► May
  • • Daptone Records: Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC
    • Joe Higgs - Life Of Contradiction
    • Sam & The Soul Machine - Po'k Bones & Rice
    • Funky Funky Houston - The Vaults Of Ovide Records 1967-72
    • Come Rain Or Come Shine
    • Africa We Want To Go
  • ► April
  • • Improbable, Yes. Impossible, No.
    • This Is England
    • Sugar Minott - At Studio One
    • Snapshots Of My Heroes
    • Back Inna Di Echo Chamber
    • Stones Throw Makes ATL Pitstop
    • The Heliocentrics - Out There
    • Two For One Soul Platters
    • The Future Is Unwritten
  • ► March
  • • Funky Funky New Orleans
    • Old Fashioned Rambling
    • The Pimps of Joytime - High Steppin'
    • A Slice of Pi
    • Dublex Inc. - Eight Ears
    • The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
    • The Lions - Jungle Struttin'
  • ► February
  • • Scion Presents Daptone Records Remixed
    • Surreal & The Sound Providers - True Indeed
    • Shambhala - The Lotus Of...
    • Joe Bataan
    • Commence Khao Lak Ups And Downs
    • NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest
    • Venturing Onward
    • Baraka
    • Scratch
    • Rim Rockers
    • DJ Alibi - One Day
  • ► January
  • • The Simpsons: Map of Springfield
    • Questlove x Gerald Jazzman x The One Nero
    • Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards
    • Style Wars
    • Nickodemus - Endangered Species
    • MLK Day
    • Soul Fire Records - Grazin In The Trash Vol.1
    • Manuel Guajiro Mirabal - BVSC Presents
    • Garcia, Grisman, & Rice - The Pizza Tapes
    • Bobby Fischer...Where is He?
    • Chopped Up and Delivered
    • Christmas Eve x Christmas Day x New Year's Eve
    • R.I.P. Goulet!
    • Ron Burgundy x ESPN
    • Atari 2600 Throwback
    • GB - Soundtrack For Sunrise
    • Cesaria Evora - Cabo Verde
    • Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
    • Submerge Yourself
• ► 2007 (142)
  • ► December
  • • Roadtrip to Krabi
    • The Saints x Esperanza
    • Hope I Never Lose My Wallet
    • In Remembrance
    • Mars in the Sky...Unmistakable
    • Long Live The Jazz King
    • Cue Up Di Reels
    • Tru Thoughts Archives
    • Sultans of Swing Reigns Supreme
    • Once Again...What's Next For Me?
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi's 2007 Top Five Records Lists
    • I'm an Idiot...What Else is New?
    • Initiate Revolution
    • Current Listening
    • Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up!
    • Escort - All Through The Night
  • ► November
  • • Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling
    • Loy Krathong Day
    • Phuket Vegetarian Festival
    • Radio Radio Radio
  • ► October
  • • Election or Erection
    • Stone Mountain View
    • 4 Non-Blondes Still Popular?
    • Current Listening
    • Wait...You're Thai and a Nazi?
    • The King Meets The King
    • Pedro Ruy-Blas: Dolores
  • ► September
  • • In Need of NFL Action
    • Inna Ruminations Stylee
    • Me & You: Floating Heavy
    • The Thailand Blotter Pt.6
    • Pavarotti vs. Opera Man
    • 13 Roses is Dead
    • It's Not 7-11, It's "7"
    • The Slackers Documentary
    • Best Dunks Ever
    • Fittest of the Fittest
    • T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80
    • The Thailand Blotter Pt.5
    • None Shall Escape The Judgement
    • What's Gonna Be Next For Me?
    • Got a Fork?
    • Film Studies Where Have You Gone?
    • Diamond Notes
    • Goo!
    • You Know Him, He Used to Go to Shows...Nope.
    • Forward Ever. Backward Never.
    • The Thailand Blotter Pt.4
    • Echo and More Echo and More Echo
    • The Simpsons Movie Delayed...Damn!
    • Who is Clutchy Hopkins?
    • Ginormous: Official...Scrumptrelecent: Unofficial
    • Pig Organ Soup
    • Magic x Bird
    • The Big Ticket Goes to Boston
  • ► August
  • • Congrats to the Esperanza Crew
    • The Now-Again Sound
    • Where's Jason Thurman?
    • Moving On...
    • Do You Know Who Larry Doby Is?
    • 30th Anniversary of Elvis' Death
    • Is It a War or My Neighbors Blessing Their New Shop?
    • This Is Where I Live...Wow.
    • Studio Kinda Cloudy
    • 1041 Williams Mill Rd.
    • Peffer Arrives in Thailand
    • Epic 24-Hour Period
    • I Live in Three Sandcastles
    • Ghana Soundz: Afrobeat, Funk, and Fusion in 70's Ghana
    • Dry Ink x Ryan's Steakhouse
    • Rewind Mi Selecta
    • You...Are...Outta Here!
    • The Thailand Blotter Pt.3
    • Eating Grasshoppers and Chicken Feet
    • The Simpsons Movie Finally Here
    • Wish I Was There. Miles to Go.
    • The Budos Band: The Budos Band II
    • Current Listening
    • Menudo Handshakes
    • No Haircuts on Wednesday
  • ► July
  • • The Thailand Blotter Pt.2
    • Jerry Falwell...Not Missed
    • Bob Barker is the Man
    • YouTube Returns!
    • Am I a Vegetarian?
    • If I Lived in the ATL...
    • Dragons and Drums
    • You Want Dead?
    • The Thailand Blotter Pt.1
    • Kuala Lumpur x Koh Phi Phi
    • Killer Soundsystem
    • Khun Lee or Khun Ree?
    • Bukowski
    • Fruits and Meat Pies
  • ► June
  • • Mims: This Is Why You Suck
    • More Strange Dreams
    • Motorbike Insanity
    • Lord Quas: Rapp Cats Pt.3
    • Real Men of Genius Radio Spots
    • Life at the Gazette
    • Blue Scholars: Bayani
    • Foy Tawng = Egg Yolk
    • Top Ten Giant Panda Lines
    • Tower of Beer
    • Songkran Festival
    • SLAM Magazine Where Are You?
    • Number Puzzle Thing
    • What's on the Tube?
  • ► May
  • • YouTube Banned....Fuck!
    • Kobe Killin' Em Nightly
    • Arai na?
    • Lint Rides Again!
    • Thai Style Ice Cream
    • Radio Citizen: Berlin Serengeti
    • Crate Diggin'
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - The A3C Festival Tribute
    • Liquid Swords
    • Visa Run to Penang, Malaysia
  • ► April
  • • Judge Fudge
    • Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Every Knee Shall Bow
  • ► March
  • • Strange Dreams
    • Ska, Reggae, Smokes, Brews, & Tats
    • Toil No More, O’Weary Vessel
    • Trashcans and Recycling
    • Vegetarian No More....Insane!
    • Current Listening
    • Thailand Gaming Shops
    • Wherever the Bus Stops
    • Missing H. Johnson and Jazz Classics
    • Q: What's a GoLdBricK? A: 1b.
    • Thai Smokes
    • Lotus Vegetarian: Hella Arroy
    • Nuff Respect to Esperanza
    • John Brown! John Brown!
  • ► February
  • • Mee Kwam Suk Wan Gert EK!
    • NBA Slam Dunk 2007
    • Chinese New Year Karaoke
    • Bathroom Sex Is Ah Di Best
    • Never Run Up Khao Rang
    • The Very First Email from Thailand
    • Posts Archive
    • Contact Information