Design + Products + Trends + PeoplePerhaps you haven’t heard of Kid Cudi. Regardless, you need to watch this video right now. We would describe his music as avant-garde, danceable hip-hop. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Kanye West noticed him shortly following the debut of his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi. Now on Kanye’s label, he was granted a cameo on Kanye’s 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak. This should be a sign than we are likely to see more from Cudi.
The song, Day & Night, has a flat, low, loping vibe that catches you, no question. It’s a good song. The video directed by So Me however, is brilliant and worth watching twice while really paying attention.
Arcade Fire's latest video feels like a mash up of a zombie movie, an avant garde fashion show, and a contemporary art film.
An earlier generation might have referred to this as “come-down music.”
Sometimes you need to step back from a favorite sound or style before it can sound fresh again....
Miles Davis had a career that touched upon six different decades in the twentieth century.
