Slew

There I was, unsuspectingly checking my email when Boom! the new project from turntablist par excellence Kid Koala's new project called Slew arrives.

In the words of Monty Python, 'And now for something completely different."

I've enjoyed the Kid's releases in the past: quirky, warbling turntable experimentations, usually accompanied by nice beats and of course, ridiculous cuts. "The Emperor's New Clothes" is lovely, but nothing, not even the far out stuff he did for cuts on the Deltron 3030 album prepared me for what was about to be unleashed by Slew.

Here's the gist: Kid Koala teams up with the rhythm section of Wolfmother and drops a turntable-laden psych rock record. I know. It's just crazy enough to work.

Remember the first time you heard a white stripes record (if you're old enough to have had that record be Elephant or earlier)? Remember the way the straight-forward rocking managed to be both immediately gratifying, and yet enjoyable over the long haul too. How the recipe seemed so simple, and yet no one had done it quite like them. That's how I felt when I heard the 3rd track off this Slew record, and the whole album is dope.



This show is either on the road, or about to hit the road. They aren't playing any shows south of the mason-dixon line, so I'm not gonna post the schedule out of spite, but if you live on the West Coast or in NYC, you can probably see this in person if you do some homework.