Articles by Thomas Quinlan

Tunnel Rats/Various

Presents Underground Rise Vol. 1: Sunrise/Sunset

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Finally, Uprok Records lives up to their potential with their best release to date; yeah, Tunnel Rats Presents Underground Rise Vol. 1 is e...

ILLmura

Fast Lane

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Japan’s ILLmura has got more than enough mic presence and flow to surmount the language barrier with his Fast Lane mini-album, but it’s the...

Buck 65

Talkin' Honky Blues

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

For his second release on Warner, Buck 65 approached things differently to produce his best album regardless of alias. Aside from Weirdo Ma...

Aesop Rock

Bazooka Tooth

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

After releasing a couple of duds (Party Fun Action Committee and S.A. Smash), Def Jux gets back down to serious business with the newest fr...

Atmosphere

Seven's Travels

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Atmosphere’s last album, God Loves Ugly, was a big disappointment. Seven’s Travels is better able to live up to the hype for th...

Conglomerates / Pre-Meditated Mind Dust

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

On the Who Gives a Fuck side, Conglomerates demonstrate why they are about to be a threat in the underground with two diverse tracks. On &#...

Jedi Mind Tricks

Visions of Gandhi

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

For their third full-length, Jedi Mind Tricks are poised to take their music to the masses. Much of it hinges on their 2002 single “A...

DJ Frane

Presents Electric Garden of Delights (or Beats to Blaze to Volume 2)

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Four years ago, Frane’s Fantastic Boatride was an aquatic odyssey over, in and through water. The theme worked well on the first volume of...