Magazine tagged Stones Throw

December 22, 2009

Strong Arm Steady & Madlib collaboration “In Search Of Stoney Jackson” on Stones Throw …

Strong Arm Steady was formed in the shadows of the West Coast's Death Row Records movement, which at one time loomed large over much of the region's talent. Many Los Angeles artists – themselves students and children of Death Row – were becoming frust

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November 27, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne interview & live set on NPR’s Tell Me More …

Mayer Hawthorne and the County were live on NPR again recently. Denise Lincoln of the show Tell Me More had him on for an interview and live set. Read the transcript and listen to the show at NPR: Mayer Hawthorne live on NPR's Tell Me More

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November 12, 2009

James Pants second album “Seven Seals” will be released in December …

James Pants second album "Seven Seals" was made while reading mystical books and the book of Revelations, and inspired by being in the mood to start a cult. This is the cult's soundtrack. Having given birth to a music career and to a human child within

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October 5, 2009

Dam-Funk

Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dam-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dam (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance roo

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September 24, 2009

Dam-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere …

Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dam-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dam (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance roo

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September 23, 2009

Dam-Funk

Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dam-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dam (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance roo

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September 14, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw)

Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. "Most of the best music ever made came out

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August 21, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. "Most of the best music ever made came out

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August 11, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne “Maybe So, Maybe No” (Video) …

Mayer Hawthorne's new album "A Strange Arrangement" drops this Fall and his US tour begins September 5th. "Maybe So" clip by Henry DeMaio. www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne

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August 7, 2009

Oh No’s Ethiopium coming exclusively to Stonesthrow.com …

Oh No is following up his album "Dr. No's Oxperiment" (Turkish & Lebanese Psyche samples) with "Dr. No's Ethiopium" - all Ethiopian samples. This album will drop exclusively on stonesthrow.com in August. ETHIOPIUM SNIPPETS MIX "Heavy" from "Dr. No's

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August 6, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. "Most of the best music ever made came out

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August 5, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne’s much anticipated debut album “A Strange Arrangement” coming this Fall …

Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. "Most of the best music ever made came out

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May 14, 2009

Roc C

Fans of West Coast underground hip hop know Roc C for his stellar debut mic appearance on the 2004 Oh No single "Move Pt. 2", produced by J Dilla. Roc's stand-out verse and cameo in the song's video generated quite a buzz, leading to his own solo deal wit

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May 11, 2009

Savath & Savalas

Guillermo Scott Herren's albums as Prefuse 73 brought him a worldwide audience, critical praise, and inspired a generation of producers whose names are now commonplace on "Year End Best" or "Names To Watch" lists. But Herren's first album on Warp Records,

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April 23, 2009

Guillermo Scott Herren / Prefuse 73′s Catalin acid-folk album on Stones Throw …

Guillermo Scott Herren's albums as Prefuse 73 brought him a worldwide audience, critical praise, and inspired a generation of producers whose names are now commonplace on "Year End Best" or "Names To Watch" lists. But Herren's first album on Warp Records,

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February 2, 2009

Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol.5&6 (Stones Throw)

When Madlib followed J Dilla's now-classic Donuts with an instrumental concept-album of his own, a series was born. "Beat Konducta," the alias he often scribbled on the beat CDs he handed to friends and potential collaborators, left the realm of the unkno

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January 20, 2009

Reissue of the Whitefield Brothers super-rare modern funk classic “In The Raw” …

When Poets of Rhythm founding members Jay and Max Whitefield traveled from their native Munich to New York in 1998 to record their eponymous debut album, Sharon Jones was a name only known to the cult that bought her first, rare 45s, The Dap Kings didn't

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January 2, 2009

Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Omar Rodriguez Lopez's "Old Money" is the first album that The Mars Volta guitarist/producer/writer/arranger and former At The Drive-In member will release with Stones Throw Records. The addictive melodies and passionate execution of each performance rend

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November 28, 2008

The third installment of the “Beat Konducta” series – Madlib’s tribute to the legendary J Dilla …

When Madlib followed J Dilla's now-classic Donuts with an instrumental concept-album of his own, a series was born. Beat Konducta, the alias he often scribbled on the beat CDs he handed to friends and potential collaborators, left the realm of the unknown

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November 17, 2008

Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta releases his new solo album “Old Money” on Stones Throw Records …

Omar Rodriguez Lopez's "Old Money" is the first album that The Mars Volta guitarist/producer/writer/arranger will release with Stones Throw Records. The addictive melodies and passionate execution of each performance render "Old Money" perhaps the most ac

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September 23, 2008

James Pants

James Pants is from Spokane. In Spokane there are lots of people with long fingernails and lots of dogs. In Spokane, rent is very, very cheap and so James Pants can afford to buy records and not work too awfully hard. A long time ago, James Pants started

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August 26, 2008

DJ Design

DJ Design was an early member of the Stones Throw roster, releasing the compelling instrumental album "Gather Round" as well as the "Sparkdala" single with Quasimoto, Wildchild and MED. He produced the first two Foreign Legion albums "Kidnapper Van" and "

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August 19, 2008

Arabian Prince – Innovative Life (Stones Throw)

Arabian Prince's story is undeniable. His life reflects the innovation of the early West Coast hip-hop scene, from his days amongst the likes of electro-rap legends Egyptian Lover and the World Class Wreckin Cru to his work with N.W.A. This anthology, a c

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August 11, 2008

Koushik

Four years after his first release on Stones Throw, the Canadian-bred artist known as Koushik presents "Out My Window," his official debut. His backbeat is set by '90s-era "dusty fingers" beats and breaks. There's a touch of that "post-Dilla off-kilter dr

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August 5, 2008

Former Stones Throw artist and Foreign Legion producer DJ Design with his debut solo album …

DJ Design was an early member of the Stones Throw roster, releasing the compelling instrumental album "Gather Round" as well as the "Sparkdala" single with Quasimoto, Wildchild and MED. He produced the first two Foreign Legion albums "Kidnapper Van" and "

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July 11, 2008

Peanut Butter Wolf vs L.A. …

PB WOLF VS LA. 8 nights, 8 clubs, 8 genres. All videos. 1-(888)-WOLF4LA From August 1st-August 8th, Peanut Butter Wolf will do an 8-day tour of L.A. in celebration of 8-8-08, performing all music video sets, with 8 unique genres of music over the

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July 1, 2008

Stones Throw Records present the definitive document of Arabian Prince’s groundbreaking electro work …

Arabian Prince’s story is undeniable. His life reflects the ambition and innovation of the early West Coast hip-hop scene, from his days amongst the likes of electro-rap legends Egyptian Lover and the World Class Wreckin Cru to his work with N.W.A. His

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May 19, 2008

James Pants

The year is 2001 and the place is Texas. Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf is DJing while a sharply dressed young man approaches the DJ Booth with his prom date in tow to formally introduce himself. Thus begins the story of James Pants. What

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May 6, 2008

Lootpack

Though they were together since high school, the Lootpack - Madlib, Wildchild and DJ Romes - first made their presence known in 1994 when the group's beat conductor, Madlib, produced "Mary Jane," a Tha Alkaholiks 12”. Later that year, Lootpack's lyrical

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April 25, 2008

Who the hell is James Pants? …

You’re probably asking yourself: James Pants, what the? Who the? Is this another Madlib alias? To find out the real person behind the man in the pants let’s travel back in time. The year is 2001 and the place is Texas. Stones Throw head honcho Peanut

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March 17, 2008

Guilty Simpson

Guilty Simpson's "Ode To The Ghetto" debut album is a bone-crushing sonic sucker punch straight from the gritty city streets of Detroit. Thanks to ferocious displays at open mic battles, on mixtapes, and various venomous guest verses – as well as J Dill

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October 2, 2007

G&D

The members of G&D, known on Earth as Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins, are blue walking soul people born from black music. Georgia was called into the universe by members of the progressive jazz movement in the 70’s, and spent years crafting

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March 31, 2005

Egon

By day Egon (Stones Throw Records, Los Angeles) runs an obscure record label called Stones Throw, which specializes in the once-popular medium of vinyl recordings. By night, he gets busy with his own label Now-Again, DJing with a vast collection of fun

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February 20, 2004

Charizma & PBW

Real hip hop sometimes comes from strange places. For instance, Charles Hicks a.k.a. Charizma, from the tiny San Jose suburb of Milpitas. Here is a kid who grew up with three primary concerns - hip hop music, sweets, and apple juice. By sweets, I don't me

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August 1, 2003

Egon

By day Egon runs an obscure record label called Stones Throw, which specializes in the once-popular medium of vinyl recordings. By night, he gets busy with his own label Now Again, DJing with a vast collection of funk 45s, and basically hanging out with f

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April 4, 2003

DJ Design

DJ Design comes from the same time and place in Hip Hip history as Peanut Butter Wolf - from the south San Francisco Bay Area, where rap music in the mid-1980s could occasionally be heard from low rider mini trucks, bad kids' bedrooms in the suburbs, and

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August 28, 2002

Egon

Stones Throw's chief digger is back from another buying trip. Check his latest discoveries but don't get envy. Dig harder instead and check Peanut Butter Wolf's forthcoming Jukebox 45's comp. 01. Markus Kelly - Keep Pushing To The Top (White Eagle) 02

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February 4, 2002

Egon (Stones Throw)

The deep diggin brain behind the brilliant "The Funky 16 Corners" compilation. During the day Egon is taking care of business at Stones Throw and is writing articles for Urb, Fader or Wax Poetics. At nightime he plays his funk 45s on club sound systems fr

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November 30, 1999

Read Egon’s diary of the Funky 16 Corners European tour …

This is Egon's diary courtesy of stonesthrow.com: Cologne, Germany, Groove Attack office February 25, 2002 Got here late on Friday eve. The first show was at Oliver's monthly gig at Studio 672, right outside of downtown Cologne. It's a real cool venu

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