ARCHIVES PUBLICATIONS FROM THE YEAR PRIOR AND DATED BACK THROUGH 2010 Columns Matt Horowitz 3/14/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 3/14/17 Run It Back: Revisiting STATIC BROTHERS' Blood-curdling 2016 "Glitch-Hop/Noise-Rap" OBSTETRIC TRASH EP & Career Retrospective (U DONT DESERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ART) Read More Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 3/3/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 3/3/17 Walter Gross - VESTIGE Cassette: The Witzard Album Review & WG Selects His Current Favorite Music, Books & Films, Etc. Playlist (Black Box Tapes/Alpha Pup Records) Read More Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Dr. Quandary, Humpasaur Jones & Louis Mackey Announce World Around Records Are Closing "Digital Doors" with Label-spanning We Are World Around Vol. 6 (Comp. Breakdown Part I) Read More Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Dr. Quandary, Humpasaur Jones & Louis Mackey Announce World Around Records Are Closing "Digital Doors" with Label-spanning We Are World Around Vol. 6 (Comp. Breakdown Part II) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 2/23/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 2/23/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Jazz Pianist & Beat-maker Kiefer Evokes Herbie Hancock, J Dilla & Vince Guaraldi On Debut Sinlge, "Kickinit Alone" (Stones Throw/LEAVING RECORDS) Read More Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 2/6/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 2/6/17 The Witzard Proudly Presents: DJ Manipulator's 6-track Breakdown of His Hip-Hop & Jazz-fusing "Jazz Is Everything" (mix) & Herbie Hancock Remixing Cover Art (Jesse Racusen) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 2/2/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 2/2/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Band of Bearded Brothers Cellar Door Moon Crow Unleash Rollicking Single "Whistler" from Upcoming Blues Rock EP (Bandcamp, self-released) Read More Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 1/20/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 1/20/17 Self-proclaimed "Puddle of Vanilla Pudding" Darko The Super Reviews The Fabulous Downey Brothers' TURF EP "Transmitted from a Far Away Dimension" (Swoon Records) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 1/18/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 1/18/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Chris McClenney Sonically Paints D'Angelo "Left & Right," OutKast, Mayer Hawthorne & The Vincent Guaraldi Trio-evoking Portrait In Two EP (McClenney Music) Read More Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 12/28/16 Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 12/28/16 The Witzard's Best of 2016 Countdown: A Genre-defying List of 30 Albums, EP's & Mixtapes Worth Re-visiting (or Ch-checking Out) Before 2017 Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 12/7/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 12/7/16 3 Feet High & Rising: London-based African-Spanish Guitarist Gutxi Bibang Evokes Jimi Hendrix & The Clash On Socially Conscious Solo Single, "System of a Gun" (Oskar Recordings) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 12/4/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 12/4/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Toxit Members Justin Billinger & Ferry Ridderhof Re-form as Elektrostal; release Daft Punk, Iggy Pop & Justice-influenced Hello world 101 (Vinyl Recording) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 10/21/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 10/21/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Stones Throw's Latest Signee Sudan Archives Unleashes Impassioned Bare-bones Violin-assisted "King Kunta" Cover, "Queen Kunta" (Kendrick Lamar) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 10/19/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 10/19/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Seattle Singer-songwriter, Guitarist & Looper Steven Curtis Performs "Bad Company" & "Ocean" Live at Robert Lang Studios (Soundcloud self-released) Read More Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/13/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/13/16 Beatsmiths Chris ('i's') McCormick, all these fingers & Butch Dawson "Wax Poetic" About Beat-making for Hemlock Ernst (The Witzard Exclusive) Read More Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/2/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/2/16 The Witzard Presents: Behind The Beat (Part 2) Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock's Lice 2: Still Buggin' EP "Mud" Producer SOBER MINDED MUSIC (Jobe of The Outliers) Read More Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 9/30/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 9/30/16 "[I'm] not sure there's ever been a Hip-Hop producer less Hip-Hop than me," Dan Hayden On Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock's Lice 2: Still Buggin' EP (Behind The Beat, Part 1) Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 9/28/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 9/28/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Eric Reid (A Prince) Unveils IMPOSE-debuted EP Single, "I Need You Closer" (Formerly "Hedgehogs Dilemma") [Soundcloud, self-released] Read More Columns Matt Horowitz 9/17/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 9/17/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Ancona, Italy's Gentlemens Evoke Iggy & The Stooges, The Rolling Stones & The Black Keys On HOBO-FI (Area Pirata Records) Read More Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 9/15/16 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 9/15/16 Change The Beat: Blondie's "Rapture" Name-checked Emcee & Hip-Hop Pioneer Fab 5 Freddy Re-emerges for First Recorded Verse In 34 Years, Vex Ruffin's "The Balance" (Ben Marlowe) Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Columns Matt Horowitz 3/14/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 3/14/17 Run It Back: Revisiting STATIC BROTHERS' Blood-curdling 2016 "Glitch-Hop/Noise-Rap" OBSTETRIC TRASH EP & Career Retrospective (U DONT DESERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ART) Read More
Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 3/3/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 3/3/17 Walter Gross - VESTIGE Cassette: The Witzard Album Review & WG Selects His Current Favorite Music, Books & Films, Etc. Playlist (Black Box Tapes/Alpha Pup Records) Read More
Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Dr. Quandary, Humpasaur Jones & Louis Mackey Announce World Around Records Are Closing "Digital Doors" with Label-spanning We Are World Around Vol. 6 (Comp. Breakdown Part I) Read More
Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Interviews, Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 2/28/17 Dr. Quandary, Humpasaur Jones & Louis Mackey Announce World Around Records Are Closing "Digital Doors" with Label-spanning We Are World Around Vol. 6 (Comp. Breakdown Part II) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 2/23/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 2/23/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Jazz Pianist & Beat-maker Kiefer Evokes Herbie Hancock, J Dilla & Vince Guaraldi On Debut Sinlge, "Kickinit Alone" (Stones Throw/LEAVING RECORDS) Read More
Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 2/6/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 2/6/17 The Witzard Proudly Presents: DJ Manipulator's 6-track Breakdown of His Hip-Hop & Jazz-fusing "Jazz Is Everything" (mix) & Herbie Hancock Remixing Cover Art (Jesse Racusen) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 2/2/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 2/2/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Band of Bearded Brothers Cellar Door Moon Crow Unleash Rollicking Single "Whistler" from Upcoming Blues Rock EP (Bandcamp, self-released) Read More
Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 1/20/17 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 1/20/17 Self-proclaimed "Puddle of Vanilla Pudding" Darko The Super Reviews The Fabulous Downey Brothers' TURF EP "Transmitted from a Far Away Dimension" (Swoon Records) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 1/18/17 Columns Matt Horowitz 1/18/17 3 Feet High & Rising: Chris McClenney Sonically Paints D'Angelo "Left & Right," OutKast, Mayer Hawthorne & The Vincent Guaraldi Trio-evoking Portrait In Two EP (McClenney Music) Read More
Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 12/28/16 Features, Columns Matt Horowitz 12/28/16 The Witzard's Best of 2016 Countdown: A Genre-defying List of 30 Albums, EP's & Mixtapes Worth Re-visiting (or Ch-checking Out) Before 2017 Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 12/7/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 12/7/16 3 Feet High & Rising: London-based African-Spanish Guitarist Gutxi Bibang Evokes Jimi Hendrix & The Clash On Socially Conscious Solo Single, "System of a Gun" (Oskar Recordings) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 12/4/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 12/4/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Toxit Members Justin Billinger & Ferry Ridderhof Re-form as Elektrostal; release Daft Punk, Iggy Pop & Justice-influenced Hello world 101 (Vinyl Recording) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 10/21/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 10/21/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Stones Throw's Latest Signee Sudan Archives Unleashes Impassioned Bare-bones Violin-assisted "King Kunta" Cover, "Queen Kunta" (Kendrick Lamar) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 10/19/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 10/19/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Seattle Singer-songwriter, Guitarist & Looper Steven Curtis Performs "Bad Company" & "Ocean" Live at Robert Lang Studios (Soundcloud self-released) Read More
Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/13/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/13/16 Beatsmiths Chris ('i's') McCormick, all these fingers & Butch Dawson "Wax Poetic" About Beat-making for Hemlock Ernst (The Witzard Exclusive) Read More
Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/2/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 10/2/16 The Witzard Presents: Behind The Beat (Part 2) Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock's Lice 2: Still Buggin' EP "Mud" Producer SOBER MINDED MUSIC (Jobe of The Outliers) Read More
Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 9/30/16 Interviews, Columns Matt Horowitz 9/30/16 "[I'm] not sure there's ever been a Hip-Hop producer less Hip-Hop than me," Dan Hayden On Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock's Lice 2: Still Buggin' EP (Behind The Beat, Part 1) Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 9/28/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 9/28/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Eric Reid (A Prince) Unveils IMPOSE-debuted EP Single, "I Need You Closer" (Formerly "Hedgehogs Dilemma") [Soundcloud, self-released] Read More
Columns Matt Horowitz 9/17/16 Columns Matt Horowitz 9/17/16 3 Feet High & Rising: Ancona, Italy's Gentlemens Evoke Iggy & The Stooges, The Rolling Stones & The Black Keys On HOBO-FI (Area Pirata Records) Read More
Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 9/15/16 Columns, Features Matt Horowitz 9/15/16 Change The Beat: Blondie's "Rapture" Name-checked Emcee & Hip-Hop Pioneer Fab 5 Freddy Re-emerges for First Recorded Verse In 34 Years, Vex Ruffin's "The Balance" (Ben Marlowe) Read More
