Calvin Johnson Spins in Seattle
The Halo Bender makes happening beats for narcotic crowd at Chop Suey.
By Jamee R. Smith 06.27.08 4:57 PM
He’s a revered college-rock icon as a musician, producer, DJ and label head. His deadpan monotone voice and blues-mired guitar elicits a nostalgic assault upon the listener. He’s unleashed the lo-fi in Beat Happening, brought the funk in Dub Narcotic Sound System and spun softly swirling melodies in the Halo Benders.
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New Common Market MP3 from 'Tobacco Road'
Exclusive! Get a four-plus minute earful of the Seattle hip-hop duo's new title track.
By Kenny Herzog 06.27.08 10:21 AM
Lyric-spitter RA Scion and his producing partner-in-crime Sabzi (also of Blue Scholars repute) first fueled their way out of Seattle's rain-soaked streets with the Black Patch War EP earlier this year, but if the title track to Tobacco Road, out Sept.




