Uncommon Radio
Uncommon Radio is the official podcast of Uncommon Records and features Underground & Progressive Hip-Hop from NYC and beyond. We play joints from established underground heads and demos from new jacks. The show is hosted by Nasa (founder of Uncommon Records). In addition to playing all the latest underground & Uncommon joints we also feature long form interviews and special guests. For more info check out www.uncommonmusic.net Subscribe on Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-radio/id251561695

The Night Creatures (Lyle Horowitz & Midpoint) were in the house for an interview with Nasa.  Nasa caught up with them while Midpoint was in NYC from the Bay Area, the production duo talked about thier upcoming follow up album together, producing from long distance from each other, the "beat scene", their love of The Twilight Zone and much more.  We also played a number of tracks from them, including 2 from Lyle's Twilight Zone inspired, "Who Are We Part 4", which won't be available until July 4th (also known as one of the two Zoner Holidays in the US).  Here's what was played, all of it either Lyle, Midpoint or Night Creatures related:

1 - Nevermind (feat. Prezzure) - Night Creatures

http://nightcreatures.bandcamp.com/

2 - Blue Lights (Midpoint Remix) - Lyle Horowitz

http://lylehorowitz.bandcamp.com/album/blue-lights-digital-12

3 - Take It For Granted (feat. Tai the 13th) - Frenk N Stine

http://frenknstine.bandcamp.com

4 - Night Raider Shit - Frenk N Stine

http://frenknstine.bandcamp.com

5 - The Masks (unreleased)

6 - King Nine Will Not Return (unreleased)

Both will be available on July 4th, 2012 at http://lylehorowitz.bandcamp.com.

Beats played were the instrumentals for the following tracks:

Bellevue Dick, Blue Lights (Original Version) and Chain Reaction (all from Night Creatures, Midpoint or Lyle)

Direct download: Uncommon_Radio_47_Night_Creatures_Interview.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:39 PM

Nasa reacts to an article on the Daily Swarm website featuring a writer from SPIN Magazine.  They discussed the "Fall" of Left Field rap music during the period of 2004-2008.  He talks about his experience going through that era and places blame on the writers and radio stations themselves, not the people.  This episode is a big "fuck you" to all the sleepers during that period and all the so called writers that are crawling back.  One long set this time, it's all prog, all the time and is made up of artists that have been around for a decade, came up during that dark period and some new faces.  Here's the playlist, complete with links this time:

1 - Crocodile Tears - Billy Woods

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/history-will-absolve-me-feat./id514690530

2 - Black Roses (Bigg Jus & EL-P's Brooklyn Heatwave Remix) - Bigg Jus

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-roses-remixes-single/id513094681

3 - System Blower - Death Grips

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-money-store/id515449028

4 - Woolf - Ecid

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/werewolf-hologram/id495592663

5 - Rock the Box - Carl Kavorkian

http://carlkavorkian.bandcamp.com/album/uglyass-music-vol-1

6 - Hometown Holograms - The Fucking Mutants

http://isolatedwax.bandcamp.com/album/dave-dub-and-megabusive-are-the-fucking-mutants-promo-sampler

7 - Neighbor - Open Mike Eagle

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/audio-premiere-open-mike-eagle-rent-party-extension-ep.html

8 - Revelations Per Minute (RPM) - Mute Speaker (feat. Short Fuze & ADAM)

http://mute-speaker.bandcamp.com/album/post-block

9 - Technocult - Cult Favorite

http://cultfavorite.bandcamp.com/

10 - Mother Earth, Still Life - Agartha Audio & Taiyamo Denku (feat. Vast Aire, Illogic & Perseph 1)

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11 - Melt - Phonographique (feat. Ghettosocks)

http://music.phonographique.com/album/futura

12 - Study the Breaks - Megabusive

http://megabusive.bandcamp.com/track/study-the-breaks

13 - Culinary Arts - Bey Battery (feat DJ Priority)

http://masaibey.bandcamp.com/track/culinary-arts-featuring-dj-priority-produced-by-nonregla

14 - Memoirs of 2071 - Verbezerker

http://verbezerker.bandcamp.com/track/memoirs-of-2071

15 - Dead on Arrival - Lou Cypher (feat. Megabusive & Passive 65ive)

http://loucypher.bandcamp.com/track/dead-on-arrival

Beats played on the show were by Ali, The Son of Abdul http://sonofabdul.com/album/raja & Phonographique http://music.phonographique.com/album/futura.

Direct download: Uncommon_Radio_46.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:12 PM