"Been a Long Year" - Wombaticus Rex

Cover art by The Memetic Supply Co.



Basically, everything I've threatened to drop at any point in my career is coming out this year. First up, a lost album from 2004, Been a Long Year. Back when Wombaticus Rex was still my sole project. Pretty much every track on this album is something I still get emails asking for copies of, so rather than bellyache about sound quality like a primadonna, we're doing the right thing and just releasing it. Enjoy.

Hump Jones - The Lamentations

Fresh Hump Jones for the party people. Some warm weather music. A preview slice from SQUIDTAPE, which (allegedly, of course) drops Summer 2013. (More news here.)

"They Call Me Castro" - Curly Castro

Dope to see a Real Yeti Rap favorite doing (really damn) good: Curly Castro got himself signed to Man Bites Dog records, one of the few remaining labels that actually means something. This is an opening salvo from his first project for them. It goes hawrd. Enjoy the show.

"High on Art" - Dewey Decibel

Fresh visuals from Philadelphia insurgent Dewey Decibel. This is urgent and awesome, an exceptionally colorful blast of a video. Obviously Mr. Decibel is Kinda Artistic, and in fact Algorhythms hired him to produce an awesome cover for us. He's reliable like that. Dig into the man's musical catalog and buy something good.

"Five Seasons" - Paranom

A consistent winning streak in humanoid format, Paranom delivers again. Gritty & imaginative, quality rap. We dig it.

"HANDS UP" - Alaskan Fishermen

NEW ALASKAN FISHERMEN ALBUM IS FINALLY OUT. Godforbid, Father Time and Thirstin Howl the 3rd have re-united for a follow-up that is even more insane than Fire & Ice was. Here's a taster...

"Diary of a Dreamer" - Man Mantis Remix

The latest single from the PremRock & Willie Green project Reassembled, this time spotlighting production from World Arounds' own human hybrid MPC destroyer, Man Mantis: #FLAMES, gentlemen. Strongly recommend the entire "Reassembled" project, which is a headphone trip unto itself.

Algorhythms - "Open Ended"

A track that should have been released ages ago finally sees the light of day: "Open Ended," the first track off a long lost Algorhythms album. Dr. Quandary on the beats.

The Black Opera - "Black City"

One of the smartest, sharpest parody cuts in a long time. The Black Opera always delivers the goods and this weird-ass video is no exception...dig it.

Shottie - Skyrider ft. Ras Kass

Ras Kass, still going strong in 2012, working on a new album, shit is crazy. Meanwhile, dig on this slice of funk courtesy of Shottie and TeV95 off their new album, Delorean.

Spliff Hemingway - Buddha Heads

Giving props to Ganesh is always a surefire method to get coverage here. As an added bonus, Spliff Hemingway explained what "Wavey" means and dropped a solid verse. For some strange reason the kick is at least +6db louder than anything else in the song -- or, for that matter, anything else at all -- but combined with his deceptively low-key, intricate flows, it really works.

Lord knows there's enough weed rap out there already, but S. Hemingway sounds like a cat with more to say. I'll be keeping an eye out.