Author Archives: ChiefDoomsday

Brain Food :: ‘H.A.F.’ By Click-Clack And Kydd Jones

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Two of my Austin favorites, Click-Clack and Kydd Jones, have teamed up over Pack|Season production to create High As Fuck, a perfect sonic approximation of being lost in the loud.  Half confidence statements, half poetic musings on beautiful food, this is the kind of track that’ll stick in your head and grow on you.  It doesn’t hurt that both MCs drop great takes on the verses, each unique, over a track that morphs effortlessly between having room to breathe and being wonderfully dense.  Good stuff… hoping this is a sign of what’s to come, quality wise, on the next solo Click-Clack project.

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Public Domain :: ‘Cool Ranch Lunatic’ Video From Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice

In an effort to keep the masses guessing, Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice has once again dipped into the realm of public domain for an audio-visual.  This go round, Slow Burnout‘s Cool Ranch Lunatic was given a visual attachment courtesy of an army recruitment short created by the legendary Chuck Jones.  Watch a young man come undone only to re-up.

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Spirits Moving :: Tank Washington’s ‘R.I.P. POP’ Video Hits Hard

LNS Crew has never been a collective afraid to grow, whether it be style-wise or personally.  This time around, we find Tank Washington getting deeply person on his music video for R.I.P. POP, a lament to his deceased father.  The song and video honestly speak for themselves.  Take a moment and take it all in.

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Wildest Moments :: The Digital Wild Get ‘Tall As Trees’ At Dimension Gallery

An intimate performance of Tall As Trees by The Digital Wild from Austin‘s Dimension Gallery.  Powerful, beautiful, excellent.

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Giving Back :: Chaka Of (RAS) Speaks On E4

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Darkest Light :: Ghost Palace’s ‘Pushing Through Darkness’ Now Available

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Ghost Palace are a dope combination that somehow manages to be severely dope while still showing infinite promise with each step they take.  Pushing Through Darkness is a brief but powerful journey through the mind of MC Evolve that exists in the sonic landscape provided by beatsmith Progeny.  Beats and bars… that’s hip hop.  These guys do it damn well.

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Dynamite Duo :: Retr0gRaDe Touch Down

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Retr0spect kills on the beats.  Rudi Devino handles the mic duties.  The final result, Retr0gRaDe, is a breath of fresh air coming out of the Austin hip hop scene.  The group’s self-titled debut album is DOPE.  These two make one hell of a collaboration.. definitely looking forward to seeing them live, hoping they have room for guest bars on a future release.

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More Hits! :: Now That’s What I Call FeAls Vol. 1

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Once a week, a group of innovate producers from Texas and beyond, collective known as Feedback Alliance, receive the following : a sample pack, an assigned BPM, and minimal instructions.  From there, magic is made, and a weekly mix is loaded to their Soundcloud page.  And, as one would assume, it’s always dope.

The fellas have decided to create Now That’s What I Call FeAls Vol. 1, a compilation created to celebrate the group and their approach to keeping their music making tools and senses sharp.  Check it out, keep up with these guys, and get your weekly dose of audio amazing.

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Rough Tumblr :: Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice’s ‘DoomsdayNOW’ Tumblr Page

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So much social media out there in the world.. it’s a wonder one can keep all of their digital expressions straight these days.  In an effort to showcase some of my lesser-known expressive outlets, this post is an introduction to the DoomsdayNOW Tumblr page showcasing the digital art of Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice.

This visual journey stars (from left to right) : The ComplimonsterDa’Shade Moonbeam, me, and MARS9T8D4.  I couldn’t pick a more creative group of guys to rewrite history with if I tried.

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Coded Languages :: Multi-Tracker’s ‘Code Switching’ Now Available

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Multi-talented producer and instrumentalist Multi-Tracker has dropped one of the dopest albums to come out of the (in)Sect Records camp.  Not that the rest of the company’s catalog is subpar, but Code Switching is speaking to me.  Dig it and dig it good.

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