hip hop
Live Review: Outbreak Festival 2023 – Day 1
Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography Wow, what can I say about Outbreak Festival? Now right from the start I have to fess up and admit to never having heard of it before this year. Looking at the line-up in advance of the festival, there were only a handful of bands I’d heard of, but I’d …
Live Gallery: Rising Festival – Liv.e and Obongjayar, Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 15.06.2023
Feature photograph: Ian Bickerstaff
Live Review: K.Flay – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, Wa – 23.06.2023
Seattle was on fire this past Friday evening as K.Flay took the stage at the iconic Showbox SoDo. With a mixture of rock, hip-hop and electronic-pop music, K.Flay delivered a mesmerizing performance, she had the crowd in the palm of her hand from the opening beat. The audience hanging on every note, were not disappointed …
Album Review: Nickodemus – Soul & Science: flowing global beats for moving and messaging.
New York based sonic traveller, producer and DJ Nickodemus is one of those global beats’ touchstones. Motivating dancefloors across the continents since the mid nineties and founder of the world rhythm epicentre that is Wonderwheel Recordings, he is a devoted fusionist with a deep feel for all his influences. Latin, disco, Arabic, funk, soul, afrobeat, …
Gallery and Setlist: Macklemore/Tones and I/ Charlieonafriday, 3Arena, 03/04/23
Macklemore opened his BEN tour in Dublin’s 3Arena on the 3rd of April 2023 with support from Charlieonafriday and Tones and I. Macklemore brought the energy in bucket loads and it is certainly a tour worth checking out! Charlieonafriday and Tones and I gallery: Macklemore Gallery and Setlist:
Gallery: Snoop Dogg / Versatile / D12 – 3Arena, Dublin 26.03.2023
Last night the 3Arena was taken over! by gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg! with support slots falling on Dublin rappers Casper & Eskimo Supreme who make up the rap due Versatile and opening the night were American hip hop collective D 12. D 12 Photos & Set-list: Rap GamePistol PistolGit UpLoyaltyNasty MindPimp Like MeU R The OneGurls …
News: Mount Westmore release new single ‘Motto’
Today, MOUNT WESTMORE, the legends of West Coast rap, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40, and Too $hort, are pleased to announce the release of their newest single, “MOTTO,” taken from their December 9. 2022 studio album release, ‘“Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort”. The single is available across all DSPs via the group’s label Mount Westmore, LLC. with MNRK Music …
Live Gallery & Set-lists: Loyle Carner / Wesley Joseph – Vicar Street, Dublin 20.02.2023
Loyle Carner playing the second night of his three sold-out nights at Dublin’s Vicar Street on his Hugo tour, with support from Wesley Joseph. Wesley Joseph photos & set-list: The BloomMonsoonCold SummerThrillaSugar DriveUr_RoomGhostin’HiatusPatience Loyle Carner photos & set-list HatePlasticYou Don’t KnowGeorgetownPolyfillaDesoleil (Brilliant Corners)Let It GoAngelDamselflyYesterdaySpeed Of PlightHomertonBlood On My NikesStillLoose EndsIce WaterAin’t Nothing ChangedNobody Knows …
News/Tracks: Coming soon – two lo-fi funk lost gems ‘Thrust’ and ‘Thrust Too’, kickstarting an overdue retrospective of Wilbur Niles seminal grooves.
A label that does the crate digging for you, Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies have announced a gold dust reissue series shining a light on the work of guitarist/producer Wilbur Niles. Much sampled but seldom celebrated this lo-fi funk luminary based in Cleveland, Ohio made infectious groove music crackling with unrestrained soul, jazz and rock …
Track/Video: Lo-fi soul-jazz voyager Lionmilk releases ‘no question/shaneen’, the opening communication from incoming album ‘Intergalatic Warp Terminal 222’
To label LA based musician/ producer Moki Kawaguchi’s work as Lionmilk a solo project is something of a paradox. Yes his music focuses on a singular pursuit, an exploration of sounds, loops, spoken word, electronic experiments and brief improvisations recorded lo-fi and alone for inner contentment. ‘Music to feel less whack to’ as he puts …