Hip-Hop
Compilation – On-U Sound presents: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985 – 1990
Okey dokey, Adrian Sherwood is back with the follow up to the first Sherwood at the controls this time hitting from ’85 to ’90. Electro, Industrial, Noise, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Dub. This time up we get five unreleased tracks plus four tracks previously only available on vinyl, sleeve notes and the usual goodies, so lets have a stroll …
Album Review: Mongrels – Attack The Monolith
It almost feels wrong listening to music by Kid Acne’s musical project Mongrels digitally. As I opened up my Spotify app (other music streaming services are available) and hit the new album ‘Attack The Monolith’, I felt like I should be opening up a limited edition vinyl, individually numbered, with artwork pressed by the artist …
See: Jovel releases new emotionally charged video for ‘The Heroine’
Taken from London RnB rapper Jovel’s debut EP The Void, The Heroine (in this case, the spelling hides the dual meaning) is the powerful tale of someone suffering with drug addiction, from the point of view of a close friend, although it turns out to be a comment on society itself. It sounds autobiographical and …
Track: Izzy Strange – Fall Back
Scottdale, Pennsylvania artist Izzy Strange debuts a brand new loose single over a Netherfriends produced soundscape entitled “Fall Back”. The mythical sounding instrumental is laced by Izzy’s fast paced delivery, splashed by a melodically harmonized chorus that urges listeners to “Fall Back” from technology and get back in touch with real social interaction. What makes …
Album Review: Galaxy Cloak – Galaxy Cloak
Remember the eighties? They were the golden age for hip-hop, making stars of the likes of Run DMC, NWA and The Beastie Boys. Whenever a new compilation of hip-hop classics comes out, that’s where it all seems to start. So it’s sometimes easy to forget what a great decade the nineties was for the genre. …
Track: Ceiling Demons – Stones
We’ve long been fans of Ceiling Demons, which was only strengthened after they recorded an exclusive session for us last year. Now their back with an experimental tape on Frux Tapes, titled Belly of the Hopeless and from it they’ve released a new track, Stones. Its been produced by Bristol born producer Jonathan Swift, who …
See: Flatbush Zombies release new video for ‘This is it’
Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies, aka Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice and Erick Arc Elliott are one of the hottest acts in Hip-Hop right now, having released a couple of mixtapes and their highly regarded Clockwork Indigo EP since their inception in 2012. Ahead of their debut album 3001: A laced Odyssey the band are following …
Album Review: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
With every album expected to be released in 2016, few have had the same amount of hype as Kanye West’s seventh solo record, So Help Me God, SWISH, Waves, The Life of Pablo. Much like Rihanna’s Anti, the release of this record has been a messy, rushed, and ineffective affair on behalf of that god …
Track: SHA¥ Khushrenada – 10’s
Taken from his forthcoming mixtape, The Karman Line, produced by Toby Kenobi from the Astronaut Heroics collective, 10’s is the latest track to be released by London rapper SHA¥ Khushrenada. Talking about the track, he says that it’s “…simply about the paper chase, some people see money as a want, others a need. I talk …
Track: Nico Ghost – Night Terrors
Joining the likes of Allday and Ivan Ooze at the forefront of a new wave of Australian hip-hop is Melbourne MC Nico Ghost. Following on from his debut EP ‘Kaishi’, he’s already gained a slot at the Beyond the Valley festival and supported Wu-tang clan. Ahead of his support slot with G-Eazy this week around …