After dropping off the delectably addictive title track featuring SoulCulture 13 For 13 tipped singer-songwriter JMSN, Perth, Australia hailing sound wizard Ta-Ku unveils his 4 track EP Make It Last. Released via Live For The Funk, the eclectic extended player bounces effortlessly through nostalgic RnB elements (with tracks sampling Keith Sweat’s “Twisted” and TLC’s “No [...]
Bobby Womack has had a tough 2012. Early on he fought with pneumonia and was then diagnosed with colon cancer in March. Thankfully both were treated successfully, but it would take time to tell what effect both had on a man whose career has spanned more than 50 years. After a few releases in the [...]
December 11, 2012
Seán J. Grannum
Music, Reviews, Soul/R&B/Alt
German electronic music producer Alexander Ridha, more commonly known as Boys Noize, enlists the West Coast don that is Snoop Dogg for his newest track, “Got It.” [...]
October 5, 2012
Laura Arowolo
Music, New Music, Previews
Nigeria born, East London raised rising talent Azekel has definitely impressed us with his releases “That Feeling” and the SC premiered music video for “Walls Of Jericho“, now the eclectic singer, songwriter and producer gives us the latest taster from his forthcoming EP The Visit. [...]
September 10, 2012
Verse
New Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
Last month we took a trip to Los Angeles, California and whilst having lunch poolside at the Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood (Asia De Cuba FTW by the way), we were introduced to the music of this beautiful new talent by the name of Danielle Parente and HAD to share it with you guys. [...]
With his fourth studio album, Until the Quiet Comes, now scheduled for an October 2nd release, beatsmith Flying Lotus continues to keep himself firmly in the blog eye. Having brought us a brand spanking new track with “Between Friends“, which nabbed a verse from Odd Future‘s prodigal son Earl Sweatshirt, on Monday, and dropping off [...]
July 25, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop, Instrumental
Electronic producers Hudson Mohawke and Lunice double up as TNGHT to give us their first joint EP. The Scottish DJing sensation Mohawke and Canadian electronic music lover Lunice combine their musical talents together to bring us some mind-blowing, heavy-hitting tracks that can only be enjoyed at full volume. [...]
July 24, 2012
Cheyenne Davis
Music
Whether you rate or berate the Odd Future crew, you have to respect their exclusive approach to outside collaborations. It was pretty obvious that Earl Sweatshirt is a fan of electronic producer Flying Lotus, having been spotted wilding out to his set at Coachella back in April, and now the lyrically-acclaimed teen spitter has bagged [...]
July 23, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop, New Music
It’s been a short while since we’ve heard some new tunes from our homegrown electronic production talent known as SBTRKT. After last delivering “Gamelena” back in May (seriously, two months is like a lifetime on these here Internets), the masked man tends to our speakers with a coating of “Gloss”. A melancholy number, you can [...]
July 23, 2012
Andy Bustard
New Music
UK-based Grime beatsmith Darq E Freaker and Detroit’s evermore eccentric emcee Danny Brown‘s drug-fuelled collaboration gets a fresh supply of visuals today. It was back in April when the duo released the Blueberry (Pills & Cocaine) EP, which consisted of the lead title track plus a handful of diverse remixes – one of those being [...]
July 19, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop, Music Videos