“Hip-Hop hasn’t ‘gone global.’ It has been global, or international at least, since its birth in the very local neighborhoods of the South Bronx, Washington Heights and Harlem.” […]
NEW MUSIC: Brian Eno – Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno – no, I ain’t kiddin’ – I mean Brian Eno, the semi-deity of experimental instrumental electro-all ambient […]
LIVE: Delphic and The Temper Trap at Terminal 5 NYC
Photos by Jenni The Temper Trap – Science of Fear [Audio: http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/09-The-Temper-Trap-Science-Of-Fear.mp3 ] Delphic – Halcyon [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/06_Halcyon.mp3] The Hundred in the Hands – Pigeons [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/The-Hundred-in-the-Hands-Pigeons.mp3] If anything can […]
INTERVIEW: Zo! creates a SunStorm at CMJ
If you see me walking down the street with these bright green and blue earbuds on I am more than likely listening to one of two play lists […]
CMJ Artist Profile: Pete Rock
He gave Nas “The World Is Yours”; he inspired one of the best to ever do it, J Dilla (RIP); he’s considered the #2 hip hop producer of […]
New Music: MIA – BedroomToTheHallwayToTheRoadToTheWorld
A trippy 2 scene video on loop, a beat that has Diplo-influenced stylings, lyrics including Palestine, a more free world and a title that should be said in […]
CMJ Artist Profile: Eli “Paperboy” Reed
The band, the style and the man have all the makings of the soul revival, and there’s one thing that’s requisite of that categorization in this day and […]
CMJ Festival Artist Profile: – Tamar-kali
You would think that guitar-wielding Brooklynite Tamar-kali would be an anomaly by now, but unfortunately she’s not. Depending on how you look at her, she’s a punk artist […]
CMJ Artist Profile: Vonnegutt
It was a long time ago that the likes of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park soured rap-rock as a genre in my eyes. But, over a decade later, […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Kokayi – Robots & Dinosaurs
Kokayi, the singer/rapper/songwriter/producer behind Robots & Dinosaurs, out last week on QN5 Music, is nothing if not prolific. Since the release of his debut album in 2007, the […]