The latest video from London electronica maven Tourist (William Phillips) offers a pretty faithful taste of his live shows. On “Too Late,” Phillips huddles over his boards, stringing […]
MUSIC: 16th Annual DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival
A DC summertime stape, The 16th Annual DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival (DCHHTF16) presented by Hi-ARTS, is set to open on Monday, July 11 and run through Saturday, July […]
MUSIC: S'natra – Number One
If his moniker is any indication, S’natra has big musical shoes to fill and the determination to fill them. On latest single “Number One,” the Brooklyn MC ponders […]
MUSIC: Political Hip-Hop Isn't Dead! FIGHT MUSIC Docu-Mix
Depending on your politics or racial background, “Independence Day” can be a questionable holiday. Stirring the pot, LA based DJ/Producer, d.painter, has released what he calls a […]
MUSIC: Talking With The Artistic Director of Summerstage Erika Elliott
New York City’s Summerstage is in full swing; the past couple of weeks they’ve brought Vivian Green, Kamasi Washington, Ron Carter to various parks all over the city […]
MUSIC: Dawn Richard – Baptize
Dawn Richard is doing a damn fine job at helping you forget she was ever on Making the Band and in Danity Kane. Since her first solo effort […]
MUSIC: Searls – Hurricane
Searls is an Irish electro-R&B singer making serious inroads into the warm, poppy territory between James Blake and Jessie Ware. His light-touch falsetto recalls Timberland, but that’s where […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
MUSIC: Danny Brown – When It Rains
Newly signed to the esteemed electronic music label Warp, Danny Brown looks like he’s about to release his new album with the release of it’s first single, “When […]
MUSIC: clipping. – Wriggle EP
clipping. is an industrial rap group in the vein of Dalek or professional internet trolls Death Grips. Flanked by two producers William Huston and Jonathan Snipes the MC […]