Pics by Chardé Kelly Another SXSW, another Fader Fort. While still heavily indebted to SXSW Fader Fort has morphed into its own beast of a mini-festival over the […]
MUSIC: Vans 50th Celebration in SXSW
Vans turns 50 this year, and to celebrate their new middle aged years (in addition to releasing an awesome line of new sneakers) they threw a bunch of […]
MUSIC: Rest In Peace Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor)
It’s really hard to underestimate the influence A Tribe Called Quest has not only on hip-hop but popular music as a whole. Without their first three groundbreaking records […]
MUSIC: Yellow Shoots – Stormy Weather
Philly singer-songwriter and producer Yellow Shoots brings the pain on his new single, “Stormy Weather.” The song’s title is a loaded one, of course: it’s damn near impossible not […]
SXSW 2016 Music Spotlight: Destra Garcia – Lucy
Trinidad & Tobago native Destra Garcia is a superstar of soca, the dance-spiked heir to calypso and official soundtrack to Carnival’s joyful allure. Her 2015 track is perhaps […]
DRINK: Join The Guinness #Stoutmoji Movement — Beer Emoji Equality For All
Image from blog.dublinpass.com There’s an emoji for almost everything: food, flags, even ethnicities – but here’s a question: with all the different beer types in the world, how […]
MUSIC: Jones A SXSW
We missed Jones the first time around with her single, “Hoops”. Luckily for us, like everyone else who can carry a tune or play an instrument, she will […]
MUSIC: Anne Wise – Bitchslut
Anna Wise, one half of the duo Sonnymoon and a fixture both live and on wax in Kendrick Lamar’s free wheeling band is set to drop her solo […]
MUSIC: Bombino – Akhar Zaman (This Moment)
Omara “Bombino” Moctar weaves magic on his electric guitar like the Nigerian coming of Jerry Garcia, his fleet fingers issuing forth searching solos in joyful torrents of notes. […]
MUSIC: Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
Kendrick Lamar released a surprise record late last night. Called untitled unmastered. it’s music presumably from the To Pimp A Butterfly sessions (at least according to the ‘date’ […]