It’s that time of year; you’ve got your mistletoe, bad gifts, upcoming champagne hangovers and LISTS. LOTS AND LOTS OF LISTS. Here’s what we loved, hated, chuckled over, […]
MUSIC: Adrian Younge – Sittin' By The Radio
You may know Adrian Younge best from his cinematic production on Ghostface Killah’s Twelve Reasons to Die and its sequel. With retro instrumentation strokes, Younge painted the moody backgrounds for […]
MUSIC: The Knocks – New York City (feat. Cam'ron)
EDM mavens The Knocks enlisted Cam’ron for this compelling ode to their city. It serves as a neat rejoinder to the 2009 Jay Z/Alicia Keys smash “Empire State of Mind”: […]
MUSIC: Pusha T – M.F.T.R (feat. The Dream)
Pusha T has been doing drug dealing raps for over a decade now, in a genre thats been obsessed with drug dealing raps for over a decade now. […]
MUSIC: Lili K. – Pour Some Shuga
Lili K has released her third official video single, “Pour Some Shuga”. It is a homage to Quentin Tarantino’s breakout film, “Pulp Fiction” that, unlike the movie, is […]
MUSIC: Pusha T – Crutches, Crosses, Caskets
It’s only a few days till Pusha T releases his latest album, Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude. This album, with the slightly overwrought title, serves as stand in […]
LIVE: GZA & Whitney at Goose Island's Analog Migration
Photos by Rosie Simmons Fader and Goose Island Brewery brought two things that make people happy when it’s given in spades; free beer and music. Their Analog Migration […]
MUSIC: Jidenna – Long Live The Chief
Sparse sinister synths. Heavy hitting boom bap drum programming? Somber but oddly motivational raps about the streets? Stark black and white video? Has to be the new Pusha […]
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Bring a Little Holiday Soul to the Lincoln Theatre in DC
If you’ve ever attended a Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings show, then you know you’re going to throughly entertained. And, honey..at their show at the Lincoln Theatre in […]
REVIEW: Shaolin Jazz – Byrd Over Staten EP
Shaolin Jazz, a creation of Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones, introduces the rhymes of the Wu-Tang Clan to the world of jazz. Having previously explored this conceit with […]