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House: On Our Playlist
Tue, 21st May
Maya Jane Coles - Everything ft Karin Park Simian Mobile Disco & Bicep – Sacrifice Hot Natured ft Anabel Englund – Reverse Skydiving (Shadow Child remix) Jaymo & Andy George – Remember Breach & Midland – Somewhere Read More
Indie Album Of The Month - Modern Vampires of the City
Tue, 21st May
Everybody knows Vampire Weekend: their self-titled debut spawned mega-single ‘A-Punk’ back in 2008, and prompted a certain type of journalist to dub them the ‘whitest band on the planet’. Modern Vampires of the City demonstrates two things. Firstly, that they’re (probably) not. Secondly, that Read More
Event review: Simian Mobile Disco + Martyn + John Heckle 18/05/2013 @ XOYO
Tue, 21st May
We were warned to arrive before 10 as all the advance tickets had been sold out. But even that did not prepare us for the messy sweat fest ahead of us – in the best possible sense! By 11pm, upstairs was already packed with partygoers singing loudly to house remixes Read More
Jay-Z denies rumours of Beyonce being pregnant.
Tue, 21st May
Last Friday, reports were circulating around the world as to why Beyonce is being so picky on her on going world tour 'The Mrs Carter Show'. The once female icon is being now described as a moody diva on tour, apparently demanding the biggest dressing rooms on her London date, Read More
"This is the end" due for release in June
Mon, 20th May
Some are keen to believe our time on earth is coming to an end and we have plenty of examples to imagine how it could happen. But lets hope it goes down a little something like this. We all love a good end of the world film but have Read More
App of the month: Snap chat
Mon, 20th May
Developed by four Stanford students the “in thing” for everyone with an iPhone or android is Snap chat. Let’s all be honest we all laughed when we first saw it. Sending picture messages to friends? So old school. But there’s something strangely addictive Read More
Kanye Premieres New Track!
Mon, 20th May
On May 17th Kanye tweeted: "NEW SONG AND VISUAL FROM MY NEW ALBUM BEING PROJECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE ON 66 BUILDINGS". He stuck to his promise: On Friday we got a dose of unrivalled Kanye West audacity. After a performance on 'Saturday Night Live', you can Read More
INTERVIEW: Talib Kweli!
Mon, 20th May
Ahead of the release of his fifth solo album “Prisoner Of Conscious”, which sees guest features from RZA, Kendrick Lamar, Busta Rhymes, Miguel and J Cole we spoke to one of hip hop’s legends. With over 15 years of experience in the game, he has bought Read More
Up and coming: BBC 1Xtra stage Leeds festival 2013
Mon, 20th May
For the first time ever Leeds festival has added a new stage BBC Radio 1Xtra where some of the best in hip hop, grime and reggae artists will be performing for three days. Like it wasn’t exciting enough some big names have already been announced; Wiley, Wretch 32, Ms Read More
Hip Hop Album of the Month: 'Prisoner of Conscious' - Talib Kweli
Mon, 20th May
'Prisoner of Conscious' is a soulful and dextrous effort from the Brooklyn native. We were lucky enough to grab a chat with Talib, and you can see what he had to say about it here. Talib’s a cool guy. He’s performed with Q-Tip and obviously Read More
Up and coming: 1Xtra stage Leeds festival 2013
Mon, 20th May
For the first time ever Leeds festival has added a new stage BBC Radio 1Xtra where some of the best in hip hop, grime and reggae artists will be performing for three days. Like it wasn’t exciting enough some big names have already been announced; Wiley, Wretch 32, Ms Read More
Hip Hop Legend: Andre 3000!
Mon, 20th May
Maybe he’s an unusual choice; we’ve been picking real old-school heavyweights until now – KRS-One-type-titans. Andre’s a wicked MC and everyone knows that. He’s more than that though, he’s proof you can unite eccentricity with consistency. One half of Read More
British Black Music Month
Mon, 20th May
British Black Music Month 2013 Opens With A Debate And Ends With A Club Night Black History Month (BBMM) kicks off this year on June 1 with the ‘What Is Black Music?’ debate. It forms part of a day’s programme of activities organised by the UK Read More
Icons Of Hip-Hop
Mon, 20th May
Love Art? Love Hip Hop? Love Candy Store? Well, this is the event for you! The Candy Store have teamed up with The Servechilled Gallery for this one off, unmissable Art Exhibition with some luscious live music and delectable drinks that’s taking place on the 30th May. & Read More
The swinging RnB 1920's soundtrack
Mon, 20th May
The final of the mind blowing tragic trilogies of Baz Luhrmann classic complex novel The Great Gatsby hit the cinemas almost a week ago and with mixed reviews from papers to glossy magazines it’s the headliner for the fantastic mixed modern 1920’s music. The track Read More
Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' in Stores Now!
Mon, 20th May
Well, it’s on itunes – does anyone still use CDs? These guys reinvented Electronic Dance Music with 1997’s ‘Homework’ and they’re back in a massive way. ‘Random Access Memories’ hovers between funk-infused house and melancholic disco which is as weird Read More
