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Free Count Bass D album, tour dates
To celebrate his new album L7, which drops tomorrow via Sound Tribe Sector 9’s digital label 1320 Records, Count Bass D has released an instrumental album — for free. “Everyone can not afford to purchase music in these days & … Continue reading
Open letter from Jay-Z, et al
I usually don’t post things like this, but I am doing it so I can add that October 6 is the deadline to register to vote in New York, but not necessarily in the rest of the country. Many sites … Continue reading
Tour dates, new single from Crown City Rockers
In a few days, Bay Area collective Crown City Rockers will kick off a monthlong tour opening for New Orleans jam-funk band Galactic. The itinerary includes a few precious headlining dates as well. To commemorate the occasion, Crown City Rockers … Continue reading
Grandmaster Flash remixes…Midnight Juggernauts?
This is one of the most unusual tracks I’ve come across in a while. Grandmaster Flash, protean creator of hip-hop turntablism, tackles Midnight Juggernauts, the Australian space-rock band who blew up after touring with Justice last year. He gives “Into … Continue reading
Scion Live Metro’s October edition: M.O.P.
After getting shit on by G-Unit for the past five years, M.O.P. is back in action. They just leaked several songs online and are now heading Scion Live Metro’s monthly showcase. These dates only apply if you live in Texas, … Continue reading
Sage Francis’ “Conspiracy to Riot”
Lots of politically-themed music and events this week as the world enters the final month before the long-awaited McCain/Obama showdown. Next up: A new track from Sage Francis. Some may remember that Francis wrote one of the best songs on … Continue reading
Obama mix from Z-Trip, tour dates
Z-Trip, who has been throwing fundraising parties for Sen. Barack Obama (along with everyone else), has just released an Obama mix. A few words from his site: Recently, Shepard Fairey and I threw some fundraisers for the Obama campaign. We … Continue reading
John Robinson & MF Doom
Project Mooncircle announced yesterday that it is releasing a new project from John Robinson (a.k.a. Lil Sci from Scienz of Life) titled Who Is This Man?, and that it will be completely produced by MF Doom. MF Doom, of course, … Continue reading
Medical problems for Buckshot, DJ Vadim
Today brought unfortunate news on two major artists. Allhiphop.com reports that Buckshot just suffered a series of seizures that led to his hospitalization: According to Duck Down co-founder and CEO Dru Ha, the legendary MC was returning home from a … Continue reading
Newman and Shawn Jackson form New Jack Hustle
With albums from Blu (C.R.A.C. and Johnson&Jonson), Giant Panda and Shawn Jackson, Tres Records is definitely on the move this year. Next up for the L.A. imprint: a collaboration between Newman from Giant Panda and Mr. Jackson as New Jack … Continue reading
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14KT’s solo debut
Producer 14KT has a new album coming out on October 14 called The Golden Hour. 14KT is a member of the Athletic Mic League; he also produced several tracks for group member Buff1’s recent album, There’s Only One, as well … Continue reading
Sweatshop Union’s “Water Street,” tour dates
Canadian hip-hop crew Sweatshop Union is releasing its fourth album, Water Street, via DJ Design’s Look Records on October 14. I haven’t paid much attention to these guys in the past, but now that they’re down with DJ Design I … Continue reading
Finally, Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance”?
Q-Tip’s looong-delayed album The Renaissance finally has a release date of November 4. I’ve been writing about it for nearly as long as this site has been in existence, and I’ve been skeptical about each date Universal Motown has floated. … Continue reading
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid’s ode to “NYC”
Kieran Hebden has drawn mixed reviews for his series of albums with experimental/free jazz icon Steve Reid. On the one hand, you can’t really hate on a good jazz record. But on the other hand, it’s been, like, “When’s all … Continue reading
Black Milk’s “Tronic”
Black Milk’s third solo album Tronic drops October 28 via Fat Beats Records. The music is bananas. All the haters who griped that dude was way overhyped will be silenced with this record. Here’s an excerpt from the label bio: … Continue reading
New album from Fat Jon
I was scrolling through Discogs this evening and found a pleasant surprise: Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician has just released a new album. Fat Jon is best known as one-half of Five Deez, a Columbus, OH group that had … Continue reading
MC Chris tour dates
After spending most of the summer on the Warped Tour, hip-hop parodist MC Chris is going back on the road again in support of his relatively new album MC Chris is Dead. If you’ve never seen him live, do it. … Continue reading
Cunninlynguists rants, tours
Cunninlynguists are touring the Eastern United States (as well as a Canadian date) next month. No new album, just more shows. The Kentucky trio is still booking the tour, so check back for updates. By the way, producer Kno just … Continue reading
Tour dates for Restiform Bodies
Anticon sort-of-hip-hop trio Restiform Bodies are headed on a brief West Coast tour with pop savant Why? The group’s new album TV Loves You Back drops September 30.
The Foreign Exchange’s “Leave It All Behind”
Nicolay and Phonte have finished their follow-up to 2004’s near classic Connected. It’s called Leave It All Behind and it drops October 14 on Hard Boiled Records, the label responsible for Nicolay’s The Dutch Masters Vol. 1 mixtape. (The digital … Continue reading