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Daedelus makes “Love to Make Music To”
Eccentric Los Angeles dandy Alfred “Daedelus” Darlington has set a date for his ninth full-length album (not counting his work with Adventure Time, countless EPs, et cetera). Set for release on Ninja Tune, Love to Make Music To drops in … Continue reading
Scion Live Metro returns with Too Short
It’s a new year (actually, the first half of 2008 is almost finished), and Scion Live Metro, the monthly concert series that pairs rap icons with live bands, continues to push forward. This month’s installment stars Too Short, the Oakland … Continue reading
Hiero spends summer on Freshly Dipped Tour
It’s been a little over ten years since Del, Souls of Mischief, Casual and producer Domino launched Hiero Imperium. So this summer, the crew will celebrate with the Freshly Dipped Tour, a summer-long trek through North America. Oddly, at the … Continue reading
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Yak Ballz makes a left coast run
This month, NY MC Yak Ballz is making several rare appearances on the West Coast. The freestyle vet and member of supergroup the Weathermen (whatever happened to that Weathermen album, anyway?) will be in California, Washington and Oregon promoting his … Continue reading
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El-P, Dizzee Rascal and Busdriver rock No Chiefs Allowed tour
As I reported several weeks ago (along with everybody else), today (actually tonight) marks the beginning of the El-P, Dizzee Rascal and Busdriver tour. Dubbed the No Chiefs Allowed tour, the month-long trek co-stars gutter music advocate Aaron LaCrate (Dizzee’s … Continue reading
The Cool Kids organize “The Bake Sale”
The Cool Kids have finally announced a date for their first legitimate project. Astonishingly, considering the amount of media hype surrounding the Chicago duo, Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish have never released a proper full-length; they only have a few … Continue reading
Free music: Blueprint vs. Funkadelic
On Tuesday, April 29, Columbus, OH rapper/producer/entrepreneur Blueprint presented his latest project — and it’s a free one. The 30-minute EP is called Blueprint vs. Funkadelic, and it finds ‘Print — who some may know as one-half of Soul Position … Continue reading
Subtle runs the road
A recent Pitchforkmedia.com story revealed lots of fun activities surrounding Subtle’s forthcoming album, ExitingArm. Among them include a comic book called The OughtAlmanac of AmassedFact Vol. I (which will soon be posted at ExitingArm.com); a proposed animated series co-created by … Continue reading
The Saturday Knights get ready to “Mingle”
Hip-hop and indie-rock labels have a long and sometimes-frustrating relationship. Remember Matador’s ill-fated, overfunded rap adventure (featuring the Arsonists and Large Professor, among others)? Or how about Conor Oberst’s Team Love imprint and Mars Black? Few of these projects were … Continue reading
NYOil calls “Hood Treason”
Remember NYOil’s “Y’all Should All Get Lynched,” the YouTube video that mixed photos of 50 Cent, Three 6 Mafia, Ying Yang Twins and rap stars with images of black men and women being hanged? It was a searing indictment of … Continue reading
Decon unspools Fresh Rhymes and Videotape
This summer, Decon Media launches the Fresh Rhymes and Videotape tour. The multimedia company is long overdue for a showcase. It has created several dynamic projects over the years, from Common’s classic “1-9-9-9” video to Dilated Peoples’ The Release Party … Continue reading
J-Live introduces “Then What Happened”
New York-bred, Atlanta-based rapper J-Live a.k.a. Justice Allah is long overdue for a critical appraisal. He’s didn’t draw as much attention as his late-90s peers, even though he was part of the golden age of indie hip-hop, too. He’s recorded … Continue reading
Immortal Technique brings “The 3rd World”
June is shaping to be a terrific month for hip-hop, with new albums from Flying Lotus, Invincible, N.E.R.D., David Banner, (maybe) Killer Mike and, yes, Lil Wayne set for release. Now you can add Immortal Technique’s latest to the list. … Continue reading
Invincible pens “Shape Shifters”
Invincible, the Detroit battle MC who has beguiled her fans for nearly a decade, is finally releasing her debut album after years of false starts. It’s titled Shape Shifters, and she’ll issue it via her Emergence label on June 17. … Continue reading
Flying Lotus builds “Los Angeles”
On June 10, Flying Lotus will release Los Angeles, his second album and highly anticipated debut for Warp Records. “Los Angeles is a special place to me for obvious reasons, but for the majority of my life, I hated living … Continue reading
Time Machine says “Life is Expensive”
On June 10, Time Machine will release its second album, Life is Expensive on Glow in the Dark Records. (May 5 update: The release date has been pushed forward to May 20.) Jet Set Jay (also known as Jaysonic), Biscuit … Continue reading
Straight No Chaser evolves into Shook
A few months ago, I reported that long-running UK soul mag Straight No Chaser had folded after over a decade of publishing. Well, it appears that several of its editors have filled the void left by its demise by launching … Continue reading
Lyrics Born promotes “Everywhere At Once”
It’s the day before Lyrics Born’s first album since Later That Day, and dude is in overdrive promoting it. On a post on his website titled “They can’t stop us,” Lyrics Born writes: If you’re in the Bay on 4/22, … Continue reading
Cunninlynguists embark on West Coast tour
This Friday, Kentucky crew Cunninlynguists embarks on a brief West Coast and Canadian tour. Despite having perhaps the wackest name in the business, the group has thrived in recent years, thanks to spiritually-inflected albums like 2006’s A Piece of Strange … Continue reading
RZA rebounds with Bobby Digital, Achozen, tour
When we last heard about the RZA, dude was getting reamed by his Wu-Tang mates for supposedly ruining their reunion album, 8 Diagrams. Ghostface and Raekwon talked shit about him in the press, and U-God filed a lawsuit against Wu … Continue reading