EP Review: Deyah – Care City
Female MC Deyah will release her new EP Care City on Friday 10th April. This follows her 2019 EP Lover Loner and is an open book to the last few months which has been “the darkest period….
Tag: Rap
Single Premiere: KNIGHT – M.L.A.
We’re very excited to premiere the debut single of London’s own KNIGHT. The first of many releases to come, ‘M.L.A.’ introduces us to KNIGHT’s signature style and leaves us wanting more. ‘M.L.A.’ (or, Making….
Level Up Festival 2019 Relaunches, Announces New Acts
Ska punk fans across the UK were concerned recently to see this year’s Level Up Festival disappear from social media. However, it appears that all is not lost. Although original….
Album Review: Noname – ROOM 25
The meticulously crafted beats are rich with live instruments and form organically, like trees for Noname to breeze through with her sweet-sounding lyricism. Do not take the 9/10 rating lightly, Room….
E.P. Review – Sleaford Mods – ‘Sleaford Mods’
Sleaford Mods return with another helping of their signature brand of ferocious minimalism with a short self-titled E.P. Akin to 2016’s TCR, vocalist Jason Williamson and beat-maker Andrew Fearn present….
Album Review: Kids See Ghosts – ‘Kids See Ghosts’
‘Kids See Ghosts’ is the long awaited and self-titled collaborative project from Kid Cudi and Kanye West, and is the third release in a set of five weekly albums to….
Album Review: Saba – CARE FOR ME
Dusty, lo-fi beats lay the perfect foundation for Saba’s lyrical acrobatics to skip and dance over. Saba has been a consistent presence in Chicago’s music renaissance over the past few….
Live Review: The Streets, Leeds O2 Academy
In 2011, Mike Skinner retired his game-changing UK hip-hop group The Streets, having felt he had “run out of new avenues” to take the group and feeling fulfilled by the….
Single Review: Dave – Hangman
After bagging Best Newcomer Act at 2017’s MOBO Awards, Dave now returns with introspective new single, “Hangman.” Carried by a minimalist, piano-laden beat (produced by Nana Rogues), Dave uses the….
Live Review: Kendrick Lamar – Manchester Arena
From the opening ‘I got, I got, I got, I got!’ of ‘DNA.’, Compton rap superstar Kendrick Lamar has the people of Manchester in the palm of his hand, and….