Apollo Brown: The Backbone (feat. Guilty Simpson, Fat Ray, Melanie Rutherford)
Awesome new and frankly heavenly slow burner from a few Detroit professionals. Grab the album Sincerely, Detroit here – release is 29 October 2019.
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Deepo: What They Don’t Know
Manchester rapper Deepo laments how music from the city is overlooked by the industry… new on Room 2 Records. Buy and stream here.
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Kid Acne: Crest Of A Wave and new LP/exhibition Have A Word
Kid Acne is currently beavering away finalising his new exhibition, Have A Word, over in Sheffield’s Park Hill. It’s the companion to his fourth studio LP, of the same name,
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Download: L’Orange & Jeremiah Jae – Borrowed Brass (feat. Zeroh & Lojii)
New music from producer-rapper duo L’Orange and Jeremiah Jae ahead of the LP Complicate Your Life With Violence – out October 4 on Mello Music – ,the follow-up to their
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Video: CHALK – My Lady
Manchester emcee Chalk – of legendary underground group The Natural Curriculum – revisits 2016 album Growth with new visuals for the track My Lady. Stream and buy Growth on Bandcamp.
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Mecca:83 x Monma: Radiate
A collab between the two ultra-soulful producers, out to download at name your price on Bandcamp. Find Spotify and other streaming links here.
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In Pictures: Abstract Orchestra, Joker Starr & Micall Parknsun in Manchester by Akse
It was a pleasure to hook back up with Abstract Orchestra this month at Band On The Wall in Manchester. Joker Starr and Micall Parknsun were on vocal duties as
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Video / Kojey Radical: Can’t Go Back
Amazing work from Kojey Radical, Swindle and crew, on a tune which I presume was recorded during the No More Normal sessions. Miranda Chantal Ode, Patience J Agbo, Eni Sama,
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Video / Sampa The Great: Final Form
GRAB IT HERE.
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Video / Summer Pearl: P.G.S.
Murky new music out of London, produced by Alma. SUMMER PEARL INSTA
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New Music: Chris Rivers drops first track on Mello Music Group
Chris Rivers drops the first single from his Mello Music Group debut G.I.T.U. – Sincerely Yours is a heartfelt tribute to his dad, Big Pun. “G.I.T.U., an acronym for Greatest
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Homeboy Sandman announces move to Mello Music Group with West Coast
And a fine single it is, too. Buy it. West Coast by Homeboy Sandman
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Vinyl: Children Of Zeus sweep up recent tracks with Excess Baggage
Having conquered the UK proper on their recent tour, Tyler Daley and Konny Kon satisfy fans’ appetites for a fresh vinyl release by pressing up some rare / previously unavailable
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Vinyl: Art and pre-order for Madlib & Freddie Gibbs Piñata sequel / Crime Pays video
EDIT: Tour dates announced for UK/Euro. Freddie all, Madlib on four. __________ And Quas is here too. The duo are joined by Killer Mike, Pusha T, Anderson .Paak, Yasiin
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RoQy TyRaiD prepares to drop Outbreak with DJ Green Lantern
My pal RoQy has some new music out: here’s a curry dedication with the full project, Outbreak, set to drop 23 May. Read our interview over at Bonafide and keep
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Noveliss: Metal Face Hokage
A DOOM inspired project from the Clear Soul Forces team member and producer Def Dee. DOWNLOAD / STREAM Metal Face Hokage by Noveliss
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Flex The Foreigner & Kydro: In The Session
This new in-studio video showcases Flex The Foreigner’s trademark flow and dedication to keeping it fresh, as well as his Portuguese flow to cap off the track. Room 2 nucleus
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Video / Skittles: The Danger
The THINKTONK produced new single. Pre-order the album Poor On Purpose on Bandcamp.
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Live / J.Chambers launches New Levels New Devils Fri 25 Jan in Manchester
This Friday 25th January sees J.Chambers release his long awaited New Levels, New Devils project, and he has a live show lined up at The Deaf Institute to celebrate. Life
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Video / Pitch 92: One Handed ft Ashley Henry
A video for this lovely track from Pitch’s Lost In Space EP, which is all bangers. Grab the vinyl and order the forthcoming LP 3rd Culture over at High Focus,
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