Miss Sharon Jones: Daptone Queen’s story on the silver screen
Exciting news from the Daptone stable – I’ve been waiting for this film to drop since I first heard about
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new music
Download // DEEPO: DANGER DEEPO
I’ve had this on repeat all evening. Deepo is one of Manchester’s heaviest, and most insightful, and whenever he jumped
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Premiere + On Wax // Ostinato Records Presents: Tanbou Toujou Lou – Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz , & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 – 1981
Os·ti·na·to A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm. The most distinctive – and hypnotic – feature of African and
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New Music // Four Limbs
Some really tight work just popped in my inbox from Four Limbs, who you can find on the links below.
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On Wax: débruit & Istanbul
I was sat in the Soup Kitchen with debruit (aka Xavier Thomas) a while back, and we talked about his
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Preview // J Chambers: Merchant Of Manny EP
One of Manchester’s newest and most hard-grafting MCs, J. Chambers, is blowing up right now. Having supported Oddisee, Akala and
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Mongrels: Dragon Cadillacs ft Sebash
I really loved the lo fi, wear it on your sleeve hip hop epic that is Mongrels’ debut LP –
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Layfullstop: Aura
From Birmingham but currently residing in Manchester, Lay. (Layfullstop) recently wowed heads not only locally when Kendrick Lamar bobbed into
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Public Enemy’s Manchester link: Critical Beatdown
Just a quick post to give props to the Critical Beatdown boys. The hyped-up Stone Roses concerts at Manchester’s Etihad
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