April 3, 2013 For his DJ Kicks mix, Maceo Plex excavated unknown crates for arcane and wondrous house cuts you won't find anywhere else. That's right, he's constructed this mix of strikingly fresh sounding beats from...
April 2, 2013 Before grime was known as grime, east London’s Wiley created a sound called Eski – inspired by his cold feelings towards the world at the time. And classic productions such as “Eskimo”, “Ice Rink” and “Snowman” helped shape the genre that was to be....
Over the weekend, Duke Dumont blessed the ears of Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 listeners with a short but sweet Chicago House Minimix. In just over five minutes, the “Need U (100%)” producer neatly crams in...
Rudimental’s on-going mission to “bring back soul into electronic music” has clearly been a success, as all of their major label-released songs have achieved no less than top 20 status. The London-based...
Reggae star Protoje's just released a brand new video for "I&I" off his independent sophomore album The 8 Year Affair, which debuted in the Top 10 of the US Billboard Reggae chart.
He reminds me of a...
Old skool junglists, I have some exciting news for you. Remember Rebel MC? Well, he's renamed himself Congo Natty and will be releasing his new LP, Jungle Revolution, on June 17 via London's Big Dada...
Neon Indian, purveyor of tasty synthy extremely chill pop delights, will be doing that thing everybody all the indie rockers are doing today and releasing a remix EP for songs off his beloved 2011...
Here it is, Shellshag Forever, a single, album title and band name all in one tidy package. The Brooklyn-based San Francisco punk duo's new video for "Forever" gets deep into the direction of the band and its purpose.Though their music is seemingly...
He's just a super freaking badass. Tricky gives all he's got in the bass drive video for his recent single "Does It." The menacing war footage and lyrics interlock evocatively to make their statement. Tricky said that the song was influenced by the...
Welcome to the weekend! It's that time again to choose who will be our “Artist of the Week.”
Here's a round-up of the best global bands we came across this week. But it's your job to vote for your...
Congratulations to 5 Miles to Midnight for winning this week's Artist of the Week by a landslide! Fans of the Trindadian iRock band were determined to bring the crown to their country. Making Marks was trailing right behind, but that didn't stop 5 Miles...
Lately, DJ Pantha, famed for his grimey 4x4 productions (see: "Candy Shop"), has been playing around with the idea of blending his new-found love of bass-induced house together with his appreciation of...
It’s pretty much common knowledge that grime music is run by the man dem, but there's one lady who has come through in the last couple of years with some meaty productions. Her name? Flava D. The south...
