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K-OS on BLack on BLonde
Canadian musician K-OS released the double album BLack on BLonde this year. One half is rock. The other half is hip-hop. In this exclusive interview, he explains...
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Ryan Hemsworth: Hip-Hop’s Kitsch Genius
Name: Ryan Hemsworth
Where He’s From: Nova Scotia, Canada
When He Started: 2009
Genre: Electronic-based hip-hop
For Fans Of: Clams Casino, Evian...
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It’s Easy For ItsNate
ItsNate is a member of London’s cool posse and, along with the likes of Piff Gang, Catch’em, and a select few others, his aim is to push the hip-hop vibe of yesteryear...
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360: The Foul-Mouthed Rapper Who Rules Australia
There were times last year when, caught in an endless mobius loop of listening to Gotye and Tame Impala on repeat, it seemed to me that Australians had won at music....
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Kat Dahlia: A New “Gangsta” Sweetheart
Name: Kat Dahlia
Where She’s From: Miami, Florida via Cuba
When She Started: 2011
Genre: Alternative hip-hop
For Fans Of: Rihanna, Iggy Azalea, Lana del...
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Con Estilo, Talento, Y Un Nuevo Disco Niña Dioz Es Indestructible
Por Isabela Raygoza
Quien puede resistir una joven rapera MC? Nosotros no. Y Niña Dioz de México nunca se nos ha escapado de nuestro radar. Después de realizar una...
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With Swagger, Skill, and a New Album Niña Dioz is Indestructible
Words and interview by Isabela Raygoza
Who can resist a boyish, Spanish-rapping lady MC? Not us. And Mexico’s Niña Dioz has never not been on our radar. After making...
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Please Explain: What is Rapso? A Talk with 3Canal’s Wendell Manwarren
Words by Greg Scruggs
In 1977, Trinidadian musician Lord Shorty released an album called Soul of Calypso. Music journalists truncated the two main words to arrive at...
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Puerto Rico Indie: 10 More Bands to Love
Words by Jhoni Jackson
Our recent scene report on indie music in San Juan highlighted many of the movers and shakers in Puerto Rico’s thriving indie scene, but it...
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Deen Burbigo: Changing The French Rap Game
Name: Deen Burbigo
Where He’s From: Marseille, France
When He Started: 2003
Genre: French rap
For Fans Of: Nemir, Blackapar
Hip-hop is a universal...
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SION Impresses With His “Gangster Walk”
20-year-old SION is the latest to be signed to Chase & Status’ MTA Records, and his first release on the label is a strong one. The Welsh producer works his disco-tinged...
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Roses Gabor Goes Left With Bass
Name: Roses Gabor
Where She’s From: London, England
When She Started: 2009
For Fans Of: Katy B, Delilah
Sounds Like: “Future electronic smoothness.”
Roses...
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Jesse McFaddin of RIZE Stands Up on His Own
Words and interview by Patrick St. Michel
The Togoshi-Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo is a calm residential area boasting one major street flanked by stores and...
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Beyond Electro Cumbia: 10 Colombian Bands on the Rise
Words by Isabela Raygoza
There’s a crazy eclectic music scene bubbling out of South America’s northwest corner. New artists are rising above its Pacific and Caribbean...
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Artist of the Week: Flutronix
The winner is in! Flutronix are our latest Artist of the Week! While San Fran queer hip-hop deviants Double Duchess showed some real fight out there, but they were no...
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French Connection: Amine Edge & DANCE’s G-House Takeover
France is famous for its French Connection stores, beret hats, and snail cuisine, but it'll also soon be known for birthing out the most exciting sound to invade...
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Blacksmif and EAN Give Context’s “1.4 At 12” New Life
“Flamboyant, percussive and melodic risks within a bass-driven, jazz-tinged environment,” is how north London’s Blacksmif described his sound in an interview with Dazed...
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Amplify Dot: A Rebellious MC Storms the Mainstream
According to Amplify Dot, she was Born Ready. And you know what? I'm a believer. Back when she was a young'un, the aspiring MC from south London was offered a...
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Percussive Intelligence: Doomtree’s Dessa on Hip-Hop Poetics
Both on her own and as a member of indie hip-hop cohort Doomtree, Dessa has a reputation among critics and the people who actually matter as a steal-your-breath amazing...
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Amplify Dot Lives Life On The Edge Like Kurt Cobain
Following her 2012 warm-up track, "Get Down", Amplify Dot – one of Billboard’s top UK female MCs – is gearing up to release her first official single on Virgin Records...