From long-form ritual ambient, to sick Finnish grindcore, to Japanese brain-fry hip-hop and a love song to an ancient sea sponge living on a dying coral reef, here’s a selection of the best music from […]
Tag: hip-hop
GZA’s still in da Front
I‘m not dissing the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan, but GZA is the only member who you could imagine boasting onstage about the number of books he saw with his own eyes in the Trinity […]
Deconstruction time again: Massive attack tear apart their masterpiece Mezzanine
In the hysterical climate of retromania, band reunions and anniversary tours, it’s easy to forget the albums that actually deserve the adulation. In recent times we’ve had 10-year anniversary tours of indie detritus bands such […]
Sound minds: January 2019 in 21 tracks
Thank u January, next. Here’s some music you might’ve missed under the deluge of shit memes about how long it lasted. Last month was powered by street meat, desert synthwave, dank dub, DIY minimal wave, […]
Mango x Mathman’s last taps-aff rave of the year
Around a year ago I interviewed duo Mango x Mathman about the amazing 2017 they’d had — and they’ve only gone and doubled and tripled their efforts this year. From their usual festival shut-downs, to […]
All the right noises: November 2018 in 21 tracks
Mumdance – Teachers A timely update of Daft Punk’s classic shout-out track of the same name — and if you’ve done your Homework you’ll get all the rave references. While the French duo listed heroes […]
Arrested Development: the Atlanta hip-hop crew that ruled before trap
Some 20-odd years before Atlanta would become the centre of the hip-hop world with trap acts like Migos, Gucci Mane, Wacka Flocka Flame, Arrested Development were flying the flag for Southern hip-hop in the state. […]
