In order for The Bright Lights Social Hour to handcraft their brand of ‘Future South’, they excavate the same celestial bedrocks that predecessors Sun Ra, Frankie Knuckles (hearken towards ‘Your Love’), and Silver… Continue reading
London has been oozing with new talent for decades, and it’s latest gem is 19-year-old singer/ songwriter, Izzy Bizu, hailing from South West London. Growing up, it’s said she often listened to classic singers such… Continue reading
News of a supposed documentary on the late Amy Winehouse titled Amy leaked last week for a UK release this summer. To all of our excitement, news of a US distribution was released just… Continue reading
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the national media, it’s hard to ignore the discourse in regards to the troubles that surround the city of Chicago. Images of murders, arrests, gang activity, and… Continue reading
The Roots continue to break molds while continually releasing good music. Their latest track “When The People Cheer” is the first visual from their newest concept album, set to be released in the… Continue reading
News has been circulating surrounding the highly celebrated 20th anniversary of Illmatic by Nas, including the re-issue of the album titled Illmatic XX available for pre-order now: http://goo.gl/OZQR1m. Meanwhile, Google Play has put together a mini-documentary… Continue reading
Late Monday evening, the music world was stunned by the loss of Frankie Knuckles, the pioneer of house music. As a DJ, producer and remixer in the 1980s and ’90s, he laid the… Continue reading
Little Dragon is one of those bands that sound just as good live as they do in your headphones or speakers at home. Since the release of their self-titled album in 2007, the Swedish… Continue reading
Record Store Day will be upon us April 19th, and what better way to celebrate the occasion properly than with some new exclusive music. Michigan crooner Mayer Hawthorne and Japanese soul singer Shintaro… Continue reading
This year at SXSW, a shortlist of upcoming bands helped create a webseries of acoustic sets in the Mazda3 Backseat Studio at the Fader Fort. In this video, UK psychadelic rock band Temples… Continue reading
