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Droppin’ Knowledge: On His Latest Album, McKinley Dixon Keeps It Real & Brings It Home

If you asked hip hop artist McKinley Dixon to name the greatest rapper of all time, you might be surprised by his answer. The Richmond Virginia-based musician, who grew up…

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Feature: Supreme Joy give us an exclusive track by track run down of their new album, Joy

If you’re a fan of Cool Ghouls, one of the bands mainstays, Ryan Wong, has today released an album ‘Joy’ of his own, under the moniker Supreme Joy. Based partly…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Baltimore’s Zen Master Of Sound, Shine

And we back…nah, nah, nah… Veteran Baltimore, Maryland producer Shine recently released his new album, As The Beauty Became, a lovely and luxuriant collection of mostly instrumental hip hop that…

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Feature: Art d’Ecco gives the lowdown on new album ‘In Standard Definition’

Out now on Paper Bag Records is the new album, In Standard Definition, from androgynous neo-glam art-rocker Art d’Ecco. It’s a concept record about entertainment and how it affects our…

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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bo Moore of The Peacers brings the groove

SAN FRAN’S Sic Alps, living guitar legends, were one of those bands which, with the amount of the talent in its ranks, could only burn bright and, like an unstable…

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Feature: White Void vocalist Lars Nedland shares some of his vinyl collection, looking at his favourite electronic records

Borknagar, Solefald, and White Void vocalist Lars Nedland shares with us his incredible vinyl collection focusing on his favourite electronic music that has inspired his musical taste; Venetian Snares – Making Orange…

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Scratch the Surface: Children of the Bong – Sirius Sounds

If you’re of a certain age, you’ll have heard Children of the Bong somewhere. Taking in techno, electronic, and psychedelic music, they released three demos and one, brilliant album, Sirius…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: New York MC Rouge Releases His Sonically Dense, Lyrically Rich Debut – War! – A Review & Conversation

Staten Island, New York emcee Rouge recently released his debut album, War!, a sonically dense collection of music, with crisp writing and a rich, full sound. On the album, Rouge…

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Soundtrack of Our Lives: breaking psych-folk troubadour E.R. Jurken takes us a for a trip through the music of his life

THEY loved what they heard so much they set up a label just for him. Yep, that’s the tale of E.R. (Ed to his friends) Jurken’s slow peregrination towards a…

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Feature: Joshua Brandler – A Rise in Music Consciousness.

It’s inspiring to witness a rise in conscious music, and I don’t just mean the trend in improvised, free music, in the worlds of jazz, electronica and your almost traditional…

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