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Droppin’ Knowledge: One On One With Renaissance Man Kahlil Blu
Harlem-based artist Kahlil Blu recently dropped his second full length album, DOG, a sparkling, pop confection, with bright, imaginative beats that pulsate with life. Blu has also created a musical style all his own, in which he raps, sings and chants over breezy instrumentals that he also crafted. Blu’s style is eclectic; he has a …
ALBUM REVIEW: MAGIC SWORD – ENDLESS
Any Hotline Miami 2 fans kicking around the website? What about fans of Thor: Ragnarok? I thought the second title might have a bit more mass appeal. Both had tracks from Boise, Idaho’s rather enigmatic synthwave trio Magic Sword, who return to the forefront today with the release of Endless – a sprawling 11 song …
Book Review: The Ballad of Jethro Tull
Despite being one of the biggest acts of the 70s, Jethro Tull are not a band that have ever enjoyed career reassessment and rehabilitation by subsequent generations. Sure, they have enjoyed steady sales to this day, and there has even been a string of hefty box set reissues which have seen their classic albums remastered …
Incoming: Official Illustrated History of Jethro Tull
Fans of the band cannot help but have noticed the ongoing Jethro Tull reissue campaign, where the band’s classic albums are being released as remasters overseen by Steven Wilson, with a whole bundle of extras in deluxe boxed set form. If you’re the type of fan who has to own each of these boxed sets, …
News: Tramlines 2018 Details Announced
This morning plans were unveiled for Tramlines 2018 which is to be held for the first time in Hillsborough Park, Sheffield, from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July. But before we all get too excited there was to be no lineup announcement …that is to follow next Thursday 6th February at 6pm. Get that in …
Robert Forster – Grant and I (Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens)
It wouldn’t be a surprise to learn that Grant and I took its title from the phrase that recurs most in the book. It describes perfectly what you get within. It’s certainly not a full account of the Go-Betweens as a group of people. They are there, but so frame-filling is Robert Forster’s account of …
See: Reading And Leeds Festival Preview 2017
Reading and Leeds Festival is now ONE WEEK AWAY! Here is our definitive guide to who you should check out while you’re there! FRIDAY* Architects Playing their only UK festival of the year, Architects are set to destroy the main stage on the Friday. Playing songs from their 6th studio album ‘Lost Forever, Lost Together’ …