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MEET: We interview Safakash, The new face of Canadian Hip-Hop

What do Drake, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber have in common? They all come from Toronto, the largest city in Canada. They have dominated global music charts throughout 2015-16 with…

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New Music: Stephen Marley Review – Revelation Pt. II: The Fruit of Life

Hip hop owes a debt to reggae although it’s one that is not always appreciated or acknowledged. Jamaican foundation DJs of the early 1970s, like U Roy and Big Youth,…

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New Music: Die Antwoord drop video for Banana Brain

Die Antwoord, the iconoclastic and divisive rap ravers from Capetown, have just dropped their latest video for track “Banana Brain” taken from upcoming album Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time…

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Album Review: Dan Loops – An Album

All music fans look for something different in the songs they listen to. Some are suckers for a guitar riff, whilst others like the big power vocalists. Me, well I’m…

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Track / Video

Track: Kate Tempest – Don’t Fall In

She’s one of our heroes, is Kate Tempest. Rapper, poet, playwright, novelist – she’s working to get some kind of monopoly on words, so it seems. Following on from her…

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Track: Taiyamo Denku – Gutter Noise

With the recently announced news that New York emcee L. Majestic and fellow Wisco artist Rambunxious have signed to the Cypha Den Music imprint, the crew wastes no time releasing…

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Soundtrack of our lives: River Nelson picks his all time favourite hip-hop playlist

Hot on the back of his third album, US hip-hop artist River Nelson has picked out some of his favourite hip-hop records into a playlist for us here at Backseat…

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Track / Video

Track: Swa Playmaker – Only One (produced by TOPE)

Miami MC Swa Playmaker has teamed up with Oakland/Portland producer TOPE for an EP, titled (if you will) No Title. Having already released a couple of tracks off the record,…

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Preview: 10 Bands to see at Tramlines 2016

It’s almost that time of year again, when Sheffield comes alive with hours of live music hosted in every possible corner of the city, bringing people closer to the bands…

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Album Review: Various Artists – Chris Sullivan presents The Wag – 4CD remastered

David Bowie, Keith Richards and Joe Strummer were just a few of the big names to frequent Londons Hotspot club of the 80’s ‘The WAG’, a ‘haven for misfits’ that would…

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