Giorgio Moroder First Ever Live DJ Set || Red Bull Music Academy
Hour-long set of exclusive edits and remixes in conjunction with long-time collaborator Chris Cox NY dance music legend François K and Academy participants also performed at special Deep Space night Moroder’s informative and inspiring lecture at Red Bull Music Last night, Brooklyn’s Output was sold out and packed to brim, as fans came to witness dance music revolutionary Giorgio Moroder’s first ever live DJ set as part of the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York. Joined in the [...]
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Astrelwerks to release new single by Lune – Leave The World Behind
ASTRALWERKS TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE BY LUNE “LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND” ON MAY 31ST Swedish singer LUNE will release her hauntingly beautiful interpretation of “LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND” on May 31st on Astralwerks. Originally recorded by the Swedish House Mafia trio of Axwell , Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello with Laidback Luke, and featuring the vocals of Deborah Cox , it was one of the defining club anthems of summer 2009. This imaginative acoustic cover is synched with a huge [...]
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Havoc – 13 album review
13 is the third solo album from Havoc, one half of the famous rap duo Mobb Deep. Even though it has been a while since the Mobb came together for a studio release, Havoc has made it a point to stay relevant in today’s industry. Clocking in at less than fifty minutes, 13 is a relatively short listen which is in form with Havoc’s previous albums. He has always been an artist who practiced quality over quantity ever since the [...]
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Various Artists – Music From Baz Luhrmann’s Film The Great Gatsby album review
Much like the ultra modern 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, we get a sense that the days of flapper skirts and bootlegging depicted through the lens of a greyscale are just a faint memory. For a soundtrack so densely saturated with pop-culture and trend, The Great Gatsby endeavors to traject the original story’s concepts of hope and hopelessness, haves and have-nots and in many ways, it does. It’s only right that a Jay-Z track opens up the album [...]
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The Uncluded – Hokey Fright album review
One of the most prominent, and well- known underground rappers of the last 10 years, Aesop Rock, has teamed up with Grammy Award- winning folk singer, Kimya Dawson, to form the group, The Uncluded. The term, uncluded, was first coined by San Francisco artist, Michael Bernard Loggins, meaning “keeping things you don’t appreciate out of your life.” Aesop initially reached out to Dawson via email as a fan of her music. The duo would later collaborate on an art- inspired [...]
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Rittz – The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant album review
After much ado, Georgia rapper Rittz announces himself with a highly foreshadowed debut album, The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant. Since aligning himself Yelawolf’s independent label Slumerica, Rittz has dropped several singles and a lengthy mixtape (White Jesus: Revival) as a run-up to up this debut release. Now, turning to Tech N9ne’s Strange Music imprint, Rittz’s brand of dirty south hip hop hits the big scene. The debut effort from Rittz is unlikely to disappoint his fans, touting consistent [...]
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Dessa announces Parts Of Speech tour
On June 22nd, Minneapolis lyricist Dessa—“one of the most diverse and talented artists in indie rap” (URB)—will kick off her 20-city ‘Parts of Speech Tour’ in support of her new album of the same name with two sold out shows in her hometown. The tour will take her out to the West Coast including a stop at LA’s Troubadour and wraps up with a play at the Frank Gehry designed Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millenium Park for the City of [...]
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Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Consciousness album review
Perhaps when Talib Kweli recently defended Rick Ross’ reprehensible lyrics on U.E.O.N.O by calling him “misguided” he did so in a glimpse of projection and subconscious self-reflection. Both may have a tad more in common than the average would assume in terms of identity issues, so while Rick Ross’ latest offering is tentatively titled Mastermind, Talib’s is called prisoner of consciousness. There may not be a more fitting title for this album, as Kweli strays from his typical social commentary [...]
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will.i.am – #willpower album review
After spending quite a while in music limbo, it looked as if will.i.am’s fourth studio album would never see a release date. And after almost 2 years of perpetual delay, a title transformation, and a plethora of creative changes, #willpower has finally hit the airwaves, much to the chagrin of you commercial pop haters. If you take a moment to look at it intellectually, the hash tagged title almost mirrors the technological era and digital space that has enabled our [...]
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Sweatshop Union to release new album “Infinite” on May 28th
- Album available on CD/limited edition vinyl LP and digital on URBNET – Pre-order now available on http://www.urbnet.bandcamp.com – Album features guest appearances by Snak the Ripper, Def 3 and Claire Mortifee Canadian hip-hop heavyweights Sweatshop Union, one of the hardest working ensembles to ever emerge from British Columbia, are preparing for the May 28th release of Infinite, their most ambitious album to date. “Infinite spans about a year’s time of experiences and sounds from us, whereas other albums represented [...]
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