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Their amicable split in 1995 now overcome, American Music Club are currently well into the recording of their reformation album and are touring the known world. As a precursor we have '1984-1995', a self released compilation of selected highlights from their history as well as some rarer B-sides and previously unheard demos from the vault.»
John Frusciante has a new solo LP in the pipeline, and a release date of late 2003 has been pencilled in. The untitled work will be finished up and mixed during his breaks on the By The Way tour. Fellow Chilis Chad Smith and Flea helped out, as did friend Josh Klinghoffer who c»
Ipecac Recordings, the label co-owned by (the greatest voice of all time and runner up in the greatest beard of all time) Mike Patton are looking for you to give them all of your beer and BBQ money this Summer in return for some outstanding releases. »
This Double CD was originally planned as a stopgap street mixtape to draw some attention to Mobb Deep while they negotiated a new record deal after Loud records folded. Hip-Hop can be a fickle genre to play in. And Mobb Deep were right to have been worried, they never really recovered from taking t»
As part of the ongoing feud between Daz Dillinger and Suge Knight, Death Row record's website have offered for free his soon-to-be-released ‘DPGC: You Know What I'm Throwin' Up’ LP for all those who would wish to flaunt copyright records. On Wednesday evening »
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Beatnuts 'Contact’
Been trying to wean myself off the new school (difficult when you are at the same time trying to stay on top of new releases), so I turned back a few years (well, tow) to this cut. This has a fresh East Coast Latino style which sounds lik»
Midway through recording their debut LP, here's a quick update on what Sons and Daughters are up to. They are currently two thirds through the recording of their debut LP at Chemikal Underground's Chem19 studio with producer/engineer Andy Miller. It'll be coming out on New York's B»
Ryan Adams might be putting out a limited edition 5 cd box set of unreleased sessions packaged with many many extras entitled ‘Career Ender – Boxed set’. I say might because the info straight from Ryan is hidden within a near unintelligible posting (featured below) to the messageboards at »
News has been circulating about the return to the real world of Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Here are some confirmed details from his manager. I only pray some of them don't come to fruition. ODB is said to be back home in the next few weeks, and will be starting recording on his LP right away. It's set to feature s»
More music from the late great Jeff Buckley is on its way this summer. This forthcoming 2 disc set, possibly to be titled ‘Café Days’ (a suggestion by the late Jeff), was culled from 6 and a half hours of master tape recordings from the 1993 Sin-e gigs. These solo shows were recorded pre-'Grace'»
Bubba Sparxxx will be releasing his second LP 'Deliverance', with Timbaland still at the helm, mid Summer. How do you fancy listening to 5 full tracks in a few days time? Legally. No? Nevermind, I'll tell you anyways. For just 24 Hours on Tuesday April 22nd, if you log onto »
Four Tet are about to release a new LP on 5th May entitled 'Rounds' on Domino, and will be touring throughout April through June to drum up some trade. Kieran Hebden had a busy 2002 touring with Radiohead and the Super Furry Animals, remixing everyone and their grandmothers as well as»
DMX just seemed to lose his focus a little while back. Could it’ve been the flak for delivering a weak LP? Maybe one too many arrests? Or possibly the bad reviews of another stinker of a movie? Who knows what drove X from being one of the most passionate performers in his genre to simply replaying himself. »
There's quite a strong 80's vibe here, attempting to summon up a kind of low-rent, futuristic funky Prince feel. Nice idea, but this is pretty grooveless; I'd probably even go so far as to call it as flat as a fart, despite the fact that it's a Neptunes collaboration. Yes, surprise surprise, it's the Nep»
These 3 ‘MCs’ are the type of young ladies from New York that make the words sassy and spunky spring unbidden to mind. But after a few teeth-grindingly awful listens later, sadly it’s the word ‘worthlessaswanksplat’ that keep coming to the fore. It’s not just me, I’m not being too harsh, I ju»
Considering this LP kicks off with a spoken word intro by Mike ‘aural terrorist’ Tyson (Nope, I don’t know why either, before you ask) down a shitty phone connection, this turns out to be a real pleasure to listen to despite initial fears. Ginuwine used to be Timbaland’s in-house R&B singer;»
This is Jay-Z’s 3rd ‘Blueprint’ titled release in as many years, and this time it’s an edited version of ‘The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse’. In an attempt to reclaim a bit of face he’s now claiming that this new track listing was his original vision for the LP, and was convinced by his Ro»
This is the first Gold Chains release where I've found myself actually liking it because of the lyrics and the MC-ing, as opposed to merely the production. For me Topher LaFata (that's Gold Chains to you and I), used to be just another MC Paul Barman figure, a novelty white MC gaining his respect f»
Later this month (the 17th April to be exact), Newcastle Upon Tyne will play host to the Culturama Hip Hop Film Festival on its first trip to the UK. Previous screenings have been held in NY and Hollywood and its first-ever European screening will be at the »
Rumours are rife that Eve has gone back her roots and re-signed to Aftermath Records. Recent claims by Eve that Dr Dre would be producing most of her forthcoming LP seem now to be a hint that something bigger was afoot. Plus her biggest successes to date have been because of Dre's production.»
The shadow of Mike Patton hangs over Lamb Quartet, but in a good way. It’s a compliment to the way these 3 tracks switch styles between hardcore, ska, rap rock and play around with with tempos and riffs. The production is sharp, and little touches like the xylophone on ’Daycare’ show they are»
Martina Topley-Bird used to be one half of Tricky. Now, though still collaborating with him, she's set to become a solo artist. At bloody last. Her first solo single 'Need One' features Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan on guitar and backing vocals and is more a funked-up blues track than an»
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Prince Paul and countless Friends ’'Beautifully Absurd’
There’s a new Prince Paul LP due in late April, and once again he»
The tracklisting to the soundtrack of one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of 2003 has been revealed. 'Matrix Reloaded: The Album' will be a 2 disc set and is due to drop on May 5th, with the film released on May 16. The first CD, as expected, is dominated by big name US rock acts, ma»
Public Enemy, one of the most revolutionary and forward thinking bands of all time, are bringing the noise to the UK. THIS WEEK! Chuck D, Flavor Flav and crew will be playing to promote their latest LP ’Revolverlution’ and the re-release of 'There’s A Poison Goin’ On’. Those luc»
I doubt Radiohead will be Hailing the Thief tonight! Someone has leaked the new Radiohead LP onto the internet. World famous Radiohead website At Ease has confirmed the leak and even has the audacity to offer directions to the downloads»
'26 Mixes for Cash' is another in the series of Warp Records's this-could-be-the-last-Aphex-Warp-release LPs. A 2-disc collection of some of his rarest and best remixes, plus a couple of new tracks to ensnare the completists and some lovely liner details on the originals too. The title is typical Aphex; h»
The Aphex Twin (under his non Warp Records release pseudonym AFX) is releasing a new EP on April 21st The annoyingly vague Twin hasn't released any other details about the 'Smojphace' EP as of yet, except that'll be on 12"/CD and on an as yet untitled subsiduary of his very own Rephlex label »
If this reads like I'm on the offensive, it's because I am. I don't want you seven people who have read this far to be in any doubt about it. This is a statement of what I believe. This is not an ironic "pop is actually shit" rant hidden in a single review. En garde! I love the ne»
Thurston Moore, guitarist and vocalist with Sonic Youth, has started his own online record label offering MP3s and stencils. And it's all free. As Mr Moore says ...'WWW.PROTEST-RECORDS.COM exists for musicians, poets and artists to express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime »
