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The Drums finally drop a track from that new album the band teased us about just a little while ago. The band hasn’t exactly renovated their sound, but it does seem refined. The instrumentation is tighter, and the vocals–while they do hit a nice falsetto–feel much more
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From New York via New Zealand, Lips is the solo project of Stephanie Brown. Back in her homeland, she played keyboards in numerous groups, but came to the U.S. in ’07 to make a name for herself as a solo musician. She’s got an EP that she dropped
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To me, Action Bronson is known for a few things: Sounding a little like Ghostface Killah, loving food, and being down with Mayhem Lauren. I’ve never thought of the guy as a killer, though. But that’s the angle being played up in his latest video, “Brunch.” I guess
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Download via DJ Booth: Jean Grae- Cookies or Comas I told you this was coming! Featuring verses from Styles P., Talib Kweli, Royce Da 5’9”, and Pharoahe Monch, Jean Grae is getting some great MCs on her latest mixtape. Of course, the New York MC is no lightweight herself.
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At the beginning of April, I blogged a video from an up-and-coming psych rock outfit from my neck of the woods. These guys like to keep things instrumental and slightly anonymous. There’s not much to know about the group at this point–outside of the fact that their members
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New video for the Meyhem Lauren track “Typhoon Rap.” The guy is a New York MC whose style takes me back to the 90s; and though this vid seems to have a severe lack of budget–and shirts, too–Lauren and his cohort Action Bronson don’t need a lot
