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Tag: hip-hop
Album Of The Week / Backxwash – I Lie Here Buried With My Rings And My Dresses
Doomcore heightened, rage sharpened.
Review / Backxwash – God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
The kind of uniquely powerful record that leaves you with the sense that the artist is laying everything bare for all to see.
Video Premiere: Human Head – No One Lives Here Yet
The solo project of Joshua Jones, Human Head is hip-hop at its most intimate, exploring themes of identity, living below the poverty line, alcohol abuse and mental health.
Albums of the Decade: Aesop Rock – The Impossible Kid
Deeply personal stories and a smart production make this one of the best hip-hop albums of the decade.
Albums of the Decade: Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
A remarkable accomplishment from a band worthy of a respect they are often denied.
Review: Human Head – Sorry, I Wasn’t Listening
A stark view of austerity Britain is shot through via minimal hip hop beats and honest spoken word poetry on this striking debut EP.
Reviews Round-Up 023: Dissonant Sludge, Transcendent Post-Metal and Poignant Death-Gospel
Mono – Nowhere Now Here The term ‘post-metal’ was once synonymous with the term ‘experimental metal’, but in the few decades since its inception it has become evermore like a more traditional subgenre, complete with […]
Mental Health, Hip-Hop and Genre Convergence: Growing up in New York with Purple Tape Pedigree’s Geng
An in-depth and personal chat with NYC’s genre-defying maestro Geng, about everything from Burzum to UK club music.
Inside The Body’s I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer.
The Body’s Lee Bufford helps us take a deeper insight into the duo’s latest LP.