Illogic and Blockhead – two hip-hop mainstays from Columbus, Ohio, and New York City, respectively – will release their first collaborative LP, Capture the Sun , April 16th on Man Bites Dog Records.
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Lilacs & Champagne , the hip-hop influenced project featuring members of Om/Grails/Holy Sons, have released another commercial for Danish & Blue , the band's new album due via Mexican Summer on April 23.
Read MoreHey, all you people currently traipsing around in Austin for SXSW — it turns out the rumor is true: Justin Timberlake will indeed be performing this weekend.
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Apart from Alchemist's Russian Roulette , my knowledge of Russian music is little to none.
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If you're not a fan of the Ravens or Curren$y , then I'm sure Sunday was a bit of a disappointment (I fall in with the Jet set).
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Hip hop producer RJD2 , who was last in NYC for a New Year's Eve show , will be playing a few US shows this month, including a return to NYC this Saturday (2/9) at Brooklyn Bowl. Tickets for the Brooklyn show are on sale now.
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The British-born Berlin-based record-label owner, producer, and DJ set the bar for his career first by releasing " Berlinetta " on Claude VonStroke's Dirtybird Records.
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If any one thing could speak to the nature of Denmark's Karen Marie Ørsted's musical output, the press shot above wouldn't be too far off the mark.
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The Danny Brown-assisted, Harry Fraud-produced " Spaceship " isn't the only gem MHz Legacy , the Def Jux collective comprised of RJD2, Copywrite, Jakki Da Motamouth and Tage Future, have hidden on their brand new self-titled debut album.
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Instrumental hip hop producer RJD2 has a few upcoming shows scheduled, one of which happens in NYC on New Year's Eve (12/31) at Gramercy Theatre.
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The big news is obviously Black Bar Mitzvah , the new Rick Ross tape, and he'd had a spot reserved in this space ever since I first saw the ridiculous image of Ross's face inside a Star Of David.
Read MoreEarly in 2013, Hoboken NJ's seemingly inexhaustible indie-rock titans Yo La Tengo will return with their thirteenth studio album, and the band's current EP Stupid Things provides a taste of what's in store.
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It's been a month that's seen the shocking death of Chris Lighty , LL Cool J doing what's known as a Duncan Ferguson and beating seven bells out of would-be burglars to his property, and MF Doom doing what's known as a Mark Morrison and sending in a stunt double to do his masked villainy for him.
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Homeboy Sandman is set to release his first full length album on Stones Throw, First Of A Living Breed , which is due out on the label on September 18.
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As mentioned in What's going on? last night, Prodigy 's upcoming "Queens Day" show at Irving Plaza, which was supposed to happen next week (6/19) has been cancelled.
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Not the type of blog header you'd expect from one of underground hip-hop's more benevolent souls, El-P (legally referred to as Jaime Meline, also answers to El-Producto).
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Only one place to start this month; it's a hip-hop sensation that's been spreading across the 'net like wildfire.
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The wondrous sound of the neighbors pounding on the wall, threatening to call the 5-0 if the music isn't turned down.
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It seems like just yesterday we were wringing our hands over Y2K, emo haircuts and the rise of MP3s, and already we're wallowing in '90s nostalgia.
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If you run a music blog, the chances are your email boxes are overrun with artists trying to tout their wares and become the next MSTRKRFT, SBTRKT or vowel-deficient production team to hit the big time.
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Having stood angrily cross-armed through half a terrifying set by some support artist who thought it his job to variously lip-sync, mime and dance to his own slowed-down Drake beats as though that were what he was hired to do (nb: contorting grooves is what it's all about bro, not contorting your skinny ass body), British DJ and blog hero Star Slinger arrived onto what must have been one of the weirdest stages he's ever performed on.
Read MoreI interviewed RJD2 , and Aaron Livingston about their new project Icebird , and asked them about a few songs on Icebird's album the Abandoned Lullaby.
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The following is a review of an RJD2 concert I had the privilege of attending Friday night.
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As shaky as his output was in the years since he first set hip hop orthodoxy aside, writing RJD2 off as a total loss seems premature.
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Instrumental/hip-hop master RJD2 (responsible for the "Mad Men" theme song for those unacquainted) is adept at mixing genres, and his latest collaboration with relative unknown Aaron Earl Livingston is a happy addition to his portfolio.
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Getting your thirst for Hollywood celebs quickly out the way (what is this, Heat Magazine?), Anne Hathaway had this done to her by UK banger and masher DJ Woody, and Will Smith has been hinting at a return to the mic.
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On the coattails of Outside Lands, San Francisco's big music festival that's fast becoming the Coachella of northern California, comes the bay area's less publicized festival, Treasure Island Music Festival.
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There is also a one-day celebration of the 40th anniversary of Soul Train on Monday.
Read MoreRJD2 is the veteran producer who is probably best known for his work with Def Jux back in the day.
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RJD2 has spent his past few albums showcasing that he loves songwriting and singing as much as he loves producing breaks-heavy, electronic music.
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On top of RJD2 's own colossal career, the DJ/producer is known for guiding the careers of others with his Electrical Connections imprint.
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Veteran producer and turntablist RJD2 has teamed up with vocalist Aaron Livingston to form Icebird , an outfit that utilizes "the psychedelic soul for which the Philly music scene has long been known."
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I've been a sucker for the Glitch Mob since one of my best friends showed me "Drink the Sea" last year.
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Albums that leave a mark are one of the most significant memory triggers, capable of instantly transporting your headspace to other times.
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Never one to keep things predictable, Lil Wayne has bounced about club bangers, Maybach replicas & Russian teen-pop sampling crawlers thus far, only to follow everything up with an auto-tuned, acoustic guitar bass-ballad.
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The late German pianist turned Romantic composer Robert Schumann was once quoted as saying "Talent works, genius creates".
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