Much ink has been spilled over the length of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s incredible, 50 plus-year music career, and that shouldn’t be terribly surprising as Perry has held a towering influence on both modern and contemporary Jamaican music […]
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Dub Champions Festival at Brooklyn Bowl 9/24/14 feat. Subatomic Sound System, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Special Guests
Dub Champions Festival feat. Subatomic Soundsystem, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl September 24, 2014 As I’ve mentioned countless times, running a blog full-time while having a full-time job often results in having […]
Much ink has been spilled throughout the lengthy and prolific career of author, musician and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, especially for his role as the forefather of Blaxploitation with his landmark film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and […]
The last few days have been exceptionally busy as I had the opportunity to catch the legendary reggae artist and producer, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Subatomic Sound System at Brooklyn Bowl last night, and I’ve […]
Mighty Mystic, who is Jamaican but is now based in the US is a prominent name in the American Reggae scene – probably because his sound employs elements of rock, reggaeton, hip-hop and pop, while […]
Album Review: Anika’s Anika EP
Anika Anika EP Stones Throw Records Release Date: April 16, 2013 Track Listing I Go To Sleep He Hit Me Love Buzz In The City No One’s There (dub) Yang Yang (dub) Before her seemingly […]
Argentine trio, las Kellies will be releasing their forthcoming album, Total Exposure through Fire Records on September 17th. Reportedly, the new album may take on some more pronounced dub influences as Ivi Lee, a producer who has worked with the likes […]
During the Red Bull Music Academy’s recent stint here in New York, a variety of musical genres and artists were celebrated – and they managed to get a ton of beloved luminaries and musically important […]
As some of you may know, Red Bull Music Academy recently hosted a series of amazing music events across town including Giogrio Moroder’s live DJ set at Club Output in Williamsburg; a night with the […]
Beacon’s debut For Now EP was a hauntingly ominous album that manages to burrow into the dark places of regret, temptation and obsession with an extremely minimalist form of modern R&B and electronica — it’s an anxious, […]
Beacon’s For Now EP was a hauntingly ominous album that manages to burrow into the dark places of regret, temptation and obsession — it’s an anxious, fever dream of an album. As a result, For Now landed at number […]
Argentine trio, las Kellies will be releasing a new album through Fire Records in July. Reportedly, the new album may take on some more pronounced dub influences as Ivi Lee, a producer who has worked […]
a Q&A with Superhuman Happiness’ Stuart Bogie
Led by the boyishly mischievous Stuart Bogie, the septet of Superhuman Happiness is probably one of the more accomplished bands I’ve come across in recent memory – you can practically play a rather dizzying game […]
a Q&A with Steven A. Clark
Ranking fourth on this site’s Best of 2012 list, behind the co-number ones, Cody ChesnuTT’s certain classic, Landing on a Hundred and Lee “Scratch” Perry and the Orb’s trippy, mind-bending The ORBSERVER in the star […]
Catalpa Festival Day 2: 7/29/12 featuring City and Colour, the Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, Girl Talk, A$AP Rocky, and Snoop Dogg
During the past summer, I’ve had the unique opportunity to cover several major festivals in the NYC area including the Northside Festival, the New Music Seminar NYC Festival, the Afro-Punk Festival and of course, the […]