Category: Jazz
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Kofi Stone: “Nobody Cares Till Everybody Does” – Your Album Review
As we still swim in the streams of jazz rap and lo-fi hip hop with Loyle Carner, we move to a fellow Londoner and a fellow underground hip-hop rapper with Kofi Stone. “Life’s already harder when your skin’s a little darker.” ___ ______// From Stories in Pyjamas to Diamonds in the Water…Kofi’s weaving flows are […]
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Your Singles Review – “Hate” by Loyle Carner
Wisdom, I fear him: Getting bodied by fast-whipped lyrical sincerity is becoming such a norm for British MCs right now. Interpolated with both the grime and jazz-rap games, the first names of Dave, Loyle and Ghetts become buzz words within a world we see ourselves in.// A dude like Loyle Carner is riding waves within […]
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Cory Wong: “Elevator Music for an Elevated Mood” – Your Album Review
_________ //In anticipation for New Music Friday tomorrow, (it’s Friday already?!) I thought I would go back to one of my hidden favourites that was released in the midst of our global lockdown.\\ __________ Music in Review\\:Considered as a highly established figure for his rhythmic instalments within the Nu-Funk nether region, Cory Wong has always […]
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New Music Friday: Bloc Party and Blossoms release new music
Spring sun is shining, festival season is upon us and excitement grows as both Bloc Party and Blossoms release new music, within a frantic splurge of juicy music goodness for New Music Friday. While aforementioned Bloc Party’s Alpha Games and Blossoms’ Ribbon Around The Bomb anticipate a festivity of alternative-indie goodness with summer cider in […]
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Vertaal: Your Artist of the Week
Despite receiving the preceding playlist treatment this dynamic duo received by filtered to the back, Vertaal are deserving anything but. Simply coming together through their shared love of nu-jazz nuances and broken beat characteristics in their home town of Hertfordshire, bonded drummer Ajit Gill (right) and keyboardist Theo Howarth (left) developed an expressiveness to their […]
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