Wednesday
Nov032010

The Dark End of the Street

Aloe Blacc covers a James Carr classic for Carhartt’s Soul compilation with the same name. This guy is just too good.

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Tuesday
Nov022010

This video is definitely one for the ladies. Pharrell still makes it a work of art though.

This video is definitely one for the ladies. Pharrell still makes it a work of art though.

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Tuesday
Nov022010

Here are the dates for Example’s next tour, which will take place in February & March. 

Here are the dates for Example’s next tour, which will take place in February & March. Make sure you get your tickets when they go on sale; HERE.

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Tuesday
Nov022010

Breaks fo' Dayz

You won’t hear many mixes as riveting as this 15-minute break marathon. It sports classic breaks looped against skits of music aficionados extolling the virtues of vinyl. Dusty, gritty, and so damn funky. Love this. Tracklist after the jump.

Tracklist:
1. DynomiteSoul Intro
2. Last Exit : Sweet Maryline
3. The S.S.O. Orchestra : Faded Lady
4. Alan Moorhouse : That’s Nice
5. Placebo : Humpty Dumpty
6. Alan Hawkshaw : Beat Me ’til I’m Blue
7. The Whitefield Brothers : Rampage
8. Orgone : The Cleaner
9. Skull Snaps : It’s A New Day
10. Melvin Bliss : Synthetic Substitution & Cymande : Dove
11. The Honeydrippers : Impeach The President & Bob James : The Nautilus
12. James Brown : Funky Drummer
13. Dyke And The Blazers : Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man
14. B-Boy Break from Ultimate B-Boy Funk
15. Gaz : Sing Sing & Average White Band : Person To Person
16. Manfred Krug : Wenn Der Urlaub Kommt
17. Al Green : Love And Happiness
18. The Whole Darn Family : 7 Minutes Of Funk
19. Metin H. Alatli : Mevlana Böyle Dedi (Edit)
20. B-Boy Break
21. David Lindup : The Observer
22. Keith Papworth : Hard Hitter
23. Cant Git Enuff Break
24. Neerlands Hoop In Bange Dagen : Ik Heb Geen Zin Om Op Te Staan
25. Afreaka : Another Country
26. Alan Tew : Scenechange 6a

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Tuesday
Nov022010

Monstrous. Chip lets the team down a bit, but this is still a big moment in UK music.

Monstrous. Chip lets the team down a bit, but this is still a big moment in UK music.

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Monday
Nov012010

Satisfied

Pretty sure there will be a review coming soon, so I won’t say much. This album has blown me away and it’s been a long time since a song has made me this happy. Cee-Lo is a modern day musical genius.

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Sunday
Oct312010

Eat Your Groove

Huxley’s remix of ‘Eat Your Groove’, which is featured on Roy Gilles’ new EP, Jazzy Groove. The whole EP is pretty special, but this remix stands out like a sore thumb. Vocal and progression of the track is simply genius.

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Saturday
Oct302010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Saturday
Oct302010

Doncamatic

Joker’s remix of Gorillaz’ new tune, Doncamatic. Prefer this to the original.

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Saturday
Oct302010

2 Cups Of Blood

RZA popped up on his SoundCloud with this track the other day and said: “Yo, here is a new GraveDiggaz song entitled ‘Two More Cups of Blood’. This is the first song released by the band since the loss of our brother Poetic AKA the Grymm Reaper. For the Wu Gravedigaz horrorcore fans: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!”. For those of you that don’t know; The Gravediggaz are Prince Paul (The Undertaker), Frukwan (The Gatekeeper) and RZA (The Rzarector). Raw Hip-Hop.

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