We caught up with the young Charlotte rapper Mavi last year upon the release of his THE END OF THE EARTH EP. He’s got a new album called Laughing So Hard It Hurts coming next month, and it keeps up his streak of warm, meditative, analog hip-hop highlights. You can practically see the dust flying […]
Punitive Damage – “Drawn Lines”
Precious few people on this planet can scream like Steph Jerkova. Jerkova is the bassist for power violence greats Regional Justice Center, and she’s also the leader of the Pacific Northwest hardcore punk band Punitive Damage. Over a few releases in the past few years, Punitive Damage have perfected a fast, straightforward rage-out sound powered […]
Gridiron – “Playin’ For Keeps”
In 2020, the Florida label From Within Records released the hardcore compilation One Scene Unity, which had new songs from bands like Restraining Order, Shackled, Seed Of Pain, Age Of Apocalypse, and MH Chaos. Last year, the second volume had Mindforce, Dead Heat, Kruelty, and Raw Brigade, among others. This past weekend, we got the […]
Soulside – “Runner” & “Reconstruction”
The great Washington, DC band Soulside got together in 1985, and they were right there on the ground for the Revolution Summer movement and for the birth of the genre that came to be known as post-hardcore. Soulside were a big part of the Dischord Records universe, and they made three albums before breaking up […]
Video: Tobe Nwigwe Ft. Dame D.O.L.L.A., Fat “Mini Me”
Who’s your daddy? Tobe Nwigwe sons the game in his new music video “Mini Me” featuring Dame D.O.L.L.A. and Fat. In his self-directed visual, the Houston rapper parades through his garden with his dancers and raps, “All that I’ve done for my sons don’t get wall plaques / Look, I should walk up in the […]
Video: DJ Muggs Ft. Jay Worthy “Check In”
Check in with Muggs and Worthy. DJ Muggs checks in with Jay Worthy in the accompanying video to his recent “Check In” drop. Directed by Muggs and David Sakolsky, the producer and World Wide Worthy cruise through L.A. at night in a convertible Chevy before making a stop at the liquor store and a remote […]
Lil Tjay “Faceshot”
Get rich or die tryin’. With the blessing of 50 Cent, Lil Tjay takes on his Get Rich Or Die Tryin classic for his new freestyle, “Faceshot”. Inspired by Lil Tjay’s recent shooting and recovery, the Bronx rapper comes swinging out the gate with his teflon raps. “Singing nigga, but you sleep on me that […]
Video: NBA YoungBoy “Like A Jungle (Out Numbered)”
Welcome to the jungle. NBA YoungBoy continues his streak of new music with his latest video, “Like A Jungle (Out Numbered)” Directed by Isaac Garcia, the elusive rapper performs the conscious record throughout his Utah pad. Here, he enjoys the outdoors in his backyard, reflects by a coffin, and cracks the mic in a garage […]
Video: Cozz “All Love/Jaded”
It is what it is though. Dreamville’s Cozz returns with a pair of freestyles over two Drake instrumentals. Along with the release, the accompanying video depicts the L.A. lyricist rapping the highs and lows of a relationship with his thought-provoking bars. As he drinks the pain away by his lonesome and making amends at a […]
Hear BEAK>’s Soundtrack To The Graphic Novel Kosmik Musik
BEAK> — the trio of Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller, and Will Young — wrote and recorded a soundtrack for the new graphic novel Kosmik Musik by writer Ben Wheatley and artist Joe Currie. The music is officially out this Friday, but it hit Bandcamp today. It can be experienced as one 21-minute piece or broken […]