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Review: Gizmo - Red Balloon

Out this week is Gizmo’s debut album Red Balloon. I have to thank my girlfriend for this inadvertent recommendation. In fact, she didn’t recommend the album itself; she put me onto The Revivalist and this was one of the first posts I read about. Upon listening, I was right to be curious. It’s such a …

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Review: Blue Sky Black Death - NOIR + VIOLET

I’ll just get straight to it: Seattle, Washington’s own Blue Sky Black Death – the hip-hop production duo featuring Kingston and Young God – make the most beautiful beats in the world today.  No contest. As I’m sure many a-reviewer have [correctly] pointed out, so many producers aim for the cinematic, grandiose, emotive sound in …

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Review: Languid - EarFood

We reviewed Languid’s EarFood. When you follow the yellow brick URL to Zimbabwean hip-hop producer and self-proclaimed ninja Languid’s BandCamp page for the album EarFood, a couple of things strike you almost immediately: The album art makes you feel like you’re in an art gallery, very much fixated on a certain piece that is as …

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Review: God Save The King (Proper English Version) - Copywrite

We reviewed Copywrite’s God Save The King (Proper English Version). We’ve seen a lot of hype surrounding UK artists in the US of late so it’s always refreshing to hear a US hip hop album featuring an all star cast of rappers from both sides of the Atlantic. Ohio’s own Copywrite doesn’t fail to disappoint …