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Review: Black Milk At Scala, London

Sit back and let us transport you to Black Milk’s magical performance at Scala in London alongside live band, Nat Turner. Tonight at London’s Scala, the crowd is quietly bubbling under. An evening of legendary performers is mapped out, with the likes of Tall Black Guy, Rob Swift and the hip hop forefather Afrika Bambaataa …

November 28, 2013November 22, 2019 by Sampleface
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Review: Fink – Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

We reviewed Fink’s Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. You may not have heard of the name ‘Fink’ – the stage name of Cornish songwriter and DJ Fin Greenall, but the probability is that you will have heard some of his works if you are at all eclectic in your music tastes. Greenall has written …

October 22, 2013November 17, 2020 by Sampleface
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Review: Ghostpoet – Nottingham Bodega Social (Live)

We reviewed Ghostpoet’s performance at The Bodega Social Club in Nottingham. Whilst only 2 years have passed since by Ghostpoet’s ‘Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam’ was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, it feels like so much longer. Acts have come and gone, the scene has changed, but one thing is certain, the honesty and …

October 21, 2013November 22, 2019 by Sampleface
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Review: Apex Zero – Reality Provoking Liberation

West London’s Apex Zero delivers a powerful debut this month entitled Reality Provoking Liberation. The name is clue enough that this is not a trap, ratchet or dance music offering. The 12 track project is a non-stop call to overthrow an oppressive system that has everyone around the world under the cosh. Apex Zero accuses …

October 16, 2013November 22, 2019 by Taytula Burke
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Review: Black Milk – No Poison No Paradise

We reviewed Black Milk’s No Poison No Paradise. As a producer, what do you do when you’ve covered so many bases in style? You find new ground or you refine what you’ve already touched upon. No Poison No Paradise is the palette on which Black Milk has painted his latest masterpiece, mixing old techniques with …

October 15, 2013March 10, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Review: Tanya Morgan – Rubber Souls

We reviewed Tanya Morgan’s Rubber Souls.

October 8, 2013April 13, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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REVIEW: DarkoTheSuper – Thank You Jim Cunningham

The 19-year-old Pennsylvania-based human hip-hop experiment Evan Souza AKA DarkoTheSuper invites you on follow him on a bold and warped quest through aural space with Thank You Jim Cunningham. ‘Challenge accepted,’ says our reviewer (The Auracle). There’s something about this dude DarkoTheSuper that is so strange and flipped out, yet at the same time, it’s …

September 29, 2013November 22, 2019 by Joseph Guthrie
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Review: Jordan James – Love Waves EP

Guest writer Ashton James Brown (aka Ashtronomic) reviews Jordan James’ Love Waves EP. South London based R&B crooner Jordan James has been making some noise for a while, releasing his début the Cheeky Bastard EP in the spring of 2012. Where as that project was much more of a Hip-Hop focused affair tinged with R&B …

September 23, 2013November 22, 2019 by Guest Writer
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Review: Jonwayne – Cassette 3: The Marion Morrison Mixtape

Jonwayne recently released a new mixtape and The Auracle enjoyed it so much, he almost forgot to submit the review we asked him to write. Let’s not beat around the bush here, folks: Jonwayne’s latest tape is all killer, no filler.  I’ve seen his name bandied about on Twitter and whatnot but never thought to …

September 20, 2013November 22, 2019 by Joseph Guthrie
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Review: Ethemadassassin – Soul On Fire

Ethemadassassin has dropped his third solo album. We know his soul is on fire, but can the same be said of the album? In a bid to bear his soul, E delivers a 13 track project that touches on a variety of subjects such as growing up in the crack era, 80s & 90s; being …

September 18, 2013November 22, 2019 by Taytula Burke
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Review: Lovebox Festival 2013

Lovebox isn’t just a music festival.  It’s much more than that. You hardly recognise Victoria Park as you step through the entrance.  When I think about it, Lovebox Festival is essentially a parallel universe; a joyous, vividly colourful, and incredibly wondrous place where people of all backgrounds come to take in hours upon hours of …

July 25, 2013March 1, 2020 by Joseph Guthrie
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Review: Wild Card At Pizza Express – Jazz Club Soho

Tiece Edwards reviewed nu-jazz band Wild Card’s performance at Pizza Express in Jazz Club Soho. “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.” — Art Blakey It is safe to say that there is something extremely fulfilling about attending a live music event. For those of us who have experienced live music gigs we know …

July 9, 2013November 22, 2019 by Guest Writer
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Review: Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light

In his first post for Sampleface, RKZ reviews Ghostpoet’s Some Say I So I Say Light. So I Say, right… where to begin? I’ve never been one for birthday wish lists. That was, up until this year. 2013 saw the release of a new Ghostpoet record, “Some Say I So I Say Light”. As far …

June 22, 2013November 22, 2019 by RKZ
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Review: Kanye West – Yeezus

Apparently, Kanye West’s Yeezus is less Louis Vuitton Don and more Don Quixote… minus the whole chivalrous revival bit, of course.  Sampleface is on the case and The Auracle is at the helm to discover what’s what. Here before us we have Yeezus – the first album of 2013 to generate the kind of hype …

June 19, 2013March 1, 2020 by Joseph Guthrie
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REVIEW: Kanye West – ‘Black Skinhead’ & ‘New Slaves’

Kanye West, the self-professed Louis Vuitton Don, is back but there’s nothing materialistic about the message within his two new tracks Black Skinhead & New Slaves, apparently.  Sampleface is on the case to dig a little deeper and see what the fuss is about. In case you haven’t heard or your respective social media feeds …

May 20, 2013November 22, 2019 by Joseph Guthrie
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Review: James Blake – Overgrown

We reviewed James Blake’s Overgrown. I didn’t jump on the James Blake bandwagon immediately. I tend to be wary of media fawning of independent albums because that usually sparks the demise before the ride has even started. I was clearly incorrect (it happens) as I discovered with Blake’s sophomore album. I had to repeat the …

April 8, 2013November 22, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis
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Review: Melanin 9 – Magna Carta

Melanin 9 aka M9 — Magna Carta “Form planets to pick locks to doors banished” Melanin 9 aka M9 is a prolific lyricist hailing from North London who is ready to drop his Magna Carta LP on December 3rd 2012. The release is timed with the aligning of the planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn and set to be a …

December 2, 2012November 22, 2019 by Blaise
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REVIEW: Negroes on Ice – Prince Paul

Prince Paul on a comedy hip hop album? Elle explains it all…

October 25, 2012December 12, 2020 by Elle
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Review: Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor 2 (The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1)

The Auracle reviews Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor 2 (The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1)

October 24, 2012December 12, 2020 by Joseph Guthrie
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Review: DOOM (Live) + Madlib (Medicine Show)

DOOM turns up to steal the show with Madlib in tow.

October 16, 2012January 6, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
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