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Archive for August, 2006
Molly Beanland
I’m not sure just how quickly this young lady is gonna catch on, either you’ll be hearing about her everywhere from now on, or sometime in early 2007 you’ll be thinking to yourself “ah yeah, I remember reading bout her on some blog last year!”. Molly Beanland is the latest young singing sensation to be snapped up by a major label, which on this occasion is Island.Molly is just 20 years of age and comes from sunny London. She’s been dubbed by some … [read more]
Unearthing MySpace Gems
It’s that time again. Five more pages for you today. Don’t forget to check out the music player on the Just Like Music MySpace page – there you’ll find four tracks from artists previously featured on Unearthing MySpace Gems. A quick reminder on how this weekly feature works; all pages featured have had less than 10,000 page-views. If you know of any artists on MySpace, with less than that many page-views, that you think I should feature, please let me know. You can either email … [read more]
Shine Through
Aloe Blacc is an emcee that started out in 1995 as part of the hip-hop duo Emanon. His solo efforts are more in the r&b vein and he has been described as the “indie R. Kelly”. But, whilst we’re on the subject of solo efforts, Aloe Blacc recently signed to Stones Throw and released an LP called Shine Through. I got it a while back and thoroughly enjoyed it. It totally showcases Aloe Blacc’s diverse array of sounds; hip-hop, r&b, latin.The … [read more]
Track of the Week
Kick push kick push kick push kick push… coast. I feel a little bit like I shouldn’t be feeling Lupe Fiasco, perhaps cos of his Kanye connections and how I’m not so hot anymore on Kanye – but… this track Kick Push is so damn addictive! If you haven’t heard of Lupe Fiasco, either you live under a rock, or you really just don’t like hip-hop, in which case I am sorry, and also sorry that the last three blog entries have been hip-hop … [read more]
Yes We Want More!
My friends at Ninja Tune have sent me a fantastic birthday present. They didn’t know it was my birthday, but that’s not the point. I’m referring to new material by Big Dada’s Ty. 2003′s Upwards was immense, fantastic British soulful hip-hop, and now the man is back. His third album, Closer, is due out on 16th October, and I’ve got to tell you… I’m excited. Knowing how talented the man is, I really shouldn’t have been surprised by the names featured on this … [read more]i-Robot / u-Facists
This is a strange tale, some of you hardcore hip-hop heads will know it, but I should imagine most wont, so here it goes…
Meet Asamov, or should I say The AB’s? Last year the hip-hop foursome from Florida known as Asamov took the underground by storm. I first heard about these guys via the wonderful IndieFeed Hip Hop podcast (see the sidebar of this page for the feed URL) – the unique thing about this quartet is that they all share both … [read more]Tributehead: The Boredom Sessions
Uh oh, prepare for my cynicism! Radiohead, arguably the biggest band in the world. Every man and their dog has heard of them, and at least half the people that have heard of them, have actually heard their songs. So on one hand it is pretty cool that people would cover their stuff, approach it from a different angle. But on the other hand, it’s getting a bit silly now.
Don’t get me wrong, my memory isn’t that short I’ve forgotten I recently mentioned the … [read more]
Urban Bourbon Party Time!
As I mentioned briefly last Friday, I went to the Brisbane launch of McKenna Bourbon on Thursday night. For any readers familiar with Brisbane, the party was held in the Valley. As a blogger based in South East Queensland I was invited along to see what all the fuss was about, and this opportunity was orchestrated by the wonderful Paul Francis at Zealot.
I dragged my Brother along for the ride and when we got there we were met by what seemed like hundreds … [read more]Unearthing MySpace Gems
Another special edition of Unearthing MySpace Gems for you this week. All of this week’s pages belong to the Stunning Models on Display label out of New York. Just a quick reminder on how this weekly feature works; all have had less than 10,000 page-views. If you know of any artists on MySpace, with less than that many page-views, that you think I should feature, please let me know. You can either email me to the address at the left, or send me a message … [read more]