Doomtree's singer-songwriter/rap artist Dessa reinterpets her critical acclaimed debutA Badly Broken Code with Castor The Twin out Oct 4th. Her new jump "Beekeeper" heads in a Feist direction. Dessa will be doing an "meet & great" at Electric Fetus next Tues.
Ghana's finest, Minneapolis resident M.anifest off his thoughtful new banger Immigrant Chronicles: Coming To America, out now with a heavy endorsement from Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea "M.anifest is a great MC straight out of Ghana!!! I highly recommend his awesome new record 'Immigrant Chronicles: Coming to America" , get that. Filmed and directed by Wally Agboola Productions, track produced by G-Mo. Check out M.anifest and he joins Honest Jon's with Damon Albarn, Tony Allen and Flea for live dates in Europe.
10-28th -Honest Jon's Chop Up w/ Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen -Cork Jazz Festival 10-29th -Honest Jon's Chop Up w/ Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen -London Barbican 10-30th -Honest Jon's Chop Up w/ Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen -Marseilles 11-1st -Honest Jon's Chop Up w/ Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen -Dublin – Vicars St.
The skateboard rap of Odd Future continues to expand, here Syd The Kid and Odd Future producer Matt Martian form The Internet, for a rather downtempo jump.
Ghana/Minneapolis M.anifest just released his sophomore follow-up to his 2007 debut Manifestations with Immigrant Chronilces: Coming To America. M.anifest has been mad busy in the time since his debut with an excellent mixtape The Birds & The Beats, A.R.M.'s debut 2 Africans & A Jew, with Krukid & Budo. Manifest also developed a relationship with the Gorillaz' s Damon Albarn. M.anifest discuss the new record and Albarn with the Star Tribune's Chris Riemenschneider M.anifest, continental drifter. Immigrant Chronilces: Coming To America record release in Minneapolis tonight.
Manifest Mally I.B.E. DJ Last Word Host: Toki Wright Fineline Sept. 24th
Minneapolis latest mega-collective Marijuana Deathsquads go experimental and abstract horror with cast including Ryan Olson (Gayngs), P.O.S., Har Mar Superstar and Mike Mictlan (Doomtree). via -Brooklyn Vegan
Flying Lotus protege Thundercat goes into slow motion jazz excurions with his interpetation of George Duke's "For Love (I Come Your Friend)". Here Brainfeeder's latest discovery U.K. producer Lapalux reworks the track making it more blisssful. Thundercat also plays bass in Suicidal Tendencies, and has worked with LA's J *Davey and Sa-Ra. Thundercat's jazzy- soaked debut The Golden Age of Apocalypse is out now.
Eight and a Half a new project from Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff featuring Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil from now-defunct Montreal indie the Stills. The first look "Scissors" is very promising, look for a record early 2012.
Minneapolis guitar & drums duo Red Pens return with a brand new 7inch "Next Summer" b/w "I Run This" on 25 Diamonds Records. Red Pens have been called everything from Sonic Youth, to My Bloody Valentine to Jesus & Mary Chain, all of which is so very true, and that's why we love them.
Indie contender in waiting Hanni El Khatib new video for "Come Alive" a sexy tune with the romping guitars of Jon Spencer and the Jack White delivery, which should make El Khatib one to watch.
Villa Rosa the duo of Muja Messiah & Maria Isa make their debut with the 14 track Blue Island Diamond. Villa Rosa's Blue Diamond Island reviewed by Reviler. Villa Rosa allso played 3 tracks "Blindfolded", Leader Of The Pack" and "Watch Out" live on The Current 89.3. via Music For Robots
Villa Rosa Malamanya, Carnage, Mayda Mike The Martyr, DJ's Dan Speak & Simon Birch Host Mally First Ave Sat. 17th
Jon Davis continues releasing experimental new music as Ghostband with a brand new cassette Time Giver. He also has a free remix of "Mongols" by MuxMool.
El Perro Del Mar recording in the UK while the riots were happening, she decided to way in "I felt I needed to say something about the incidents since I feel they speak volumes not only of one society in specific but about the society and time we live in at large. In wait for my upcoming album Pale Fire I give you ‘What Do You Expect’“.
UK minimalist James Blake returns with his latest the Enough Thunder EP, out Oct. 10th. As we all know it features Bon Iver on "Fall Creek Choir" and alongside several new tracks. Check the "radio-rip" of "Not Long Now".
Dallas,TX meets Chicago trio Bodega Brovas with an energy filled clip for "We Got It" off their Fancy Anthrax mixtape mixed by DJ Fisher Pryce on September 13th via HiPNOTT Records before their official HiPNOTT debut, Loaded Guns & Alcohol, in October.
High 5 Collective goes dark on American history with a role-reversal jump set to Kayne West & Jay's "No Church in The Wild" featuring Frank Ocean. West & Jay-Z's Watch The Throne reviewed by Sound Verite others at Reviler.
New video from Andrew Broder's latest project, the indie-centric with Martin Dosh, Mark Erickson and Jeremy Ylvisaker The Cloak Ox. "Prison", which appears on the debut EP from The Cloak Ox, entitled Prisen. Filmed, Directed, and Edited by Isaac Gale in 2011.
Brooklyn's TV On The Radio just played 2 nights at First Ave in Minneapolis, maybe I've seen them too many times, but something felt, same ol, weird. Here's their new clip for "Second Song" ahead of upcoming live ep.
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