Before I get into this – does anyone else think that Canblaster looks like Paul Dano? Seriously though. Dude has been on some futuristic ’ish for some time now. He’s just put out the Master of Complication EP on Nightshifters, and if you ever imagined what would happen if he took all the different ideas […]
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Between releasing another one of his mindblowingly mindfuck videos, the announcement of his second album release on XL Recordings, omitting the comma from his alias, reaching ridiculous statistics on iTunes and YouTube and more of that exciting jazz, Tyler the Creator has a lot going on for him right now. Yonkers is getting well-deserved recognition […]
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The first mixtape by The Jealous Guys dropped earlier today, and it’s as good as we thought it would be. Released on Valentines day with the appropriate title “The Love Mixtape”, they earned wings with an hour of Bay Area hip-hop above par. There are fifteen tracks included for your listening pleasure, and two interludes […]
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I wish I could say I’ve been following the Cunninlynguists since their debut album, “Will Rap For Food” dropped in 2001 but I was woefully ignorant until a friends girlfriend linked me to “Seasons” five or six years ago. I’ve changed a bit since then and they have too. Kno’s production is smoother, generally a […]
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Now we here at TRUANTS are major fans of Super Recordings having mentioned and posted about their releases on a number of occasions so it’s always a pleasure to find emails from them in my inbox. The 4th release on their label comes as a debut from London producer Photomachine whom you may have previously […]
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Main Attrakionz are a hip-hop duo hailing from Oakland that have been active since their Middle School days and consist of the very talented MondreM.A.N and Squadda B. The self proclaimed “best duo ever” have been on constant rotation since I came across the video for ‘Legion Of Doom‘ a few months ago. The beat […]
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It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and we’ve got our hands on a fairly appropriate track to kick off Sunday’s Best with. No depressed Drizzies doing their “Fall For Your Type” thing that is, or lascivious Robin Thickes singing about sex therapy. Although I am tempted to turn this into a collection of cheesy R&B tracks, we […]
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The first time I heard of The Dirtbombs was when I was making a film in my final year of university. Ironically, despite four years of Film Studies, the only film I directed myself was for a course in the Drama department. The film was a non-linear narrative which in short was about a guy […]
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How obvious is it to write about a certain Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, better known as Para One? I know he’s no stranger to most of you but he’s just got a Soundcloud account and in the spirit of awesomeness that sums him up he’s given away some free tracks. First of all is Gum. This […]
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With Ice Cube they ain’t no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do the Sunday’s Best. Then let’s do the Sunday’s Best. The first tune is an edit by Kingdom of Jim Jones’ “Cinderella“. Jim Jones (not that one) was the is one of the creators of The Diplomats, […]
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At the very end of February, the Californian duo Rainbow Arabia is releasing their debut full length through Cologne imprint Kompakt. Putting stamps on music has never been a hobby of ours, but the inspiration they draw from world music as labeled ~ethnotronica~ by some of the genre adventurers, matches well with the ~tribal touch~ Nguzunguzu possesses. It is no secret that […]
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I’ve been waiting for some new stuff from Dances With White Girls for a minute. His latest offering comes with the straight-to-the-point title of Get That Ass Up, and it’s straight up thug house. Spiralling sirens, brain-melting synths and aggressive claps, it’s like a violent ghetto vision of Marc Houle’s Bay of Figs. Lately he’s […]
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