One of the spaced out long-time affiliate of the Das Racist crew, Russian-born emcee Lakutis, dropped his debut mixtape I’m In The Forest today (on Greedhead/Mishka). If you dig the highly articulate, highly leftfield, slightly disturbed rap antics of the Das Racist trio (peep their “Michael Jackson” video) than Lakutis will be sure to tickle […]

Only a few months after The Cool Kids dropped their long anticipated debut long player, When Fish Ride Bicycles, one-half of the The Kids — Sir Michael Rocks — releases his brand new solo mixtape for the wolrd to hear. Premier Politics takes the signature golden era boom-bap style of the Chicago denizens but gives […]

It’s been a long minute since we’ve been treated to new DJ Shadow music, and this is the first single cut from his The Less You Know The Better album which drops September 26th, 2011. The video for “I’m Excited” features Afrikan Boy on vocals, and seems to have a very Major Lazer tinge to […]

The inimitable Bang Gang DJs return with an EP of Bumblebeez tracks recorded at their infamous house of debauchery, known affectionately as the Duxford in Paddington, Sydney. I was lucky enough to stay there a couple nights (Gus da Hoodrat was a very generous host) and I can honestly say I’m lucky to have made […]

A crazy anecdote by famed director Werner Herzog and his chance encounter with Joaquin Phoenix…who he saves from an upside down car crash. Maybe all that stuff about Joaquin being loose canon rapper, as portrayed in the I’m Still Here film, isn’t all just an act — maybe homeboy totally does have a very large […]