Catch the latest mix from the Boiler Room crew, as just dropped this past March 31st. Recorded by Boiler Room founder from Thris Tian (aka Thristian Richards), the team decided to record the set in the original 2010 London location to celebrate the highly regarded series’ 4th Anniversary. Heading back to the location where the Boiler Room got […]


17 Oct
370+ releases & counting for the LA indie hip-hop & soul label

Anybody who even moderately pays attention to music knows how difficult it is to survive as an independent label nowadays — the shit is brutal. What’s even harder is surviving when you’re uncompromising about your product, discriminating with your roster and meticulous about your craft. Such is the case with Los Angeles’ Stones Throw Records, […]


11 Oct
Freddie Gibbs, Quasimoto & J Rocc melt Hip-Hop & audio drama

At the end of last year we posted Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s Thuggin’ EP, and previewed their much anticipated album together. Well now the duo are hitting Europe for a quick “Medicine Show 2012” Tour sponsored by Carhartt, which started last night in Frankfurt and continues with a show tonight in Berlin (peep the flyer […]


31 Oct
A tribute to one of the most sampled men in music history

On Thursday and Friday November 17 & 18 what looks to be an amazing event is going down in Los Angeles at Exchange LA. In a well named tribute to the great Roy Ayers, Homage is taking place with Pete Rock turntabling live with soul & funk legend Ayers and his band. One of the most […]


6 Oct
From soul, jazz, cumbia & hip-hop to electronic & dub

A great funk/soul mix of the best music culled from the catalog of Quantic (aka Will Holland). All of Quantic’s varied styles are represented in the robust 40-minute mix — from jazz, cumbia and hip-hop to electronic and dub — expertly blended by Stones Throw’s J.Rocc: “Twelve albums later and Quantic has a vast discography; funky, […]