Young ass Brooklyn emcee Joey Bada$$ returns to the limelight with the follow up to his debut mixtape from last year, 1999. A bunch of producers got behind the boards of the 17-track Summer Knights mixtape — from living legends like Primo and Alchemist to hot hands like Oddisee, Statik Selektah, Lee Bannon, Kirk Knight […]
2
Jul
Sophomore tape from 18-year-old Brooklyn emcee
4
Sep
Romy Madley-Croft, Oliver Sim & Jamie xx's sophomore album
We’ve kept close tabs on the hyperly anticipated second album from The xx, and its time has (almost) finally arrived. While you’ll have to wait till next week to purchase Coexist via iTunes or Amazon, the fine and awesome folks at NPR have set up the entire album for streaming. Yaye! We’ve previewed as much […]
7
Aug
The second leak from art group's sophomore album "Coexist"
The xx return with the latest track off their hyperly anticipated sophomore album Coexist. “Unchained” continues the Elliot School dropouts’ gorgeous productions, and suggests they have not slipped a note — as much as their first Coexist leak, “Angels” also suggested (peep that video after the jump in case you missed it first time around). […]
18
Jan
First video from sophomore album "Master of My Make Believe"
The great Santigold returns with the first video from her sophomore album Master of My Make Believe. The track, “Big Mouth”, is produced by Switch (one half of Major Lazer with Diplo) and Buraka Som Sistema, which explains the big cosmopolitan beat. Master of My Make Believe is due out this spring on Downtown / […]
24
Oct
French electro duo sophomore album out today
Although Justice’s highly anticipated sophomore effort Audio, Video, Disco was released today (October 24th), NME was kind enough to put the full album up for your listening pleasure. Listen to the full stream below, and if you like what you hear get it for good at iTunes.
8
Sep
The band formerly known as Pivot drop their sophomore album "Church With No Magic" on Warp Records
Australia’s PVT have just released their sophomore album Church With No Magic on the peerless Warp Records. Leftfield, dense with textured sounds and more than a bit deranged, the band formerly known as Pivot have a headlock on damaged techno, for lack of a better term. Amidst all that digital rubble, however, are beautiful layers […]
29
Mar
The 10-year return of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek
It’s been 10 years since Reflection Eternal dropped Train of Thought on the world, and now the duo of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are coming back in April with their much anticipated followup, Revolutions Per Minute. Truth of the matter is, as good as Kweli and Hi-Tek are, 10 years may be a bit too […]
