Been looking forward to this one even though I’m still listening to his #PhilAdeFriday tape. DMV area rapper, Phil Ade, has let a few leaks off of this tape go such as “Incense” ft. Mac Miller and 2 Sunny Norway produced tracks in “Monte Carlo Dreams” and “Cloud 9″ ft. GLC and Tracie Josephine. This...
We live in an era where technology has made it entirely too simple for anyone to make a song. In our line of work we get to see the best and worst. Sometimes I feel like people treat the RH inbox like those fishbowls at a Denny’s host stand that people throw business cards in...
As DJ Shadow readies his new LP, The Less You Know The Better due September 5th, he has been hitting the festival scene heavy polishing an already flawless live set, and creating music that just sounds Bigger. Today The 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival artist, put those actions to display with, “I Am Excited” Featuring African...
After a long and glorious holiday weekend in Chicago, the scene was in full flight this week with a little bit of a shortened workload. This edition of Local Sounds includes a healthy dosage of news, tidbits, and music from a wide array of local artists including, The Cool Kids, Kidz In The Hall, Vic...
In the second week of Local Sounds (a weekly roundup of news and highlights on windy city music) We have news, tidbits, visuals, and mp3′s from Mathien, GLC, YP, Kids These Days, Sir Michael Rocks, MC ADaD, GLC, Freddie Gibbs, Their Ocean, Thelonious Martin + More. News and Notes From The Windy City…. GLC is...
Re-Issues are always fun, and as time goes by, some of the newer classics are beginning to garner re-issue status with remastered tracks, extended liner-notes, b-sides and more. Last week Nirvana and U2 both made re-issue news, which followed previous re-releases from 90′s staples such as Pearl Jam. Going back into my own collection of...
Chicago’s music scene is deep. Deep like our pizza. Deep like Lake Michigan. Deep like… well, you get it. In the same way that Local Threads highlights Chicago’s clothing scene, Local Sounds is a weekly roundup of news and highlights on windy city music. Check out the first edition with news, tidbits, music, and videos...
Sir Michael Rocks gives us another video from his solo mixtape, The Rocks Report. Here we have visuals for “Livin’ It Up” feat Trademark Da Skydiver. The video was directed by Mani and J of the Brainiac Camp, with Hebru Brantley supplying the artwork. Dig it below.
I remember the first time I saw the music video for “Battle Cry” by The Primeridian. It was a hot afternoon, and like many afternoons, I turned to The Box. It’s too bad that the Box doesn’t exist anymore, and that the youth of today don’t know the sheer awesomeness of that channel and the...
We return with a new edition of in The RH Radio, bringing you our favorite tracks to recently hit the internets. We slim the pickings with new music from The Beastie Boys, Curren$y and Freddie Gibbs, The Weeknd, Adele, and more. Partake in the goodness after the jump.
