King Draper: “1992” will have you hanging on every word
You can’t write about underground or independent hip-hop and not write about King Draper. Or at least I seemingly can’t. For the past couple years the man’s been a nearly…
Edgler Vess: “Violet” – Always abstract but never completely outside of his atmosphere
Every album that Edgler Vess releases, breathes with a distinct personality, each a shape-shifting assemblage of personage and programming that sounds more like a kind of miraculous hyperlinked sound collage…
J-Hamz: “I Stack Up Remixes” – a combination of surreal remix innovations
A medical doctor by day, J-Hamz is a classically trained pianist who produces electronic by night. J-Hamz has been featured in various music magazines and radio stations. His “I Stack…
Yung Rose: “I Don’t Need It” – You can’t resist but nod your head along to this joint!
Yung Rose is an underground Hip-hop artist from Ohio who started as an EDM spinner in the group, HUF Boyz. The name Yung Rose has the meaning “Bring Balance to…
Reverse Mechanic: “Cruise Control” – Sheer talent on display!
Reverse Mechanic is a completely independent hip hop artist breakin’ it down in Minneapolis, MN. As a former published poet with a Bachelor’s in creative writing, he has been doing…
Diana Sophia: “Runaway” – thoughtful lyrics and an otherworldly voice
Diana Sophia’s new single “Runaway” sees her push towards a diverse formula to the one she has so successfully been weaving around for years. The talented songstress has decided to…
DAV!D&CLARA: “Do it like you mean it” – The ability to take complex emotions and narratives and distill them into something effortlessly poetic
The mind, as a rational body, is torn between being alone or together, being faithful or not. The mind ultimately facilitates the dissolution and the impropriety. But the heart, in…
Tarot Rats: “3.0” – a sense of power and resonance
“3.0” is the second cannon ball to come out of the powerful artillery known as Tarot Rats, the Kent, UK based rock band – and what a powerful blast of…
Nega Blast X: “We Want to Rock” – a smorgasbord of heavy synth riffs
Nega Blast X is a trance techno industrial music project formed in 2010 by Burbank music arranger and author Dominic R Daniels. Techno, which is all too often the misnomer…
Chris Ellenwood: “Panic Room EP” – an ability to twist and subvert stylistic conventions
The “Panic Room EP” is the kind of record you need a few plays through to fully appreciate. A lot of people are going to sleep on it. Unfortunately. Because…
