Rap & Hip-Hop

Shape of Broad Minds album out

I wrote about the Shape of Broad Minds hip-hop group last month which features producer…

Spank Rock get dirty(ier)

That’s the cover of Spank Rock and Benny Blanco’s 2 Live Crew inspired Bangers &…

Electric Picnic – My ruff guide..

A few people have asked for my recommendations for this years festival so I’ll try…

Nosaj Thing remix

Back in March, I featured Nosaj Thing who makes some pretty splendid beats out of…

Imposter of MF Doom!

A current rumour going around the interweb, is that hip-hop supervillain MF Doom has been…

El-P returns to Dublin to play Cargo

Tucked away in the listings section of the Pod website is the announcement that El-P…

New Aesop Rock – Citronella

Another preview from Aesop Rock’s forthcoming None Shall Pass out August 28th. “Citronella” features The…

Jimmy Aaja!

I’ll assume you’ve all seen the new video for “Jimmy” by MIA by now. When…

The Go! Team – My World

Promo video for the Go! Team’s fantastic new album Proof of Youth featuring the instrumental…

10 reasons why this is the best video ever (this week)

Our housemate Amy showed us this video yesterday. It is probably the best music video…

Hip Hop ain’t dead.. here’s proof

All the good hip hop these days is in the control of the producers, hence…

For fans of MIA…Santogold

Standing beside her in the photo is Santogold, a Brooklyn based artist who draws from…

Album quick review roundup

Sometimes I’m too busy to give music the attention it deserves. So with that in…

New Go! Team featuring Chuck D

Head over to Prefix to hear “Flashlight Fight” from the forthcoming Go! Team album out…

WTF? Will Oldham & Kanye West?

Yep. Will Oldham appears in Kanye’s other video for “Can’t tell me Nothing” alongside comedian…

CD Giveaway: 2 Tall, Dudley Perkins & Georgia Ann Muldrow

CD (and t-shirt) giveaway time! I’ve got copies of Beautiful Mindz the collaborative LP from…

Buck 65 live in Dublin

I hate The Hub. It really shouldn’t qualify as a venue at all. It’s got…

Podcast #5 – July 07

Natasha Khan aka Bat for Lashes lazing on a sunny afternoon courtesy of Lee Shearman.…

Beat Konducta in India video

Nice promo video for Madlib’s forthcoming “Beat Konducta in India” series. And it has that…

Pharoahe Monch live in Tripod, plays U2

I’m being spoiled. So far this year I’ve seen brilliant hip hop shows from El-P,…