Arriving at Leazes Park for the first ever Tower Fest I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Getting people to hip-hop events in Newcastle is difficult at the best of times, never mind when you’re […]
Category: Reviews
Artist of the Week – P Money (#31)
After blowing the roof off the 02 Academy Newcastle last Friday with a mosh pit inciting set, UK grime legend P Money is this week’s Artist of the Week. Active since the early 2000’s in […]
Live Review: Kamakaze, TGF & NE Dons @ World Headquarters, Newcastle | 20.7.18
Asylum Events’ biggest gig to date saw one of the fastest rising grime emcees in the country, Kamakaze, come to WHQ Newcastle last weekend. After an hour of heavy beats and sharp mixing, courtesy of […]
Live Review: OUTofthecrowd: Hip-Hop Expo @ Barca Art Bar, Tynemouth
Live music co-ordinator Sam Wright is no stranger to putting on exciting live music showcases across the North East, spotlighting some of the best local musicians in the region. His latest offering, the ‘OUTofthecrowd: Hip-Hop […]
EP Review: ‘I AM YOU’ – Shakk
After three years behind the scenes, still writing but keeping his music to himself, Teesside rapper Shakk finally decided that it was time to make a comeback, reinvent himself and in turn take the North […]
Denzel Curry takes shots at the industry on new single “Percs”
Since breaking into the mainstream hip-hop psyche back in 2015 with his viral hit and biggest meme of the year “Ultimate”, Denzel Curry has continued to cultivate a strong cult following, dropping his extremely impressive […]
Live Review: Naughty40 & Reali-T Present ‘Still Tuned?’
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that I have missed Arch Sixteen Cafe. The intimate venue just off the High Level Bridge in Gateshead has become a cultural hub for hip-hop in the North […]
Album Review: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Lost in the serenity of an L.A studio, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino allures one into a grandiose futuristic headspace as Turner chaperones us through a cosmic recluse. Back in 2006 as the Arctic Monkeys […]
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