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Album review
Rod Taylor - Where is Your Love Mankind - Greensleeves (2007) (originally released in 1980)
To judge this album outside of the era it was
produced in is foolish. First released in 1980, it has all the elements
of a legend in the making;...
Album review
Chanter Promo CD
Residing in East London, Chanter uses a chatty hip-hop MC style of
medium to fast pace flow. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this CD and
recommend you visit the links below.
The beats and riddims...
Album review
Sweet & Irie - Localize It - Dawn Raid (2009)
While Big Youth was in Aotearoa, at Soundsplash '06, he stated that
"Reggae is a seed that we planted and now this tree is bearing fruit."
Here
in the Pacific and specifically Aotearoa...
Album review
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People Lazers Do - Downtown/Mad Decent (2009)
Major Lazer is a red-beret wearing, microphone-ammo-belt sporting, rocket-powered hover-board riding Jamaican commando
who lost his right forearm in a secret zombie war...
Album review
Johnny Ringo - Dancehall Legend - Musical Ambassador (2007)
Bradley Miller, aka Johnny Ringo, was
one of many talented deejays to rise to prominence during the dancehall
revolution that swept over Kingston's sound systems in the early...
Event review
Reggae Spectacular, Friday 31 July 2009 @ San Fran Bath House, WGTN
I arrived to a reasonable-sized crowd at the San Fran and as the night progressed numbers picked up but there was still enough room to dance around, a nice change to...
Album review
Jesse Jahmal - The Peoples Sound Mix (2009)
The Peoples Sound - Mix Tape
Vol. 1 is the first in what must be intended as a line of mixes from
expat selector Jesse Jahmal aka DJ Jumble, now resident in Melbourne.
Jesse seems to have...
Album review
The Merry Poppins - Inspector Maloso - Scream Records (2009)
Hailing from Austria, The Merry Poppins' second album, Inspector Maloso, provided lively entertaining listening. It appears the band have fashioned themselves on playing and...
Event review
Katchafire, Saturday 11 July 2009 @ San Fran Bath House, WGTN
I don't think I need to give any background info on these guys, everyone knows them and what they are about, and if you don't then...where have you been? These guys have...
Event review
Dub Echoes Auckland Premier Screening, Friday 17 July 2009 @ Galatos, AKLD
Thanks to all Auckland massive who attended the Dub Echoes screening and after-party and big ups to partners and sponsors for making it possible - Reel Brazil, Base FM,...