Album titles are a complex business. Some are relatively simple, hinting at what you’ll find on the album (The Drums’ 80s pop inspired Summertime EP, for example, the perfect soundtrack for messing around in the sun); some are nothing more than witty comments from the band (such as Arctic Monkeys’ […]

ASAP Rocky exploded onto the rap scene in the summer of 2011, with his two music videos ‘Peso’ and ‘Purple Swag’ racking up millions of hits on YouTube. Due to the huge amount of hype and excitement created by these internet tracks, he landed a $3 million record deal. Live.Love.A$AP […]

It has been a good year for 2 Chainz. Musically active since the mid 90’s, his previous ‘Tity Boi’ stage name proved to be a hindrance, while his Playaz Circle group attained middling success through the early 2000’s. A quick change of moniker and Tauheed Epps has suddenly become one of […]

So Green Day have been pretty generous with their new material lately. First we had “Oh Love”, then “Let Yourself Go”, which was a much welcomed return to the Green day of old, and now we have “Kill The D.J.” which is probably the best release from the new album […]

There are few more polarising figures in the world of hip hop than Rick Ross. Some see him as a fraudulent, pathological liar occupying a false position at the head of the hip hop table while others admire his quality output, unafraid to praise the self proclaimed ‘Bawse’ of the […]

Frank Ocean is the new RnB and a talent who challenges perception, presumption and definition. While his major-label debut channel ORANGE is a party of rhythm and his voice hollers in prayer with stories of love and despair (in the first sighting of blues in modern urban music since ‘No […]

In August 2011, Nas released ‘Nasty’ as the lead single for his new project Life Is Good. The track showcased a veteran rapper still hungry to demonstrate his skills; the freewheeling, hook-less virtuoso performance reminding listeners of an artist still desperate to top the classic Illmatic. Then all went quiet. Fans had to […]

  A day cannot be bad when you’re woken up with Franz Ferdinand’s Ulysses in full swing at half nine in the morning. This accidental alarm clock makes the few days camping in Zagreb’s scorching heat all worthwhile. It is the seventh year of the INmusic Festival held at lake Jarun on the […]