Wading through the highest beard to face ratio this side of a lumberjack convention, it’s easy to think of Shoreditch as simply that place where people with fashion sense I will most likely never understand congregate to trade stories of managing to stop their bikes without brakes back to back drinking fresh trade coffee. However, [...]
Three piece hip hop crew Strangelove (Freedom, Chango and Jakaboski) are one of those names that have frustrated me slightly in the past, popping up to deliver ill vibes on various producer EPs and featuring on albums, doing everything to make you want more without actually delivering an EP or album of their own. From [...]
The sun shone over Soho yesterday as record lovers, and music aficionados in general, took to the streets and the vinyl stores to celebrate Record Store Day, an event which grew into a carnival atmosphere as shops turned the speakers designed for the in store DJ sets out to face the roads. The queue, stretching [...]
While young mc’s putting out digital releases these days are a dime a dozen, it’s nice to see those taking themselves seriously and putting the work in with physical product and well thought out releases, so I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my letterbox to find Kosher’s new EP How It Is. An MC/Producer [...]
As the sun slowly starts to poke it’s head through the greys above London, faces get brighter, ladies wear more skin, the gents start to ditch the parkas in favour of lighter wardrobes and, right on queu, North London based clothing company Dephect release perhaps their strongest range yet. Working with a variety of artists [...]
Anyone who’s been to one of the two previous High Focus Birthday nights that were held at Brixton Jamm knows full well the third isn’t to be missed. With the label going from strength to strength over the last year with incredible releases from Jam Baxter, Scissortongue and Fliptrix their upcoming third Birthday celebrations follow [...]
A clear out last week revealed a couple of mysteriously unmarked, undeveloped dusty films hiding away at the back of a draw so, naturally curious, I quickly got them developed to find shots from one of the most crucial days of summer on a Londoner’s calendar; Notting Hill Carnival. More than just a music festival, [...]
Despite the coldest March since whatever ridiculously long ago year the weatherman’s plucked out of the archives, London’s street art contingency has remained busy as ever. A variety of murals popped up, as always centered around East London’s Shoreditch, so here’s some of my favourites. Images pilfered from places such as HookedBlog and UKStreetArt, go [...]
PLEASE NOTE, THIS NIGHT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HAPPENING ON 23RD! Keep an eye on The Doctor’s orders website for details of it’s rearrangement. As well as bringing in Hip Hop royalty from across the pond such as DJ Premier and Jazzy Jeff, it’s nice to see The Doctor’s orders representing [...]
A stalwart of the Uk Hip Hop scene, Cappo’s first release dropped in 1999 and ever since he’s been maintaining a steady work rate and destroying mics not just in his home city Nottingham but all around the country, so it’s fitting that his new EP Un:Programmable Raw starts with the words “Somebody tell em [...]
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