With Grenfell Tower still bowling us over, here’s a track from late 2016 that captures some of the raw rage of a divided London. It’s from Jammz and was put on his I Am Grime label. It’s essentially a refix of Scott Garcia’s 1997 UK garage classic It’s A London Thing. While the original bumped along with a good time swagger, Jammz flips the mood on this one to dish some reality … Read More
What’s London?
Manchester’s LEVELZ roll into town this weekend for their Irish debut. No hype needed here – you know the score, huge stage swagger and pulling sounds from the bassier end of the spectrum to match. They just dropped an intense 15 minute blast for Radio 1Xtra and are hitting up The Wiley Fox on Saturday with an army of Irish support. Beardy had this exchange with some of the … Read More
Get Rowdy.
Levelz return with a new video for that Rowdy Badd track from their last mixtape. It’s a playful track that leaves us longing for those loaded messy summer evenings to come. Full of vibe. Give it a whirl.
They’re Serious.
It got a little hectic as usual last night with @RusanganoFamily @GodKnowsRF @MuRliMuRl @mynameisjOhann ?? pic.twitter.com/lvwLl4PC57 — Stevie G (@StevieGrainger) April 9, 2016 Here’s Rusangano Family whipping it up in Cork last night with their track Run. Captured here for Twitter by Cork DJ Stevie G. Tonight they’re in the Sugar Club launching their new album. It’s called Let The Dead Bury The Dead and is getting some serious … Read More
Non-National With An Attitude.
Fresh action straight outta Shannonside via The Russangano Family. The above video for their latest anthemic banger Lights On was directed by Steve Hall and conceived by Blindboyboatclub. You might know him as the shopping bag wearing wise man of the Rubberbandits. It’s a song that name checks grime stalwarts JME, Wiley and local Limerick legends Give A Man A Kick. Not too often that happens in the same few … Read More
rabble’s Bloc Rocking Beats.
Above: That time again folks, when an army of invading dance music fans take over Butlin’s in Minehead and go for it three days straight. I hope your name’s not down for any chalet deposits? We’ve been saving up our not giving into FOMO points for a fair few weeks now and are getting damn excited about the impending last ever Bloc Weekend at the Butlin’s Minehead resort. Here’s … Read More
Another LEVELZ.
Manchester’s bass quaking LEVLZ crew burst out of no where last year with some stunning shows and whopper tracks. They’re back again with a mixtape on a solid party flex. Ever versatile, they’re fresh from gaining some serious eyeballs after meting out swift justice to the Elastic Artists booking agency after it went silent on pay outs. Cop it over on Bandcamp. That Rowdy Badd one is stuck on a … Read More
Get Down Off That Roof!
There’s Lady Grew alongside Takeishi and the Kid up on a roof. At least it looks like a roof. The pair perform her new single Pep Talk. It’s lifted from her latest show Hooker P.I. It won the Fringe of the Fringe Award at the San Diego International Fringe Festival and was also nominated for the Judge’s Choice Award at the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival. Now get down before you … Read More
#rabbleReels: Slimzee Vision.
This new documentary just landed about grime legend DJ Slimzee. He famously received an ASBO for his pirate radio activities, banning him from any roof above four storeys. Slimzee was central to the establishment of RinseFm and a whole tonne of other shit. Rollo Jackson’s videography is a bit distracting with your brain “shouting hold the fucking camera steady dude, it’s a music doc not another shit sequel to the … Read More