Indie Rap
BROCKHAMPTON Unveil Deluxe Edition of Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T04:14:26+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 12:14am ET BROCKHAMPTON have released the deluxe version of their latest album Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine. Stream it now on Apple Music and Spotify. Dropped just two months after the original studio set, the deluxe “plus pack” contains a brand new song titled “Jeremiah (Original)” and three additional songs — “Pressure/Bow Wow”, “Sex”, and “Jeremiah (RMX)” — previously unavailable on digital and streaming. BROCKHAMPTON “opt for introspection over braggadocio and thoughtfulness over arrogance,” our critic Robert Ham wrote of the standard version of the album upon its April release. “But the tone of their sixth full-length and the subject m...
Consequence’s Under the Tracks on Vans’ Channel 66 Celebrates Chicago Indie Labels
On March 22nd, Consequence’s bi-weekly livestream program Under the Tracks returns with a brand new edition on Vans’ Channel 66. Host NNAMDÏ is back at House of Vans Chicago with an episode focusing on the city’s accomplished indie labels. Joining in this week to present their own unique 45-minute DJ sets and chat about The Second City’s record output are journalist Britt Julious and Alexander Fruchter, known in local hip-hop circles as DJ RTC. Julious currently serves as the music critic for The Chicago Tribune, as well as editorial director of Cancer Wellness magazine. She previously edited Vice’s THUMP, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, ELLE, Women’s Health, and Bon Appetit, among other publications. Her work was recognized in 2019 when she recei...
Caleb Giles Announces New Album Meditations, Shares “No Difference”: Stream
Caleb Giles has announced a new album, Meditations, due out October 21st. As a preview, the New York rapper is a sharing fresh single today titled “No Difference”. While Giles moonlights as a saxophonist in the jazz-rap outfit Standing on the Corner, Meditations is entirely his own project and follows solo records Under the Shade (2019) and There Will Be Rain (2018). He hasn’t revealed a tracklist or cover art for it just yet, but we do know that the LP is 28 minutes long and features production from Alexander Spit, Beatnick Dee, Lastnamedavid, Bluezy, and Giles himself. First look “No Difference” is a terrific slice of indie rap that sees Giles rapping tactfully and singing with a composed yet soulful croon. The self-produced beat contains mournful piano lines and a trippy underwater effe...
