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Irish boy summer

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 by Archie Forde

A new Irish scene is trying to create a distinctly local culture against a backdrop of club closures and a history of persecution.

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 by Solomon Adams

The UK rapper enlightens us on high fashion, his poisons of choice, and his place within London’s underground music scene.

June 12, 2024 by Kieran Press-Reynolds

KPR reports back from Nettspend’s dizzying show at the Knitting Factory.

How you making lists with no passion?

May 13, 2024November 23, 2023 by Mano Sundaresan and Millan Verma

Internet rap is reaching such a level of cranked-up cacophony that even the ostensible mainstream feels avant-garde.

September 15, 2023 by Mano Sundaresan

What more do you need to know.

August 29, 2023 by Mano Sundaresan

quinn talks about her recent tapes, rejoining Novagang, witnessing a new wave of the underground and more.

May 21, 2024May 30, 2023 by Mano Sundaresan and Millan Verma

We took a trip to Yodieland.

June 5, 2023April 25, 2023 by Mano Sundaresan and Millan Verma

We talk to Matt Ox’s mom about his days as a dancer in Dollar Boyz.

Featuring reviews of the R.A.P. Ferreira album ‘5 to the Eye with Stars,’ a Xaviersobased show and the music of 7Nightz and Sayako.