--- - |- The best hip-hop group in Australia, Hermitude, will be delivering their third LP, Threads, later this month on Elefant Traks. As a pre-cursor to that highly anticipated release, I have for you today a sneaky glance at one of the new tracks from messrs Luke Dubbs and El Gusto, aka: Hermitude. Slychain is a chilled [...] ~~- Hermitude
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In 2007 a little known album on the Audio 8 record label crash landed into my Album Of The Year blog post. That album was Orange by Juba Dance. Benjamin Lamar and Polyphonic the Verbose are the duo that make up Juba Dance, and what they create is tough to pinpoint and describe. [...]~~
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Unless you've been living under a rock, then you will no doubt have been eagerly anticipating the new Roots Manuva LP Slime & Reason just as much as I have. Officially out on 1st September on Big Dada, but emphatically reviewed right here on Jus Like Music and right now. Since appearing on the Blak [...]
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Exclusive new video from LOUD.com for the track The Perfect Beat from Talib Kweli's 2007 LP Eardrum. The video features the legendary KRS-ONE and the footage was recorded during a recent performance at the Shrine Auditorium in LA. It's a banger of a track from Talib Kweli and it has a hint of that old [...]~~
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Volume 26 of the Jus Like Music Podcast has literally just dropped! A wide selection of the finest tracks that have been encroaching on JLM ears recently. Mostly new tracks with a pinch of classic or overlooked. All class, either way. I was under the impression that if you read this blog, then [...]~~
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Thought I'd give it a minute to digest around this wonderful musical society we live in before finally divulging my words on Love To Make Music To by Daedelus. And now that minute has passed. Daedelus' third full LP on Ninja Tune dropped the other month and did, as predicted, cause a bit [...]~~
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Today I have something special to share with you exclusively. A brand new track, called I Feel The Weight, from Jon Kennedy's upcoming new LP, 14, due out this year on the US label Organik Recordings. 14 will be out in the not-so-distant future and will be available on double white vinyl, download and CD. [...]~~
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R.I.P. Isaac Hayes. Born in August 1942, Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was a soul legend. In modern culture he will be remembered for his soundtrack to the iconic blaxploitation movie, Shaft, and also his long running part as the voice of Chef in the TV show South Park. Isaac was found unconscious [...]~~
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New video for the Cut Chemist track (My 1st) Big Break, taken from his 2006 debut LP The Audience's Listening. Cut Chemist gave us one of the best LPs of 2006 and now you get to enjoy the first music video ever shot entirely with a panoramic lens - created by the crew at [...]~~
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Recently I featured the new single from The Bamboos, a cover of King Of The Rodeo by Kings Of Leon. Well, here is the fancy new video to accompany said track. Nicely done too! The track features the incredible Megan Washington, and the b-side to the single is a track called Can't [...]~~
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Neil Cowley is a well respected jazz pianist who has been in the game for quite some time, just under various guises and with various groups. He even appeared on the recent Adele album, 19. But, fresh off winning last years' BBC Jazz Award for best album - which was for Displaced - The Neil [...]~~
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--- - |- Wax Poetics Records presents an immense re-issue of 1974's Rhythm and Blues by Melvyn Price, out now on 180g vinyl and CD. Melvyn Price, although a Michigan native, made his mark as a musician in Europe - namely Sweden. A vastly talented conguero and trombonist, he began his musical journey in marching bands [...] ~~- Melvyn Price
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--- - |- Last month I wrote about the first in a new series of EPs that Mr. Scruff was putting out on his Ninja Tuna venture through Ninja Tune. Well here is the second installment in the series; Kalimba & Give Up To Get. Kalimba is the shorter of the two tracks and a cracker of a [...] ~~- Mr. Scruff
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--- - |- It could be pure coincidence that on the same day that Kings Of Leon decide to release their first single, Crawl, for free on the web from the upcoming new LP, Only By The Night, that I should receive news from those good people at Tru Thoughts telling me that The Bamboos' first single from [...] ~~- Kings of Leon
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--- - |- If you go down to where the Elephants roam about their Castle (Corsica Studios) on 30th June, not only will you catch Infinite Livez, but I have it on good authority that a certain Rodney Smith (aka Roots Manuva) will be there too! A Big Dada extravaganza, if you will. Tickets are just [...] ~~- Infinite Livez
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--- - |- Unless you know The Natural Yogurt Band personally, then the chances are the only info you will be able to find about them is via a Jazzman Records press release for their debut LP Away With Melancholy. And to quote that press release; "The cd they sent was accompanied by no credentials. There was [...] ~~- The Natural Yogurt Band
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--- - |- Oh gosh, oh my… more sweetness from the Stones Throw guys! Still sweating on that definitive follow up to 2004's Madvillainy LP by Messrs Madlib and MF DOOM? Well keep sweating, but whilst you are sweating, why not indulge a little and drop US$124.99 plus shipping on this incredible new boxset. Madvillainy 2: The Box is [...] ~~- MF Doom
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--- - |- Chicago native Radius recently dropped his debut LP on The Secret Life Of Sound - a label you may remember from my Invisible Superstars feature a while back. The Radius LP is called Neighborhood Suicide and it's a kick in the tits for all those that think they've heard it all before where instrumental [...] ~~- Radius
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--- - |- Video to the new Roots Manuva single Again & Again, taken from his upcoming album Slime & Reason (out September!). Speaking of which, I received my advance copy of Slime & Reason from those good guys at Big Dada last Friday. Gave it a good listening to over the weekend and it is hot stuff [...] ~~- Roots Manuva
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--- - |- Natural Self is without a doubt one of my favourite producers. His ability to shape and manipulate the bass elements throughout his creations is unique, he is the percussive demon. A prolific DJ and fine purveyor of genres from hip-hop through to funk, Natural Self is the unsung hero of the independent British [...] ~~- Natural Self
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