Kenny Dope
What's Going on Saturday?
Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Fiddlehead, Cut Worms, Bilal, Urban Waste, Chrome Waves, and more.
What's Going on Sunday?
Sunday’s NYC-area shows include Jungle Bothers, Pixies, Modest Mouse, The Lox, Tribes of Da Moon day 2, Sloppy Jane, William Tyler, and more.
Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther) launching record label, DJing in Brooklyn this week
Most people know Idris Elba for his acting roles, such as his iconic turn as Stringer Bell in ’The Wire’ or as star of BBC series ’Luther,’ but he is also a musician having released records since the mid-’00s (including a 2015 “character album” based on Luther) and a DJ (he’s opened for Madonna).
Moon Boots has a new single, "Utopia" (listen), playing shows
Brooklyn-based producer Moon Boots continues to drop impressive singles, his latest being “Utopia” with vocalist Janelle Kroll. As we’ve come to expect from him, it’s bouncy sugary pop-house and you can check it out…
Breakbeat Lou (of Ultimate Breaks & Beats) celebrates new mix CD TONIGHT at LPR
Along with partner Lenny Roberts (RIP), Breakbeat Lou put together the Ultimate Breaks and Beats compilations that represent the sonic building blocks of hip-hop – the OG breakbeats discovered by pioneering Bronx DJs back in the day…
Ultimate Breaks & Beats, Gil-Scott Heron & KRS-One shows
“I know you got soul! If you didn’t you wouldn’t be in here”
Hip hop as we know it would NOT exist if it wasn’t for the songs on one of the greatest of all LP compilations, Ultimate Breaks and Beats…
