Here Comes the Bloom: Timothy Bloom Takes Hip-Hop to the Sock-Hop
More sock-hop than hip-hop, soulster Timothy Bloom does a stunning '50s revamp on contemporary R&B.
Hidden Treasures
When Kontagious Was Shaken, Not Stirred
Koray Fuat, formerly of UK band Kontagious, recounts how the band's briefly ubiquitous single "Shake It Up" shook things up in London's hip-hop underground for a short while.
Speak of the Blue Devil: The Moody Grooves of Andy Kayes
Andy Kayes' latest album of mercurial hip-hop finds the rapper putting the boom back in boom bap, one beat at a time.
The Clash Album That Never Was: ‘Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg’
Even in bootleg form, the Clash’s Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg stands as one of the most daring, fearless, idiosyncratic recordings ever put on tape by a major recording artist.