Last night was the yearly Kingsize gala in Stockholm, Sweden celebrating HipHop, Soul, R&B and it’s surrounding culture. We’re happy that three of our artists together claimed 4 prices at the event. Timbuktu won best live of the year as well as the Kingsize artist price for his work against racism. Bad Taste Events artists A$AP Rocky won best international album for “Long. Live. ASAP” and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won best international music video for the track “Can’t Hold Us”
Month: February 2014
Grieves to Scandinavia in April
It is with great joy we can announce that Grieves is coming back to Scandinavia for a bunch of shows at the end of april this year.
In the past few years he has built up a reputation of being one of the best performers within the indenpendet hiphop scene and with his past album “Together/Apart” released in 2011 through Rhymesayers he finally made a break through in the European market. With previous shows at Roskilde, Peace & Love and Malmöfestivalen he is now stepping in to the club scene with his first headline tour in Scandinavia, playing in Århus, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.
April 20th – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
April 22nd – Oslo, Sawol
April 23rd – Stockholm, Stacken (Nalen)
On March 25th his new album “Winter & The Wolves” will be released, but you can already get a sneak peak of his single “Shreds” on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/grieves-shreds or via Spotify here: http://open.spotify.com/track/0Y69GGIsaslupJZSFaNhH1
www.twitter.com/grievesmusic / www.instagram.com/grieves
A$AP Ferg ready for Slottsfjell
The unpredictable rapper A$AP Ferg from the A$AP mob is finally making his way to Norway and is playing at the Slottsfjell festival in July this summer. Check out his video for “Hood Pope” and get your tickets to the festival!
Danko Jones – GARAGE ROCK!
We’re happy to announce “Danko Jones – GARAGE ROCK! – A COLLECTION OF LOST SONGS FROM 1996 – 1998”.
Contains lost tracks recorded in Toronto, New York and Washington DC between 1996 and 1998. Released on Vinyl, CD and stream/download on April 4th. Pre order now at: http://www.dankojones.com/
“If a band continues past the gesticulation stage, the term “Garage Rock” is usually rendered unusable. Back in the 90′s,the Garage Rock scene, as I knew it, was a warts-and-all approach that favoured low-fi recordings and rudimentary playing over any modicum of musical prowess in order to glean some Rock N’ Roll essence. However, once a band got better at their instruments, songwriting and stage performance, the inevitable crossroads would eventually appear. Deliberately continuing to play against their growing skill would only evolve into a pose. There were a lot of bands who did exactly this in order to sustain scenester favour. We did the opposite.
What you hold in your hands is a document of what we were and where we came from. We didn’t know how to write songs and could barely play but we wanted to be near to the music we loved so badly. We ate, slept and drank this music. We still do. That’s why we have never had to reunite because we’ve never broken up. After 18 years, we’ve stayed the course, got tough when the going did and, above all else, we have never stopped. This album is the proof.”
-Danko Jones
Joey Bada$$ to Way Out West
Joey Bada$$ is set to play Way Out West in Gothenburg, Sweden this summer. Heading back to Scandinavia after last years successful shows at Tromöja and Roskilde Festival this Brooklyn native will surly prove his worth on stage.
A$AP Ferg to play Roskilde
A$AP Ferg is coming to Roskilde 2014. The rising star from the notorious A$AP mob is making his first appearance at the danish festival this summer so you better get ready for this Harlem native to take the stage, we can’t wait!
Shadow Shadow featured on Fader
Shadow Shadow were just featured on Fader. Their album Riviera came out last year but is finally being released physically and making its debut in the US. We are happy to share this innovative release through our distribution network, don’t forget to check out the article and listen to the single “Kill Screen”.
