If I use a handful of words to describe La Si Dah, they are “diverse,” “personal” and “catchy-as-hell!” The record features three instrumental tracks, two covers and a diverse mix...
Hybrid is the true definition of Relentless. Thrive is able to put together an album that has a very adaptive rhythm and blues element, mixed in with a classical reggae vibe that...
While pulsating their vintage Latin alternative sound, Fayuca gives their audience a ten track album that sticks more with a punk rock, then reggaetone performance. The trio goes...
Just like the band, this album is a mixed bag of treats that tastes like twelve different flavors. With plenty of features from artists such as Smally, Jeff Richie, Chris King...
There exist a certain class of entertainer-celebrities whose every move represents a significant addition to their brand. Their ability to produce interesting or exciting music...
“Reincarnated” is an attempt by Snoop Lion to transform himself from the gun-touting, violence-condoning, ho-slapping, gin-and-juice drinking gangsta rapper, to the anti-violence...
For this eclectic solo debut., On-u Sound wizard Adrian Sherwood assembled a stellar cast of collaborators -- production maestros Sly & Robbie, hot young Jamaican dancehall...
The definitive, remastered 35th anniversary edition of Kaya ! Features the classics, "Is This Love", "Sun Is Shining", "Time Will Tell" and "Satisfy My Soul". Includes the non-LP...
You’d think it would be easy to write off Walk Off The Earth as some hippie folk band, but there is nothing easy about them. Although the band gained popularity after covering...
Serengeti has often tended towards extreme sadness in his music-- on his last record C.A.R., David Cohn ended one song by desperately screaming, "We're not immortal" over and over...
In many ways, New Kingston’s latest effort, Kingston University, picks up where the trio’s sophomore album, In The Street, left off. The trio stayed true to their self-described...
As a teenager I worshipped at the altar of Bad Brains. Plenty of lazy after school hours were spent tooling around in a friend’s Honda Acura blasting Black Dots and the immortal...
For the last 20+ years, the Bad Brains have been working against themselves. Dr. Know, Earl Hudson and Darryl Jennifer have continued to pound out punk and metal riffs that snap...
About 12 years ago, I made a forlorn pilgrimage to a Bad Brains reunion show at a small venue in upstate New York that sat in the middle of a mini-mall. On the three-hour van ride...
Considered to be the "holy grail" of punk rock, Bad Brains are one of the definitive American punk groups who garner the same respect as Sex Pistols, Black Flag, The Ramones, and...
The lustful, groovy sounds of Beres Hammond are alive and well with the latest release of One Love, One Life. For an esteemed singing icon and an astute recording artist, a double...
Based in Victoria, B.C., Current Swell has been in the foreground of the "new roots" music front pushing out of Canada's west coast. Thanks in large part to constant touring with...
It’s all in the title—More Specials delivers on everything that made the Specials’ first LP so great. More punk energy, more two-tone ska rhythms, more blending English humor...
I found Dub Discoveries From Version City to be somewhat of an interesting release, combining the skills of several other artists to create an obviously dub heavy compilation. The...
Echo Movement’s visionary musical spirit bred with what some call a “new reggae” metamorphosis is not only a thrill for the ears, but is well endowed as the ultimate mind-twister...
Serengeti provides the hip-hop vocals while label-mates Jel and Odd Nosdam take care of the beats, samples and production. Released on Anticon
There are a couple things that are particularly interesting about the Bad Brains' sixth full-length, God of Love, released in 1995. For one, it served as vocalist HR’s return to...
While much of the chat surrounding Adrian Sherwood's legend has tended towards the scope and deftness-of-touch of his innovative production and remixing work, his output as a solo...
Slightly Stoopid’s Top of the World continues the onward and upward trend within the band members’ musicianship, while bringing the purity and energy of their live shows into the...
Soom T sings over characteristically quirky digi-dub backing-tracks provided by Disrupt. Released in 2010 on the awesome Jahtari label
In Dub Vol.1 is the first in a series of collections of classic, rare and new dub excursions in the Bob Marley and The Wailers catalog. The debut set features ten classic dub...
The instant the album begins, the listener realizes no modifications have been made within Matisyahu’s faith and values, exuding loud and clear within Spark Seeker’s opening track...
Brazilian Dr Luke protégé fails to make "inspirational," "eclectic" novelty act into the Hasidic Katy Perry.
"If you have current songs you can't be an oldies singer," insisted the late, prolific Jamaican singer Sugar Minott. "Oldies are people who've stopped singing and gone on to do...
Sacred Fire was just the beginning; with Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff has launched a full-on comeback. Much like that limited edition EP, Rebirth finds the reggae icon returning to his...
Whether you listen to Jimmy Cliff’s music from the sixties and seventies or in 2012, the different decades of albums could be placed side-by-side and Cliff’s belting voice is...
Once the listener presses play on Pieces, instantly, one will realize this is not your average reggae-rock album. Many bands within this budding genre’s community defy the...
Black Book Diaries, the highly anticipated sophomore album from One Drop, is packed with material that easily feels classic without trying to be. It has a comparable sound to...