Interview: IamSu! Jon Simmons April 14, 2015t 25 years old, Bay Area native IamSu! (Sudan Williams) has already collaborated with rappers like 50 Cent, Too $hort,...
Local Spotlight: Amy & The Engine Beth Hutchings March 18, 2015“They’re my engine. They propel me forward and make everything possible,” singer-songwriter Amy Allen said of her supporting band. Bright and bubbly,...
Cymbal: Music Discovery Powered By Your Friends Tom Dillon March 16, 2015Music discovery is desperately in need of simplification. In the quest to stay on the pulse of the best new...
Interview: Slum Village Jon Simmons March 9, 2015 Dilla’s beats are like ancient pottery—handspun, imperfect, each a vessel of history that demands preservation. It’s true—when most people hear...
Interview: Catfish and the Bottlemen Knar Bedian March 4, 2015By now, Van McCann, lead singer of Catfish and the Bottlemen, is probably used to being pelted with questions. Names...
Leedz Edutainment: Meet Ned Wellbery, Boston’s Hip-Hop CEO Jon Simmons February 18, 2015When Ned Wellbery started Leedz Edutainment—his hip-hop promotions company—in 2004, he sold cellphones and handed out flyers on the side...
Interview: Aesop Rock Jon Simmons February 10, 2015apper Aesop Rock (Ian Bavitz) knows words. Since the mid-90’s he has shaped his signature style, cramming verses full of words like...
Local Spotlight: ANIMA! Anastasia Antonova February 4, 2015 In the 70’s, Be Here Now was the counter-culture bible, a bestselling book on personal spirituality by Western-born yogi Ram Dass....
The Hip Hop Transformation Jon Simmons January 29, 2015Be a father, if not, why bother, son? / A boy can make ’em, but a man can raise one....
Interview: Big K.R.I.T. Jon Simmons January 15, 2015hen he’s not collaborating with other rap stars like Rick Ross, A$AP Ferg, and Ludacris, Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T. is playing...
