As relevant as ever… see you all in the New Year
Monthly Archive for December, 2008
I like K’naan, he’s fresh, tells a good story and represents East Africa strong. His blend of Hip Hop, poetry, acapella and African rhythms is unique. I’ve been banging out his last album for the last few months (yea I’m a little late) and am delighted to hear he’s got a new album on the way called Troubador, which is due to drop January 13th. Troubador will feature cameos from Mos Def, Chubb Rock, Damian Marley, and more. Here’s a video for a track called Somalia, it’s not his hottest track but its relevant still…
Seen on okayplayer.com
It’s been a little bit too long since the last podcast but we’ve got something that was well worth the wait. Felix from B-Side Records has put together a lovely little taster of what the B-Side crew gets up to.
Some great down tempo gritty vibes and a couple of tasty mash ups. Download it, post it on your myspace, facebook, do what you want.. enjoy it.
If you like what you hear go to www.bsidebeats.com and download some more great music… for FREE yes!!!
Click the ‘podcasts‘ tab for some more ‘original beats and pieces‘ podcasts.
Aucklandites will be familiar with NZ’s best free gig listing website mukuna.co.nz, well the crew have recently brought their services to the capital so you never need be stuck for where to go on the warm welly nights.
Mukuna provide a thourough and unbiased gig listing service which is FREE for bands, promoters, and venues. They even have a content management system which is also FREE. A great tool!
Band/artists can submit a bio which can be used for gig listing info. Each listing has band and venue info with some youtube clips of artists and links to websites/myspace etc. so you can get a good feel if you’re looking for something new.
There’s a heap more going on there to, go and check it out.