RNDM feels thoughtful, personal and like the beginning of a brand new chapter of Mega Ran's career. About a year ago I interviewed Mega Ran in the green room of Surya, a small, basement, indie club in Kings Cross, London. We [...]

King Pheenix finds a new refinement for new release, Wolves. It looks like Scrub Club Records is so far retired that the latest release from the internet label's King Pheenix doesn't even feature on their website. Pheenix has been something of [...]

Wordburglar's new studio album comes with a healthy dose of boom bap, nerdy references and his uniquely upbeat, cheeky delivery. In 2012 Wordburglar released 3rdburglar, my favourite album of that year and one that remains on heavy rotation on my iPod. On [...]

Writing and recording an album or booking a tour usually takes a considerable amount of time, unless you only have a couple of weeks, in which case it takes a couple of weeks. When Mikal kHill and Tribe One decided that [...]

More Or Les and Recordface reflect on modern life, it's enough to make you stressed! Way back in December 2013 I interviewed More Or Les for our podcast just as his Doctor Who EP, Bigger On The Inside: A Time Traveller's Mixtape dropped. [...]

A long time coming, Platypus Philosophy could be the final solo release from Scrub Club Records. A core member of international nerdcore collective Torrentz - who are currently working on their next release - rapper Fatback Supreme has dropped his long awaited solo [...]

A debut album full of personal reflection, pop sensibilities and an accent that will challenge most. Bee Mick See hit my radar back in May last year when he not only performed as a support act for MC Lars in London [...]

After the Heatwave comes an album to Eclipse all others... This is the highly anticipated second release from Canada's creme de la creme, Backburner. The 2011 album Heatwave saw Canada's finest indie emcees and producers come together to form the ultimate team up, Backburner. [...]

From Hand'Solo Records comes The Raw by Ultra Magnus and DJ Slam! But with the highly anticipated new Backburner posse album due up soon via the label, does this album serve as an warm up act or raise the bar? As both vocalist [...]

A strong starter that fails to go the distance. Merging a love of hip-hop, R&B and nerd life over 17 tracks with Sleight of Hand. Hailing from Grand Rapids, Michigan, rapper and producer Aramis has poured hip-hop, R&B and that special nerdy ingredient [...]