Month: January 2008

Candi Redd

Candi Redd

Having turned down a $500,000 deal at the age of 16, Texas resident Candi Redd is now 21 and is just about to drop her Redd Turn Head album. She has a whole lot of projects on the go and is looking to make moves. Check out what she had to say to Danielle.

Snoop Dogg Returns

Snoop Dogg Returns

Shizzle da rizzle, tha Doggfather is back with his ninth studio album Ego Trippin’, set for release on March 17th.  Sensual Seduction is set to be the first single release from the album and with its smooth, disco groove is a mere taster of what we can expect from the album.

ILuvLive February 4th

ILuvLive February 4th

Following a hugely successful 20 dates around the country last year with 5 city residencies over 4 months, ILuvLive, London’s premier urban music showcase is back in the capital for it’s monthly shindig - bringing you best of urban music talent on the first Monday of every month.

Adam Birch aka DJ 2x4

Adam Birch aka DJ 2×4

DJ 2x4 is a DJ from from Liverpool who has been DJing for a couple of years now and has links with record labels, performs regularly and has his own radio show. We caught up with him and found out how he got into DJing, how he has progressed to date and what his plans are for the future.

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Site Downtime – Feb 8th

Due to continued space and power constraints in our webhost's primary data center, our server is being moved to one of the newer data centers. This move will begin Friday, February 8, at 10PM PST, and is expected to last up to 8 hours, until Saturday, February 9, 6AM PST.

Banksy Paste-Ups Spotted

Banksy Paste-Ups Spotted

Whilst walking down Essex Road in Islington late last year I spotted the posters, displayed below, on the street. So I whipped out the phone and took a couple of pictures before being dragged off. I was surprised to not hear about these on message boards and the like, so thought I would post them here for your comments.

Banksy’s Bristol: Home Sweet Home by Steve Wright

For any fan of Banksy’s work this book should become essential reading. Whereas Wall & Piece is official and comprehensive in detailing Banksy’s later work and stunts, and Banksy Locations & Tours by Martin Bull suited a specific purpose, but is now largely redundant due the stencils being buffed, Home Sweet Home is a celebration of Banksy’s street art in his home city of Bristol and mainly focuses on Banksy’s formative years and early works.