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November 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #198 – Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown and Run The Jewels, Wellington, 2014

You can never be sure until you go to the show. That’s the rule and this show was a great example. Beforehand I was expecting the most from Earl Sweatshirt since I liked his music the most. But on the night Danny Brown probably gave the most. Run The Jewels were superb too, though not […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, Danny Brown, Danny Brown and Run The Jewels, Earl Sweatshirt, Gig, James Cabaret, Laneway, Live, Live Gig, Run The Jewels, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #198, Stubs: #198 – Earl Sweatshirt, Wellington ·

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September 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Vince Staples: Hell Can Wait (ep)

Vince Staples Hell Can Wait (ep) Def Jam I got into listening to rappers for the street-poetry feel, the anger-as-energy, the flow has always been important, great beats/samples/production sure, but it’s about the lyricism, and the cut of it. I love a lot of the positive/conscious stuff, the hippy-trippy paisley fun…but I want to hear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dr. Dre, Earl Sweatshirt, EP, Hell Can Wait, Hell Can Wait (ep), Hip-Hop, Kendrick Lamar, Rap, Vince Staples ·

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January 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Earl Sweatshirt: Doris

Earl Sweatshirt Doris Columbia I’m a tourist when it comes to hip-hop, can’t lie and suggest otherwise – and ain’t no shame in that anyway, for all this talk of adhering to the culture, of respecting the elements you know there’s a bunch of people spouting all that and then nerding it up in-between favourite […]
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September 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Laneway 2014: Lineup Announcement

  Auckland’s annual Laneway festival continues to be the highlight of the local efforts to coordinate and curate a decent music festival. A small handful of stages, easy to get between them and a range of quality acts – okay, so every year there’s cries of “hipster” and silly whinings about having not heard of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, Announcement, Auckland, Chvrches, Danny Brown, Daughter, Doprah, Earl Sweatshirt, EL-P and Killer Mike, Festival, Frightened Rabbit, Ghost Wave, Haim, James Blake, Jamie xx, Jawar Ma, Kurt Vile, Laneway, Lorde, Mount Kimbie, Parquet Courts, PCP Eagles, Rackets, Run The Jewels, Savages, The Jezabels, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vance Joy, Watercolours, XXYYXX, Youth Lagoon ·

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