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Slyrydes - What Happens If You Get Happy?
· By Erwin Morales
Some albums take a long time to make. This one took a long time to release. Galway's Slyrydes recorded their debut album in September 2020 at Darklands Studios in Dublin. Then it sat there. For five years. The pandemic hit, the band split up, life happened. The album that should have come out in 2020 finally arrived in July 2025. It's a strange story, but it worked out. The record sounds fresh, not like something from five years ago. The Long Road Slyrydes formed back in 2013 as a side project. By 2018, they were getting serious. Their first single...
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Pebbledash Swaps the Ugly House for New Irish Music
· By Erwin Morales
Cork band Pebbledash has a new EP on Blowtorch Records. It moves past their first ugly house record with a unique sound. Their new irish music mixes traditional folk with a heavier, concrete feel, evolving from their earlier work while keeping a strong architectural concept.
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Madlib + MF DOOM Recording
· By Erwin Morales
Last Saturday as we announced on our social network pages, we played only Madlib and MF DOOM music. The recording can be found on our Mixcloud or using the player below.
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A poor intent of unravelling Madvillainy: The Masterpiece in Hip-Hop
· By Erwin Morales
Hip Hop as many other musical scenes, expands on an unlimited way as the universe, but only some albums and artists transcend the boundaries of time and location leaving a mark on both the genre and its listeners. Among these timeless classics stands Madvillian's "Madvilianny", the iconic 2004 collaborative album between the multi instrumentalist, rapper (behind Quasimoto) and producer Madlib, and the rapper MF DOOM (all caps). Madviliany remains a cornerstone for the underground hip-hop.