Here’s four songs that deserve more attention right now. I hope to make this a regular segment. – Chris (@108seraph) uglyboy – Paranoid One of the coolest discoveries that I made in 2020 was uglyboy, a soulful voice adrift in a sea of self-loathing, isolated hedonism. ‘Paranoid’ displays the full extent of this talent for … Continue reading SERAPH’S SINGLE SELECTION #1
Texas artist Xebra impressed us massively with ‘Goddess’, and on his monolithic compilation album Lo-Fi Sessions he has done so on an even larger scale. Comprised entirely of previously released material, this streaming exclusive release features everything that a fan could want from an up and coming singer-rapper. The thing is immediately noticeable about Xebra’s … Continue reading 2021 REVIEWS: XEBRA – LO-FI SESSIONS
Fax Gang’s “Aethernet” is like getting kicked hard in the head by the most beautiful person you’ve ever seen; it’s immediate, fatiguing, and eternally intoxicating. Throughout this whole album the prevailing feeling is that this world Fax Gang have created is all that exists – it is profoundly difficult to loosen yourself from the moment … Continue reading 2021 REVIEWS: FAX GANG – AETHERNET
108MICS staff writer Arctic links with Bray Costello to find out what’s pushing the up-and-coming melodic rapper to keep going further. Bray Costello is among the best of the crop of underground rappers to come out of the midwestern United States in a matter of years, fusing his melodies and bars with ease and consistency. … Continue reading 2021 INTERVIEWS: BRAY COSTELLO
Everything seems to be changing all the time, but albums remain the most vital test of a musician’s skill and determination. The very best go above and beyond the necessary cohesion and consistency to create absorbing journeys, experiences that put listeners into another space entirely – which this year has mattered more than ever. The … Continue reading THE TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2020
Big Pete and Ell’s collaborative mixtape is anything but invisible – the record is a raucous twenty minutes of conspicuously stylish southern rap. Big Pete isn’t the type of rapper to dance around the beat on “Invisible Tops”. He’s technically proficient, sure – he rarely gives a line any less than enough room to play … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: BIG PETE & ELL – INVISIBLE TOPS
The title may convey grandiosity, but on his latest EP Bad Luck Ab gets straight to the point. Long Island rapper Bad Luck Ab is elastic on his recent EP, the eloquently titled “Bad Luck Scriptures: Essence of Earth”. Whilst the title seems dead set on divine aspirations, the content of the album is more … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: BAD LUCK AB – BAD LUCK SCRIPTURES: ESSENCE OF EARTH
The fifth mainline record from a charity supergroup reckons with Africa’s most populous nation, and its ongoing battle against state-sponsored persecution. We Like Chops make hard-hitting music. The group – more a global organisation than a collective – is composed of people who really know their way around a sampler, who know how to get … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: WE LIKE CHOPS – WE LIKE CHOPS V5: NIGERIA
Filipino act HAUTE COUTURE impresses, with disparate worlds of shoegaze and trap wrapped into one melancholy adventure. November is a hell of a month. In the UK at least, things start to get cold, and dark, and isolated. But there’s also an obvious beauty about this time of year. There’s the comfort of finality with … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: HAUTE COUTURE – WINTER SOLSTICE W/ SHUICHI
Scott Delta may not have appeared directly on the blog before, but his fingerprints were all over SkomaZOM’s Shove This Up Your Hole & Eat It. Our review of the project applauded it for its impeccable mixing, a role primarily filled by Scott. Now that I’ve had my attention drawn to Scott’s solo output, I’m … Continue reading 2020 ARTIST INSIGHT: SCOTT DELTA
