PK Shellboy is as calculating as he is chaotic – I spoke with the Manila artist about what’s next for Fax Gang and the underground avant-garde. It’s been a couple months now since Material Girl of Boston label No Agreements messaged 108MICS to recommend Fax Gang. The group is a global team of five artists … Continue reading 2020 INTERVIEWS: PK SHELLBOY
The two latest singles from California’s Photon Tide are especially concerned with the concentration and application of power. Multi-talent Photon Tide has been on the 108MICS radar for a while, joining Chris for an interview a short while back. Tide’s output has been unrelenting all year, seeking and achieving collaborations with Astral Trap, Bleachh, Popstarbills … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: PHOTON TIDE – POWER! / TERRIBLE W/ PHIXEL
Rome Mallory might be the hungriest-sounding rapper that I’ve heard in ages. Within this album’s first two minutes, the Charlotte resident preaches about freedom from materialistic restraints, the purpose of the soul without the physical form, and generally attaining a knowledge of self. ‘Light Shines Thru You’ is incredibly powerful stuff, recapping the artist’s journey … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: ROME MALLORY – INTO THE LIGHT
Following a short break, rapper, singer-songwriter and producer ItsReaperx has triumphantly returned with a handful of tracks. Today’s article focuses on the song ‘EverydayZeroes’. The pessimism of the song’s title is reflected in its lyrics instantly. ‘I’m drinking until I fallout, you don’t know me or what the fuck I’m about.’ The pummelling 808’s that … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: ITSREAPERX – EVERYDAYZEROES
For Colarado-born singer DeEtta Jain, ‘Bronco’ is a natural stylistic evolution that will surely net her many new fans. ‘Bronco’’s exterior is initially hard to decipher. Its cover art is highly ambiguous, vaguely sensual while also appearing cold and mechanical. As soon as Jain begins to sing, however, the track’s emotional platitudes cascade freely. Although … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: DEETTA JAIN – BRONCO
The second collaboration between Northern English rapper Itchy and Scottish vocalist wtrflls, ‘Wtr Under the Bridge’, is an earthy yet ethereal banger that highlights each artist’s strengths. Instrumentally, this song is beautiful. Typical of Itchy’s floaty, cloudy production, it creates a pleasant bounce that continues for almost three minutes and is subsequently exploited masterfully by … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: ITCHY & WTRFLLS – WTR UNDER THE BRIDGE
Since our last coverage of Jounin, his style has evolved impressively. With his two new songs, the self-titled ‘Jounin’ and ‘Face’, the rapper is proving that his development as an artist is still very much underway. ‘Jounin’, which was the first of the songs to be dropped, is a fascinating insight into the darker aspects … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: JOUNIN N1¥ – JOUNIN / FACE
His second collaboration with former BMB producer KRXXK, ‘Reign’ is also one of Remi’s fiercest singles to date. At almost three minutes long, ‘Reign’ is one of the rapper’s most fleshed-out creations. While a good portion of the song is dedicated to ad libbing over the evil cyber-trap instrumental, at least two minutes see the … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: REMI – REIGN
The context behind ‘Toe to Toe’ is laid out in its entirety in this Instagram post, so it would be reductive of me to even attempt to relay the intensely personal story that the track tells. What you do need to do when pressing play on this song is that A-FiX is an incredibly compassionate … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: A-FIX – TOE TO TOE
From the first few seconds of Wavy Money Records newest release (and his first in a significant amount of time), it’s obvious that he’s maintained every ounce of the homegrown New York grit that put his name on the map in the first place. For the following ten minutes, W$R continues to put his stamp … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: WAVY MONEY RECORDS – THE CONSPIRACY FILES
