photos by: Kevin Hinton/Kreative71 Thundercat descended upon Washington DC like an Anime warrior. He sold out not one but two shows at the Legendary 9:30 Club. Channel Tres […]
3×3: Manu Dibango, Mulatu Astatke, Jojo Quo
It’s been crazy watching the deadly toll of the Coronavirus sweep across this planet from the comfort of my own home. Truth be told, I’m lucky enough to still have a job where I can work from home, but some are not so lucky. In addition, the virus is taking a devastating toll on the music industry, and unfortunately we lost a legend in the process.
The New Abnormal Is The New Normal – The Strokes Return to Form
Photo Credit: RCA Records Appropriately Named Appropriately Timed, Appropriately Packaged, Appropriately released Strokes goodness. Let me start with this disclaimer: I have been a fan of the Strokes […]
3×3: Tom Misch/Yussef Dayes, KOKOROKO, and Jamiroquai
Every week, for the past year, I’ve collaborated with two other Brooklyn music scenesters on a private social network/playlist called 3×3. The premise was simple. 3 people produce […]
Stone’s Top 9 Albums of 2019
First off, I’m going to come clean. I didn’t listen to every single album this year. In addition, I have a complicated internal formula around how I weigh […]
Album Preview: Doja Cat – Cyber Sex
Doja Cat’s new album is a 100% algorithm based bite off pop Nikki Minaj and I like it? Sexually explicit lyrics aside its unabashedly pop, and a hundred […]
New Music: Stretch and Bobbito and the M19s Band – No Requests
The names Stretch and Bobbito are legendary around the streets of NYC. The duo started in radio on Columbia University’s WKCR, a show that featured legendary verses from […]
Solving The Mystery of Sault
Image via twitter.com/saultglobal Earlier this year, a mysterious band dropped one of the best albums of the year (so far), without fanfare or any Internet speculation. The band, […]
SG Lewis at U St. Music Hall (Washington DC)
Photo Credit: Kevin Hinton/Kreative71 There’s something about going to see your favorite artist perform. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but if I had to try […]
Black For The First Time: Some Thoughts On Afropunk 2019
“I remember Afropunk from back in the day.” That was the refrain from everyone I ran into during Afropunk weekend. The festival has definitely evolved from those days […]