Hip-Hop Highlights
Red light.....green light
| 07 Nov 2007
After an exciting October which saw storming gigs from EL-P, the return of NeverZone and exemplary Halloween shows from Mechanical Beast, TMHands and Sileni, things are pretty quiet. But have no fear, gay icon and all-round pin-up for prepubescent girls 50 Cent is playing Aberdeen Exhibition Centre on 7th November (6.30pm, £30+bf) and Glasgow SECC on 8th November (6.30pm, £30+bf), so, like, you can just stop reading now 'cos this guy's so hot to death he makes all these local cats sound... um, how you say, inauthentic. Harr harr.
Meanwhile, the bound-to-be-huge veeeery soon Underling keep going from strength to strength. Beginning the month with an appearance at the Spectrum Festival at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, they continue to gig relentlessly, whipping up salivating anticipation for their debut album, currently being mastered.
Dunfermline's other favourite b-boy sons, Eaters, are also tucked away putting the final touches to their new album, Wives. In the meantime, they have released Leftovers, a 34-strong collection of b-sides, unreleased and other general rarities... available for free from Fopp and Underground or from the band themselves.
Another album soon to be dropping (hopefully) is the new Penpushers joint which they are currently tucked away working on, making magical and sublime crate-dug shoegaze.
And if you missed 1xtra's showcase of the best unsigned hip-hop in Scotland in October, it will be broadcast on 1xtra on 12th November from midnight till 2am as part of the Homegrown Weekend. Raise the goddamn roof!
But some other great news, and a relief to anyone trawling through the internet for bits'n'bobs of random Scottish hip-hop activities, is that www.bringdarruckus.com may not be going under after all. Keep an eye on the site for news of any updates and further developments... and actual news.
Peace oot me breddrin.
Meanwhile, the bound-to-be-huge veeeery soon Underling keep going from strength to strength. Beginning the month with an appearance at the Spectrum Festival at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, they continue to gig relentlessly, whipping up salivating anticipation for their debut album, currently being mastered.
Dunfermline's other favourite b-boy sons, Eaters, are also tucked away putting the final touches to their new album, Wives. In the meantime, they have released Leftovers, a 34-strong collection of b-sides, unreleased and other general rarities... available for free from Fopp and Underground or from the band themselves.
Another album soon to be dropping (hopefully) is the new Penpushers joint which they are currently tucked away working on, making magical and sublime crate-dug shoegaze.
And if you missed 1xtra's showcase of the best unsigned hip-hop in Scotland in October, it will be broadcast on 1xtra on 12th November from midnight till 2am as part of the Homegrown Weekend. Raise the goddamn roof!
But some other great news, and a relief to anyone trawling through the internet for bits'n'bobs of random Scottish hip-hop activities, is that www.bringdarruckus.com may not be going under after all. Keep an eye on the site for news of any updates and further developments... and actual news.
Peace oot me breddrin.