Last year, the San Jose rapper Antwon made a name for himself with his End Of Earth mixtape. Later this month, he'll follow it up with a new one called In Dark Denim, and first single "Still Guarded"…   Read Story »

First up: If anyone released a worthy rap mixtape in the past seven days, I haven't been able to find it. The closest thing would be Trina's Back 2 Business, which French Montana "executive…   Read Story »

On 2011's Digital Lows, Memphis rapper Cities Aviv established himself as something of an oddity in the landscape; while he can clearly rap, he showed off an ear for unusual textures that sync up…   Read Story »

Cities Aviv is a Memphis rapper who projects regular-dudeness even as he throws bits of goopy psych and noise-rock into his productions. Star Slinger is a British producer whose tracks flirt with…   Read Story »

Here's a remix of Philly rapper Lushlife's Plateau Vision cut "She's A Buddhist, I'm A Cubist," a track that's given a lush, spirited reimagination thanks to help from folks like Angel Deradoorian,…   Read Story »

Last year, the Memphis indie-rapper Cities Aviv broke out with Digital Lows, a plainspoken, psychedelic online album. Today, we've got a new track from him called "Normal Immortal," and it's a pretty…   Read Story »

Memphis's Cities Aviv creates dense, style-sampling rap music and his new song, "Wet Dream," is another example of his experimentation with unconventional production, beats teeming with texture as…   Read Story »