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Ticket Giveaway: Lee “Scratch” Perry in NYC, Thurs. May 17

Words by Jesse Serwer— Even during his Beastie Boys-assisted revival in the mid '90s, who would have imagined that in 2012, at age 76, Lee "Scratch" Perry would still be regularly touring the world? Scra... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Federation Sound, J-Boogie, The Heatwave

Words by DJ Theory— Big week of Mixtape Mondays here, with a monstrous thank you from one of North America's baddest soundsystems, dub and tropical heat from the Bay, and a pre-carnival warmup straight f... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Solomonic Sound, Chan Dizzy x Black Chiney, Green B

Words by DJ Theory— Whether you're recovering from Coachella, 4/20 festivities, or just need new ammo to attack this Monday, we got some digital dub, undiluted dancehall and brand new ganja tunes to get you... Read More...

Audio: Hollie Cook, “For Me You Are” + “And The Beat Goes On” + Dub LP Preview

Words by Jesse Serwer— Few new artists have secured a more unanimous seal of approval from the vastly different minds that make up the LargeUp braintrust than Hollie Cook, so any new music from her is bi... Read More...

Twitter Contest: Win Busy Signal’s “Reggae Dubb’n Again” 12″

Words by Jesse Serwer— To celebrate Record Store Day tomorrow (4/21), VP Records is releasing a limited edition Busy Signal dub EP, on 12" vinyl only. Reggae Dubb'n Again features dub mixes of six songs ... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Swing Ting, Dotta Coppa, Asia Afrika Soundsystem

Words by DJ Theory— We got a well-rounded serving of Mixtape Mondays for you this week, with some heavy UK vibez, nice & easy dub versions direct from Indonesia, and an early look at one Jamaica's ne... Read More...

Captain’s Quarters: Bunny Lee on the Birth of Soundsystem Culture

Words by Jesse Serwer, via Shimmy Shimmy "People were getting fed up cos they’d drink up the rum and eat up the food, and the people didn’t have anything to sell because of them. So it was a great re... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: 1TA, Safari Sound, Jah T Jr

Words and graphic by DJ Theory In case your temperature gauge somehow dropped below 90 this week, we've got just the right tools to get you back up to 100: new mixes from Japan, Philly and Sweden. The th... Read More...

Toppa Top 8: Don Corleon Selects His Favorite Dub Records + Exclusive Interview

Words by Jesse Serwer Donovan "Don Corleon" Bennett's Dub in HD, out today on iTunes, Amazon and other online music retailers, is the first dub album by a major Jamaican producer that we've heard of ... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: UB40 “If It Happens Again”

Words by Martei Korley Hahahaha, UB40??? You mean the guys who did "Red Red Wine"? Yes, absolutely! UB40 was literally the biggest pop group in Europe in the '80s. VH1 will tell ya: They had more top ten... Read More...

Ari Up, 1962-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer Punk-reggae fusionist Arianna Forster, AKA Ari Up of the Slits, has died at age 48 of an unspecified "serious" illness, according to her stepfather John Lydon (yes, Johnny Rotten was ... Read More...

Addis Calling: Reggae from Ethiopia

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The good people at Addis Tunes--a great resource for EthioJazz and afrofunk of all stripes--just put out the word on a new album project aptly titled Ethiopia Calling from S... Read More...

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