by Wondy on December 20th, 2007
What’s the secret of the enduring 20-year success of one of the world’s greatest hip hop acts, Blackalicious? According to one half of the duo Gift of Gab, it comes down to one main ingredients. ITM has a chat ahead of their impending tour. [more]
nce music calendar, and it's also the party that heralds the beginning of the summer festival season - that’s right, it’s time to start thinking about Parklife! Get the full lineup here on ITM! [more]
Touted as being the 'last essential hip-hop event of 2007', considering it takes place on December 28th there's not really too much in the way of competition... [more]
The chance to see either Blackalicious or Q-Bert on their own would be enough to send any self respecting hip-hop fan into a spin, but when they're announced to appear on the same bill... you're in heaven! [more]
Groove Armada, The Go! Team, Gotye, Blackalicious and the Midnight Juggernauts have been confirmed for Southbound 2008. [more]
You couldn’t have had it any better if you’d sunken over a whole bottle of magic Jaegermeister and been granted three wishes by the 'Fuzzy Festival Elf'. Parklife 2008 smashed it hard with a deliciously fantastic start to the summer season. [more]
Parklife has been one more stepping stone for my personal journey in falling in love with the festival circuit all over again, and I've become its loyal foot soldier for many more years to come. [more]
Parklife. The very mention of the name warms you up. After slugging through the cold winter months, the announcement of the Parklife lineup heralds the coming of another hot, sweaty summer. And wasn’t this years line up a beauty? [more]
by grattan on January 9th, 2008
The bill promised two fine performances from but never fully delivered and while it was a fine way to spend a summer evening, but it certainly won’t be troubling any best of lists at the end of the year. [more]
A perfect weekend music event is well organized and has both bands you know and love as well as some surprising acts that blow you away unexpectedly. My weekend at Southbound got all of the above. [more]
With BBQ Breaks on NYD, many would-be NYE party-goers weren’t deterred by the doings of Mother Nature: as the promise of ‘Beats, Bass, Beers, and the best view in Brisbane’ was to be one fine way to celebrate the start of 2008! [more]
A stellar line-up with People Under the Stairs, DJ QBert and Blackalicious all on the one stage, on the one night for the hiphopification of of us all. [more]
Good Vibrations was a rarity in that it had big names in all their respective scene's, all played good sets, and they were all very different from the last. Hopefully this will be a sign of things to come of Vibes' new incarnation. [more]
A somewhat disappointing display by the supports was more than made up for by an awesome display from Blackalicious. [more]
Underwhelming. If I had to describe this gig in one word - there it is. Maybe I'd built it up too much in my mind. I mean their 2005 "The Craft" release had been so freaking good. How could it all have gone so wrong? [more]
Carrying the torch for the underground hip hop scene, Blackalicious show Melbourne why they they keep selling out shows all over the country. [more]
Last Thursday night Earth Nightclub held host to a journey in hip hop from fresh locals to international seasoned pro's. Blackalicious were in town to promote their widely acclaimed latest release, The Craft and played a lengthy set supported by J-Live from NYC and locals Delta & Staen-1 and F&D. [more]
Good Vibrations 2004 was excellent. I've never really been into live performances (although - I haven't exactly been to many), but seeing Moloko proved to me just how much more exciting it is to see a live performance that it is so stand around and watch a DJ. Nice one. [more]
Good Vibrations: we'd seen the line up, read the blurb and made our plans. Did it live up to the hyperbole? In many respects - yes it did. [more]
On this night roots hip-hop was in the house [more]
Blackalicious swooped in, did their stuff, then swooped out, leaving the Canberra crowd on a dizzying high. [more]
The Australia Day Weekend is always a big one, and this years was no exception with the Good Vibrations Festival rolling into town to take place at the Botanic Gardens River Stage. [more]
With 'The Craft' Blackalicious have one again excelled themselves to produce an album that is dense with lyrical mastery and sodden with sampling techno-trickery. [more]