Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Something very, very strange has happened during quarantine. For the past couple months, no matter ...

It’s been just shy of a year since Chicago-based trio Dehd released their self-assured third studio record Flower Of Devotion. The band haven’t been able to tour behind the release, but that’s about ...

When the lanky, pointy-jawed wrestler Edge debuted in the WWF in 1998, looking like a Rob Liefeld drawing, he was an evil, grinning goth in a leather trench coat, the acolyte of a wrestling vampire ...

Shangri-La Records has announced the second season of its “Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi” series, a monthly listening event celebrating “the deeply influential yet insufficiently documented Memphis hip-hop scene of ...

One of the more unlikely songs to enter the Billboard Top 40 this year is “Look at Me!” from Broward County, Florida’s XXXTentacion. The unnerved track has a blown-out sound like it’s emerging from a ...

Shangri-La Records' "Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi" series returns for a second season, celebrating 1990s Memphis hip-hop. The series will be held at the B-Side venue in Minglewood Hall and livestreamed. Each month ...