Magrudergrind Talks Screaming, Graffiti, and Smoking Crack

On Magrudergrind’s Crusher EP, there’s a track called “Heaviest Bombing” about writing graffiti. It fades from grindcore brutality into a hip-hop breakdown, ends in a squall of screeching feedback, and then jumps back into violent chord changes for the next song. That shit’s pretty cool. And the Washington D.C. band…

DeLuna Festival 2012 Announces Lineup, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters Headlining

Yesterday, CNN ran an interesting article about Southern stereotypes, “The South: Not all Bubbas and Banjos.” “The lower right-hand portion of the U.S. of A. is often pigeonholed as a tobacco-spittin’, Bible-thumpin’, gun-totin’ (and worse) backwater,” writes Todd Leopold. “So go ahead, fry up the buckwheat cakes, spoon out the…

Mr. Haka Brings “El Legendario” Flow to Jazid on April 21

Cuban hip-hop flows will never stop flooding Miami’s shores. Take Mr. Haka, who came to the United States around the turn of the millenium, bringing the sounds of Camagüey with him. In 2004, he released an album titled El Legendario. He achieved some regional and national success with it. And…