Posts by Davy Reed (@davyreed)

Watch Earl Sweatshirt’s debut DJ set

The LA rapper makes his first foray into DJing for Boiler Room X GoPro As…

Oneohtrix Point Never has an album with young footwork producer DJ Earl

DJ Earl, one of the younger members of Chicago footwork crew Teklife, has recorded an…

20 Questions:
Katy Goodman

Imagine being pranked by Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Toby Maguire on April Fool’s Day. This happened to La Sera’s Katy Goodman

FKA twigs drops new track and video

The track was originally debuted during twigs’ Soundtrack 7 residency at the Manchester International Festival FKA…

Young Thug shares I’m Up artwork and apparent tracklist

Tomorrow, Young Thug will release a mixtape which – having previously been titled as the…

London rapper GAIKA shares new visuals

Brixton artist GAIKA has unveiled a video for his new track Bohdy Knows at 90,…

Radar Radio are broadcasting a Novelist birthday set tonight

Today is Novelist’s 19th birthday, and to celebrate, London’s Radar Radio are broadcasting a set…

Future

O2 Academy Brixton 8 January

Ty Dolla $ign

Free TC Taylor Gang / Pu$haz Ink / Atlantic

20 Questions:
Freddie Gibbs

Davy Reed gives Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs the 20 Questions treatment, covering regrettable tattoos, signature recipes, and ‘The Wire’ character he named his dog after

Awful Records:
DIY rap vampires

From the dark shadows of Atlanta’s music scene, Awful Records cautiously shuffle towards the limelight, Crack’s Davy Reed peers into the label’s murky world

Novelist samples David Cameron in Street Politician

“Fuck these feds, they don’t give a damn about the mandem” Recent Crack cover star…

Hear Future Islands cover Last Christmas

Just in time. Baltimore art-pop trio Future Islands have just dropped a cover of Wham!’s…

20 Questions:
Lady Leshurr

The First Lady of grime weighs in on our twenty questions, talking YouTube comments, Danny DeVito and where she was when found a slug in her sink

DOOM shares mini-doc A Villainous Adventure

A rare glimpse into the rap enigma’s world DOOM has been relatively quiet since the…

Club To Club 2015

Turin, Italy 4 November

20 Questions: Jeffrey Lewis

The irreverent anti-folk musician and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis provided 20 predictably enlightening answers to our 20 Questions

Skepta’s been in the studio with Pharrell

While there’s still no news of a Konnichiwa release date, the unstoppable grime MC reveals…

Portishead have covered ABBA’s SOS

The Swedish hit-makers’ 1975 single gets a “haunting rendition” Last year, Adrian Utley revealed that…

Young Thug

Slime Season Self-Released

Hear Young Thug’s Slime Season mixtape

After a two month delay, the highly-anticipated tape is here Last night, Young Thug released…

King Midas Sound & Fennesz

Edition 1 Ninjatune

La Route Du Rock 2015

St. Malo, France 13 August

Watch Novelist & The Square’s Black Cab Session

The Lewisham grime collective perform Lewisham McDeez with their former leader Following this week’s announcement…

Efterklang: LEAVES
The Colour of Falling

Atomkælderen, Copenhagen 8 August

Vince Staples:
a Wise Head on Young Shoulders

Vince Staples speaks to us about police brutality, album sales and growing up

Darkstar release disturbing video for Pin Secure

The UK duo’s new video reflects the “bleak, devastating reality” of post-election Britain. Darkstar have…

Kim Gordon appears in German horror film Der Nachtmahr

It’s been revealed that Kim Gordon makes a cameo in the new independent German horror…

Earl Sweatshirt:
Taking Flight

An interview with Odd Future’s prodigious and prodigal Earl Sweatshirt

Hear Young Thug’s new single Pacifier

The rapper has dropped a new single while he’s being detained at the DeKalb County…