by itchysilk | Jul 25, 2025 | MUSIC
It’s thirteen years since South African verbalist, Yugen Blakrok dropped her debut album Return of the Astro-Goth (2013): a scintillating project. It was a powerful introduction to Yugen’s thoughtful brand of, intricate word play with esoteric leanings. Since that...
by itchysilk | Mar 9, 2021 | MUSIC
With our on-going interest and love with Japan, we step into some fresh vibes with Kentaro Goto aka 似非animal. It was an old friend of #itchysilk Yuke Myras from Cosmic Bath who told us about the rapper and beat maker from Saitama Japan. Now 似非animal is not a new name...
by itchysilk | Oct 8, 2020 | MUSIC
TheDeadCanRap’s new single Imitations feat. Open Mike Eagle is a transcontinental collaboration by London born and based Remi Rough, Chicago born L.A. based Open Mike Eagle and Boston born Paris based, Mike Ladd. On first listen, Imitations may sound like an overdue...
by itchysilk | Jun 10, 2018 | MUSIC
A little while back we featured the mercurial outfit Madison Washington. At the time they had released their rather tidy album Code Switching. In this juncture we briefly catch up with the vibes of thatmanmonkz (producer) and Malik Crumpler (rapper/writer) on their...
