You may have heard the term before on these pages, or on a myriad of new media outlets, but “Chillwave” a kind of snarky term that describes (loosely) a large collection of indie artists from all over that share a common sensibility. The New York Times even used it surrounding last week’s SXSW…

When the White Stripes do something, they do it fully, as was clear from the Los Angeles premiere of the Detroit-bred duo’s epically brilliant new concert documentary, Under The Great White Northern Lights, at the Egyptian Theater on Monday, March 9th.

They were the scourge of the ‘80s, and eventually disappeared as a music format. But cassette tapes are back as the latest hipster accessory.

He may be an international superstar, but underneath the fame still rests a football hooligan – that’s what Liam Gallagher made clear in comments today fired in the recent war of words between him and brother Noel regarding the breakup of their band, Oasis.

In what I believe is an awesome push to release a mixtape, a mysterious man going under the name James Richards claims to have obtained a Beatles album from another dimension. In the alternate dimension Richards visits in his story, the Beatles never broke up, and are all still alive and touring.

As we’ve written about many times here on Kspace, the post hip-hop faction coming out of Cali has gone worldwide over the course of the past year. The honorable ambassador is the UK’s Radio One DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who is singularly responsible for introducing the LA players to their UK and European counterparts. She’s been a huge fan of folks like Flying Lotus…

Music needs events, and a Gil Scott-Heron comeback, while not on the scale of a new Jay-Z album, is definitely a welcome one. In fact, Jay-Z wouldn’t exist without Scott-Heron, who arguably helped create rap with his groundbreaking track from 1970, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Scott-Heron’s soulful spoken-word style, outspoken lyrics, jazzy flow and funky percussion created a foundation for hip-hop; his combination of political poetry and rhythm influenced everyone from Chuck D to KRS-One, and he’s even collaborated with rappers like Blackalicious.

‘Better Days’ indeed are imminent for 26 years young Speech Debelle who won the much coveted Mercury Prize (UK) last night ! Not only beating out a stellar lineup of artists but also becomes the first woman (since Ms Dynamite in ‘02) to win beating out strong contenders La Roux, Florence & The Machine, [...]

Notorious for nominating more pioneering (and often relatively fringe) artists than the long-standing Brit Awards, 2009 finds Mercury rounding up a panoramic cast to round out this year’s nominations.

yeah we did say that we were going more Cali centric (probably meant California) but here’s a project that Quantic has just completed out of Cali Colombia that well deserves many mentions. I thankfully travel a lot and so last night i happily found myself in London at the ICA at an event highlighting Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro project and new release. This also includes the wonderful short film made by B+ …..

Woe to anyone in Southern California who tries to put on any sort of non-basketball related event on the night of a Lakers game during the finals. Even the electronic-music nerds couldn’t tear themselves away from the Lakers crushing Orlando Magic 100-75, as was evident to The Field playing to 30 people exactly (yes, I counted) last night at the Glass House in Pomona. Come all the way from Sweden for this?

Anyone who knows basketball and jazz can see the relationship between the two pursuits: a marriage of form and improvisation, of individualism with teamwork; a primacy of rhythm (it’s all about tempo); and a requirement that players respond to one another’s choices and to rapidly changing situations in real time. Just as Kareem Abdul-Jabar was famous for listening to artists like Sonny Rollins…

I love it when my New Amsterdam homies come into town, to ‘old’ Amsterdam that is ! and especially with such good reason. Well 3 good reasons in fact – for one they’re just about to drop their super dope Afro-latin double album ‘The Connection’ on us (April 14th) choc full with dancefloor joints you be longin’ for

Just a few days after the M.A.N.D.Y. boys arrived back from miami, we had the chance to talk to Philipp about his impressions of the gigs and trends at WMC and how they live sports.

It’s def a ‘Sort of Revolution’ time these days and we’re all workin’ on our own kind of revolution to handle what’s comin’ down – and so we love our good friend Fink even more for sharing his new song of his soon to be released album on Ninja Tune in May. Catch Fink on [...]

If you’re in the Amsterdam area on April 9th, the biggest sin may be if you do not make your way out to the celebration album release of Wicked Jazz Sounds baby at the newly opened club Trouw. The WJS crew have been keepin’ the canals dancin’ with a smile with their excellent compilations and [...]

It’s been over three years since we’ve lost J Dilla, one of modern music’s true legends. His priceless legacy has been displayed in many forms already, but you can’t get too much of Jay Dee we say. And so did the good folks at Rapster Records: on March 31st the first part of the epic [...]

After 9 months of the hugely succesful “The Sun & The Neon Light” World Tour in 2008, you would think that the Booka Shade boys would be taking a break – well almost ! They played their 1st show of 2009 in Berlin this past Saturday at the packed out ‘Distorted People’ event at the [...]

Who knows were time goes! Can’t believe this incredible year is nearing to a finish. As you can tell here at KSPACE.TV, we’ve been enjoying ourselves immensely with all the wonderful activities, new talent discoveries, and the joyous historical moments of 2008. We’re sening out a massive thanks and respect to our inspiring co-conspirators [...]

Its no secret that I have the biggest crush on Philly Soul. Can you blame me? I grew up to the my parents playing The Ojay’s, Patti Labelle, Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, and Hall & Oates (yes they’re from illadelphia too!). My torch is so intense that as soon as I meet [...]