So the annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is free, but that doesn't mean you're guaranteed entry. There's going to be a lot more demand than supply when you've got the likes of Brooklynite Big Daddy Kane (also my favorite rapper) and Lupe "Kickflip" Fiasco. Luckily, we're giving away two spots on the guestlist along with a Motorola "Hollywood" phone from Amp'd Mobile.
Things slow down in the summer and this is one of those slow week's for new music releases. There still are some notable releases hitting the shelves tomorrow. We have previews for: Frank Black, Brightblack Morning Light, Nelly Furtado, Gram Parsons, Jesus & Mary Chain, Morning 40 Federation, Primal Scream, Thin Lizzy, V/A: Austin City Limits '05.
Check out our weekly preview of the new ish!
Also, up today at Prefix...
Mixtape Review:
Freeway [G-Unit Radio 19]
CD Reviews:
Be Your Own Pet [Be Your Own Pet], Scott Walker [The Drift], Dixie Witch [Smoke & Mirrors]
News
Masta Killa Readies ‘Made in Brooklyn’ for August Release
Cursive to release ‘Happy Hollow’ in August
Percee P to Release Full-Length Debut, Hits Road with Dabrye
Radio 4 and Small Sins Tour Together
Snow Patrol Reschedule Tour
LA Show Preview
Morning 40 Federation
NYC Show Preview
FOLK (Vetiver)
Six previews (Antler, Busta Rhymes, Couch, Dabrye, Morning 40 Federation, Regina Spektor) up this week, but it's a pretty good/big week for releases.
Reviews of albums out this week:
Prefix Review: Couch [Figur 5]
Prefix Review: Dabrye [2/3]
Prefix Review: The Futureheads [News & Tributes]
Prefix Review: Ice Cube [Laugh Now, Cry Later]
Well, we just posted our annual listing of NYC Free Summer Shows. It's definitely one of our most popular articles each year. Right now it's a bit more sparse but there will definitely be more shows announced. Also, PS1 is not on the list because there is a set fee. In the past they asked for a donation.
Speaking of free shows in New York, check out the ticket giveaways we have running on Prefix Events NYC:
Stay tuned for even more ticket giveaways!
Prefix Events is giving away a pair of tickets to three pretty excellent shows going down this weekend in New York City.
Prefix New York Events: www.prefixmag.com/events/nyc
Only six previews up this week, but look out for a good number of reviews for albums out this week.
Albums by Zero 7 and Amps for Christ are out this week and reviewed by Prefix today.
It's a relatively quiet week for releases, but we still have eight previews (Asobi Seksu, Ammoncontact, Apocalyptica, Faith No More, Herbert, Krist Kristofferson, Peeping Tom, Ted Nugent) over at Prefix today.
We also posted a review of the new Herbert record today. It's one of the highest rated records posted at Prefix this year.
Forgot to post a note earlier this week, but we previewed 17 records in our weekly feature of the current week's cd releases. A major pain to format and ready, but I was really happy to get so many contributions from the staff this week.
17 Previews:
Black Heart Procession
Gnarls Barkley
Grandaddy
I See Hawks in L.A.
Jagged Edge
Lansing-Dreiden
Matmos
Neil Young
NY Dolls
Paul Simon
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scott Walker
The Stills
Teena Marie
V/A ReBop
Wooden Wand
Zach Hill and Mick Barr
Quick recap of what's happened at Prefix this week...
0) Weekly preview of albums out that came out this week
8 previews:
The Bellrays
Boy in Static
DeVotchka
Gomez
Pearl Jam
Sunset Rubdown
Wolfmother
Year Future
Lots more previews next week...
1) Features:
Ghostface [Interview]
The Strokes [Show Review]
Mogwai [Show Review]
Metric [Interview]
2) This week's CD reviews:
Astronautalis, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Dudley Perkins, Gnarls Barkley, Gomez, John Fahey, Kill Rock Stars Comp., LL Cool J, Mason Jennings, MC Lars, Park Attack, Pearl Jam, Psychic Ills, Soul Position, Starlight Mints, Sunset Rubdown, Think About Life, Ugly Duckling, VHS or Beta, Why?
3) Media:
40-Glocc, The Bronx, Built to Spill, Cut Chemist, JR Ewing, The Knife, Lupe Fiasco, Papoose, Tru-Life, Zero-7, more
4) Daily News (90+ Article Links)
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