EWAN HOOZAMI: ‘Falcon Punch’ video

EWAN HOOZAMI: ‘Falcon Punch’ video
In this instance Falcon Punch is neither an alcoholic fruity drink with a dead bird of prey in it, nor a brutal pugilistic technique. Instead it is a fruity slice of funky breaks with an Alice Russell/ Bamboos sample in it featuring a fairly brutal beat not unlike something the Prodigy might have done a while back a track from rising Bristol producer Ewan Hoozami. Now in full audio-visual effect you can cop the vid
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KRS-ONE: UK Tour 2010 – win free tickets

KRS-ONE: UK Tour 2010 – win free tickets
Easy now! It’s the return of the boom-bap. KRS-ONE a.k.a. the Teacha a.k.a. the lyrical legend responsible for Sound Of Da Police, South Bronx and MCs Act Like They Don't Know among others, has spat fire since his days with BDP and is playing these shores in the autumn: READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

LEISURE ALLSTARS: Friday Night (feat. Lady Chann) – 2010 – Single review

LEISURE ALLSTARS: Friday Night (feat. Lady Chann) – 2010 – Single review
RATING: 5/5
Ahh – Friday night – my favourite part of the week and apparently dancehall queen Lady Chann’s too as she rides a rude Leisure Allstars riddim, an equally rude Professor Dodecahedron remix and a massive dutty-skankin ‘Saturday Morning retox’ from Mr Benn. That’ll presumably be ‘Saturday Morning’ as in still-out-ain’t-gone-to-bed-yet-Saturday-Morning given the epic night out that Chann seems to have been planningREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHAROAHE MONCH: Shine (feat. Mela Machinko) – 2010 – Single review + free download

PHAROAHE MONCH: Shine (feat. Mela Machinko) – 2010 – Single review + free download
RATING: 3.5/5
Not quite the underground club banger one might have hoped for from the man who once dropped Simon Says and Fuck You and who claims his forthcoming W.A.R. LP (now delayed until early autumn) will be a throwback to ’93/ ’94 hip-hop. True Shine has a meaty boom-bap beat (courtesy of one Diamond D), avoids theDOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

PROTOMAN & BLEUBIRD: Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does) - free download

PROTOMAN & BLEUBIRD: Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does) - free download
It’s not all vice, corruption and extreme violence in Florida but if, like me, you’ve never been there and your conception of the place is formulated by Miami Vice, Tim Dorsey, and – er – the news…it mostly is. Contrary to the claims ofDOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE HERBALISER/ ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM live @ KOKO 24 july 2010 – WIN FREE ENTRY

THE HERBALISER/ ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM live @ KOKO 24 july 2010 – WIN FREE ENTRY
Whether you’ve got a head for beats or like beats for the head it’s fairly safe to say this gig will rub your rhubarb the right way. As luck would have it monkeyboxing.com can ensure that such an experience comes to you and a companion entirely free. All you have to do is answer the question below by 14 July and mail in your answer - first two correct answers get themselves plus one on the guestlist. Get ya skates on innit!
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SHADE COBAIN: ‘Cassette Theory: Beat EP’ – free download

SHADE COBAIN: ‘Cassette Theory: Beat EP’ – free download
Heads up – it’s free dusty breaks time again. Clearly a man who knows his Memorex C90 from his Sony C120, Shade Cobain hails from Pittsburgh and lists Kurt Cobain (which might explain that tag) among influences which also (more typically) include Thelonious Monk, Pete Rock and The Funk Brothers. Rich on analog hiss, Shade’s cassette-obsessed beats project harks back to mid-nineties sampling of seventies sounds. All the best bits about the cassette era then, without all the irritating bits like: 1. having to use a biro to unspool your favourite cassette because your car stereo has wound it too tight to play in your walkman,DOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

FOREIGN LEGION: ‘Travel Lite’ single, ‘Night Moves’ LP due 17th August 2010

FOREIGN LEGION: ‘Travel Lite’ single, ‘Night Moves’ LP due 17th August 2010
Foreign Legion’s Night Moves LP (cover art below links) has been coming out and then failed to more times than an indecisive closet gay man. The evidence on the band's own Hungerstrike Records website, would suggest that the latest due date for Prozack Turner and Marc Stretch’s much-delayed album is 17th August this year. The underrated Bay Area hip-hop duo's long-awaited third LP is preceded by the seemingly troublesome digital release of promo single
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BASEMENT FREAKS: ‘Am Free’ – Free download

BASEMENT FREAKS: ‘Am Free’ – Free download
‘Don’t be afraid of your free download!’ George Fotiadis a.k.a. Basement Freaks celebrates the rise and rise of his label Bombastic Jam with a typically – er - bombastic refix of the early nineties indie/ baggy cover of the Rolling Stones track by The Soup Dragons. You can cop itREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

BROTHER ALI: UK summer tour dates 2010 cancelled

BROTHER ALI: UK summer tour dates 2010 cancelled
It looks like Brother Ali is having a bummer in the summer. The Minneapolis rapper has had to fly back home to the states due to a family tragedy and as a consequence his scheduled UK summer has had to be cancelled withREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

BLAKTRIX: The Houdini Footprints Of Some People Never Go Crazy – Free download

BLAKTRIX: The Houdini Footprints Of Some People Never Go Crazy – Free download
What’s this? A nine-track Blaktrix retrospective digital release of rare and unreleased cuts? Whagwaan? I’m assuming this is a prelude/ taster of soon come new material rather than a curtain bow. For those who don’t know, Blaktrix is the shit and his rhymes trip off the tongue with understated ease – unlike the name of this EP. I first caught Blaktrix onDOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS: Take It Slow (feat. Gift Of Gab)

SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS: Take It Slow (feat. Gift Of Gab)
These guys have to push T Bird & The Breaks pretty close as to who has the best band name on the contemporary funk scene. But that’s another story. What we have here is the horns n Hammond-rich new single and title track of their forthcoming LP (due 4 October 2010) feat. Blackalicious’ LISTEN/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

KEMO THE BLAXICAN: ‘Upside Of The Struggle’ LP released 17 August 2010

KEMO THE BLAXICAN: ‘Upside Of The Struggle’ LP released 17 August 2010
Not enough Latin lingo in the lyrics you’re hearing? Not enough barrio in the beats? Time to cop a bit of Kemo The Blaxican then (I’ll leave you to puzzle out his mixed heritage) – since the former Delinquent Habits member drops his third solo album on 17 August this year. Given previous efforts (cop the video to La Receta off the first solo LP below) this promises to beREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM