Check out the new video for the song “Don’t Go” from Scandinavian Hippie-Rappers Sidewalk. This song is the first single from the soon to be released debut album Touching The Sky.

For more music head to the groups Soundcloud page and check back here at Crucial Village for updates on their album release and possible tour dates.

Contact Information

Homepage www.sidewalkland.com
Facebook facebook.com/walksideways
Twitter twitter.com/sidewalkland

Patrick Ray
Sidewalk

Tel:   +46-735 57 35 76
Adr:  Augustendalsv. 28
SE- 131 51 Stockholm
Sweden

Canadian rock duo, PS I Love are streaming their new album Death Dreams on the Paste Magazine website  a week before it drops on May 8th.

Picture Courtesy of Paper Bag Records

           CLICK HERE TO STREAM DEATH DREAMS

Also check out the latest issue of Exclaim! Magazine for an in depth interview with the duo where they discuss new album among other things.
 

Tour Dates
May
15 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Garrison
19 – Hamilton, Ontario @ The Casbah
21 – London, Ontario @ The Alex P Keaton
23 – Chicago, Ill. @ Schubas Tavern
25 – New York, N.Y. @ Mercury Lounge
26 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Glasslands
28 – Hamden, Conn. @ The Outer Space
29 – Fredericton, New Brunswick @ The Capital Complex
30 – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island @ Hunters Ale House
31 – Halifax, Nova Scotia @ Michael’s
June
2 – Montreal, Quebec @ Il Motore
9 – Kingston, Ontario @ The Grad Clu

 J BOOGIE’S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE

EL RITMO b/w NO FREEDOM (SINGLE) – OUT MAY 8, 2012

FEATURING BANG DATA, AFROLICIOUS & MC ZULU

REMIXES BY DJ SABO AND KUSH ARORA

This release is the latest single off the Undercover album. Known as a producer with no boundaries, J Boogie explores different sounds to deliver club music with an edge. For “El Ritmo” he brings both Deuce Eclipse and Caipo of Bang Data. Also featured is a remix by DJ Sabo.
The track “No Freedom” has an Afrobeat feel to it and features Pleasuremaker of Afrolicious along with MC Zulu. Kush Akora brings up a the rear with a banging remix laced with funky bass stompers.

Tracklisting

01) El Ritmo feat. Deuce Eclipse & Caipo of Bang Data
02) El Ritmo feat. Deuce Eclipse & Caipo of Bang Data (DJ Sabo Remix)
03) No Freedom feat. Afrolicious & MC Zulu
04) No Freedom feat. Afrolicious & MC Zulu (Kush Arora Remix)

Tour Dates

¡Reunión!
ACE Hotel | Palm Springs, CA
Thursday, April 26th
J Boogie & DJ Day drop gems in the
Amigo Room at the infamous ACE.

http://on.fb.me/IptEc3

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The Goods
Zanzibar | Santa Monica, CA
Friday, April 27th
J Boogie & Anthony Valadez

http://bit.ly/Hz0RRE
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Orgone & JBoogie
Moe’s Alley | Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, April 28th
J Boogie opens for Orgone

http://www.moesalley.com
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Spring Forward Fashion Show
The Clift Hotel | San Francisco, CA
Thursday May 3rd
B. Bravo, Starship Connection & JBoogie
provide the soundtrack for Bianca Starr’s
fashion movement.

http://on.fb.me/In50qo
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Non Stop Bhangra
The New Parish | Oakland, CA
Friday, May 4th
Aima the Dreamer, DJ Sol Uprising,
Jimmy Love, Dhol Rhythms & JBoogie
bring Bhangra to The Town.

http://nonstopbhangra.ning.com
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Mexican Institute of Sound & JBoogie
Yoshi’s Lounge | San Francisco, CA
Saturday, May 5th
Cinco de Mayo celebration!

http://www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco
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Dub Mission
Elbo Room | San Francisco, CA
Sunday, May 6th
The best of roots, dub, dancehall.

http://www.dubmissionsf.com
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Night Moves: Hot Toddy
Monarch | San Francisco, CA
Friday, May 11th
Crazy P’s Hot Toddy joins residents
JBoogie & DJ Theory.

http://www.monarchsf.com
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Om Yoga
Yoga Tree: Castro | San Francisco, CA
Saturday, May 12th
A levels Vinyasa Flow class with
Elise Lorimer mixed with freeform
dance and a LIVE musical soundtrack
by OM Records’ DJ J Boogie. 7-930 PM

http://on.fb.me/omyoga_may12
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Symbiosis Festival | Pyramid Lake, NV
Sunday, May 20th
J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science will be
Performing Sunday at Symbiosis.
Little Dragon, James Blake headline…

http://pyramideclipse.com

Back in early 2011, right around the time that forward thinking R&B really started to rise to prominence, we were particularly impressed with Chicago production duo Supreme Cuts, who’s strange and arresting take on the genre they at the time said was inspired by “the thought of Mannie Fresh and Phillip Glass kicking it.” We’ve kept up with them since then, and though they’ll be releasing an official album soon on Dovecote, we’re happy to say that we’ll also be teaming up with Dovecote to release their new mixtape Chrome Lips later this Summer. In case you just can’t wait that long, we’re also going to debut a new track from said album right now.
 

Since he landed on the digital scene with a string of tracks in the very beginning of this year, exceedingly young but impressively talented rapper Haleek Maul has been making waves with his brooding rhymes that exude a practiced confidence that would be impressive for any rapper, let alone one still firmly embroiled in his early teens. Considering his style, getting him on a track with Supreme Cuts made perfect sense, and “Gully,” the result, is probably both artists’ best work to date. Supreme Cuts come through with a sinister and epic beat that manages to sound as pretty as it is magisterial.
 

Meanwhile Haleek spits hot fire over the whole thing, finally intoning “I am not a person, I’m just verses stuck inside your head.” That’s some cold ass shit. “Gully,” as well as being on the Supreme Cuts mixtape, will also be featured on Haleek’s upcoming EP Oxyconteen, out June 14th on Merok Records. If “Gully” has given you a taste for these artists, fear not, as Chrome Lips features Maul prominently. So look for more great stuff from them soon, and check the track above.

March 20th, 2012 marked the passing of Nigerian born Afro-Boogie legend Harry Mosco.

Born Moses Agada, he first gained attention as the lead guitarist of the High-Life outfit -Celestine Ukwu’s Music Royals in the mid 60′s. After the Nigerian civil war in search of his own sound and life outside the Royals, Harry left to start his own group, The Funkees.  Considered by many the bad boys of the Nigerian music scene for both their rock god swagger and the hard edge of their sound, The Funkees captured the imagination by offering an alternative to the High-Life and emerging Afro-Juju sounds of the time.
 

Seeking to exceed this new found national success the band moved to London in 1973, where they built a strong enough following to put them in direct competition with Afro-Rock powerhouse Osibisa. However, before the band could take their careers to the next level they broke up while representing Black Britain in Nigeria at the legendary Festac ’77 (The Second Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture).

Returning to London Harry met and signed with business man Chief G.A.D Tabansi, founder of Tabansi records. It was for this label that Harry wrote, produced and performed the music that made him a household name in Nigeria.  Beginning with the Country Boy album, whose title track is considered the first true short form music video by a Nigerian artist.
 

Following the huge success of his solo debut, Harry went on to record three more successful albums including Sugar Cane Baby ( singles included the title track and the wildly popular “Happy Birthday”) and 1983s Heartbreak, which includes his cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. This was to be his last album.

From 1983 till his death, he operated as a business man in both London and Lagos, Nigeria where he owned and operated a recording studio. Known as a maverick who paved the way for Afro-Boogie acts like Kris Okotie, Jide Obi and Dizzy K – Harry Mosco is regarded as a giant among men and will truly be missed.

—Enyi Emesih