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Due to some unforseen annoyances the Birdy Nam Nam show this weekend (Saturday, July 12th) has been moved from Koko. Where better we thought, than Cargo. Its going to be the biggest line up the place has ever seen. We’ve still got a pair of tickets for one of you lucky folk to win. Just tell us where the name Birdy Nam Nam comes from. E-mail Jen@Style43.com by Wednesday July 9th to be in with a chance of winning.
BIRDY NAM NAM
SATURDAY 12TH JULY @ CARGO
8PM - 3AM / £14.50 ADV / £15 BEFORE 11 / £12 AFTER
LIVE: BIRDY NAM NAM + PART TIME HEROES SOUNDSYSTEM
DJS: DJ FEADZ + DJ KAZEY+ MEMORY9 + ZERO DB+ RIGAS DEN ANDRE

www.myspace.com/birdynamnam

Sometimes it doesn’t really register with people that we do in fact have a strong Hip Hop culture here in the UK. It is fully developed & mature.

Our MCs can stand up lyrically with the world’s finest spoken word artists. We have a long history of DJ, Bboy & Beatbox Champions. We have some of the world’s leading Graffiti artist coming from our shores. UK Hip Hop sections can be found in record shops all across Europe. Even the industry here are starting to catch on (and they are always the last to know)

Proving the point. Here we are. End Of The Weak International MC Champion title holders! In our first season of the worlds leading International MC Challenge the UK takes home the trophy! Thanks to UK Champion season one Stig Of The Dump http://www.myspace.com/stigdastardly

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Listen to Hot Club De Paris. Another band from Liverpool who I’m plugging, but as far as I’m concerned this is no bad thing. They have a new album out called Live at Dead Lake, chock full of catchy and upbeat songs which are actually well written and insightful, not just cheerful nothingness. It was also produced by Brian Deck, the same dude who produces Modest Mouse, so you know shit’s tight. Their Minutemen cover is a belter, as is their single and my song of the week Hey Housebrick. Check their myspace out for a listen, and they have some nice videos on youtube

Birdy Nam Nam are more than a DJ crew or more than just a gang of b-boys with a lot of time on their hands. They won the DMCs and then dismissed it as “for nerds”.

This four man crew make music so musical you’d swear it was music being played live – they use the deck as an instrument so much they’ll play the xylophone, isolate one note and then press it to vinyl so they can scratch it up. Movie soundtracks, world tours, dope albums and theatre scores, they’ve done all this and more.

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Swedish punk rockers Millencolin will embark on a UK tour in September 2008, in support of Machine 15 - their latest album and the first one since 2005’’s ‘Kingwood’.

With an impressive string of six releases behind them, nearly two million records sold worldwide and sharing stages with the likes of Blink 182, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, the Örebro based quartet of vocalist/bassist Nikola Sarcevic, guitarists Erik Ohlsson and Mathias Färm and drummer Fredrik Larzon show with this album that they are on top of their game.

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If you’re a regular on the site you’ll know by now we love our Australian hip-hop.. and if you’re about in London at the end of next weekend you’re in for a treat.

Adelaide’s finest Hilltop Hoods are back in town for their first UK show since September last year, playing two dates on Sunday June 30th and Monday July 1st at Islington Academy.

As one of Australia’s original and most renowned hip-hop groups, and recently referred to as the best live act in the country, Suffa, Pressure and DJ Debris are hitting the UK soil continuing the success of ‘The Hard Road: Restrung’.

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Groundbreaking, charismatic, stylish, distinctive - these are just some of the words that have been used to describe Lyrics Born.

As one of the best selling independent hip-hop solo artists of our time, he has risen from an underground MC to a major Hip-Hop icon on the national and international touring circuit, and has earned the reputation as one of the most exciting and consistent in the game.

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This month sees the release of Adulthood, the follow up to 2006’s Kidulthood, written, starring and directed by the award-winning Noel Clark.

The film follows on from Sam’s release after killing Trife six years previously. He soon realises how difficult things are going to be for him on the outside, he struggles with the guilt, and then has to deal with those seeking revenge.

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There are those of you out there who may not think of the Midlands as the sort of place that’s brimming with home-grown hip hop talent, but you would be wrong, so very, very wrong. Because along with Robin Hood and Su Pollard, the city of Nottingham has given us such musical luminaries as Cappo, P-Brothers, Karizma and, of course, the Elementz.

The latter are back with their new compilation, “Crush Mode”, featuring all the usual audio audacity and beat bravado that we have come to expect from Liati and Zoutr since they dropped their debut back in 2005. And as usual they come fully mob handed with a ton of guest speakers, including Skinnyman, Scor-Zay-Zee, TB and Big Cakes.

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It was messy last year, and I don’t doubt it being any better this year. Chav-fest or not, it is a fun weekend. If you can, be there..
http://www.nassfest.com/

We’ve run a few competitions here at Style43. Now its time to bring you the best of the absolute fucking best in the current hip-hop scene, by giving away a pair of tickets for the Atmosphere & Brother Ali show at Koko on the 18th of June.

In light of their recent album, “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold”, which soared through the billboard charts over in the USA, Atmosphere will be heading over to the UK next week alongside label-mate and future hip-hop legend Brother Ali.

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Yeah, ya heard right. Californian punk legends Pennywise are currently rolling in the success of their recent release and ninth stduio album, “Reason To Believe”. Bass player Randy Bradbury took some time out to chat to Style43 about the album recording, their loyal fans here in Britain, and upcoming tours..

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In light of his first album for five long years, “The 3rd World”, New York’s finest Immortal Technique, will be passing through London town for a show on the June 4th.

The rapper and political activist will be bringing a much hyped live show performing with DJ G.I.JOE & Da Circle at the Coronet in Elephant & Castle, SW London.

With support from Style43 favourites & the recent RedMan & Method Man support, Triple Darkness.

Skinnyman will also be doing a set before Immortal Technique hits the stage, as well as performances from Iron Braydz, Skandal & the whole Speakers Corner Family.

June is looking up to be a great month for hip-hop. Immortal Technique live in London, not to be missed!!

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So here is the latest offering from the deep, dark belly of UK hip hop. Skandal has blasted on the scene with his debut EP, and if this is what the future has in store for hip hop, then you purists are in for a shock.

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I just got back from a show at the Old Blue Last, Annihilation Time were supposed to play but for visa reasons couldn’t make it. Luckily, I hadn’t bought a ticket and only found out about the show today, but for all those Annihilation Time fans who had their hopes up, it’s gotta be a bummer.

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Its taken me a while to get my shit together to write a review of Bliss N Eso‘s “Flying Colours”. This is for one reason, and one reason only, its absolutely fucking fantastic. I jumped on the Australian hip hop band wagon about two years ago and have since discovered some of my favourite current hip hop acts, one of which being the mighty Bliss N Eso.

As their third album, it is full to the brim with diversity. Perfectly chosen samples work like magic alongside Bliss N Eso‘s rhyme schemes, bringing every track to life, giving it its own beat, its own feel, and giving you the need to get the fuck up and dance, tap your feet, shout along to the choruses.. You get the picture.

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Polar Bear @ Colston Hall, Bristol.
April 20th 2008

Polar Bear were gripping from the off. The quintet, made up of drums, double bass, two saxophones and a laptop, entertained the small gathering in Bristol’s Colston Hall with devastating panache. In fact, the gig took place in the bar, with about 10 rows of seats and a smattering of people gathered at the sides. And it was the perfect setting; intimate, friendly and mesmerizing all at the same time.

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Sick of It All + Wisdom in Chains live @ The White Rabbit, Plymouth.
April 16th 2008.

After an intro song filled with guitar solos and a lot of anticipation from an eager crowd, Mad Joe started to pound his vocals into the first song, “Liar”.

Fast drumming and awesome guitar riffs filled The White Rabbit and the crowd went off. The second song, “Dragging Me Down”, had the crowd going off and fighting for the mic with an awesome sing-along. The guitars chugged and halfway through an awesome solo kicked in. The song had a real Blood For Blood feel to it.

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Bank Holiday Sunday @ The Croft (Bristol) plays host to the highly anticipated return of UKHC veterans NINEBAR.

Performing classic tracks from ‘Raising the Bar’, ‘Urban Legends’ & ‘Southbound’ NINEBAR are set to lay waste to The Croft for the first time in 2008!

With support from Belgium’s SURGE OF FURY, and UKHC heavyweights SPECIAL MOVE, this is set to be one of the best hardcore shows of 2008.

www.myspace.com/thecorleonefamilybs3

I had full intentions of copying the press blurb for the release of the new Weezer album, (I say ‘new’, its not out until July) but it didn’t really do them justice.

As one of the biggest and most influential bands of the last ten years, they are set to release the third self-titled album in their six-album history.

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