Garage and Grime

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Roots Manuva | Slime and Reason

Big Dada/Ninja Tune (2008)
The richest fruit of British rap’s gestation period is the growing catalogue of Roots Manuva.
By ANDREW GRAHAM | October 15, 2008

Bangers + Mush

Dizzee Rascal and El P at the Middle East Downstairs, May 11, 2008
About five years ago, when grime came crashing through the gates, many thought that England had finally found a homegrown answer to American hip-hop.
By RICHARD BECK | May 21, 2008

Burial

Untrue | Hyperdub
Dubstep has been given its Dizzee Rascal moment with the release of Burial’s Untrue , the elusive London producer’s second album.
By NICK SYLVESTER | December 26, 2007

America Blows

Since George W. Bush took office, the United States has sunk to unprecedented lows in sports and pop-culture domination
The United States of America is a nation with a proud history.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 29, 2007

Dizzee Rascal

Maths + English | XL
Boy in da Corner may be the classic Dizzee will be forced to chase for the rest of his career.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | June 12, 2007

Guest lists

What 30 of the Phoenix 's music critics liked this year
What small, private lists like this remind us is that big, honking institutional lists are largely fictions, mirages of a consensus that no longer exists, if it ever really did in the first place.
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 02, 2007

On the racks: October 31, 2006

The Who, Deftones, Meatloaf
Plus Lady Sovereign, Isis, and Flavor Flav.
By MATT ASHARE | November 02, 2006

The Atlantic Divide

Bridged by the Internet
Bloc Party, the Arctic Monkeys, and even Dizzee Rascal often make it seem that British music is our music too.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | October 24, 2006

JeknowwotI’msayin?

Lady Sovereign sets her sights on the US
“People have this kind of problem with me,” says Lady Sovereign over the phone from her London home. “They think they know me, and they don’t know me — and it’s dis gustin ’.” Lady Sovereign, "Gatheration" (mp3)
By FRANKLIN SOULTS | October 20, 2006

Hits and missus

Lady Sovereign and the Streets at Avalon
Give you a hint: one of them sizzled, one of them fizzled. Live grime’s a bitch, innit? The Streets and Lady Sovereign at Avalon, June 21, 2006
By MAC CARROLL | June 22, 2006

Brit-hop - side

By | April 24, 2006

OMG, they’re dancing!

Notorious puts the G in grime; WZBC DJ pleads ‘Guilty’
When word came that G NOTORIOUS (a/k/a Geoff White) was putting out a promo-only grime mixtape, two questions came to mind. “Where’s G Notorious been?” And “Why grime?”
By DAVID DAY | October 27, 2008