April 17, 2015Immortalised in Babylon as a clash-winning dub, ‘Warrior Charge’ is possibly one of the best known and most-exposed rhythms in UK’s reggae history. Recorded by Aswad in 1981, the tune not only soundtracked the film, but years earlier had found success in both Britain and Jamaica, one of the first to do so. Despite it’s status and the genre’s history…
March 18, 2015Been chewing through a lot of documentaries lately, and the Billy Corben directed Limelight (on club owner Peter Gatien) inspired me to reach for this one again. Glad I did, as this must’ve shot well over my head the first time. Directed by Tamra Davis, close friend of the subject, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child captures the spirit of a time…
January 7, 2015Debuted in 2013 and doing the rounds now with city screenings, festivals and TV broadcast is the awesome documentary The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna. This is old news to many no doubt, but having only just had the chance to check it out properly I’ve walked away delightfully shocked at the creative force that is Kathleen Hanna,…
January 2, 2015Mad delay getting this up here, tradition does dictate first of the New Year but what can we say…it’s been a crazy series of events lately. Simply put, 2014 was freaking awesome. So much good music, new labels and strange directions for wax and cassette labels that kept us interested for the full twelve months, if consistently broke at the…
December 28, 2014For those that haven’t yet checked, the digital output of Mixmag, specifically Mixmag TV, has properly taken off in the last 12 months. And this series here, though only four episodes deep, has been a definite highlight. Kicking off back in July with Mr. Scruff, the 100% Vinyl series is a selected deejay spinning all vinyl in a store of…
December 23, 2014Christmas is cool and all, but sometimes around this time of year it really is best to start looking forward to things that will bring you joy as well as those around you, especially if it’s something that you missed out on getting under the tree last year. I’m pretty sure that my wife, parents, siblings etc. aren’t on the…
December 18, 2014On a more positive note than what you’re about to read, we highly recommend you checking out Michael Chandler’s documentary Stay Sailing, which is a brilliant piece of film making on pirate radio: https://awkmo.co/stay-sailing-pirate-radio-documentary Got sent this in response to the quality DJ Slimzee mini-doc we posted last week. Jimmy Monsta Funk was quick on response as always, sharing the downside…
December 11, 2014Unless you were there it’s hard to convey the influence and importance of Koolism to the Australian music scene. Between the late ’90s and early 2000’s it was the first time that a lot of us heard a non-US or British accent on a rap. And it wasn’t just as a starting point: throughout their career Koolism remained homegrown and…
December 1, 2014Film maker Rollo Jackson is so on point with what he does. Showtime! and Tape Crackers are regularly played around our place, even just as background. Both DVDs are a constant source of reference for dancehall and jungle respectively, offering exactly what we’d want musically and stylistically. Jackson has not only worked with amazing subjects but seems to almost take the…
November 27, 2014We’ve been waiting for this one for the last decade; and thank god that someone with cash and time has managed to get it off the ground. Currently in it’s final stages and crowd-funding to get it across the line, the first proper feature-length documentary for Jaco Pastorius is looking to be released in the first half of next year,…