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Words by Jesse Serwer—
The work of our friend Marcus Burrowes—visual artist, streetwear pioneer, punky reggae style don, designer of our brand-new LargeUp x RockersNYC “Jamaica” tee —is the subject of a new art show opening at New York’s Fuse Gallery this week. The show, Sons of Thunder, takes its name from a Dr. Alimantado album, and, as with much of Marcus’ work, music is a central theme.
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Even during his Beastie Boys-assisted revival in the mid ’90s, who would have imagined that in 2012, at age 76, Lee “Scratch” Perry would still be regularly touring the world? Scratch, who performed in NYC as recently as last September, returns to New York for a show at the Gramercy Theatre this Thursday, May 17, with support from our own DJ Gravy and Subatomic Sound System. He can’t do this forever, so if you’re a fan and can make it out, we suggest you do. You can buy your tickets here, but we’ve got two (2) pairs give away, though. To win, follow Largeupdotcom on Twitter and RT our tweet with this post and the correct answer to this question: What Lee Perry tune was used in a commercial for Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut chocolate bar? We’ll see the first two of you to hit us with that answer on Thursday night.
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Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Hold the line! (and ring the Dr. Sample wav-file alarm effect). The gradual leakage of tunes from the forthcoming Major Lazer sequel now includes this ML refix of our favorite Beastie Boys dub excursion, featuring Santigold. Dip & Switch play it pretty straight with a crunchy poco/reggaeton beat that compliments the haunting afrojazz horns instead of distracting from it–transforming it into a formidable dancefloor weapon.
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Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Our Afro-picked overlords at Okayplayer HQ just posted this new Beastie Boys track, “Don’t Play No Game I Can’t Win,” featuring Santigold and we got an auto-alert that is generated by any hipster sht that comes out with a reggae beat. Seriously, this is the most punky reggae thing Santi has done since she and Diplo did their Top Ranking mixtape and it is pretty much the most reggaeish thing the Beastie Boys have done ever (unless you count putting Lee “Scratch” Perry on the cover of Grand Royal). Starts out with some otherworldy trumpets that could be Ethiopian jazz and then kicks in with a dubby skacore beat that sounds kind of a lot like that one dub track DJ Krush did. You might actually need to check your head after you run this tune.
