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Nothing by Ghouli Ghouli are a macabre-inspired Richmond, Virginia-based Hardcore Punk band, who just released their debut EP, NOTHING , earlier this morning. We, actually, first learned about Ghouli last week, when Stereogum Senior Editor, Tom Breihan , posted the first installment of his new Let The Roundup Begin: The Month In Hardcore - January 2020 column. Ghouli hail from an area that boasts a decades-long pedigree of great Punk/Hardcore bands, which includes newcomers One Step Closer, CANDY, Break Away, NOSEBLEED, Division of Mind, Red Vision, and Left Cross. Ghouli were formed in early 2018 and their current line-up consists of frontwoman Sam Poe , guitarist Mikey Kent , bassist Ethan Mackenzie , and drummer Eric Kelly , including former members of Hold Tight, Radio Reds, and Teen Death. Mikey Kent recently told The Witzard, via email, that Ghouli are "heavily influenced by 80's Hardcore bands, like T.S.O.L. & Poison Idea, old school Death Rock, like Chri...

AfroKuti: A Tribute to Fela by Butcher Brown DJ Harrison is a Richmond, Virginia -based producer and multi-instrumentalist AKA Devonne Harris , who's now signed to Stones Throw Records . Last year, Stones Throw quietly released Harrison's self-produced debut, HazyMoods , which was recorded directly to tape in his living room/home studio. Not unlike his fellow Virginians Pharrell , Chad Hugo, Timbaland , Missy Elliott, and Clipse , DJ Harrison often blurs the line between Hip-Hop , R&B, Funk , Soul, and Rock "N" Roll . In a similar vein to Pharrell & Chad Hugo 's The Neptunes/N*E*R*D , Harris also, moonlights as one-fifth of his own Virginia -based genre-eschewing band, Butcher Brown . Its 5-piece core line-up consists of guitarist Morgan Burrs , drummer Corey Fonville , bassist Andrew Randazzo , sax & trumpet player Marcus Tenney , and of course, DJ Harrison contributing keys, production, engineering, etc. According to Stones Throw , DJ Harrison ...

Baltimore emcee UllNevaNo has returned with his first quasi-"release" of 2018, an 8-week project unofficially titled the #SHAMMGODWEDS series produced by Norfolk, VA -based MGNTK. affiliate MANHE . Following last year's Jumbled -produced The Ghost of Len Bias EP on Harford & Reckord Tapes/MGNTK. RSRCH , #SHAMMGODWEDS will be Neva 's first proper "full-length" release of 2018. Not unlike The Ghost of Len Bias EP and Ohbliv -produced "WRK." this weeks' #SHAMMGODWEDS release, "FIGHT KLUB POOL TABLE" keeps right in line with UllNevaNo 's on-going series of basketball-themed rhymes. "On this particular record, Neva pays homage to a culture that made him who he is as [an] artist today and that's battle rap. Even though he hasn't battled since 2010, UllNevaNo still loves the sport and tuning into leagues, such as King of The Dot Ent. (KOTD) and Ultimate Rap League (URL) " UllNevaNo wrote within a r...

"Part of my goal in writing "Moon Pulls" was to simply just be more honest. I've always been cryptic in my writing; instead of saying what really happened, I would use a metaphor or some type of simile to get the point across. With this track, I wasn't afraid to talk about the intense feelings of lust, love, and confusion I was experiencing. I feel like " Moon Pulls" is a drama condensed into a four-minute, Pop -structured song because it has movements that represent certain moments in time for me and it builds to a climax of myself bluntly asking, "what did I do to deserve you?" When I perform the song live, I always find myself screaming that part—it's such a human experience, being both grateful to have someone, while simultaneously feeling afraid to lose them," Brooklyn -based singer-songwriter and producer Sam Friedman (professionally known as Nerve Leak ) wrote within a recent emailed statement exclusive to The Witzard . W...