Here’s the deal it’s Clubs and Spades
When I got a chance to interview the quartet Clubs and Spades (minus emcee Shonobi on the day) I wanted to avoid questions that focused on the fact that they were in fact a Northern rap group. Frankly I did not want to go down that rather obvious and generic line of questioning that us Londoners can do when...
6 questions with reggae super star Gyptian
Post the brilliant The Legends of Reggae Tour held on the 31st of May where pivotal figures in the reggae scene like Chaka Demus and Pliers performed, Flavour decided to get 6 questions with reggae superstar Gyptian who was also in attendance and absolutely tore the place down. Gyptian's current single All On Me taken off the album Sex, Love...
Raleigh Ritchie drops the atmospheric Never Say Die.
Raleigh Ritchie drops the atmospheric Never Say Die a sizzling buzz track to mark the return of the young gentleman from Bristol. Never Say Die is contemporary rnb with that dark edge that is so moreish. Creative credits go to the producer for Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, hence the slightly hip-hop feel to the track and that dark sub sonic bass-tidy. It perfectly sets...
IV Rox Release ‘Under The Bridge’ Remix Package
After their debut EP Imperfections peaked at Number 12 on the iTunes Pop Chart back in February, the IV Rox ladies are back with a special remix package especially for their Roxstar fans. ‘Under The Bridge’ was a clear fan favourite from the EP, and so the ladies teamed up with two super sick producers to complete the special ‘Under The Bridge’ trilogy.Complex UK...
Exclusive premier of Yum Yum’s killer track ‘Do you really?’
Sydney based soul duo Yum Yum are back again with a killer fresh new single 'Do You Really?' featuring knock-out brass beats by The Brass Knuckle Brass Band. 'Do you really?' draws you in with an upbeat contagious rhythm and blues bass line, layered with an infectious rock n roll guitar riff, sizzling Afro-Latin inspired percussion and brass hits reminiscent of a...
Matt Wills Live at the Servant Jazz Quarters: Review
Tuesday 26th of May, Matt Will’s had his own independent headline show down at Dalston’s Servant Jazz Quarters, from the moment I showed up to the moment I left, I was in a state perpetual state of ‘gobbed’ ‘cus the energy never let up! They even had a real life owl outside on arrival and that kind of novelty...
Tradiio – Discover new music
Have you heard about Tradiio? If you are a music lover and especially a lover of establishing new, unsigned and independent music then Tradiio is a must have for you! Tradiio helps you discover the best new music and you help artist's climb the Tradiio charts. How does it work? Download the app and sign up to Tradiio for free...
Exclusive OWS Waterline Music Video Trailer
The Waterline Teaser gives us an insight on what’s to come in OWS first solo music video! Over at Flavourmag, we always get very excited at teasers! It excites us and gives us a clue on what to expect even though we don’t know what the music video is exactly going to be like but at least it gives some...
Espa drops the dazzling track Pray For Me
If I said that I like the artists Espa it would be like saying that Sepp Blatter is a little shady-it would of course be an understatement of huge magnitude for he is so shady that mafia bosses cringe in fear when he enters a room-Espa in turn is my new found muse. The talented artist Espa drops the dazzling Pray...
Dawn Richard drops new track & new visual for “TitansXJamesDean”!
Dawn Richard, now simply known as DΔWN is taking her visuals to the next level. The former Danity Kane member debuts the sixth and seventh visual off her critically acclaimed album "Blackheart" titled "TitansXJamesDean". The visual showcases her track "Titans" and her brand new track "James Dean". The video was directed by Monty Marsh. The first part of the visual...
Aston Merrygold GETs STUPID in his debut solo music video!
Aston Merrygold has unveiled his first video for his debut solo single "Get Stupid". The track is taken from his debut solo album "Show Stopper" which is set for release in October and will follow on from the July 17 drop of the single. “Get Stupid is a phrase that people are going to hear and at first not really understand it,” explains...
Memeb bringing some summer anthems.
Ok here’s a short post regarding the productive excellence of the Spanish producers Memeb bringing some summer anthems. They have already had those in the know waxing lyrical about their all consuming productive brilliance and now they step up to the plate again with a free down load and the ep Surface. I have to say I was particularly attracted to...
Conya Doss brings her latest emotionally charged album VII.
Conya Doss is the stirring vocalist with the type of voice able to bless any genre because the words are connected to a place of personal emotion. A plethora of nominations and awards have blessed the Cleveland native over her near fifteen year career, putting out 6 albums up until 2012 with A Pocketful Of Purpose. 2015 and the nubian beauty...
Little Mix – Black Magic Video Pics Teaser
Fresh from premiering their brand new single ‘Black Magic’, Little Mix have today teased photos from the video for the song in which all four girls play geeks at High School.A teaser video will be released tomorrow (Thursday 28th June) with the official video premiering on Friday morning.Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall became Little Mix...
JLS’ Aston Merrygold back in business
It has been two years since JLS announced their spilt and now all eyes are on Aston Merrygold as he bounces back on the scene with a new single under his belt. It has been one busy week for the back flipping super star, who signed with Warner Bros Records mid last year, as he has not only released the...
Josué drops Soulful track “What’s on your mind”
Soul singer Josué is back again with another soulful banger “What’s on your mind.” While his previous release “Summer Time” reminisced about the good old summer days, “What’s on your mind” tells a tale of a lover that is keeping her feelings hidden. As the track unfolds, Josué’s soulful voice takes you on a journey back to the old school soul...
Loick Essein is Number 1
For a lot of people who love their male singers soulful, Loick Essien is number 1 in the UK pushing his brand of clean vocals. Loick has been on the scene for a number of years having made his name from an early age. Hits with names like Bashy, N-Dubz and Chip pepper his impressive cv. Despite success he disappeared...
Taylor Swift drops the video for her single Bad Blood
The global name Taylor Swift drops the video for her single Bad Blood featuring Kendrick Lamar (integrity bolstering hip-hop quota achieved). Here at Flavourmag we were curious to see the ‘Taylor Swift’ effect and see how many hits the video would get in three days. Looking this morning the video had over 37 million hits. In a way while the...
Cadenza drops Foundation featuring Stylo G and Busy Signal
Cadenza is a new name on the scene and follows a veritable wave of very young UK artists plying that old reggae dub sound-it’s a sound that’s so nice it has to be played twice! It’s refreshing and huge to see names pushing sounds of our fore fathers and grandparents.To that effect Oliver Rodigan (an appropriate name me thinks!)...
Samm Henshaw drops Better
Ok here’s a quick post on the UK name Samm Henshaw-I am going to drop an interview with the man himself soon. I really do think that he’s like this cross between D’Angelo and Teddy Pendergrass both supreme names from the genre that Samm Henshaw occupies-I therefore do not use the comparison lightly but that’s just how I feel. He’s pushed...
Readers’ Questions to…. Rough Copy
So here’s the feature Readers’ Questions to…. Rough Copy. Some great questions came from you and Rough Copy were stoked with your response big thanks to you for getting involved. A big congratulations to Jadey who tweeted in the winning question so look out Jadey Rough Copy will be coming to your house to perform live. Look out for the...
Watch Beyonce & Nicki Minaj ‘Feeling Myself’ Video
Beyonce and Nicki Minaj have without warning launched the new video for 'Feeling Myself' but there's a catch, in order to watch the sexy new video you will have to subscribe to Tidal. Well that was until someone uploaded it to Vimeo below.... Enjoyhttps://vimeo.com/128215073The playful video see's the pair in plenty of outfit changes including swimsuits, varsity jerseys, Coachella outtakes, twerking...
The fashion of Taylor Swift ft Kendrick Lemar ‘Bad Blood’ video
Taylor Swift's new video 'Bad Blood' featuring Kendrick Lemar has been released and features some of the sexiest female celebs on the planet from the music, entertainment and modelling world.The star studded cast features Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Jessica Alba, Karlie Kloss, Zendaya, Lily Aldridge, Ellie Goulding, Martha Hunt, Gigi Hadid, Hayley Williams, Selena Gomez, Cindy Crawford, Ellen Pompeo and Mariska Hargitay. Sounds...
Nicki Minaj brings back Barbie for ‘The Night Is Still Young’ video
Nicki Minaj fans, its time to rejoice as she brings back Harajuku Barbie for her lasted music video 'The Night Is Still Young'. Sharing photo's in instagram Nicki Minaj don's a completely see-through Sheer Dress and well as the beloved pink wig and stunning thigh high boots.Only the brave. Sexy and scandalous the sheer/mesh dress, is a guaranteed head turner for any modern...
Dance the pain away with Petite Meller
Petite Meller is back with a vibrant new track influenced by African beats, bursting with creativity and emotion. “Baby Love” is one of those summer tunes that can be enjoyed anywhere, in the car, on the beach or at the club. The video is a colourful spectacle of joyful madness inspired by cinematic scenes from Brigitte Bardot’s 1956 film “And...
Introducing: Natalie La Rose and her debut single Somebody featuring Jerimih.
Introducing Natalie La Rose and her debut single Somebody featuring Jerimih which is how do we say…..HUGE? The Amsterdam native is the freshest female name to add to the urban genre bringing her gorgeous looks and vocals on her hugely popular debut single. Facts are you may already know her. Natalie La Rose has been a regular vocalist for the global...
Pia Mia is ready to “Do It Again” with a little help from Tyga & Breezy!
Pia Mia is an 18 year old singer-songwriter who is already putting her stamp on the music business! Pia Mia is signed to Interscope Records who she has already dropped a 6 piece EP under.The EP was titled "The Gift" and it dropped back in February 2014. Since then the 18 year old released her debut official single "F**k With...
More Bad Blood posters released Ellie Goulding, Lena Dunham
Following on from the release of the Lily Aldridge and Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' posters, we can now reveal a new set featuring the likes of Ellie Goulding, Gigi Hadid, Zendaya and more. Top model Ggi Hadid stars as Slay-Z with Zendaya as Cut-throat and Hayley Williams as The Crimson Curse. Lena Dunham is Fiori, Hailee Seinfeld is The Trinity and...
Taylor Swift & Lily Aldridge Bad Blood posters REVEALED
Taylor Swift has released posters for her new video Bad Blood featuring herself and Lily Aldridge and the posters look stunning.You would be forgiven of you thought the posters where from Sin City or a similar movie as one look will make you stop and stare and take note of whats happening.With the music video that is turning out to...
Mark Asari drops the visuals for Up and Away
Last week we featured Mark Asari's link to the rnb niceness of the single Up and Away.We know of course you can't get enough of this supreme vocalist's talent and so this week Mark Asari drops the visuals for Up and Away directed by Pierre Jermaine Joseph-tidy!Got to say Mr Mark Asari the more I listen to this track...