Brockhampton Challenges Internet Culture With “1997 Diana”

Over the last two weeks America’s favorite boy band Brockhampton has uploaded three singles that are all tied together by their titles. The first song was titled “1999 Wildfire”, followed with “1998 Truman”. The most recent in the series, called “1997 Diana”, came out last night complete with a video directed by Kevin Abstract. In […]

[RH Collectors] Stitch Gawd

Walking in to Stitch Gawd’s apartment is the closest thing to walking into a Chicago rap scene museum that I have experienced thus far. Everywhere you look there is art created by, for, or about Chicago Hip Hop. Art on the walls, art on the floor, even the in the bathroom (which is a shrine […]

RH Pitchfork Festival Schedule

Over the last 13 years Pitchfork Music Festival has become one of the most important and highly curated music festivals in Chicago, which says a lot considering that Chicago has the most summer festivals of any city in America. This year’s festival is dominated by internationally known stars like Ms. Lauryn Hill (celebrating the 20th […]

Noname Teases New Album Release

Noname has been putting out hints about her next album all week, but in an Instagram post today she said “This the last picture I’m posting. Next one will be the album cover.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVsoqlBuQa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link In classic Noname fashion she is still keeping the release date a secret, but this makes it seem like it’s coming […]

Elton Drops New Single With Jean Deaux

Chicago based rapper/singer Elton just released his latest single “Frequency”. The track features Zero Fatigue member and fellow Chicagoan Jean Deaux as well as Bedows and The Burns Twins on the instrumental. “Frequency” comes ahead of Elton’s debut album Elevated which is scheduled to be released next month, but will not be a part of that […]

RH In The Studio With: NIIA

On a humid Thursday in June I sat down with Niia, an upcoming jazz-pop singer based in L.A. on a back porch on the west side of Chicago . She was in Chicago for a week of recording at SoundScape Studio, working on new music at a clip of a song/day. There’s something that immediately […]

“No End” In Sight For WebsterX’s Restless Summer

WebsterX released the second installment of his Restless Summer today with “No End”. The track is breathy and melodic, starting out sounding like something Man On The Moon era Kid Cudi would have made. It fits the overall idea of the restless summer, you can imagine yourself lying in bed on a hot night listening to […]

Thair Debuts With “Summer Luhh”

You may know Thair as the lead singer from Astro Samurai but today he stepped into a new lane with his debut solo album Summer Luhh. You can stream and download it below. Summer Luhh by Thair The album is like the singer, defined by dichotomy that finds a harmony within its differences. At moments it is […]