“xtended edition” News
New release: The XE release of Andrew Cosentino's "Country Western Star" marks his blocSonic debut!
New York based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cosentino first got in touch with blocSonic back in February. However, it took me a couple weeks to finally give it a listen. When I did, his EP, Country Western Star (CWS), immediately struck a chord and I emailed him back to find out how he’d like to a…… Read “New release: The XE release of Andrew Cosentino's "Country Western Star" marks his blocSonic debut!”
New release: The Scallions are back with the re-release of their conceptual gem!
I first heard The Scallions back in the early 2000s when I was designing much of the cover art for SLAMjamz online mp3 releases. From the start, their brand of Avant-Garde Power Pop grabbed my attention and didn’t let go. For me, their music was fresh and new while at the same time it harkened bac…… Read “New release: The Scallions are back with the re-release of their conceptual gem!”
New release: The official kickoff of Impossebulls October!
Ten years ago, almost to the day (October 12th, to be specific), The Impossebulls released their sophomore album, Slave Education. It ended up being the flagship release of the re-launch of Chuck D’s SLAMjamz Records, so it was being released via a new distribution partner. Somehow, someway, the d…… Read “New release: The official kickoff of Impossebulls October!”
New release: International rap crew D3Zs arrive at blocSonic!
Back in 2008, a funky netlabel called Random Flow was dropping dope hip-hop releases, one after the other. It quickly became one of my favorite netlabels at the time. Sadly, in 2009, RF released it’s final release. When it was apparent that RF was inactive, CM aka Creative was the first RF alumnus…… Read “New release: International rap crew D3Zs arrive at blocSonic!”
New release: Cheese N Pot-C arrive at blocSonic!
Back in 2008, when I first heard of a funky little netlabel called Random Flow, they had already released a series of releases that showed me that hip-hop was alive and well in the netlabel community. Among their artists, CM aka Creative was the first whose music I would later release right here a…… Read “New release: Cheese N Pot-C arrive at blocSonic!”
New release: The Honorable Sleaze's "Summer Fresh" receives the XE treatment!
Back in September of 2009, a label started by our own Just Plain Ant, Just Plain Sounds, released a tasty gem by The Honorable Sleaze… the release was named Summer Fresh and featured a personal favorite, “God Damn” among other fresh joints. Now, closing in on five years later, I figured it would b…… Read “New release: The Honorable Sleaze's "Summer Fresh" receives the XE treatment!”