“hip-hop” News

New Release: Ant The Symbol and The Honorable Sleaze bring you The True Black

Today we have the second single for you from Ant The Symbol, the dope True Black (Featuring The Honorable Sleaze). Also included is the great new B-Side You Don’t See (Featuring RT & Reppa Ton)! Sincere thanks goes out to Ant The Symbol, The Honorable Sleaze, RT and Reppa Ton. Word. Of course,…… Read “New Release: Ant The Symbol and The Honorable Sleaze bring you The True Black”

New Release: Ant The Symbol returns with our fiftieth original album release!

In 2009, Just Plain Ant made his album debut with our premiere original album release, so I think it’s quite fitting that Anthony Gillison with his new artistic identity, Ant The Symbol, brings blocSonic our fiftieth! With this new album, his artistic growth has allowed him to revisit his hip-hop r…… Read “New Release: Ant The Symbol returns with our fiftieth original album release!”

New release: Ant The Symbol kicks off December with the first single from “Tempus Fugit”!

Back in the Fall & Spring of 2013/2014 we were first introduced to Anthony Gillison’s new musical identity, Ant The Symbol, with a great trilogy of instrumental EPs. Since then, he released a number of releases independently, which you can find at bandcamp. However, it’s now been over a year and…… Read “New release: Ant The Symbol kicks off December with the first single from “Tempus Fugit”!”

New Release: netBloc Volume 49 arrives!

Almost nine years since we launched the series and closing in on fifty volumes, our netBloc series remains a unique listening experience in the world of music. As it is, the #ccmusic / #netlabel community is one in which music’s primary purpose remains music itself… fame and wealth remain secondary…… Read “New Release: netBloc Volume 49 arrives!”

Happy Netlabel Day, we’ve got new releases galore!

If you haven’t already heard, today is the first annual Netlabel Day, a spirited endeavor being spearheaded by M.I.S.T. Records’Manuel Silva. As part of ND, blocSonic is one of a total of 82 netlabels releasing music today under a Creative Commons license. For our part, we’ve got a total of six grea…… Read “Happy Netlabel Day, we’ve got new releases galore!”

New release: Cassette Tape Bandits drop the surprise EP, "The Shonen Sporks"!

We at blocSonic are getting ready to go into quiet mode for a good part of June so that we can put the final touches on the new website, test it and launch it at the end of the month. So here’s one more tasty release by the mad men of CTB for you to enjoy! The Shonen Sporks EP is a great collectio…… Read “New release: Cassette Tape Bandits drop the surprise EP, "The Shonen Sporks"!”