New Artist: Awkwafina If the white girl winning top rap artist at the Billboard Music awards aggrevated you the other night, Indie Buzz has some Yellow to make you mellow! Meet New York City's Awkwafina, who's novelty hip-hop style ... Read More...
Flame or Lame: Tyler the Creator – Cherry Bomb Without a doubt Tyler, the Creator is one of the greatest artists of our generation. To drop Cherry Bomb unexpectedly like this is a bold statement to rival that of Kendrick Lamar and other peer artists. The fa... Read More...
Flame or Lame: Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful Action Bronson's third album Mr. wonderful is one hell of a smash. At times it plays to the hardcore New York rap feel while the beats stay tasteful and melodic. This is especially prevalent on the third track ... Read More...
Flame or Lame: Toro Y Moi – What For It's hard to place a finger on what would make Toro Y Moi's new record What For a lame. Overall it's the fact that when compared to his last album Anything in Return, it comes up short in many aspects. It takes... Read More...
Flame or Lame The following may not be news to those of you who follow Indie Buzz on Instagram, but if you don't make sure to follow @PrettyAwesomeLitMusic on twitter for more of your favorite independent music updates, revi... Read More...
Matt and Kim – New Glow (Review) One band who you can always count on to get you in the right mood is Brooklyn's Matt and Kim. Their fifth studio album New Glow dropped last month and we just had the pleasure of listening to it from start to f... Read More...
Breezepark – Strangers If you thought that the unstoppable reign of recent VA hip-hop stopped, think again. After Kali Uchis, D.R.A.M., Barf Troop, Young Money Yawn, Don Tesla, Melofresh, comes Breezepark. Suffolk's Breezepark mix... Read More...
Passion Pit – Kindred (Review) There are few bands in any genre whose entire catalog of music I own, but Passion Pit is an exception. The Boston hailing electronic indie-pop band just released a new album Kindred. At just ten tracks on the s... Read More...
Wale – The Album About Nothing (Review) Since his early days in 2008, Wale has been one of my favorite emcees of all time. Although some of his projects vary in quality, the Seinfeld inspired "about nothing" series' have always been among the stronge... Read More...
I Am Hip-Hop Vol. 13: Indie Edition Attention to all our day one followers and readers! This DJ Jazz and Hash Beatz are giving a special opportunity to be on their I Am Hip-Hop Vol. 13: Indie Edition mixtape! Yes, this means you could receive eve... Read More...