27fm Album Jukebox – May 2017
A cheeky few records that piled up in Nichey HQ right next to the stereo last month, the stuff that got played over and over. Have a listen, find something that changes your life.
A Week In Hip Hop #78
DJ Vlad serves up pure hip hop knowledge from Kool G Rap and Waah Dean, plus there's some Slum Village courtesy of Tim Westwood.
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: May 29
Need some new tunes to jam? 27fm has got everything from crazy to mellow covered.
Let Aldous Harding Stay Weird and Wonderful
Harding’s a kiwi lass and she also just made a bit of history by appearing on BBC flagship music show ‘Later… With Jools Holland’ on the same night that fellow NZer Lorde was also performing. Two New Zealanders on the same bill of one of the world’s top live music shows. How about that?
A Week In Hip Hop #77
Organized Noize lead A Week In Hip Hop that features all sorts of wisdom, from Waah Dean who started Ruff Ryders to Kool G Rap.
A Paean for Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell was a stunningly impressive singer. He wrote great songs. His words rang true with a legion of fans and the man was, you have to admit, a damn good looking fellow. That right there is the complete package
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: May 22
27fm dishes out musical joy in the form of Nyck Caution, Flying Lotus, Grizzly Bear, Bonzie and TERRY.
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: May 15
27fm presents a selection of funky tunes to get you through the start of your week, led by Little Simz and also featuring Lost Balloons, Rejjie Snow, Real Life Buildings, Hooch, Pond, Danny Brown.
A Week In Hip Hop #75
Enjoy some J Cole, The Alkaholiks, Logic and Big Daddy Kane from A Week In Hip Hop.
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: May 8
The 27fm Weekly Playlist delivers our selection of musical joy. This week we've got some Harmony Woods, Traffic, Fazerdaze, Black Lips, Big Lenbo and El Capitan in there.
27fm Album Jukebox – April 2017
The TNC music department scours the vast depths of the internet and beyond to bring ya a few of their favourite collections of the past month, howzat.
Gang-Banging Los Angeles Hip Hop Is Back
Los Angeles is dishing up some beautiful hip hop at the moment and most of it is heavily influenced by Crips and Bloods.
Frank Ocean is Operating on a Completely Different Level Right Now
You can understand a label getting frustrated with a dude like Frank Ocean, putting out this brilliant album and then disappearing for four years, but in the same way that some birds just ain’t meant to be caged, Frank Ocean + Industry Norms was never a happy marriage.
A Week In Hip Hop #74
J.I.D drops fire, J Cole drops a doco, Logic drops wisdom and Steve Rifkind drops Wu-Tang history from A Week In Hip Hop.
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: March 1
27fm delivers the weekly selection of musical joy ft. The War On Drugs, A$AP Mob, Kweku Collins, Joey Purp, Aces, Cha$e Royale and VIncemira.
Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$
Joey Bada$$ has delivered the good for a while now, but All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ is the Brooklyn artists best project to date and you'll struggle to put it down after one listen.
27fm Weekly Niche Cache Playlist: April 24
We find the tunes for ya featuring: Pinky Pinky, Frank Ocean, Curren$y, G Perico, EMA, Art School Jocks, Big Boi and Benjamin Booker.
Deciphering The Mysteries & Meanings of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN
It started with a song. All albums do, to be fair, except that this song wasn’t even on the album.