Stream: Run the Jewels, ‘RTJ4’
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The world is exploding. Run the Jewels’ new album “RJT4” tells us when and how the fuses were lit, and what the powder burns feel like.
Video: Tom Morello, ‘We Don’t Need You’ (feat. Vic Mensa)
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Tom Morello welcomes a long line of collaborators for his new album “The Atlas Underground,” coming in October.
Photos: Run the Jewels at the Shrine Auditorium
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Zack de la Rocha, Danny Brown, Joi, Gangsta Boo and Travis Barker were among the guests joining Run the Jewels at the kickoff to their Run the World Tour.
Run the Jewels shines with a murderer’s row of guest stars, including Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker
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The dynamic duo of El-P and Killer Mike continued their world tour as Run the Jewels on Thursday night at the Echoplex, plowing through the bulk of their two albums, including the recent “Run the Jewels 2,” and keeping the basement venue bouncing the whole time. ||| Photos by Carl Pocket, courtesy of the Echo […]
Download: El-P & Killer Mike, ‘Run The Jewels 2’
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After teaming up last year to release the collaborative album “Run The Jewels,” rapping duo El-P and Killer Mike are back with their appropriately titled follow-up “Run The Jewels 2” as a free download. It’s another high-energy assault of hard, fast and fun rap, as Jaime and Mikey go tit-for-tat verbally with eloquent and intricate […]
Sunset Strip Music Festival 2014: Five memorable moments on Day 2 in the land of creature features
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On the surface, this year’s Sunset Strip Music Festival looked bigger and better – two days of music on outdoor stages instead of one, with the most attractive lineup top-to-bottom ever, even with the late cancellations of Kaiser Chiefs and Minus the Bear. So where was everybody? Until the headlining sets, crowds were noticeably thinner […]
Video: Killer Mike, ‘Ghetto Gospel’
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After a banner year recording and touring with cohort El-P as the dynamic duo Run The Jewels, Killer Mike returns to his last solo album, 2012’s widely-praised “R.A.P. Music,†and presents a video for the excellent deep cut “Ghetto Gospel,†also produced by El-P. Directed by Carlos Haynes and Trevor Kane, we find Mike donning […]
Video: Run the Jewels, ‘A Christmas F—— Miracle’
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Let’s see … El-P as Tiny Tim, Killer Mike as Scrooge, a cameo from from our favorite squirrel, Mr. Killums, a montage of cheesy holidays cards and portraits – Run the Jewels’ video for “A Christmas F*cking Miracle” has a little bit of everything. You can thank director Joey Garfield for the holiday levity. Enjoy […]
El-P and Killer Mike, as ‘Run The Jewels,’ at the Echoplex: They came, they saw, they conquered
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As I approached the Echoplex on Thursday, Aug. 1, for the Run The Jewels tour, I worried that the quiet and sparsely populated exterior and smoking patio might be a sign of a sparsely populated show to follow. No so. Even for the first act, the crowd was already stacked past the sound booth. Kool […]
Tonight in L.A.: Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, El-P and Killer Mike, Son Volt, Haunted Summer, Wrabel, the Decoders, Ours, the Rebel Light, Casey Veggies
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Just scratching the surface, really, of Thursday’s highlights: ‣ The Sunset Strip Music Festival kicks off at the House of Blues with a Tribute to Joan Jett, who joins past honorees Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Motley Crue and the Doors as the recipient of the Elmer Valentine Award. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will perform as […]
