Rock The Bells
Rock the Bells kicked off its 2009 hip-hop festival tour in Chicago – just two days after Michael Jackson’s sudden death. Chris Catania took in this year’s finest while ruminating on the psychology of a crowd in mourning.
Tag: Sage Francis
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Sage Francis
Chris Catania gets swept up by the creative electricity that had a Chicago crowd firmly in the grip of indie hip-hop mastermind Sage Francis.
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Volume 8 (Epitaph). Review by Troy Jewell.
Punk-O-Rama
punk,hardcore,emo,hip hop,Various,Punk-O-Rama 8,Epitaph Records,Troy Jewell
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