Tweet   Since its inception in 1947, as an alternative (on the fringe of) to the Edinburgh International Festival, the Fringe  has grown to such gargantuan proportions that it is reportedly the largest arts festival in the world. No longer attracting just the alternative arts...

Tweet No Hip Hop group inspired me growing up as much as A Tribe Called Quest. Unlike most of my friends (should I be calling them Homies since I am talking about rap) were into their Wu-Tang clan or NWA. Myyellow Sony Walkman was constantly playing  the smooth jazz sampled beats and...

Tweet It’s that time of year again where we revisit the year that has passed and recap the best and worst moments. There will be quite a lot of “Best of”- lists appearing on the interwebz but Upodcast’s lists are obvisouly the best .  So here is a rundown of the...

Tweet More disappointment this week for Beatles fans when it was revealed that one of the most enduring records in pop history was broken. Having held the top spot for a non-solo artist with the most records in the top 100 since 1964 (with 71) the juggernaut of a show that is Glee can now...

Tweet I was going to write a huge long rant about Justin Bieber…but having just given out about Lady Gaga, I’ve realised I just can’t go on…basically I don’t have a problem with Bieber (OK, certain things DO annoy me) but I’m just too old to be able to...

Tweet Cee Lo has been dropping awesome tracks his entire career but his profile really got a boost since he started working with DJ Danger Mouse and created Gnarls Barkley. Together they dropped the massively succesfull album “ST Elsewhere”. His latest track from the forthcoming...

Tweet A bit of Friday fun, The classic Wu-Tang video done with the help of Lego Blocks. Don’t think I need to explain any further, check it out after the jump! The cut is from Wu-tang’s debut album “Enter the Wu-tang (36 Chambers)” (1993) Damn, I’m old as it feels...

Tweet You can’t have ears on the side of your head(or any other place on your body for that matter) and not love the Roots. The Philadelphian Hip Hop collective is dropping their  9th full studio album. Check out their latest video from new album, How I Got Over released 22 june,...

Tweet Get him to the Greek is releasing the 25th in UK, there’s a quite a few favorably reviews coming from the US where the movie opened up to moderately good numbers. Altough viral video‘s are nothing new in the arsenal of movie marketeers, I wanted to post this as I do have a...

Tweet Once in a while something comes along that ticks a lot of boxes in one go and takes you by surprise.  Whilst trying to find an MP3 of Moby’s God moving over the face of the waters, (taken from the soundtrack of the cops n robbers classic Heat) I came accross this remix from...

Tweet Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal AKA GURU has left this world and left behind a legacy of albums and collaboration filled with wisdom and knowledge uncomparable to any rapper or hip hop Artist. Here are some of my favorite tracks When I started writing the first part of Soundtrack of...

Tweet   In this new segment to our site we will highlight some of the Music Albums or Artists that had a major impact on our lives. Imperial Asiatiques Men or Invasion Arrivée de Mars was known to most French rap fans as IAM. They first formed in 1989 but after a few minor hits like...

Tweet Ok, I got to admit until the 4th song I thought these were some very talented twins or an Ashton Kutcher cloning experiment gone horribly wrong  and I’m still not entirely sure yet but the medley is really fun to watch. check it out after the jump! Here’s the full...