Metal Injection — It still rules, though. more info

Soul Sides — Sometime around the release of “Swan Lake” but before the Melodica EP, Jeff “DJ Zen” Chang hit me with a version of the Radio Sole cassette filled with Solesides tunes. It was a mix of already out or soon-to-be-out songs by variou... more info

betterPropoganda — Posted at 2:20pm, 7/26/2012 Blackalicious is announcing the first public release of the classic Melodica EP as well as new music for 2012. The reissue will include the previously unreleased "Changes" produced by DJ Shadow and Chief Xcel which was ... more info

Soul Sides — You’d think that at this point, I would have written something about Melodica given that, you know, my site is named after the Solesides record label that put out Blackalicious’s EP back in 1994. Heck, my first non-hip-hop mix-CD was dedicated... more info

KEXP Seattle — While most New Yorkers were busy making last-minute brunch reservations and refilling their anxiety medications for Mother’s Day, an international group of acoustic musicians gathered for Melodica NYC III. A two-day festival featuring more than 20 ... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights: Honningbarna, Andrew WK, Sea Of Bees, Tinariwen, Not Squares, Elaine Mai, Melodica Deathship, Alphabet Set 10th anniversary and We Cut Corners. This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin pu... more info

Nialler9 — Check out this compilation of UK and Irish hip-hop and electronic music featuring cuts from Om-Unit, Ean (ex-Various Production), Melodica Deathship, T-Woc, SertOne, Eomac, and Vince McMahon & Jay Scarlett. It’s the latest installment in a global ... more info

Nialler9 — Back in November 2009, I had a light-hearted look at some of the terrible rap and hip-hop that is made in Ireland. Things are getting better here, aided by the blog Craic Music, the likes of Melodica Deathship and Lethal Dialect. Add The Bastard to t... more info

melophobe — For those of you who missed Zion Train, Spiritual Rez and John Brown’s Body at the House of Blues this past Friday, it was quite the vivacious show. First to the stage was Zion Train. It was early in the evening, and the main floor was not yet p... more info

The Late Greats — What do you get when you throw two of my favorite things together (Brazil and melodicas)?  You get Some Community.  This batch of Brazilian buds dropped an EP last year called “RiñoRiño”.  It’s good time fun music.  Sure to make … Conti... more info