Frank Ocean releases a cover of the Isley Brothers
Yesterday Frank Ocean released a cover of ‘At Your Best (You Are Love)’ on his Tumblr. The track, originally released in 1976, and was famously covered by Aaliyah in 1994. With Aaliyah’s 36th birthday also falling on the day of this recent heart rendering version, we see it as an obvious tribute. Since Oceans hugely successful release ‘Channel […]
A$AP Yams the founder of A$AP Mob, dead aged 26
It has been confirmed by his label, that A$AP Yams has passed away. Steven Rodriguez AKA Yams was born and grew up in Harlen NY. It was there he met A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz where the three of them started work on the formation of the A$AP Mob. It wasn’t until they met A$AP Rocky in 2008 […]
Watch: “Never Knew” – Sunken Foal Ft. Si Schroeder
Recently Countersunk uploaded a music video to Vimeo, receiving a spot on it’s sought after staff picks section. The track is from Sunken Foal’s forthcoming Friday Syndrome Vol. 3 album. The track is a playful, and rather psychedelic melody which is accompanied by an equally experimental and mind bending music video, that all comes together in […]
New forthcoming compilation from Jon Hopkins
London producer Jon Hopkins has set a date for the release of his forthcoming compilation album as part of a series called ‘Late Night Tales’. This mix follows on from previous successes with his 2013 record immunity which was shortlisted for the mercury music prize, and 2014 release ‘Asleep Versions’. His collaborations with pioneers such as […]
A demo recorded before Jay Z’s 1996 Reasonable Doubt album has unearthed
Jay Z, the Jigga released an album called Reasonable Doubt back in 1996 that could arguably be regarded as one of his greatest pieces of work and a true landmark of hip hop. Well it has recently emerged that Jay recorded a demo before dropping Reasonable Doubt, with poor sound quality, but mad acrobatic flow and some […]
New Beastie Boys music video featuring Nas and directed by Roman Copolla
A tip off by an inquisitive Beastie Boys fan, has led to the unearthing of an unreleased music video for the track “Too Many Rappers” off their 2011 album “Hot sauce committee part two”. The video, directed by Roman Coppola, and features MCA, Ad-Rock, Mike D and Nas, show them rapping in a supermarket, on stage, […]
Untouched photo of Bieber from Calvin Klein Ad
Click image to Enlarge We all like to see a perspective of banal unflattery in the rich and famous. The narcissistic manboy Justin Bieber wooed audiences in his recent display for Calvin Kleins new ad campaign, alongside girl next door supermodel Lara Stone. Well, Vice’s Noisey recently released an article showing an image of a […]
New Atoms For Peace album announcement was an accident
Recently XL Recordings published a photo on their Instagram implying that Californian Electronic supergroup Atoms For Peace may have a new album on its way, causing quite a stir. Well XL have now come out apologising for this misleading imamge, simply remarking that It’s intentions was to offer a look at what goes on in their office’s […]
Late Jackass star Ryan Dunn to have a Forthcoming biopic
Back in 2011, Ryan Dunn, the star of American stunt reality series Jackass, died after his Porsche 911 GT3 veered off the road and hit a tree in Pennsylvania. Now, Professional Skateboarder and creator of the CKY series Bam Margera has appeared in this video in which he interviews Brent Hinds, the lead guitarist of Mastodon […]
CONE PLAYLIST 001
To kick off 2015, we have a new feature for you here at Cone. Each month we deliver you the songs that have us excited. with some particular gems from our home city Bristol. Stay Tuned Low Jack – Imaginary Boogie French Producer Low Jack, teamed up with fellow L.I.E.S artist Ron Morelli for a fantastic NTS Show back in […]