This week's PBS Feature Album is Be-Sides and Rarities, the latest release from Australian hip-hop/neo soul duo SO.Crates.
SO.Crates are a boom-bap prayer sent live and direct from the heart of two of the culture’s most committed students. With a legacy built on releasing a steady flow of cold-crush records and delivering uplifting live performances to the party people, SO.Crates prove that hip-hop’s golden era is not a lost date in time, but a foundational state of mind.
Be-Sides and Rarities is a collection of castaway tracks rediscovered from producer Skomes’ archives. They cover every era, every studio, and nearly every creative turn the artist has taken over the 8+ years they've spent releasing music into the world. This tape includes off-cuts saved for live shows, re-edits, remixes, and a fist full of special guest appearances that deserved to see the light of day.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Be-Sides and Rarities , and PBS Members have the chance to win a digital copy of the album: simply email your name and membership number to before midnight Sunday December 15.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Mdou Moctar - 'Takoba' (Injustice Version)
Maggie Tra - 'Peaceful Dancer'
Archie Shepp - 'Brotherhood At Ketchaoua'
Nicola Cruz - 'Miso' feat. machìna
Gigi Testa - 'Dragon Temple'
Space Biology - 'Sustainability'
Obelix - 'Uncanny Valley'
Ash Naylor - 'A Blue Sky'
Kim Salmon - 'Hell In A Handbasket'
Birdz, Fred Leone - 'Brother'
