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As Strange Famous Records celebrates the release of Prolyphic & Buddy Peace’s Working Man LP, Sage Francis has rallied the troops for a three-show northeast run at month’s end. Sage and Prolyphic will be joined by SFR labelmates B. Dolan and Metermaids for shows in Brooklyn (5/24 @ Knitting Factory), Providence, RI (5/25 @ Fete Ballroom) and Portland, ME (5/26 @ Space Gallery). Catch Prolyphic & Buddy Peace’s video for “Drug Dealer” below and visit Strange Famous for additional tour details.
From his open mic poetry days in NYC to ripping mics at the earth-shattering Church of Love and Ruin shows, B. Dolan has always used his platform and his art to rally against a host of evils plaguing modern man. Falling in line with the ethos of the Church festival, which recently celebrated its second year tearing through the northeast, Dolan’s “Which Side Are You On?” is a battle cry against small-minded hatred. Hip hop has been viewed as a homophobic art form for far too long. One need look no further than the Busta Rhymes interview clip featured in Dolan’s video for a taste of such ignorance. Along with the only footage of the arrest of Leslie Feinberg, a prominent transgender activist who tagged the Minneapolis City Jail is solidarity with Cece McDonald, Atmosphere‘s Slug makes a cameo marching alongside Dolan.
“Which Side Are You On?” is taken from Dolan’s House of Bees Vol. 2 mixtape, available now on Strange Famous Records. His Church of Love and Ruin tour, featuring Sage Francis on select shows, is currently making its way through the UK, with remaining dates listed after the video.
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With a string of highly anticipated releases in the works, Fake Four has dropped the latest installment of their record label sampler. The 18-track indie rap showcase features seven previously unheard songs and music from the likes of Ceschi, Sage Francis, Astronautalis, Dark Time Sunshine, Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle, Gregory Pepper, Bleubird, and more. Download the sampler free courtesy of Circle Into Square and be on the lookout for Ceschi and Bleubird on this summer’s Warped Tour.
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Pittsburgh indie rap legends Grand Buffet are reuniting for a four-show Northeast run of B. Dolans’s 2nd Annual Church of Love & Ruin. The group has been on a three year hiatus following years of touring in which they stole show after show opening for the likes of MGMT, Girl Talk, and Of Montreal. The event, which drew rave reviews last year, is inspired by UK boutique festivals and features everything from hip hop to burlesque to toilet paper dodgeball. This year’s lineup sees the addition of Strange Famous head honcho Sage Francis, Mux Mool of Ghostly International, SXSW favorites Wheelchair Sports Camp, and the Providence duo Juan Deuce & Falside. Returning from last year’s festival are the 21-piece What? Cheer Brigade as well as Vockah Redu & The Cru. Rapper/activist B. Dolan will …
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The indomitable Sage Francis approached the Belly Up stage sporting a tiara, politician wig, sunglasses with X’s painted over the eyes, and a flag tied around his neck like a cape. As the familiar drums of “Personal Journalist” exited the speakers, the impeccably-dressed emcee tore into the multisyllabic rhyme schemes and clever wordplay of an “oldies but goodies” set. It was somewhat strange seeing Sage by his lonesome after years of touring with a rotating door of backing musicians, but within the evening’s essence of taking it all back to where it started, the one man band delivered.
Affectionately rapping into the sneaker he had kicked off mid-verse and placed on the mic stand, Sage planted delicate kisses on his perched footwear throughout “Climb Trees.” Past live renditions of this song have seen the lumberjack-bearded wordsmith go …
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