When we first found about this band and clicked play on their soundcloud, you can only imagine our reaction……  and here’s why.  If that take got you all interested in them, wait till you hear this! We caught up with the band (Soorya Hasthimuni, Swinly Hasthimuni, Supun Hasthimuni) for a quick one to one on the project and a tad ...

Paradox Legion may be no more but nothing has stopped some of the members from doing music and this single is just too cool for skool. The live version debuted at our open mic event at Lanka Comic Con a month ago and here’s the studio version featuring vocals by Avi Mendis and productions by Azi Sherif and Clyde Rodrigo. Source

Released on the 27th of October, this single is your quintessential Cairo offering and is now available on itunes, spotify and most leading stream sites. Source

And their monthly special just dropped yesterday and its a brilliantly executed mashup of ‘Hadunagaththoth Oba ma, Udumbara Hinahenawa & Hemin Sare Piyawida’. A fitting tribute to Premasiri Khemadasa. Source

And its out! After a few days of teasing this hotly anticipated single is out and we think, this is one heck of an excellent watch & listen. Source

This is going to be another massive collaba with a huge lineup of names we all know from the rap/reggae circuits. Till the single drops, here’s a teaser 

After teasing the video to his viral hit ‘Kuweni’ for around 5 months, singer Ridma Weerawardena dropped the masterpiece directed by Baratha Gihan Hettiarachchi (Aloka Udapadi) last week and it sure did hit number 1 and span quite a ton of buzz. Ranura Perera & Yazmin Yousuf caught up with Ridma to get the scoop on the video and more. Sinhala Interview  English Interview

They dropped this announcement a few hours ago! till the big drop on their social media, here’s Lanka’s first clay animation video. Source

Released during the weekend, this single / video to ‘Troubled Mind’ is here and we think its a pretty impressive effort by KK and freshers Brendon, Daham and Ethan. The video was directed & edited by movie man Kavindu Sivaraj (this is his first music video). Source

Released on the YES Home Grown Top 15 a few days ago, here’s the single by YES Home Grown Award Nominee SunJ Bandara and producer Ken Lappen (ex Garunda) in case you couldnt catch it’s premiere on the air.

Titled ‘Come Alive’, Lakshane’s debut Ep will be released at a launch part on the 29th of November, in Melbourne. Click here to get deets... Source

Elysium is back after a hiatus and this time around with their buddies from that all Lanka Tamil channel – Gethu Tv. Cathy & fun, this one is for the shares! Source

The announcement was all over social media during the weekend and we think this is a must check out if you’re in the region. Opening film : ‘Transit’ by Christian Petzold (Germany | 2018 | 101″) Closing Film : ‘Paangshu’ by Visakesa Chandrasekaram(SriLanka | 2018 | 85″) Masterclasses by Helen Blakeman (UK) and Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka) Country Focus : Source

Here’s the second time this year an artist from the Sinhala scene has dropped a Tamil single and we’re loving this drop from Ridma Weerawardena who is known for his singles ‘Kuweni’, ‘Soya Awa’ & more. This sure is a departure from his usual sound but it’s a stellar work of sonic art! Source

Marking 10 years in the Sinhala music scene on the 26th is none other that one of the most respected Sinhala rap groups in the island – The Drill Team. And to mark that very special occasion as they always do on that special day, they dropped their newest which we think is all kinds of awesome.  The is also the first time they’ve had tamil rap thrown in the mix by Oj.

UNSCRIPTED’S WEST-SIDE STORY & EAST-COAST SOUND By Natalie Soysa photo credits : natalie soysa Hip-Hop turns 45 years old this year. In 1973, Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc began extending the instrumental breaks in songs using 2 turntables at parties in the South Bronx, contributing to the sonic evolution that had begun when the Delta Blues traveled to New York in ...

Mosh Scream Rock, a name that echoes through the youth and heavy music fans in Sri Lanka. Throughout the recent years Mosh Scream Rock (MSR) has built a reputation and garnered a prodigious and growing audience as the result of a series of successful shows since its inception in 2013. MSR is Sri Lanka’s only dedicated rock and metal concert platform, ...

And here’s the longest version of Jazz Theory we’ve ever heard / watched. truly a treat! 

Island favorites The Soul (minus Uvindu & Sarani) will be headed to Oman to play a special one off show. Check the poster for deets or message them on their FB Fan Page... Source

Proof, is this pic that was up yesterday According to front man Buddhika Karunasekara, they’ve laid down the guitar parts  for 3 tracks and while one will sound very similar to their previous efforts ‘Disembowelment/Broken Glass Fuck‘ it will own its own sonic niche; The other two come with a doom death meets funeral doom sound. It will all be part of an EP ...