By Charlie Maybee
UK based rapper, James Hutchison (aka Hutchi), is back with a new single “AutumnBaby” which will be the opening track from his brand-new mixtape HUTCHTAP VOL 1: Sugar Dog. Self-described as “a brutal hyper-pop/reggaeton cross” this is a song dripping with kerosene that will have you fired up in no time.
The opening is subtle and subversive in that it initially feels like a chill track as Hutchi whispers the first few lines before bursting forward with lightning-fast rhymes and rhythms that will leave you gob smacked. Using a contemporary approach to the Jamaican songjay style of singing commonly found in reggae, the vocals come at you like a swift punch to the jaw. It feels disorienting and relentless in the best way as it barrels forward with a sense of reckless abandon.
With an electric charge that is equal parts sexy and virtuosic, there is no stopping Hutchi once he gets going, and knowing that it is the opener for his new album means we better strap ourselves down because there is no doubt that it is a non-stop thrill ride. It is well worth the listen and will not disappoint those looking for an adrenaline rush. For the kind of track that will attract fans of J Balvin, Die Antwoord, and 6ixnine, so be sure to check it out before Hutchi inevitably jumps to his next project.
“AutumnBaby” can be streamed on major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, BandCamp, TIDAL, and Youtube. Find this and other great music on the Alchemical Records Multigenre Mixture playlist on Spotify.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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By this point in his life, Foghat founding drummer Roger Earl has visited quite a few doctors. But what may be surprising is that the percussionist, 77, is quick to point out that many of the medical professionals who have worked on him also enjoy rocking out.
“Nearly all the doctors and surgeons I know, they all play something: trumpet, sax, violin, guitar,” Earl said recently. “There’s not too many drummers that are surgeons, there’s probably a good reason for that!”
Earl half-jokingly invites his surgeon-rockers to join him and the other members of Foghat onstage at the Fillmore in Silver Spring March 9, where they will be headlining the Rock and Roll for Children Foundation benefit for the Children’s Inn at NIH. Earl, the only original member of Foghat still in the band, will be banging the skins behind guitarist Bryan Bassett and other members Scott Holt and Rodney O’Quinn. “Slow Ride,” the band’s 1975 megahit, is all but assured to be on the setlist, along with tunes from Foghat’s most recent record, “Sonic Mojo.”
When D.C. venues were ready to reopen after COVID-19, indie pop duo GLOSSER was ready to perform. The two, Riley Fanning and Corbin Sheehan, formed the band pre-COVID out of a shared aesthetic vision and passion for music storytelling.
Their first album *DOWNER* was released in January 2023, however they have decided to release a deluxe version exactly one year later containing four new tracks – two remixes, a reimagined song, and a cover – that they are hoping will give it a second life and allow them to continue performing around the area.
The band explains that they have spent many shows opening for touring bands that traveled through D.C. “We made music and then venues started to open again,” Sheehan says. Rather than having the “typical grungy” D.C. band experience, they uniquely went straight to club shows.
Alchemical Records is a Washington, D.C. based music publication. We cover the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond, VA metro area music scenes, including band interviews, articles about your favorite musicians, new music and concert dates.
