TONIGHT: LoKi x Hank Collins at Arts Hop

Over the past 25 years, Burlington annual South End Arts Hop has grown from weird party to cultural institution. The city will be absolutely packed with excess creativity over the weekend, with events popping off in every living room, on every corner. We would recommend making your way down Pine Street to the parking lot behind Speaking Volumes, which will be hosting some tasty hip hop from 7pm to 10pm this evening, weather permitting.



LoKi recently released "Avanti," a collaboration album with Pensive, promptly followed by an ambitious project where he made 25 songs in 24 hours to celebrate his birthday -- you can read more about that here. Milkhaus is one of Vermont's most distinctive crews.

Hank Collins is a BTV local who's been having a great run this year, including a nomination nod for the Seven Daysies for Best Hip Hop Artist. He's an energetic spitter and he's amassing a serious local following. Check out his latest single, "Self-Centered," with production courtesy of Somba.

Sept 5th - RATKING at Signal Kitchen

This one snuck up on me: NYC rap crew RATKING -- who released a fucking stellar album recently -- will be playing the Art Hop 2014 party at Signal Kitchen, aka The Guys Who Brought Black Milk to Burlington. If you like your beats huge and violent, and your rappers really damn good, you will want to be onsite for this show. Which is free. FREE, DAUG. FREE.

More details at the Signal Kitchen dot com.