Avantdale Bowling Club

Avantdale Bowling Club

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What follows is one of our favorite interviews we’ve taped this year. Seriously. It’s with an artist you probably haven’t heard of. His name’s Tom Scott. He’s from New Zealand. He’s been a rapper there for about 10 years now, he’s one of the biggest role players in the small, burgeoning scene there. Last year he created the group Avantdale Bowling Club and released a self-titled record for the group. It combines jazz with hip-hop in the same way Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly did. It’s lush and beautiful like Pharoah Sanders or Alice Coltrane. Tom’s rhymes are deeply personal and affecting and honest. It’s one of our favorite albums of the year. Don’t miss this one!