Rizzle Kicks tickets and listings

It was Popjustice who recently wrote, 'Here's something one doesn't really think about much, until one day you notice it and you can¹t unremember it:
popstars do have a habit of making things looks like such hard work. The Thing About Rizzle Kicks is that they make it all look very easy.'

And, it's hard to disagree. At 19 years old, Harley Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens are two of the most exciting teenage talents to emerge in 2011. Friends since they were five, the duo combines an old skool hip-hop sound with a forward thinking pop mentality. Littering their lyrics with wry pop culture references and a sharp sense of humour, The Rizzles transcend the confines of hip-hop culture as both a credible and commercial act.

Comparisons to De La Soul, The Pharcyde and a Tribe Called Quest are unsurprising considering their influences include many of the artists those Daisy Age acts sampled; Roy Ayers, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Stevie, James Brown and a wealth of 60s soul. As well as a nod to the old-skool, the boys also embrace everything from country, ska and hip-hop, to straight up pop chord progressions and incredibly, ridiculously catchy choruses. "We've slaved to find a definition of our sound because it's more edgy than pop but its not pure hip hop either ­ it's somewhere in-between," ponders Harley. "We used to say indie-hop but that sounds really lame!"