The second day of the Afro-Punk Festival back in August was incredible as it featured Flatbush Zombies, Gordon Voidwell, Toro Y Moi, Janelle Monae, and festival headliners TV on the Radio. I was impressed the […]
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Electronica producer/songwriter and drummer D. Gookin’s latest EP, Prey on the Prize and already the album’s first single “Tastebuds” has been well-received by the likes of Time Out New York. “Ganja Farmer” is the latest single from […]
http://cdn.topspin.net/widgets/email2/swf/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1351577539 In the winter of 2010, the Ruby Suns’ main creative force, Ryan McPhun had recently split from his long-term girlfriend and bandmate, and while on vacation from his adopted home of New Zealand, he […]
Kanine Records will be releasing the Philadelphia, PA-based band Bleeding Rainbow’s (originally Reading Rainbow until a cease and desist letter from the shows creators) third full-length album, Yeah Right on January 29th. As a build up to […]
Afro-Punk Festival Day 1: 8/25/12 featuring Ninjasonik, Sinkane, Oxymorrons, Cerebral Ballzy, DJ Roofeo, Supersonics, Das Racist, and Erykah Badu
It took forever to edit these photos. The actual shooting and capturing the event at hand is the fun part. However, when you’ve somehow managed to take over 900 photos over the course of a weekend […]
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Chicago-based rap group Project Mayhem are a pretty interesting group. Each rapper has a distinct voice and flow, all while telling realistic, situational tales of street life. “Amazing/Celebration” is the latest video from the group […]
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Trouble in Mind Records will be releasing Four Girls, the full-length debut from the the Melbourne, Australia-based trio, Woolen Kits on November 13th, and “Susannah” is the first single from the album. And what i love about […]
The Heartless Bastards Erika Wennerstrom and Jesse Ebaugh have a side project with the Black Angels’ Alex Maas called Sweet Tea. And in celebration of Light in the Attic’s 10th anniversary, Sweet Tea recorded a […]
Page Campbell and Dan Donahue have been long time collaborators and members of Athens, Georgia’s underground arts and music scene – both have performed with several Athens-based bands including Elephant 6, and have written songs […]
Album Review: The Sword’s Apocryphon
The Sword Apocryphon Razor and Tie Records Release Date: October 23, 2012 Track Listing 1. Veil of Isis 2. Cloak of Feathers 3. Arcane Montane 4. The Hidden Masters 5. Dying Earth 6. Execrator […]
Singer/songwriter Laura Gibson invited some of her fellow musician friends and turned Oregon’s Smith Rock, by the banks of the Deschutes River into an impromptu recording studio, incorporating the acoustics of the cliffs, caves and […]