I’ve become quite a fan of the Brown Bag AllStars – as a crew, they’ve consistently put out real hip hop. Unlike the soulless bullshit on Hot 97 or your local super conglomerate mass media […]
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“Disco Damaged Kid,” is the first single from Polly Scattergood’s sophomore album, which Mute Records will drop sometime in the Spring of 2013. From listening to the song on a couple of occasions, the song […]
Goldenboy formed in 2002 when singer, composer, guitarist and keyboardist Shon Sullivan (who played with Eliot Smith, Eels, the Rentals, and Spain) started a collaboration with drummer Bryan Bos. The band’s 2003 debut, Blue Swan Orchestra which […]
http://www.moshcam.com/embed/?mediaID=11404 Watch The Church and other great gigs on Moshcam. “Space Saviour,” is one of my favorite songs from the Church’s Untitled #23. This footage is also from their 2011 Past, Present, Future tour date […]
http://www.moshcam.com/embed/?mediaID=11403 Watch The Church and other great gigs on Moshcam. Moshcam.com recently released a live video stream of the Church during their Enmore Theatre, Sydney Australia stop of their Past, Present, Future tour last year. […]
Chrissy Murderbot’s Loose Squares Records is at it again with the release of their latest compilation, Escape from Chicago. The compilation is designed to showcase bass and drum and footwork’s forward thinking and up-and-coming and (mostly) international […]
a Q&A with the Valery Trails’ Andrew Bower
So I recently spoke with the Valery Trails’ lead vocalist and songwriter Andrew Bower. In this Q&A we talk about how the band writes and records material with two members of the band being in […]
Dead Heart Bloom and My Jerusalem at the Mercury Lounge 11/12/12
A couple of weeks ago, Dead Heart Bloom and My Jerusalem had a show at the Mercury Lounge, and some of the proceeds were going out to help those who had lost so much from […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3200155491/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Swedish DJ and producer DJ Devastate has developed a reputation for his reinterpretation of work by the likes of Amy Winehouse and the Roots. With keyboardist, fusion artist and owner of Analog Sweden, Fredrik […]
Chrissy Murderbot’s Loose Squares Records recently signed the Canadian Ghetto House/Juke/Futurebass act Philthkids. The Sweatpants EP is the first release on Loose Squares and the EP is a skronky, big booming bass sound that should sound familiar […]
