New project from King Fantastic, SocioPoliticalPimpTalk. It’s a 4-track EP that’s worth listening to as it has that trademark West-Coast Synthesizer Beach Bum Gangster Music that KF has been bumping forever. Stream and DOWNLOAD the EP below.
For Los Angelino’s, head on down to The Viper Room tomorrow to catch King Fantastic Live. Details below. (more…)
On May 13th arguably one of the best mixtapes of 2012 dropped. Eighteen year-old Fort Lauderdale local, Hi-Rez, recently dropped his newest mixtape “The Window“. The tape is entitled ‘The Window” because it is Hi-Rez’s most lyrical project up to date.
The Window symbolizes the outlet Hi-Rez has created for his fans to interpret his life through his music. If you have never heard of Hi-Rez I highly recommend this tape. Rez tuly inspires me through his music, expect to see this man making big moves in the near future. Make sure to subscribe to his YouTube and follow him on Twitter (@ImHiRez) for the newest visuals off “The Window”. Stream and DOWNLOAD mixtape below.
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-HipHopisLove (@HipHopisLove)
Greenhorse‘s performance at the Satellite was more than just a typical opening band on a Friday night. Sharing their home state with popular headliners Gauntlet Hair (its Wyoming), Greenhorse also recognized how monumental this moment really is: “It’s kind of exciting because when we first moved to L.A, we came to Spaceland and we were like, ‘I hope we get to play here someday.”
The trio played to a dark room, each member merely lit by their own spotlight, which caters well to their industrial style. Their eruption of sound is breathtaking, especially given that the only actual abrasive instrument they involve are Joel’s array of drums. Greenhorse started things off with their familiar track, “White Dust,” which can only be compared to the THX introduction at the movie theater to offer any sort of accurate description. Their sound is characterized by the abundance of layers, which their recordings hardly do justice for when juxtaposed with their live performance. “Breathing Machine” provided insight into just how much each band member is doing at any given time – while Chris is busy with his set of synths and vocals, Shawn multitasks between a drum machine and fingerpicking keys, and Joel hits his various drums so hard I still can’t believe the skins didn’t split!
Despite the heaviness of their genre-straddling tracks, these guys are quite upbeat and entertaining characters. They didn’t let their shy crowd deter them from cracking jokes or good-natured banter: when describing their fifth song, “Unbroken,” Shawn and Chris admitted the short list of ears that had heard it including “my grandma, I did share it with her.” This is especially entertaining when one imagines a grandmother handling the hard snare hits and combination of a sweet two-bit breakdown with bass-driven instrumentals that are so vigorous the vocals are plainly inaudible. This, however, had nothing on “Hidden Love,” where the audience was treated with Joel’s insanely buff (and shirtless) body at the head of the stage with a floor tom around his neck. Sure, the hollowness of the floor tom pairs well with the champagne cymbals and all-around lightness of the song, but the shadows of the spotlights make the song ironically haunting.
Greenhorse is a pleasant and much welcomed surprise that ended abruptly with a horn-driven orchestral outro. They blow your mind for just long enough to leave you dazed yet refreshed.
Listen to my favorite Greenhorse song, “Happiness” below. (more…)
BEDROC is a hip-hop group out of Rochester, NY. I was introduced to their music through BenniB‘s manager and after hearing “iParty” featuring BenniB, I downloaded their last mixtape, Bored of Eductation and realized this is a legit hip-hop group to follow!
Listen and download Bored of Education. My four favorites include “Take Me Home Tonight”, “iParty”, “Summer Girl”, and “Time Of Your Life”.
If you like what you hear above, follow BEDROC on facebook and twitter.
Lil Kids bring us this 13 track album, Slow Rainbow, and it is so good! Check out all 13 tracks and make sure to DOWNLOAD immediately!
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-EllisD (@DreamChaserLSD)
Cloud9 (Mike Gazzo) is a young up-and-coming electronic music producer from Essex County, NJ, now residing in Baltimore, MD. His signature dirty dutch synth with the upbeat and rhythmic drums creates a euphoric range of sounds that is guaranteed to make you jump. The sampling of popular songs and viral videos gives the listener an instant connection, guaranteed to put them on cloud nine.
EllisD (@DreamChaserLSD)
In a word, Los Angeles’ The Mowgli‘s are happy. The excitement of finally releasing their debut album, Sound The Drum, was palatable as the big 8-piece hid behind a curtain for their mic checks. The crowd that follows The Mowgli’s is quite a diverse one, not so surprising given their demeanor – filling The Roxy with old and young, long skirts, short shorts and even studded belts. Turns out love & happiness aren’t just reserved for flower power!
The benefits of releasing an album before throwing the party are that the audience already owns, loves and knows every word so this crowd didn’t miss a beat once the curtain rose! The Mowgli’s started things off with “Hi Hey There Hello,” the first track on Sound The Drum. Their set followed the album consecutively, giving a great feel for the flow of things and testing the band’s stamina – their slower songs are few and far between which makes for a great party…and a lot of sweat!
The Sunset Strip’s legendary Roxy Theater proved to be a great host, appropriately presenting and catering to The Mowgli’s big sound. Granted, the best environment to enjoy them is probably your back yard where you have plenty room to dance and be merry. This must be the most amiable group of people, happily talking with the crowd between songs, inviting friends to the stage and Colin Dieden was even nice enough to lend his special necklace to a fan. A defining characteristic of their live performance, aside from constantly moving about, is their sense of brotherhood and togetherness. They sing, they shout, they dance all together – sharing microphones and the spotlight. Even during a solo song like “Time,” a song guitarist Michael Vincze sings with an acoustic guitar, has a sense of camaraderie as his fellow mates offer back up vocals and instrumental support. “Slowly, Slowly” featured a peak in the all-around energy of the room as the band demonstrated that they practice what they preach through shouts, smiles and love for everyone in the room. The song’s excitable instrumental breakdown offered everyone time to get sucked into the moment and release their free spirits. The same went for well-known single, “San Francisco,” featuring more exhilarating shouts and waving hands than the recording implies. Before performing “The Great Divide,” Michael announced, “this song is about how you can make every day the greatest day of your life, it’s the first song we ever wrote.” Producer, Christian Hand joined his friends on stage for some vocal assistance as Katie Earl finished the song with band member introductions to the crowd.
The Mowgli’s define an important lesson that fellow Angelino’s need to learn – it’s time to let go and just live! As they shout in “Carry Your Will,” “Let your faith guide your fate / If you carry your will I will carry my will.” Filling the percussion driven dance party void that The Local Natives have left, The Mowgli’s are a guaranteed good time, even the most bitter moods can be salvaged with a dose of a Mowgli’s track.
Grab Sound The Drum off of their Bandcamp at a price you name for yourself. I suggest giving it a good listen below to determine how worth it the album is! (more…)
Midnight Conspiracy brings us their mixtape entitled Dead Fame 003. The tape is awesome and has a lot to dance to, check out the whole mixtape here! This shit has a lot of drops, look out!
-EllisD (@DreamChaserLSD)
Last Friday, Los Angeles based hip-hop group Warm Brew celebrated the release of their album Kottabos with a party at the Airliner. It was called the “Puro Pinche Party”, hosted by Brownies & Lemonade and was an all around good time crackin’ party. The crowd was into the entire thing; jumping up and down and dancing with lots of excitement.
Take a look at the recap video from the “Puro Pinche Party” below, listen to my favorite track called “WB” off the new album and make sure to download the entire Kottabos album for your enjoyment! (more…)
What do you get when you mix songs off Kinetics & One Love‘s 2009 album, Fading Back to Normal, with hits like Kanye’s “Runaway” and M83′s “Midnight City”? A sick explosion of the hottest pop and hip hop tunes mixed with the gritty rap that is K&OL’s trademark.
Cross-fading Back To Normal is the epic remix project K&OL have just completed and lemme tell you, each mash-up/remix is a total eargasm.
Download the entire mixtape FOR FREE here!
My favorite song is Track 9 off Cross-fading, a mash-up of “Midnight City” with K&OL’s “Dazed and Confused”.
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