As most of y’all know, we’ve been fans of Ms. Janelle Monae from the jump. We’ve personally witnessed her evolution from her appearance on the Got Purp compilation way back in 2005, to her signing to Bad Boy last year. It’ s been a long hard road for Monae, and the path to mainstream acceptance [...]
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SXSW Review: Marina And The Diamonds
SXSW Review of Marina from the Chop Shop/Atlantic Records party. Photos from her set at the Levi’s/FADER FORT by Anthony Demby Marina Lambrini Diamandis is a quirky one. The Greek/Welsh singer, obviously aware of her stunning beauty, plays off of our fascination with looks, wearing crazy costumes with pig noses. As next in line to [...]
SXSW Review: Yelawolf
Photo of Yelawolf at Malverde by Anthony Demby Being Caucasian in hip-hop is no longer a novelty anymore. We’re slowly getting to the point in rap where if you’re a capable MC (or at least if you have capable hustle), you can have a seat at the table. But is this seat worthy for rap’s [...]
Documentary: London Pirate Radio
Back in the day I helped run a pirate radio station out of the garage of one of my friend’s homes. It was modest – a bunch of high school kids and an overzealous dad with some FM transmitter knowledge – Howard Stern we weren’t. Even still, our signal could get almost 20 miles on [...]
VIDEO: Kelis – Acapella
Is it me, or did they rework this track slightly from when we first heard it? It sounds a lot better than the tracks that leaked on the Internet before IMO, or maybe I’m buggin’ because we finally get some visuals to the track. The video of this is rather superb, although most people will [...]
SXSW Interview: Theophilus London
We live in a new generation, where the lines of hip-hop, pop, rock, and electronic music have been blurred. No longer is someone “just” a rocker or “just” an MC. Artists these days are crafting their music from a palate as diverse as an iPod on shuffle.
Review: Broken Bells SXSW
Photos of Broken Bells at C3 by Anthony Demby Photos of Broken Bells at Dickies Live by Gravity 508. Is Dangermouse the Quincy Jones of our generation? I wouldn’t go that far. Even with all his accomplishments, Mouse still doesn’t have as many gold and platinum plaques as Quincy, or even contemporaries like Timbaland, Kanye, [...]
Photos: Beat Society at SXSW with Diamond District, Marco Polo, and MORE
Photos by Gravity508/Sneakshot. Please support. SXSW is not just about rock music. There was plenty of hip-hop to go around, and one of the more unique events that went down in Austin last week was the Beat Society competition, which matched up producers like DJ Babu, Marco Polo, Oddisee, Kev Brown, and The Are. In [...]
SXSW Review: Hole, SPIN Magazine Party at Stubbs
Photos by Gravity508/Sneakshot. Please support. While most US pop stars are so inoffensive that they’re downright puritanical, Courtney is as no holds barred and unapologetic as ever. SXSW is the time for new artists to breakout and show themselves in front of the media, record labels, and tastemakers. However, the festival also marks a time [...]
VIDEO: Bone Thugs and Harmony at the Levi's/FADER Fort, SXSW
The Levi’s/FADER FORT is always the best part of SXSW. If the music festival didn’t exist, the “Fort” could easily exist as a festival all its own. Even though I wasn’t in attendance, I’m sorta mad I missed out on the Bone Thugs reunion that took place last week. However, thanks to the power of [...]
