Ramonda Hammer Kicks Off HUNNY’s Winter Talent Show
ECHO PARK, CA- On December 2nd, 2017, the band HUNNY held their second annual “Winter Talent Show” at The Echoplex. With 7 diverse acts in the line-up, we knew it would be a good one. With Ramonda Hammer kicking off the holiday, musical festivities, we knew…
SWIMM Announce Love You Down Fest 2 At Recent Gig
LOS ANGELES, CA- I dig Swimm. I dig their sound and their aesthetic and their humor and their attitude … and when I realized that I hadn’t seen them perform since April, I made it a point to catch them play their last gig in…
Cobi Lets His Songs … And Electric Guitar … Do The Talking At The Troubadour
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- Opening for Black Pistol Fire at The Troubadour was the singer/songwriter Cobi. Formerly of the indie pop group Gentlemen Hall, Cobi released a handful of soulful tracks this year- including his mini EP “Songs From The Ashes (Pt.1) below- and has been touring to…
NEW EViL Celebrate “King Of The River” Release At The Echo
Echo Park, CA- Good things can come in little packages, and NEW EViL packs a punch (literally) with their petite front-woman Sophia Anita Reyes. This was my second time catching them perform live (the first time being a short set at a photography festival earlier…
Nevrose Brings A Visceral Intensity To The Tissues Live
ECHO PARK, CA- I’m surprised that I’d never heard of The Tissues before I caught them at The Echo last month, cause I really REALLY dig the post-punk vibes they gave me when I caught them perform. The Tissues are Kristine Nevrose (vocals), Bianca Ayala…
Nicki Minaj Decided To Get Racist And It Didn’t Go Well
Nicki Minaj posted a screen capture of the iTunes top 10 charting Hip Hop/Rap songs Saturday night. But it wasn’t the chart that got people talking so much as Nicki’s racially charged commentary. Check out the posts bellow. …
BLACK THOUGHT GOES OFF ON THIS DOPE FREESTYLE
Hip Hop dead? Not as long as Black Thought is breathing. Take notes….
Antix – ‘When It Falls’
Antix is an unconventional rapper, part of a generation of more conscious hip hop artists alá Logic or Khalid. His music has always proudly stood outside the norms of his genre, and shuns the bravado and materialism of many of his contemporaries. He has delivered…
Tyler, The Creator: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Tyler, The Creator’s Tiny Desk performance was a first for many reasons. It was the Los Angeles rapper’s first time performing at our offices, but moreover, it was the Tiny Desk’s first nighttime performance, a special request from Tyler and his team in order to…
Video: C.A.M and Parallax collab for ‘Twin Beacons’
An artist we’ve heavily cosigned, C.A.M has linked up with Parallax on this dope new joint, which is the second single from his debut project, ‘The First Move EP’. The video was directed by Above Ground films, and shows how the two emcees are definitely…
