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• Getting to Know Other Lives: Interview Part 2

  4/10/12 • (0)

  

  Tomorrow night Other Lives will take the stage with Radiohead at the HP Pavillion. After the group’s last performance in San Francisco at Cafe du Nord, we featured the first segment of a 2-part interview with the band, who had just finished a tour with Bon Iver. It seemed (and still seems) that even though the group has [...]

• Brother Ali and Aesop Rock at Cafe du Nord

  4/07/12 • (1)

  

  Last night in front of a sold-out Cafe Du Nord, Brother Ali performed a remix to Rakim & Eric B’s “I Aint No Joke.” Not too long ago, the Minneapolis rapper toured with the historical rap figure in support of his latest album, Us. Those of you who don’t know Rakim’s work word for word, probably are familiar [...]

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• Flight Facilities Interview with Hugo

  4/05/12 • (0)

  

  You might say Flight Facilities “took off.” Yes that’s a bad joke, but a good laugh couldn’t hurt you. Just ask Flight Facilities pilots, Hugo and Jimmy, who’ve cracked more than a few bad jokes during recent interview. (Like telling journalists they’re Calvin Harris or that they’re from Trinidad and Tobago even though they’re actually from Australia). But [...]

• Elephant & Castle – “I Will”

  4/03/12 • (0)

  

  Last week I wrote a review of Elephant & Castle’s  Transition. I strongly sugest you take a listen to this Bay Area producer. Here’s the video for his single, “I Will.”

• Electric Guest – This Head I Hold

  4/02/12 • (0)

  

  Electric Guest is a band with a hell of lot of backing seemingly poised to break. Their upcoming album was produced by Danger Mouse (a man who seems to have a golden touch) and is getting promoted by some reputable names (I was solicited them by Nasty Little Man, same PR firm for Foo Fighters, Explosions in the [...]

• MF Doom Boiler Room Session

  4/01/12 • (0)

  

  Whether you love or hate the man behind the mask, MF Doom (or DOOM), makes incredible hip hop music. He paid a visit to the Boiler Room, putting together an awesome 60 min session. You can download the podcast here. Otherwise, take a listen below.

• Kendrick Lamar @ The Regency Ballroom [Photo Review]

  3/29/12 • (1)

  

  If only all hip hop shows were like Kendrick Lamar’s performance last night. The 2011 “XXL Freshman” headlined the Regency Ballroom for the Monster Outbreak Tour, eschewing any indication of a novice emcee waiting to break. From the moment he stepped on the stage,  the crowd cheering, fists pumping, he was a star. In all the shows this [...]

• Elephant & Castle – Transitions LP [Album Review]

  3/27/12 • (0)

  

  I’ve always found it difficult to describe my tastes in electronic music. Mainstream sources often lean to either extremes of heavy bass or mellowed ambient. Leaving my fondness for subtle distortions, varying rhythms, unusual samples, and intricate layers as jargon phrases to the average listener. I’ve tried highlighting popular musicians (in my mind) to explain elements like Flying Lotus’s layering, [...]

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• Kendrick Lamar – Cartoon & Cereal [Regency Ballroom]

  3/27/12 • (0)

  

  At the close of Kendrick Lamar’s Regency Ballroom set tonight he made a dedication to Trayvon Martin before performing “Cartoon & Cereal.” It was already a strong showing, but added a poignant and thoughtful close. More coming soon. Download Mp3 – Kendrick Lamar: “Cartoon & Cereal” [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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• Pure X and Nick Waterhouse @ SXSW 2012 [Day 4]

  3/23/12 • (0)

  

  Nick Waterhouse I went to MWTX Saturday morning to hear an Austin band I adored, and left infatuated with a San Francisco group I never knew. A twist of fate you might say. For two years I’ve followed Austin lo-fi rockers Pure X, eagerly awaiting a performance in SF but never getting the chance. So you can be [...]