Artist Spotlight... Make the best of Coachella while ︻╦╤─ ƱZ ─╤╦︻ brings the beats!

︻╦╤─ ƱZ ─╤╦︻ UZ is a mysterious DJ from the California Bay Area. He works mostly in the Trap genre but has been evolving with a menagerie of sounds to fit the bill. He performs behind a mask and bandanna and refuses to let in on who the man behind the 1's and 2's really is. To him and so many of his...

Summer Festivals 2014... Coachella 2014 Line-Up is out and man does it suck.

Maybe I am just pouting or maybe I'm sour about not being able to afford the tickets, but one thing stands: this line-up looks piss poor. When I first looked at the Coachella poster for this year, I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it. Not the artists specifically but the placement of the artists. They...

New Music... Amp Live - Brass Knuckles ft. Dom from Big Gigantic

Amp Live teamed up with Dom of Big Gigantic to deliver this heavy hitting single and a sneak peak of what to expect from Amp's upcoming solo album. Amp Live (One half of Zion I) and Dom (of Big Gigantic) bring some really interesting samples to the land of trap. This song has the power and ability to really get you...

New Years Eve 2014 with who else... Matthew Dear (DJ Set)

We spent our New Years Eve grooving to a great show at Public Works in San Francisco. The tunes were completely dancable and accessible to the entire audience... why is accessibility important? Well, a common issue I take with DJ sets is that sometimes only 1/3 or so of the crowd really seems to be able to tell...

New Music... Phantogram released 'Fall In Love' earlier this month!

Weirdly, Phantogram has always played the underdog for me. They are really good but I always found something that I believed was better. However, more times than not I really enjoy what I hear. Take for example my current Phantogram obsession 'Fall In Love'. Released a couple of weeks back, this groovy tune started to mysteriously sneak its...

Worst of 2013... Lorde leads a bleak outlook on the future of pop.

Lorde fever has spread through America and possibly further. KROQ and Live105 are two stations in California that I know have been playing Lorde non-stop. She is on the radio as I type this. They have been playing her on heavy rotation since at least early in March. While her beats are steady and lyrics are clean. I...

Christmas 2013... Actual good Christmas music!

Merry Christmas! Christmas songs are the same every year. Stuffy old Bing Crosby, sauced up on eggnog, singing about some Caucasian Christmas. Or Nat King Cole sending a Merry Christmas to You and Yours. With people becoming more and more independent the Traditionals are starting to fall by the roadside. However, it's important for us to have tradition....

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