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  • Emerging Artist: Zach Lipkins

    Emerging Artist: Zach Lipkins

    So it’s not unusual that I get emails from artists wanting some shine on the blog. It is considerably more unusual that they turn out to be really, really good! But this is the case with one Zach Lipkins who hit me up recently. He describes his music as Electroacoustic / Trip Hop which does […]

  • Foreign Exchange – Daykeeper

    So unless you’ve been under a rock as of late, you’re probably hip to the fact that the much-lauded pairing of Dutch beatmaker Nicolay + Little Brother’s Phonte AKA The Foreign Exchange are about to drop another album. Leave It All Behind will be dropping digitally on October 7th with a double CD release to […]

  • Stacy Epps – Los Angeles – Aug 16

    Stacy Epps – Los Angeles – Aug 16

    Lots goin’ on in LA on Aug 16th. Frolab is presenting a release party for Stacy Epps’ new album The Awakening including a performance by Epps.

  • Azymuth To Perform In Los Angeles

    Azymuth To Perform In Los Angeles

    VTECH PRESENTS: A CELEBRATION OF JACKSON CONTI Performances by Azymuth, The Beat Konducta, Carlinhos De Pandiero DJ Sets by J. ROCC, B+, Coleman and a special dance performance by Samba Angeles and Special Caiperinha Bar fueled SAGATIBA. Saturday August 16th 2008 The sounds of Brazil are hot and vibrating in LA! VTECH, along with KCRW, […]

  • Platinum Pied Pipers – Los Angeles – August 8th

    Platinum Pied Pipers – Los Angeles – August 8th

    So the dope folks over at ArtDontSleep have another killer show coming up for all you LA heads. On August 8th you can catch Platinum Pied Pipers, Muhsinah, and DJ sets from Kutmah and The Gas Lamp Killer. All the official details and such are below. Go have fun kids. KCRW, ECHOPLEX AND ARTDONTSLEEP PRESENTS […]

  • Worldwide Renewal

    Adult-oriented animated programming from Adult Swim can be found late night on the Cartoon Network. They have teamed up with Chicago’s Chocolate Industries to provide a pretty dope free digital album featuring hip-hop and electronic beats provided by the likes of Cool Kids, Diverse, Via Tania, Proton, Push Button Objects and more. You can find […]

  • Strictly Social – June 25th

    Strictly Social – June 25th

    Nu-soul Magazine and Soul Union present an evening of ECLECTIC SOUL FUSION! On Wednesday June 25 come and experience STRICTLY SOCIAL and see what the buzz is all about. Featuring Performances from: jaMal (with full band) www.myspace.com/malskimusic Erik Rico www.myspace.com/erikricomusic www.mobileunderground.com/artist/erik_rico Chase Allen www.myspace.com/chaseryanallen and special guest Maya Azucena www.myspace.com/mayaazucena Show begins at 10:30pm Come […]

  • New Peter Hadar Album

    Cool weirdo Peter Hadar has just dropped his brand new album, chock-full of dope electronic/progressive soul joints. Well Dressed For The Art Show is now available for download at MobileUnderground.com. Preview some tracks below and whet your appetite….   Also catch Peter on tour in June and July: 6.05.08 Philly LivePod @ Fuzion – Philadelphia, […]

  • Download N.E.R.D. “Spazz”

    Download N.E.R.D. “Spazz”

    NERD are back it seems. This track “Spazz” is doin’ the rounds on the interweb right now. Credit where credit is due, I saw it on Soulbounce first. Anyway, the hook could use a little work (IMHO), but the beat bangs. Love it. http://sharebee.com/a57a71f4 

  • Plantlife – Love Toy

    Plantlife – Love Toy

    I dig Plantlife. They’re fonky in all kinds of ways. Their first album “The Return of Jack Splash” was out seemingly eons ago and did not get as widespread a hubbub as it warranted, if you ask me. Now finally the follow-up “Time Traveller” is scheduled for release in June. I believe there were some […]

  • My Favorite EP – open source music

    My Favorite EP – open source music

    Indie-hop artist Domer has embarked on an innovative ‘open source’ music project. He made 5 acappellas available for download and invited producers to create their own tracks around them. The results are now available for download. All the various versions can be downloaded for free, and you can create your own version of the EP. […]

  • Casamena Radio Hour

    Thanks to Carlos for keeping us up to date with things. Check out the Casamena Radio Hour podcast for some really nice house jams. The tracklisting for the most recent episode is below, so you can see what he’s working with ;) But head over to the site for equally tasty past episodes. Just Fine […]