By Sam | February 21, 2012 at 10:11 pm | No comments
First the bad news - there will be no Kanrocksas 2012. You may have assumed that already, but today there was an official confirmation of the absence of the successful first year festival from this summer's list of cannot miss events in KC. Kansas Speedway is set to have the...
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By Chris Mills | February 17, 2012 at 4:52 pm | No comments
$10 to see the legend that is Masta Ace and DJ Marco Polo is a steal alone, and that's what you'll be paying at the door at Riot Room on Feb. 28 (unless you get $8 presales HERE). But on behalf of the Demencha clan, Guerilla Movement and Electric City, you can get TWO tickets...
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By Chris Mills | February 13, 2012 at 1:31 am | One comment
I haven't watched the Grammys in at least a few years, so here it goes.
1. After Jay-Z and Kanye won best hip hop something, neither of them were in the house to accept their award. Do hip hop artists still boycott the Grammy's in 2012? After presenting the award, Marc...
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By Chris Mills | February 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm | No comments
From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo.
Sonali Aggarwal, DJ Slugo and Subterranean Playhouse (among others), recently put this nearly hour-long documentary out on vimeo for the world to see that this hyper-bass juke music is not the latest...
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By Sean Malone | February 12, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 2 comments
I think everyone was a little surprised when The Roots accepted the role of stage band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon back in 2009. For about a decade, The Roots had toed the line between neo-soul and fusion jazz with their live performances and genre-bending albums, largely...
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By Chris Mills | February 9, 2012 at 2:48 pm | No comments
The 54th annual Grammy Awards coming up this Sunday, to be hosted by LL Cool J, will now include a special electronica/dance segment performance featuring Lil' Wayne, Deadmau5, Foo Fighters, David Guetta, and Chris Brown. I'm not necessarily sure what Weezy, Breezy and the Foo...
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By Chris Mills | February 8, 2012 at 3:38 pm | No comments
50s representative, Young Devi (aka Deviossi), is back. After laying down some memorable verses on his own mixtapes and more than a couple belonging to Ron Ron, Devi's latest official video shot by Brainiak has 20,000+ views in just about thirty days. On this one,...
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By Sam | January 31, 2012 at 9:59 pm | No comments
I am many things. I used to be a classically trained violinist. I'm still a poorly trained guitarist and an untrained bassist. I'm a soccer geek, I support Tottenham Hotspur. I tweet in uncontrollable tweetsplosions. I speak spanish. I love seafood, lasagna and cold pizza almost...
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By Sean Malone | January 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm | 3 comments
Michael Byars is a cool guy; I say this in complete confidence although I've never actually met him. On top of having one of those comforting and informative voices you can hear regularly on KCUR (89.3, the local NPR affiliate for those of you not in college) he has really...
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By Chris Mills | January 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm | No comments
Steddy P's latest promo video for his upcoming "Better Make Room" album depicts performances across the state (MO), studio sessions with the likes of Royce Diamond, Smoov Confusion, producer Matthew Sawicki, and extracurricular shenanigans. Sawicki, who we believe is...
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