By Chris Mills | December 19, 2011 at 4:33 pm | No comments
This latest track leaked from Mac Lethal's "Irish Goodbye" album out on NYE/December 31st instills his reputation as one of the most intense song writers out. Hot off the heels of his own viral "Nerdy White Kid Kills Look At Me Now" video (which now has about 13 million...
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By Sean Malone | December 15, 2011 at 4:51 pm | No comments
The follow up to Capybara's promising 2009 album Try Brother will hit the net (and shelves for you classicists) in early February.
Capybara have been garnering a fair amount of attention the likes of which we haven't seen in our sleepy burgh since The Republic Tigers signed...
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By Chris Mills | December 13, 2011 at 1:57 pm | No comments
All three of these dudes put out fantastic new records this year. Drake's Take Care, Kendrick Lamar's Section 80 and ASAP's LiveLoveA$AP have all been in heavy rotation for me over the past few months. Just when I thought it would be quite a while before another...
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By Chris Mills | December 2, 2011 at 1:42 pm | One comment
Mac Lethal's latest video should have over 3 million views on youtube by the time this day is over...and it's only been online for a little over 48 hours. Uploaded on Wednesday, this is what he gets after asking his facebook fans what beat they'd like to hear him rap on,...
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By Chris Mills | November 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm | No comments
This is the latest promo video from Indyground honcho, Steddy P, pumping out the promo for his upcoming album slated for a Spring 2012 release (the early bird catches the worm). This "Better Make Room" release will be Steddy's first official album since Style Like Mind from...
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By Sean Malone | November 30, 2011 at 4:23 pm | No comments
Soft Reeds - Magic by therecordmachine
Soft Reeds (Ben Grimes formerly of The Golden Republic surrounded by an ever-shifting band) have been hard at work in the studio recently according to their label, The Record Machine. The first fruit of that labor has been...
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By Chris Mills | November 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm | No comments
Be sure to swing through Riot Room on Friday night for what should be the most fun Black Friday music event in Westport, presented kindly by Demencha Magazine. Depending on how early you arrive, you'll be able to snag one of these shirts. There weren't many of them printed...
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By Chris Mills | November 22, 2011 at 12:56 pm | No comments
The KC-based and Lawrence-loved funk duo, The Floozies, have a new promo video out for a track off their forthcoming "At Dusk We Launch" album (awesome title, by the way), out January 11, 2012. In former Demencha-cover band fashion, they're still gritting away with their...
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By A:42 | November 21, 2011 at 3:11 pm | No comments
(pictured: Nezbeat, of Archetype)
Larryville veterans Nezbeat and iD are slated to drop a new album, entitled "Red Wedding", this coming January. This will be their third full length album as Archetype, and it's been a minute since 2005's Bleed for Them and 2002's Freehand...
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By Chris Mills | November 20, 2011 at 4:22 pm | No comments
Just last week, I happened to see a Verizon commercial on Monday Night Football featuring XV's "Awesome", produced by Seven (who's also been known to work with Tech N9ne quite a bit). Watch out for an EP under the same title from Vizzy very soon. While I think THIS is...
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