By Chris Mills | February 21, 2012 at 7:51 pm | No comments
Mansions On The Moon, Lightyears Tour 2012 from CRÜZ ON TOUR on Vimeo.
Mansions on the Moon's airy, acoustic-electronic feel has touched a variety of styles coalescing in a box of some rather sweet ear candy since we began following them nearly two years ago. But guess...
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By Chris Mills | February 14, 2012 at 2:07 pm | No comments
Mixed by Johnny Quest, you already know how dope The Skeptics' latest mixtape is. These are the latest visuals off the Topeka hip hop group's free release, shot in Cali. NY rap icon, Large Professor, whose instrumental was borrowed for this, and who Joc Max even cited as...
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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 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 Chris Mills | February 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm | No comments
Grammy-noted jazz composer and producer Roy Hargrove swung through the Foundation on Friday night, which turned out to be a pretty wild night in Kansas City with a lot of events going down. I first went to see Matty G at the Midland Theater downtown, and his minimal,...
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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 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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By Chris Mills | January 23, 2012 at 3:17 pm | No comments
Don't forget to catch ASAP Rocky with Drake and Kendrick Lamar at the Sprint Center downtown on March...
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By Chris Mills | January 18, 2012 at 3:06 pm | 2 comments
Confession: I don't know anything about KC's JR Tha Fly Guy, other than this video sent to us via e-mail just yesterday. On French Montana's "Shot Caller" instrumental produced by Harry Fraud, JR gets fly over a recycled horns sample which I can't put my finger on as far...
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