By Chris Mills | April 23, 2012 at 3:20 pm | No comments
Checking in on his soundcloud occasionally, we haven't heard much of anything new from Chrissy Murderbot for quite a while, but this most recent batch of flammable remixes from him kind of came out of nowhere as a pleasant surprise. The KC-native, Chi-Town-living DJ and...
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By Chris Mills | April 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm | No comments
Leaked by Funkmaster Flex just a couple of days ago, Kanye's most notably drawing attention to himself this time around by calling out names like "Wiz" and "Kim" with some Amber Rose references thrown in for good measure. I don't really give a shit about some industry,...
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By Chris Mills | February 27, 2012 at 2:06 pm | No comments
This is just an example of the randomness that floods my e-mail inbox on the daily. Chicago's KidKing just released this video on youtube last week and it's about three minutes and forty seconds of some rather tenacious, non-trap themed rhymes. By the way, I like all...
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By Chris Mills | February 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm | One comment
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 Chris Mills | December 14, 2011 at 11:04 pm | No comments
Artist, Luke Rocha (aka beat-maker, Topp Boom) is DIY to the teeth. Having started the blasphemously slept-on SymbolHeavy.com in 2005 to now working with a certain Brooklyn indie-rock icon, (who we cannot name), Luke is constantly learning in addition to holding a distinctly...
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By Chris Mills | November 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm | No comments
Our good friend DJ Shad shared a video with us last night wherein Chicago Ghetto House legend, DJ Slugo, was filming inside his studio in Chicago and by pure coincidence, a framed Demencha Magazine with Slugo on the cover (Summer 2008) catches Slugo's camera angle for several...
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By Chris Mills | October 23, 2011 at 2:25 pm | No comments
People who've never seen Mark Farina spin live before seem to always ask the same question prior to. "Will he play Mushroom Jazz or house?" From personal experience, I can say that the last time he played at Czar Bar, Farina got busy with a mixture of both styles making for a...
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By Chris Mills | October 17, 2011 at 2:55 pm | One comment
Will aka Daylight Robber (KC-Chicago transplant) recently shared a link on his soundcloud featuring a live mix that he and Spider Bigger did back in the summer of 2007 at their old dubstep weekly, Bassline Pressure, which went down on Wednesday nights at the old Jilly's on...
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By Chris Mills | October 11, 2011 at 5:53 am | No comments
MAIN STAGE:
BENGA
ZEDS DEAD
MiMOSA
FREQ NASTY
ANA SIA
ISHE featuring CURIOUS MC
KABLAMMO STAGE
-Mad Classy (Chango / J.E. / Sharkweek) (Austin, Texas)
-EshOne (Elk Beats, RogueDubs San Diego) **All dubplate set**
-Trimangle (Barbaric Merits + FSTZ) (Snatchy...
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By Chris Mills | October 1, 2011 at 3:52 pm | No comments
And yes, they shout out Kansas City in the chorus on this version, along with Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit. "Kansas City niggas got shit on lock/ Strapped with the glock runnin' up in yo spot." I had no idea that this Midwest Mix existed until March of 2010 when DJ Just...
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