By Chris Mills | December 2, 2011 at 5:14 pm | One comment
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne tour hit Kansas City Tuesday night at the Sprint Center downtown, much to the apparent, hinted dismay of this STL Today writer who didn’t exactly diss us, but left plenty of room for the imagination of his readers down I-70. While...
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By Chris Mills | November 13, 2011 at 5:41 pm | One comment
Electric City and Guerilla Movement are presenting an afterparty for the Jay-Z & Kanye concert (Sprint Center) here in a little over two weeks. The afterparty is going down at Czar, and you can RSVP HERE. Chicago guy, GLC delivered a spotlight verse on one of Kanye's best...
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By A:42 | September 29, 2011 at 1:10 pm | 8 comments
Somehow, this video has something to do with the hipster-hopper clothing line Mishka. Actually, I like some of the stuff Mishka puts out because I like things being mauled by bears, but I'm fucking tired of CMYK palettes and they've bought into CMYK irretrievably. Anyway, I...
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By Chris Mills | August 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm | No comments
I wrote on facebook a while back that if I were an XXL or Complex, a Frank Ocean cover story would be my number one priority. Looks like another publication beat us to it (joking). Scoring the latest cover of The Fader Magazine is Frank Ocean, a singer repping the Odd...
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By Chris Mills | March 16, 2011 at 3:58 pm | No comments
Not touching the...
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By Chris Mills | March 8, 2011 at 10:08 pm | No comments
At 21, and like so many artists that this blog has covered over the years, Ghost (whose real name is Steffan), doesn’t have press photos just quite yet. That’s why we had to jack this shot from his facebook page.
Words by Chris Mills
To take the word “ghost”...
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By Chris Mills | February 19, 2011 at 10:44 pm | No comments
I've personally been playing the shit out of this song (and Kanye's new album in general) in the car, the apt., wherever. The video was just posted on youtube yesterday, it appears. The song features (deep breath) Rihanna and Kid Cudi with vocals by Fergie, Charlie...
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By Chris Mills | January 12, 2011 at 3:15 pm | One comment
Championing his self-described "glo-fi" sound, UK beatmaker Star Slinger, has been putting out a ton of sparkling tunes over the past few months. Pitchfork took notice, then my favorite new music blog (which we'll leave anonymous) claimed Star Slinger as their favorite...
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By Chris Mills | December 30, 2010 at 8:44 pm | 2 comments
Everyone's taste in music varies, obviously. That's why I brought some esteemed colleagues along for our first annual year-end Music Picks List(s). With me are A:42, Phil Torpey aka Skill Laimbeer and the young homie, James Rumsey, who currently works at Zebedee's and...
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By Chris Mills | August 6, 2010 at 6:54 pm | 2 comments
Photo courtesy of Forester Michael for pitch.com
The Barbaric Merits dudes, Mythik and Dublow, told me about a month ago that they were going to play mainly dubstep at their performance for the Pitch Awards Showcase, which went down last night in Westport. Minus the subs...
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