By Chris Mills | May 21, 2012 at 2:43 pm | No comments
This Wednesday at Record Bar in Westport, Indyground loudly presents "Midwest Got Next 2". On this night, five green MCs will have the opportunity to wow the crowd in an effort to possibly have their name called up to join the Indyground crew. Here's a promo video...
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By Chris Mills | May 21, 2012 at 1:50 pm | No comments
Locally-based DJ, vinyl enthusiast, MC and producer, Z-Sonic, recently saw one of his latest moombahton songs, "I Need You Close", catch a tracklist slot on the Ginger Shinobi-presented, Moombahdeep Vol. 2. If you remember, Z-Sonic also grabbed some light from one of his...
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By Chris Mills | May 18, 2012 at 6:19 pm | No comments
The latest project from one of KC's house and techno ambassadors, LC, will quench your thirsty search for a good, uptempo, summery mix. While the whole mix is cold (as you should expect), the second track, Cajmere's "Waterfalls", is definitely a personal highlight. Check...
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By Sam | May 9, 2012 at 4:50 pm | No comments
Steddy P makes no effort to hide the work he puts into his music. As the Founder/CEO/man with a plan behind Indyground Entertainment, he’s put some serious time into promoting his projects and making Indyground a name in the Midwest. When Steddy’s latest project, Better Make...
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By Chris Mills | May 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm | No comments
To the eager ears of the KC rap faithful, The Popper's latest KC Landmarks presentation drops on Tuesday of this week (in addition to Irv Da Phenom's new disc). Aside from donning probably the funniest album cover we've seen in a long time, we're sure that the unintentional...
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By Chris Mills | May 3, 2012 at 7:24 pm | No comments
As a proud media sponsor for 2012's "Rock N Fashion" show at the Beaumont Club (4050 Pennsylvania) on Saturday night, we at Demencha are rather geeked up about this year's installment of what should be one of the most fun events to happen in Westport this season. This is not...
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By Chris Mills | April 15, 2012 at 2:28 pm | No comments
From the long-awaited and still unreleased, "Lift Your Hands Hy" album from KC's Hymnlayas group (Mike Brass, Tommy Lift & DJ Hylanda) comes the latest video for the single "Bang This". You can cop the single on iTunes HERE. This music flick pairs new video clips and vintage,...
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By Sean Malone | April 12, 2012 at 4:05 pm | 2 comments
The second annual Middle of the Map Fest (organized by Ink and The Record Machine) kicked off last week with its first shows on the inaugural Thursday night of the lineup. All of us at Demencha had a great time celebrating the local scene and the national artists that joined us...
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By Chris Mills | April 11, 2012 at 5:15 pm | 3 comments
With Ink's Middle of the Map Fest sprawling across nearly every music venue in Westport the night 22 year-old, Kendrick Williams, was killed, I can see why there was erroneous reporting on the relationship between Williams' death and the music fest in Westport this past weekend....
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By A:42 | April 9, 2012 at 4:25 pm | 2 comments
I've seen JL (pictured) perform a few times, but I haven't heard much in the way of recordings. The beats on this EP were cooked up by my man Info Gates, who I'm also more familiar with as an MC than as a producer. So, I was curious. Heavy Metal Objects is available on JL's...
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