By Chris Mills | December 15, 2011 at 4:15 pm | No comments
With a brand new album coming in January under the Archetype guise accompanied by longtime collaborator and MC, iD, new tracks from Lawrence-based producer, Nezbeat, kinda slipped under our radar. Nez just moved out to Oakland, CA and says there are no planned performances for...
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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 | December 8, 2011 at 7:13 pm | No comments
pictured: Dessa, of Doomtree @ Kanrocksas 2011
I caught Doomtree at Kanrocksas earlier this summer and they rocked it. The Minneapolis-based live hip hop collective have a new record out titled No Kings (cop it HERE). Dessa, one of the group's core MCs, just released...
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By Chris Mills | December 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm | No comments
BEAR CLUB x KJHK SADLY PRESENTS: BLASIAN FINALE: WE GONE, DUECES EDITION from Team Bearclub on Vimeo.
Morri$ and the Team Bear Club crew have been making a lot of noise out in Lawrence for a hot minute now. One of those noises manifested itself in the regular Blasian...
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By Chris Mills | December 7, 2011 at 2:21 pm | No comments
Check their official website for more on their music, additional tour dates and other occurrences - http://ilovem83.com/. I want to hear...
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By Chris Mills | December 1, 2011 at 2:46 pm | No comments
(pictured: Morri$)
Barcelona-based producer and remixer, Sinjin Hawke, has been getting a ton of spins out of my Boses (and through THIS MIX I just did recently) over the past couple of months accredited to his remixes of "I'm On One", 702, Tevin Campbell and The Dream among...
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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 Sean Malone | November 15, 2011 at 3:07 pm | No comments
If you head on over to local label The Record Machine's soundcloud page you can find some choice cuts from their talented roster of KC area folks. Here's a couple of fun covers by Cowboy Indian Bear and Ad Astra Arkestra. CIB gives the 80s classic "Your Love" by The Outfield a...
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By Chris Mills | November 15, 2011 at 2:22 pm | No comments
With this being the second official release from Newman and Quest (CLICK HERE for the duo's debut from last year), the KC-based MC and the Lawrence-based DJ/producer have come together once again to release Skinny Jeans For Fat People today. Our favorite cut off their new...
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