By Chris Mills | December 19, 2011 at 4:33 pm | No comments
This latest track leaked from Mac Lethal's "Irish Goodbye" album out on NYE/December 31st instills his reputation as one of the most intense song writers out. Hot off the heels of his own viral "Nerdy White Kid Kills Look At Me Now" video (which now has about 13 million...
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By Chris Mills | December 5, 2011 at 5:21 pm | No comments
KC-based producer/turntablist, Z-Sonic, has a new mix out called "Worldwide Wax". Though we'd like to think of him as being adept at various forms of music performance, this mix is special because it was recorded with 100% vinyl. In a way, Z-Sonic is kind of a throwback...
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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 | November 10, 2011 at 3:06 pm | No comments
DJ B-Stee and DJ Archi just dropped a new 2-track soundclouder yesterday through the KC-rooted, Think 2Wice label. (You may remember a post we recently wrote about B-Stee doing the cuts on a new Slaughterhouse leak). On this promo pack, the KC-based B-Stee and Archi are...
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By Chris Mills | October 16, 2011 at 10:47 am | No comments
Every time I hear about something like this I start feeling some kind of emptiness in my soul. Personally, it's been a rather embarrassing stretch since my last visit to a vinyl shop. Vinyl fiends should go to 432 East 73rd Terrace in Kansas City, MO today to run your fingers...
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By Sean Malone | July 15, 2011 at 4:47 pm | No comments
Side projects are often a two way street; they can give under-appreciated band members the opportunity to showcase their own work without the backing of the rest of the group (think Robert Plant's collaborations with Alison Krauss) but they often end up being unjustly...
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By Chris Mills | May 5, 2011 at 2:28 pm | No comments
Approach - "Brothafly Effect" [prod. SALVA] (2007)
^^^That was a small piece of Salva's previous work with Lawrence/KC-based hip hop artist, Approach, from 2007. Nowadays, most listeners are more familiar with him for doing this crazy beat music stuff (which you can...
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By Chris Mills | May 1, 2011 at 9:38 pm | 2 comments
I will never forget until the day I die when KC-San Diego transplant DJ, Matt Brian, dropped "I Feel Good Things For You" by Daddy's Favourite at an NYE house party a couple of years ago. Never. By the grace of the house music Gods, I randomly stumbled across the mp3 at...
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By Chris Mills | April 16, 2011 at 6:50 pm | No comments
The man/myth/legend, DJ P, is set to spin outside at Zebedee's record store on 39th Street in Midtown KCMO the afternoon of Sunday, April 17 from 5 p.m.-? It's going down the day after National Record Store Day, but so what? The homie James Rumsey (who contributed to our...
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By Chris Mills | March 25, 2011 at 12:47 pm | One comment
Owner of Earwaxx Records, Gary Wilkerson, pictured on right
Nearly 4,000 records (many from a large collection recently purchased) will be on sale for 3 for $5 on Sunday, March 27th at Earwaxx Records (6410 North Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO). Most of what they have in...
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