By Chris Mills | January 5, 2012 at 10:09 pm | No comments
Off his All Nighter mixtape comes another official video, this one for "Disguise" over Common's "Ghetto Dreams" beat. The last video I saw and heard from the same mixtape was really kind of an eye-opener to Irv's lyricism and delivery. To me, he's one of those artists that...
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By Chris Mills | January 3, 2012 at 2:04 pm | No comments
[pictured: Caspa]
Some of the first tunes I heard out of this dubstep phenomenon came from one original dubstep don, Caspa (London) and West Coast bass delegate, Matty G, back in the summer of 2007 where the Bassline Pressure night was going down at Jilly's on Broadway here...
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By Chris Mills | December 26, 2011 at 8:27 pm | No comments
The Kansas City-based, Be/Non, are badass and you should go to this show. Admittedly, I don't know a whole lot about Electric Light Orchestra aside from the time someone told me that all the early-20's hipsters who write for Pitchfork adore them. However accurate that is, I'm...
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By Kalie Mashaney | December 24, 2011 at 6:43 pm | No comments
Being asked to write this article just further proves that I’m like a movie critic when it comes to judging music. I can tell you what I hate, and exactly why I think it sucks, but when asked to come up with a top-ten list this year, I was just kind of like “uhhh..i...
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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 18, 2011 at 6:10 pm | No comments
After Cole Medina went on a soundcloud tear earlier this year, only to take nearly all of his music down in the name of saving upload space we're guessing, it looks like he's got new things brewing with labels Gimme The Loot and House Arrest. With his recent soundcloud uploads,...
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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 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 | December 2, 2011 at 1:42 pm | One comment
Mac Lethal's latest video should have over 3 million views on youtube by the time this day is over...and it's only been online for a little over 48 hours. Uploaded on Wednesday, this is what he gets after asking his facebook fans what beat they'd like to hear him rap on,...
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By Chris Mills | November 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm | No comments
This is the latest promo video from Indyground honcho, Steddy P, pumping out the promo for his upcoming album slated for a Spring 2012 release (the early bird catches the worm). This "Better Make Room" release will be Steddy's first official album since Style Like Mind from...
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