Premiere: DJ Eclipse and Brownout Pay Tribute to Public Enemy With ‘Fear of a Brown Planet’ Mixtape On the 28th anniversary of Public Enemy’s seminal 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet, the Austin-based band Brownout (best known for their popular Black Sabbath tribute albums) has decided to pay homage to the rap classic by announcing their […]
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ICYMI – Paste Magazine had New Kingston & Common Kings in their studio for some killer live sessions.
Manatee Commune is making his TSIS debut with his new single “Like Me”, which is taken from the forthcoming EP PDA slated to drop in 2018. The release is well-timed, as the Seattle native is set to embark on a two-month tour starting this Saturday, October 28th. [Read More]
On a Saturday afternoon in April, the DJ and producer El Dusty stood in the middle of the floor of the House of Rock, in Corpus Christi, holding his Chihuahua, Sasha, as he politely guided half a dozen men and women through preparations for a dance party. Walking toward the stage, where two men were raising […]
Billboard: Chef and Producer Martin Morales Cooks Up Hot Compilation of Rare Vintage Peruvian Tracks
Martin Morales has become well-known as the chef who brought Peruvian cuisine to London; the owner of four restaurants, he recently was named the Food & Drinks Innovator of the Year by British GQ. Before he was a chef, he worked as a DJ and a music executive, heading Disney’s Buena Vista Music Group in Europe, The […]
Country music is not something you see in the dojo often, if ever. However, a producer coming out of Atlanta by the name of Panski is bringing some influence from the genre to house music. You might be thinking “WTF!?” but just stay with us because you’ll be pleasantly surprised by his new EP, #ARoadLessTraveled. [Read More]
Largely ignored by audiences outside its borders, the popular music of Somalia in the 1970s and ’80s was informed in part by culture-quaking politics: the establishment in 1969 of the Somali Democratic Republic led by President Mohamed Siad Barre and a socialist system that supported the arts but also promoted nationalism, curtailed freedoms, often violently, and […]
The 1960’s gave rise to a very particular and unique sub-genre of cumbia in South America. It combined the electric guitars of the rock ‘n roll generation with the traditional Andean music of Peru. It also employed the use of synthesizers for its melodies over the more traditional accordions utilized in Colombian cumbia. Peruvian cumbia, […]
When The Movement’s managers at Rootfire first approached the band with the concept of a no-interest, one-year loan so they could pay to recording and release of a new album, lead singer Josh Swain was initially skeptical. “Why would someone give an interest-free loan?” Swain said. His band previously balked at label deals where third parties would […]
Reggae singer Jesse Royal helps push the rich musical lineage of Jamaica forward on his forthcoming album, Lily of Da Valley. He worked with producers Llamar “ Riff Raff” Brown, Kareem “Remus” Burrell, Phillip “Winta” James and others to create a sound that combines revolutionary messages, soulful harmonizing and body-shaking beats. Teaming with up Jo Mersa Marley, […]