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Hello! My name is Saferide

October 28th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojE7J6O1D6A For my 21st birthday, some friends and I trekked over to the House of Sweden located between the Foggy Bottom and Georgetown sections of Washington, DC. The reason was that indie pop performers Firefox AK and Hello Saferide were performing (a free show). The House of Sweden, which is sort of the cultural arm […]

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Hey Champ – Cold Dust Girl

October 15th, 2008 1 Comment

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWp_TT4JrX8 Chicago has the fever! Every time I turn around something else delectable comes out of the Windy City. I could use words like airy, atmospheric and sultry to describe the smooth tunes from electro pop artists Hey Champ. I caught wind of them while sifting through my bulletins on Myspace (Tom please make this […]

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Chocolate Industries vs The Retrospective

October 11th, 2008 1 Comment

Wow no updates suck right?  Rejoice! The dry spell is over and here is the first long overdue post. We’ve been fortunate to have our paths cross with a few of the very talented artists on Chocolate Industries straight out of Chicago. Back in September, Alicia and I ventured down to the heart of Boston’s college […]

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Designer Drugs – Mariah Carey “I’ll Be Lovin U Long Time” Remix

September 13th, 2008 No Comments

  Our friends in Designer Drugs need your help. Click here to head over and listen to the new track and vote for it in the indaband contest. Why are you still here? GO! Vote!

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Pop Music Will Never Be Low Brow

August 7th, 2008 No Comments

 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvsK7NlFlr0 Lately, it seems like more and more artists are going above and beyond when it comes to making music videos, and personally I really can’t complain.  When I first heard “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga, I wasn’t overly impressed by the electro/pop star in the making, but over the past week or so, her […]

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Asher Roth – The Next Big White Rapper?

July 31st, 2008 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGPrX38NRZg So I was checking out the Non Threatening Black Male blog and he hipped us to this clip of buzzed about artist Asher Roth. Personally I enjoyed this track; he doesn’t take himself too seriously and I can honestly say that this video feels like the dude is being himself. His flow is pretty good and he’s […]

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