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Prefuse 73 + The Gaslamp Killer Bring The Ruckus To Middle East Club

February 2nd, 2010 No Comments

Photo Credit Krob Guillermo Scott Herren has a lock on the rolling beats and sinewy electronic grooves he’s perfected through a career that spans more albums and side projects than there are backpacks at one of his shows. He’s one of the best known names of the glitch-hop movement, which encompasses everyone from Ghostly International’s […]

Tags: Boston · Music

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Leading By Example: “Won’t Go Quietly” hits UK Charts, Keeps on Climbing

January 27th, 2010 No Comments

You know that saying, “If at first you don’t succeed then, try, try again?” British rapper Example, who’s been on the grind these last five years making a name for himself, has done just that. Born in London as Elliot Gleave, he adopted the name “Example” as a sly nod to his own initials. Gleave […]

Tags: London · Music

Francis and the Lights, Live At Red Devil Lounge

January 26th, 2010 1 Comment

Photo Credit: Alicia Adams There must be something beautiful and dangerous happening inside the mind of Francis Farewell Starlite. Having experienced his live shows only through a few video clips here and there, I was ecstatic to hear that he would be gracing the stage at San Francisco’s Red Devil Lounge. Although I had no […]

Tags: Event · Music · San Francisco

Theophilus London – Humdrum Town Music Video

January 13th, 2010 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmo1gz8b-oQ Our man Theophilus London is at it again, starting 2010 off strong with the release off his new video for the single “Humdrum Town” which is one of our favorite tracks on This Charming Mixtape. We caught up with him last month in NYC during the Wired event and talked a bit about his […]

Tags: Music · Video

MOG Makes All Of Your Dreams Come True

January 5th, 2010 4 Comments

The first thing you see when you pop over to MOG.com is a hyperbolic statement: “MOG is where your music listening dreams come true. All of them. Weird.” However, when I started playing with MOG a few weeks ago they were saying, “Better than Pandora, Last.fm and iTunes. Combined,” right up front. I don’t know […]

Tags: Music · Technology

GLOBAL PLAYLIST- 10 Artists To Watch in 2010

January 4th, 2010 3 Comments

Just as you’re finished eating the last of your holiday leftovers and and trying to get the sound of Auld Lang Syne out of your ears, you realize that we have indeed come to the beginning of a brand new year and darn it, a new decade! Greetings 2010! To start the year off right, […]

Tags: Music