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Artist of the Day: Thavius Beck | 07/2010 | Thavius Beck is Artist Of The Day at The 13th Plate. They give a great career rundown if you are just getting into Thavius' vast catalog. |
Deru Podcast For Plasmodium | 07/2010 | Deru recently mixed a hypnotic set for the Seattle-based internet radio show Plasmodium. Everyone from Haiku D'etat to Mos Def to Mush's own Qua gets a makeover at his deft hands. |
LA Weekly Interviews Open Mike Eagle | 07/2010 | LA Weekly reviewed Open Mike Eagle's album Unapologetic Art Rap this week and talked to him about it at length. Read the interview between Jeff Weiss and Mike also featured in LA Weekly. |
Open Mike Eagle Tours With Everyone Good Ever | 07/2010 | Open Mike Eagle is OFF! First up is an extensive west coast jaunt with Moka Only, Ceschi and Factor that begins on the 8th of July. Check out the show preview Universatile Music did for their Phoenix show and get the details for the tour on the shows page. Next, he's off on a handful of dates with none other than Psalm One from Rhymesayers! Once the dust has settled from that sprint, Open Mike Eagle teams up with Abstract Rude for more west coast shows. |
Open Mike Eagle Listed In 10 Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2010 | 06/2010 | Open Mike Eagle's critically adored album Unapologetic Art Rap has been picked as a tie for #4 best hip-hop album of the half-year by journalistic luminary Jeff Weiss. Check out the full list and Mike's write-up on Jeff's blog Passion of the Weiss. |
Head Like A Kite West Coast Tour | 06/2010 | Head Like A Kite are embarking on a west coast tour which will begin in the Northeast and end in California. |
Lymbyc Systym Takes Asia | 06/2010 | Lymbyc Systym is on the brink of an extensive tour of Asia. To offset this run of appearances, Lymbyc Systym are teaming up with fellow Mush artist 4 Bonjour's Parties in Tokyo, and then it's off to: China, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan! |
Listener Embarks on Wooden Hearts Tour | 06/2010 | Listener is taking fienix and Homeless Gospel Choir on the road across the US, also stopping at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois. Head to the shows page for an updated list of dates. |
Eliot Lipp US Dates | 06/2010 | This summer, Eliot Lipp is playing a little Santa Cruz here, a little South Carolina there, bouncing all over the states. |
Daedelus Plays Dour Festival | 06/2010 | On July 16th Daedelus is taking part in the legendary Dour festival in Belgium. Daedelus will play alongside De La Soul, Chromeo, Devendra Banhart, Calvin Harris, Simian Mobile Disco, Faith No More, and lots more. |
Lymbyc Systym To Play Free Press Festival | 06/2010 | If you're in the southwest at the beginning of June, find your way to the Free Press Festival in Houston, TX. Lymbyc Systym join a bill that includes Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Kid Sister, Stars, Lucero and many more. |
Curse Ov Dialect Tours Europe With Kaigen | 06/2010 | Curse Ov Dialect are headed to Europe this month, to play their way through France and Germany. They're taking Kaigen, a rapper hailing from Japan, but not before a farewell show of sorts in Melbourne. Australians, do not miss the mania that is a live COD show, all the tour dates and details are listed. |
Daedelus Embarks On Summer Long Tour | 06/2010 | Daedelus has tour dates in the coming months that bring him to the east coast, west coast, the UK and beyond. Live show information is now available. |
Busdriver US Shows | 06/2010 | Busdriver to play a selection of live dates on the West Coast, including a date with the legendary Freestyle Fellowship and a Dupstep set with 6BLOCC at the Henry Fonda Theater in L.A. |
Deru Featured In The Stranger | 06/2010 | Just ahead of his performance with Glitch Mob in Seattle, Deru has been featured in The Stranger. |
Deru live DJ Mega-Mix Available For Download In Peace Magazine | 05/2010 | Head over to the online arm of Peace Magazine to download an expansive mega-mix by Deru comprised of the best of his own music and of others. |
UGS Mag Interviews Open Mike Eagle | 05/2010 | Open Mike Eagle opens up to UGS Mag about his hip hop education, Project Blowed and his new album, Unapologetic Art Rap. |
Her Space Holiday Live Video At Club Sessions | 05/2010 | Her Space Holiday recently spent some time in Japan hanging out with fellow Mush artists 4 Bonjour's Parties and playing the Hennessy Artistry Club Sessions for Qetic 1st Anniversary at Daikanyama UNIT. The Hennessy Artistry Vimeo page recently posted some live footage of the song, "The Year In Review." Be sure to check it out. |
The Cleveland Independent Talks To Deru | 04/2010 | Head to the Cleveland Independent's site to read a moving review of Deru's album Say Goodbye To Useless, a conversation about music composition and what it means to evolve as a musician. |
The Red Alert Interviews Thavius Beck | 04/2010 | Red Alert website spoke with Thavius Beck as he discussed the midwest, Suicide Girls, his tenure at Amoeba Records and what songs give him pause. |
OC Weekly Covers Thavius Beck | 04/2010 | If you're in Orange County grab yourself a copy of the OC Weekly for a in-depth feature on Thavius Beck titled, Hip-Hop Classic. |
4 Bonjour's Parties Play A La Blogothèque Take Away Show In Tokyo | 04/2010 | La Blogothèque has teamed up with Black XS Perfume to continue the wonderful tradition of their now infamous "Takeaway Shows". These shows feature their most beloved artists in extremely organic environments. An emancipation of sorts, the artist is freed from setlist or setting; allowed to play whatever they choose and do so wherever they want, as long as the Blogothèque cameras are permitted to follow. Lose yourself in the music and imagery as 4 Bonjour's Parties serenades a throng of eager onlookers, while winding their way through the darkened streets and alleys of Tokyo. |
Deru To Play The Coachella Do Lab Stage | 04/2010 | Deru to play Coachella, Saturday 3pm at the Do Lab stage. If you haven't been to the Do Lab Stage before, take a look at the footage from last year's event. |
Deru To Support Glitch Mob | 03/2010 | Deru will be hitting the road late this spring supporting Glitch Mob with fellow LA beat-mangler Free The Robots. The tour, dubbed the Drink The Sea Tour, stops in over 25 cities, and will cover the entire United States as well as some spots in Canada. All informationa and tour dates have now been added. |
Deru iTunes Indie Spotlight / Derrick Carter Bonus Remix | 03/2010 | Deru's Say Goodbye To Useless has been chosen as the iTunes Electronic Indie Spotlight this month. The track Peanut Butter & Patience is featured on the Indie Spotlight Podcast, and for the next few months a special bonus remix by Derrick Carter will be included with all iTunes purchases. This remix will eventually make it to a more traditional release, but to grab it now, pick up the album from iTunes!. |
Open Mike Eagle Tours With Hellfyre Club | 03/2010 | Open Mike Eagle will be joining fellow Project Blowed MCs Nocando, Intuition, and co-Thirsty Fish rapper Dumbfoundead, along with DJ Zo, on the Hellfyre Club tour this spring. The first leg of the tour has been announced, with live dates on the west coast of the United States. |
Sibling Bands Feature Includes Lymbyc Systym | 03/2010 | Lymbyc Systym have been included in a San Francisco Chronicle feature on siblings in bands along with 10 others including CocoRosie, Boards of Canada, The Fiery Furnaces, Why?, and Tegan & Sara. |
Open Mike Eagle And Swim Team In Austin | 03/2010 | Open Mike Eagle will be joining his crew, Swim Team, in Austin for an unofficial SXSW event called the Underground Hip-Hop Summit. Joined by such indie-hop stalwarts as C-Rayz Walz, Icon The Mic King, Existereo, and many more, the show promises to be epic. Also, if you can catch up with Open Mike this week in Austin, he's carying thousands of free download cards for some of our latest and upcoming releases. |
Thavius Beck On Huskey Radio | 03/2010 | Producer/MC Thavius Beck stopped by Los Angeles' Huskey Radio, an online hip-hop radio station and news site. The interview may get a bit controversial, according to the folks at Huskey, so check it out for yourself. |
Open Mike Eagle Gets Fresh Daily | 03/2010 | Open Mike Eagle has profiled by Impose Magazine's Blake Gillespie in their Fresh Daily section. |
Head Like A Kite Featured Burrito Band | 03/2010 | Qdoba Mexican Grill has assembled a bunch of music for a free audio player on their site. The project is called Our Sound and also features artists from Peter, Bjorn & John to DJ Shadow. The music will also be available in Qdoba stores. |
Busdriver Supporting Rjd2 | 03/2010 | Busdriver (and trusty right-hand-road-man Antimc) will be hitting the road with Rjd2 once again. Rj is billing this as his final tour, and has tapped Bus to play the 10 west-coast shows with him. Also on the tour will be Rj's friend and band-mate Happy Chichester. |
Her Space Holiday On Broadway | 03/2010 | Her Space Holiday's "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" from The Young Machines can be heard on Broadway this Spring when it will be used as curtain call music for the Elton John produced play Next Fall. The show opens at the Helen Hayes Theatre on March 11. |
Open Mike Eagle Profiled By WildStyle Mag | 02/2010 | Open Mike Eagle has been profiled by German hip-hop webzine WildstyleMag. The questions flow both ways, and the interview veers into numerous tangents, making it a fun read. |
Thavius Beck In UGSMag | 02/2010 | Thavius Beck has been profiled in UGSMag, one of the premier American independent/underground hip-hop magazine online. |
Open Mike Eagle To Play Obey Event | 02/2010 | Open Mike Eagle will be sharing the stage with fellow LA hip-hop artists Nocando, Dumbfounded, and Intuition at the end of this month in Orange County. The gig is a showcase for the Hellfyre Club and is being put together by Shep Fairey's Obey Records Radio. We've added details on the event to our shows page. |
Thavius Beck Scores Suicide Girls | 02/2010 | Billing itself as a "reality horror" film, the Suicide Girls have announced the release of Suicide Girls Must Die. Music for the film was entirely scored by our very own Thavius Beck, who's name appears on the poster. |
Thavius Beck Launches Novation | 02/2010 | Thavius Beck, already known for his love of and prowess with Ableton Live, discussed his feelings for Novation's new Launchpad controller with the folks at Novation Community. The profile also features videos of Thavius doing some live tweaking in between the talky bits. |
Busdriver Sits In With Kneebody | 02/2010 | Busdriver will join jazz ensemble Kneebody for two live shows at their residency in New York City. All pertinent information has now been added. |
Deru Plays California Dates | 02/2010 | Deru will be playing two events in California this month, a slot at 1015 Folsom and an night at Low End Theory. The LA Weekly has posted a preview of the show. Tour dates and information are now available. |
Daedelus Tours United States With Jogger & Nosaj Thing | 02/2010 | Daedelus has tapped two of the Los Angeles electronic scene's fastest risers, beat-composer Nosaj Thing and production-duo Jogger, to support him on his upcoming United States tour, which he's dubbed the Magical Properties tour. The three acts will be playing dates in over 20 cities across the US and Canada this Winter. The Cleveland Scene has run a preview feature of Daedelus' show at the Grog Shop. For more information on the Magical Properties Tour, go to the shows page. |
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