P A L M C A S T (Ep. 21) Ace Hashimoto aka Brandun Deshay Interview It was an honor to speak to emcee and producer Ace Hashimoto (formerly known as Brandun Deshay). The 27-year old Chicago native has collaborated with many new school rap giants such as Mac Miller, Dom Kennedy, ... Read More...
AUXion off the DJ: Are AUX Cord DJ Sets Killing Live Mixing? Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the sixth annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles. In the midst of the two day festival, in between catching killer sets from Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, Keh... Read More...
Matt Martians – The Drumcord Theory (Review) Matt Martians, the producing and keyboard plucking mind behind Odd Future's The Internet and Jet Age of Tomorrow (JAOT) recently dropped his debut solo project The Drum Chord Theory. If you're in the mood f... Read More...
Pretty Awesome Live Music: Camp Flog Gnaw 2016 "Five years ago this was an idea in a notebook. I'm living proof that you can be anything you want to be" said Tyler, the Creator during his set at the Camp Flog Gnaw carnival, which is his very own brainchild.... Read More...
Frank Ocean – Blonde (Review) Perhaps the most anticipated release of 2016 would be the second commercial album from Frank Ocean. Since the phenomenal Channel Orange releasing in 2012, Frank Ocean has been sparse with releasing music other ... Read More...
Steve Lacy | Grammy Nominated Wolf Cub While Frank Ocean may be lost at sea, the good people at Odd Future have spawned us yet another singing sensation. Steve Lacy is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist in The Internet. After seeing his apperance o... Read More...
Blu, Madlib, M.E.D. – Bad Neighbor (Review) This collaborative project between Los Angeles emcee and independent veteran Blu, Oxnard CA emcee M.E.D., and the legendary producer Madlib was an intriguing one from the get-go. Just from glancing at the track... Read More...
Flame or Lame: Tyler the Creator – Cherry Bomb Without a doubt Tyler, the Creator is one of the greatest artists of our generation. To drop Cherry Bomb unexpectedly like this is a bold statement to rival that of Kendrick Lamar and other peer artists. The fa... Read More...
New Artist: Two-9 It's no surprise that collectives have re-established themselves back in hip-hop. We've seen OddFuture, A$AP mob, and Raider Klan just to name a few. Two-9 is the next squad to look out for. The collective c... Read More...
New Artist: Eman the Heartbreak Let's be honest people, it's getting harder and harder to take hip hop seriously now-a-days. When ratchet runs the radio, and sex, drugs and violence are what the hottest tracks preach, real heads start loosing... Read More...
