Every once in a while you find a song that parallels you’re life so close that it blows you away…I had just moved to Brooklyn when I was recommended this song and needless to say, my emotional reaction to hearing this song the first time was quite strong.  This song just screams closure…the lyrics spoke [...]

Laura Jansen‘s a Dutch musician based in Los Angeles who first established herself when she became a regular at the Hotel Cafe, and esteemed LA music venue.  Now, she’s quite famous out in the Netherlands.  She’s toured with two other artists I’ve written about previously, William Fitzsimmons and Joshua Radin and her music, as expected, [...]

It’s always great to find out an artist you really want to see is playing the day you find out about it….and even more if you can make it.  That’s what happened a couple week back at the White Rabbit on Houston.  I’d been hearing a lot about this new genre coming up down in [...]

I was introduced to the bird and the bee about a year back by the boy DRVA.  I liked their album, Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, but no where as much as I like their cover album, Interpreting the Masters: Vol. 1.  The group puts a new age/electronic feel to Hall & Oates’ [...]

To call Mamarazzi a talented group of individuals would be a complete understatement.  I’ve probably seen them live over ten times since I moved to NY, and their eclectic blend of Afro-beat/funk/jazz/hip-hop/soul is unmatched.  I was lucky enough to be asked to remix their hit song, Gangster, a few months back, which I ardently agreed [...]

The boy Samwise pointed me towards this Kiwi dubstep duo a few months back and I’ve been meaning to write about them ever since.  New Zealand is the last place I’d expect this kind of music from but I was happily surprised by Mt Eden’s clean and consistent production.  I decided to include their original [...]

D.V.S. is dope….we’ve already established this.  He just released a short mix (a little over 25 min) called Newell & Doran which I couldn’t stop listening to for about a week….figured you all would like to check it out, so here ya go.  Peep his site and the Myspace for more info.  Oh and word [...]

Rusko‘s huge…if you know dubstep, his name is pretty much synonomous with the genre.  He just released Da Cali Anthem, which is a BANGER, as it should be with a name like that.  Enjoy this one as I’m sure it’ll be popular very quickly as well as another track of his, Your On My Mind [...]

Since I wrote about Ellie Goulding back in September she’s quickly gone from one of my favorite new artists to one of my favorites of all time. Her new album Lights blew me away from first listen…the production is top notch and each song stands on its own just as well as they flow together. [...]

I’m not positive as to how I found Mickey Factz, but either way, it was meant to happen.  I haven’t heard any of his earlier work, just his most recent mixtape titled Dark Phoenix #ALPHA, which I found to be as intellectually tactful as it was pleasantly surprising.  He’s definitely got a story to tell, [...]

So, the weather’s been str8 crzy in NY as of late so I haven’t been doing much walking around, buuuut, in hopes that the sun will be shining soon I’m gonna share with you my current favorite “walking/skating around NY song”.  Dan Black‘s an awesome new indie artist and this song Symphonies feat. Kid Cudi [...]

Hly shiz, this guy is good.  Got the heads up from my boy Garrett on this Colorado based guitarist/DJ/Producer and immediately was getting down to his complex and progressive beats.  I loved his 11-track EP Before I Sing and just recently downloaded his 4 song preview of an upcoming dual-volume release called Beyond the Looking [...]

No stranger to the industry, Carmen Rizzo is a producer and music engineer who’s worked with the likes of Esthero, Alanis Morissette, and Paul Oakenfold.  These are just two of the many great tracks off his album The Lost Art Of The Idle Moment, which you should definitely get down with.  Check out his website [...]

I love the ambient and gentle nature of James Yuill‘s music.  Almost Postal Service sounding, I can enjoy his music just as much in my headphones as I can as background music while I write.  James is a one-man band. taking the stage solely with his laptop, mixers, microphone, and acoustic guitar.  Check him out [...]

Having recently started attending yoga regularly, I was reminded of an artist my boy Samwise referred me to named MC Yogi back in the summer.  When I heard his fresh blend of hip-hop and spiritual chanting for the first time, I was immediately addicted.  He grew up on Hip-Hop, but at 18 began studying meditation, [...]

True consciousness is not something easily attained. It’s another thing to dedicate your life to it. Look past Indubious‘s obvious musical talent and you’ll find a story just as inspiring as their intentions. Quite clearly stated, their purpose is “to reconnect the people of the world with rightful living, rightful speaking through teaching the everlasting [...]

I’d downloaded a few remixes of Frankmusik‘s work over the last year and didn’t look much further into it, but thanks to a recent tip from my sister, I’ve checked out his original work, and it’s really good.  I’m currently having problems keeping his track Complete Me off repeat.  Seriously, I’m risking a total play-out [...]

Eliot Lipp is a beat-smith.  When I found Beamrider, I had just finished burning all the copies of my 2008 christmas mix.  If I’d found it a week earlier, it would have definitely been on there.  Such a dope airy synth, and with that infectious bass line, ahh, this track’s a banger.  If you’re into [...]

Alcyon Massive is a dynamic new artist on Righteous Sound Productions out of Southern Oregon.  His debut album, Dreaming the World Awake is a seriously solid blend of hip-hop, reggae, and what he likes to refer to as tribalonika.  Lyrics packed with positivity & soul-enlightenment mixed with clean & catchy production spell out a strong [...]

There are very few dubstep producers that really get me excited, Jakwob is one of them.  You may remember him from the banger of a remix he did for Ellie Goulding‘s Starry Eyed this past summer.  Well, he’s back with a couple more awesome remixes.  Another of Ellie’s, this time for her new single Under [...]