She's crushing the drums relentlessly, not smashed in the back behind the amps, but on the front line. Accompanied by a guitar or two (Pat Boyce and Bill Grasley), bass (Brandon Domer), and sometime keys (Domer), Nichole Rae concusses the tension out of her drum heads while vocally exhuming all manners of their collective innards,... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow Today, MC Mikal with H.E.R., Men of Tomorrow
MC Mikal lumbered in the BBC upper room, tall, gangly, vibrating above it all. The scene, relatively modest by hip-hop standards, dropped like an ember that starts a wild brush fire. A performative charge present, highly concentrated energy burned the anticipatory material around it, not caring to be seen. In a benefit for Men of... Continue Reading →
Madden Miles EP Release 2.14.13, Listening Party 2.21.13
Mark "Madden Miles" next project (Download the Kate Upton Beat EP) dropped on the net on Valenine's Day. If you just couldn't get enough of that you could have got out to the Kate Upton EP Beat Tape Release Party live in Racine February 21, 2013. Well if you missed that I suggest you cop... Continue Reading →
What?! Beyond Awesome, Deletah
Picture a couple of everyday smart assess interlocking hands in an Exclusive Company dance instrumental section while reaching for the same rare Dan the Automator CD, their deranged minds forever become intertwined, morphing into a mighty entity called Deletah. They Glitch and Dubstep with a high degree of technicality, carrying well thought out concepts that... Continue Reading →
Musical Chalk Outlines, e.d.g.e., Madden Miles
Have you given up on beats? Unplug those earbuds and get a download of this collab of Ed Pengame and Madden Miles that's only suitable for quality headphones, car systems with sub port bass systems or home stereos. Ed Pengame aka e.d.g.e gets clean on this one, indie and nothing to lose except respect in... Continue Reading →