Sound Check's Blog Posts Tagged 'afro-punk' (10)

Rockstar in Training: Stop! GRAMMY time!

A year ago in the 2nd week of February I was playing my first out of town show with The Revenge of Ricky Williams and releasing our first independent EP, Past the Legal Limit a week later. Our first radio airplay followed a week after that. This year, I’m attended the 53rd annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles! Okay, you’re surely like… what the hell is going on? How’d she manage that? Isn’t Pam still, “In traning?” Let me start at the… Continue

Added by Sound Check on March 9, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Shingo Says: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them ALL.

Let's get the obvious out of the way first: best band name ever. I'm reminded of all the obnoxiously long band names like "Panic! at the Disco, "Show Them What the Back of Our Hands Are For", etc. Names that are so terrible, they're rad. Except this band's name is offensive, which makes is way better.

Shingo Says: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them ALL.

I'm not cool enough to say swag.… Continue

Added by Sound Check on January 5, 2011 at 2:44pm — 2 Comments

Thomas Pridgen bangs out Woodstick!

Check out our boy, Thomas Pridgen, at the 2010 Woodstick BigBeat in Kirland this past weekend. Thomas, former Mars Volta drummer who now plays with his own band, The Memorials, was one of the featured drummers at this years Woodstick festival, where more than 400… Continue

Added by Sound Check on November 10, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Shingo Says: A Night Out with the Free Moral Agents

A girl into rock and roll, requires some duties. If I’m going to engage in conversation about music, specifically anything in a rock genre, I need to know what the fuck I’m talking about. I take it so seriously, because I’m always assuming someone is trying to call bullshit. “You like the Doors? Really? Well, why? Fighting for validity in a music conversation is tactical and strategic—very little room for “it just sounds awesome." I have to make… Continue

Added by Sound Check on November 5, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Rap vs Rock: The Ultimate Pointless Never Ending Debate

The other day I scrolled through my Facebook updates as usual, and someone’s status caught my attention. Fellow Afropunk.com member, Oni, wrote: “It's always Metal vs. Rap. Even though I don't listen to rap, I have a feeling that people really need to grow up.” That is all to familiar. I find myself in similar quarrels more frequently than I should. As a music fanatic, however, it’s natural to jump to your favorite genre’s defense. In this particular showdown I stand behind…

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Added by Sound Check on October 22, 2010 at 2:19pm — 17 Comments

FISHBONE Merch Giveaway and New Documentary Release Interview

**Update - Contest Winner: Congratulations Jaslyn! You won a poster of the Everyday Sunshine documentary signed by Fishbone members Angelo and Norwood!**

Everyday Sunshine, the newly released documentary on the multi genre, multi dimensional, multi fucking crazy band,…

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Added by Sound Check on October 21, 2010 at 7:00pm — 12 Comments

The Return of The Cypress Hill Smokeout

Back in 1998, in an effort to celebrate the release of their fourth disc, Cypress Hill decided to turn their own record release party into an all day, outdoor festival with some of their favorite rap and rock artists and djs. Thus was…

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Added by Sound Check on October 11, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

The theatrical mastermind behind Dearling Physique

It's Depeche Mode meets Orgy, just cooler with wayyy more theatrics. Afro-punk met up with Dearling Physique last year during the 2009 national Afro-punk tour, when the up and coming band shared the line up with No Bird Sing, Krak Attack, and Saul Williams in Minneapolis. Since the last time we saw Dearling Physique, they've been in the recording studio and just finished their first full album,…

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Added by Sound Check on September 15, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Shinobi Ninja Shines A Light From Brooklyn To Babylon

You can’t help but move your body to the groove and energy of a new young band, and that’s why you will have no choice but to shake it to Shinobi Ninja. The band hails from Brooklyn New York and has a streamlined sound that is equal parts rock, rap and reggae. The band also has a TON of energy/intensity on stage. As they prepare to release their first full length disc (they have an EP out now) guitarist Maniac Mike and…

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Added by Sound Check on August 23, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Tamar-Kali: The not so but so Afro-punk poster kid

If I knew Tamar-kali lived right up the street from me, I would have stalked outside her home long before meeting her last week. Before moving to New York and starting my exploration of the black alternative subculture coined the term “Afro-punk,” I became in awe of Tamar from James Spooner’s Afropunk documentary, in which Tamar was one of the women depicted as a person of color who enjoyed real…

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Added by Sound Check on August 23, 2010 at 3:00pm — 10 Comments