Sound Check's Blog Posts Tagged 'to' (5)

Dam Funk "It's So Good To Be Alive"

The funky, keytar playing, Stones Throw Records, LA-based maestro has blessed us with more funk. What's there to say really: It IS so good to be alive..remember that!

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Added by Sound Check on April 9, 2013 at 4:15pm — No Comments

Check out the surprising and awesome debut single from Taiwo Heard “Frontier to Eternity” #Soundcheck

There's gotta be something in the water in DC. How is that a city which is home to some of the worst humanity has to offer (just mint the damn coin and shut up about the debt ceiling, OK?) has produced some of the most inventive musicians of the last 25 years. DC ex-pat, now based out of LA, Taiwo Heard's first single “Frontier to Eternity” earns it's place in the pantheon of DC indie music by being strange and surprisingly catchy.…

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Added by Sound Check on January 16, 2013 at 10:14am — 2 Comments

Review/Stream: Dark Angels x 'Hold to Light' Featuring Meshell Ndegeocello

Two of Brooklyn’s extremely gifted musicians teamed up to kick some psychedelic, pop, rock ass, to continue the brutal attack of flavorful, experimental music with a six-track EP entitled ‘Hold to Light.’ Dark Angels are Deantoni Parks (also a drummer for The Mars Volta and half of dope elctro-pop band Kudu), and Nicci Kasper. The introduction of the extended project features Meshell Ndegeocello who speaks raunchy yet educational lyrics, and sets the bar for a special…

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Added by Sound Check on March 20, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Tyler the Creator: The Little Brat Who Forced Us to Pay Attention

Kids. I tell you, they're the worst. Teens especially, with their feelings and always being misunderstood. If only teens could just focus all their angst and hormones on something productive-- like selling out shows nationwide, making unreasonable amounts of money, and dominating a music genre in a ski mask like Tyler the fucking Creator. With the debut of the highly anticipated Odd Future Billboard cover this week, once… Continue

Added by Sound Check on March 11, 2011 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

From Bussing to Dragons with Roderick Palmer

Take two Black rock veterans from Los Angeles and put them in one explosive band, and not only do you have a Black History Month celebration I might attend, but you also have a great underground indie band NOT from Echo Park or Silverlake! Roderick B. Palmer and original Fishbone soldier Walter A. Kibby II (aka Dirty Walt) are the masterminds behind… Continue

Added by Sound Check on March 7, 2011 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments