DATELINE: JANUARY 2009. DEEP IN THE HEART OF AN UNFORGIVING ALASKAN WINTER I TOUCH DOWN IN ANCHORAGE TO PLAY A BUNCH OF SHOWS AND BRING SOME THUNDER TO THE DARKNESS. WHAT CAME NEXT MAN I’LL NEVER FORGET!
I MET A BUNCH OF KIDS WITH A LOT OF HEART AND RAGED SOME SERIOUSLY WEIRD AND AMAZING SHOWS. I PLAYED A GENERATOR PARTY IN A LOG CABIN OUTSIDE OF FAIRBANKS THAT MY CREW ENDED UP GETTING KICKED OUT OF. I PLAYED AT A DINER IN A SKI RESORT TOWN. I PLAYED A RAP SHOW IN THE HOME OF SARAH PALIN – WASILLA. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AT THE TIME I WAS IN A FUCKED UP ZONE IN MY LIFE AND IT SHOWED BUT I THINK THAT JUST PUSHED THE INTENSITY INTO THE RED.
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS MUSIC SHIT YOU WILL TAKE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. JUST TO GO UP TO ALASKA AND PLAY FELT LIKE A DREAM. TO TAKE THE TUNES TO THE KIDS AND FUCKING JUST HAMMER IT HOME DESPITE ALL ODDS MAN – THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. I HAVE A NEW RECORD COMING OUT IN A LITTLE BIT CALLED “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” AND IT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MY TRAVELS AROUND THIS TIME. BELOW ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM THE TOUR.
girdwood fairbanks log cabin close to the north pole
I’M SIKED ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT SHINE THAT MY BUDDY LIL UGLY MANE HAS BEEN GETTING – HE IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE SICKEST MINDS IN CONTEMPORARY UNDERGROUND RAP. HIS NEW RECORD IS CALLED MISTA THUG ISOLATION AND IT IS DA SHIT.
SOME SERIOUS CONCEPTUALISM WITH THE RAPPING TO BACK IT UP – LIL UGLY MANE IS CREATING A NEW UNIVERSE WITHIN HIS MUSIC AND ART AND THERE IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. FOR SOME REASON I THINK ABOUT STEELY DAN WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS RECORD BUT IT’S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN WHY. EITHER WAY I LOVE IT. SHOUT OUT TO THE CHURCH OF CRYSTAL LIGHT – REAL HEADS KNOW THE DEAL!
FROM THE HEARTLAND TO THE BIG CITY LIGHTS AND BACK AGAIN, SINCE 2001 I HAVE BEEN BARN BURNING TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT.
YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT MY HISTORY? IT’S OUT THERE MAN. 10 YEARS DEEP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER, YOU BETTER BELIEVE I GOT SOME HISTORY! RAGING SINCE THE AGE OF 13.
NEW ORLEANS LEGEND QUINTRON IS KNOWN FOR MANY THINGS. MUSIC, HIS WORK WITH MS. PUSSYCAT, THE DRUM BUDDY, SPELLCASTER LODGE – THE LIST GOES ON. IF U DON’T KNOW CHECK THE WEBSITE!
QUINTRON’S NEWEST PROJECT IS CALLED THE SINGING HOUSE AND IT IS PRETTY MINDBLOWING. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ABOVE. VERY INSPIRATIONAL STUFF HERE PEOPLE!
QUINTRON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE LIVE ACTS IN THE GAME SO CATCH HIM NEXT TIME HE COMES TO YOUR TOWN AND IF U LOADED BUY THAT FUCKING SINGING HOUSE SYNTH!
SOME QUALITY FOOTAGE OF MY BUDDIES THROWING DOWN ON TOUR WITH THE KILLS IN TORONTO. YOU SERIOUSLY CAN’T FUCK WITH THE BRO-HOOD IN 2K12. THE WHOLE INFINITY CAT RECORDS SQUAD IS DOING BIG THINGS IN THE GAME AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP TRACK OF THESE KIDS. TRUE AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL DONE JUST THE WAY U LIKE IT: SICK.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE CURRENT BANDS IS EAST COAST RAGERS 2 TON BUG. THEY SOUND LIKE PUSSY GALORE MEETS ANDREW WK WITH COMBO WHITE ZOMBIE/RIOT GRRRRL VOCALS AND I LOVE IT. SO MUCH SO THAT I AM RE-RELEASING THEIR DEBUT EP ON MY LABEL THUNDER ZONE.
LEMMY FROM “THE BUG” HAS A NEW PROJECT CALLED CALIFORNIA X THAT SHREDS OUT VERY HEAVY GUITAR POP IN THE VEIN OF DINOSAUR JR AND HAS A 7 INCH COMING OUT SOON ON COOL UK LABEL SOUNDS OF SWEET NOTHING.
RECORDED BY JUSTIN PIZZOFERRATO (WHOSE PAST CREDITS INCLUDE DINOSAUR JR AND SONIC YOUTH), IT IS A BANGER FOR ALL THE ROCKERS OUT THERE. PICK IT UP TO TIDE YOU OVER FOR THE PHYSICAL RELEASE OF “FOLLOW THE 2 TON BUG” AND C U IN THE PIT!
THIS MONDAY IN LOS ANGELES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE MAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. TAKING IT BACK TO THE MID 00′S FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. THE REUNION OF SOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE GAME COMING BACK TO BAT ONE MORE TIME. HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY RAGER HIMSELF, JESSE MILLER. DO NOT MISS THIS EXCITING NIGHT FULL OF SURPRISES!
MY FRIEND AND RECENT AUSTRALIAN TOUR MATE BIG FREEDIA MADE HER TV DEBUT LAST NIGHT ON JIMMY KIMMEL! THIS IS BIG FOR SO MANY REASONS THAT I PROBABLY DON’T EVEN NEED TO EVEN TELL YOU. YOU KNOW, I KNOW. LET’S JUST CELEBRATE. IF YOU ARE IN LA, FREEDIA PERFORMS TONIGHT AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER. WATCH HER PERFOMANCE ABOVE. BIG FREEDIA ONLINE.
IF YOU ARE IN LOS ANGELES NEXT WEEK THEN YOU HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BALTIMORE RAGERS SCHWARZ AND MARK BROWN THROW DOWN. CATCH THEM PLAYING EVERYTHING FROM TOP-NOTCH NO-RULES DANCE PARTY MUSTACHE MONDAYS TO LIL B-AFFILATED ART GALLERY DEM PASSWORDS. SOME OF THE FINEST DEEJAYS IN THE USA, THAT’S WHAT I SAY! TOUR DATES BELOW PLUS A FEW NEW MIXES FROM THE BOYS FOR THE UNINITIATED. EVERYTHING FROM CLASSIC HOUSE TO SOUTHERN RAP TO THEIR SPECIALTY: NEXT LEVEL JACKED UP EAST COAST TEENAGE FREAKOUT CLUB MUSIC.
1/16 – Mustache Mondays @ LA CITA
1/17 – Dem Passwords Gallery
1/20 – Ace Hotel, Palm Springs
1/21 – “SHAKE OFF LA” @ DORIAN GEH
I DON’T THINK I REALLY NEED TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT’S A MUST-WATCH FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN AMERICAN MUSIC. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE. A LOT OF REAL LIFE TALES AND WISDOM FOR ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE TRYING TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS. WATCHING THIS GOT ME PSYCHED AND INSPIRED ABOUT JUST BEING IN THE MIX AND MAKING MUSIC. REQUIRED VIEWING.
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