SUPERJEW ANTHEM

Kosha Dillz is back at it again.  As his infamous slogan suggests - he is everywhere.   I just watched him above on youtube in Boston, I'm pretty sure I heard him on my television during the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight and I saw him earlier today - where he told me he'd probably be showing up somewhere at Bonnaroo and then heading to Israel.  I'm convinced he has a clone that just hustles for him.

Currently Kosha is out in Los Angeles working on a follow up record with Belief and gearing up for a few festival plays, but the "hardest working rapper in hip-hop" just posted a video for "SUPERJEW" - so we're sharing it.  Its a tribal anthem he created for the homie, Sly Young, who makes a cameo in the video - as do bagels, lox, JDate, a star of david, a yarmulke and a deli.  Its totally brand jewbian. 

Avett Brothers: Bonnaroo and Nokia Theatre in June!

Brothers Scott and Seth Avett and third man Bob Crawford will be returning to play Los Angeles on June 22^nd at the Nokia Theatre. Their heartfelt harmonies have probably lulled you into a folk rock daze on frequent occasion with their most popular (and my favorite) song I and Love and You.

Here they are singing that song at Bonnaroo back in 2010. 

Speaking of Bonnaroo, The Avett Brothers will be returning to the Tennessee heat again this year (next week.)  They play on Friday, June 8 at 5:00pm at the What Stage.

Their performances are highly acclaimed being hailed as a “traveling celebration.” Beautiful ballads balance out porch-stomping rhythmic Americana anthems.   Whether you are checking them out at Bonnaroo or at the Nokia Theatre, they are not to be missed!

Check out their AWESOME music video for Head Full of Doubt/Heart Full of Promise below:

Sabotage Memorial

Portland film-maker James Winters paid homage to a hip-hop veteran, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys with this remake of their "Sabotage" video with three kids.  #RIP

DELON'S MEMORIAL POOL PARTY RAGER w/ Delon, Dean Risko, Electric Drip & More!

Its kind of officially the kick off of summer this weekend - charcoal's getting hot, pools are getting filled, booze is flowing freely and skin is more exposed.   Just in case you weren't convinced - there are some festivals (Lightning In A Bottle, Silverlake Jubilee) too.

Assuming you're not fest-ing it up, or even if you are headed to Jubilee, you might want to consider a trip to Pasadena on Sunday at noon for DELON'S MEMORIAL WEEKEND POOL RAGER.  It's the launch of a series of pool parties that the DJ/MC will be hosting and performing at all summer long - from private residences, to swanky hotels.   BUT - unlike the others - this one is the first and comes along with free alcohol (including some tasty tasty XANTE), free food and, of course, free entry.  Space is limited - so you might want to RSVP to musicfuturenow@gmail.com to ensure you and your guests are included.  You can also RSVP via Facebook here.

Not convinced?  On top of being one of the first in LA to witness the Sri Lankan phenom drop his poppy party starter "Body Rock" - you may get a taste of some of his other unreleased material, as well as visits from other upstarts like Dean Risko, Electric Drip and Joy Island!  Check out Delon, Risko and Electric Drip's videos below.  Electric Drip's video is like Beastie Boys "Sabotage" had a baby with aliens and dub step music and that baby was a music video.

I'm heading out because not only are the musicians talented - but who can refuse free booze and food by the pool?  Not me.   Neither can Before The Bigs - the blog hosting the event.  Hope to see you at 880 Rosalind Rd., San Marino, CA 91108!

Daily LA Concert Blast: Friday May 25, 2012

Top shows, IMO, are Stalley and Chip Tha Ripper at El Rey Theatre and JFK of MSTRKRFT and Felix Cartal at The Observatory.   For complete list of tonight's shows in Los Angeles - peep below:

Adrian Lux @ Yost Theater

FU*K DISCO w/ Junior Chacon, Scott K, Dougal (FREE before 10 PM w/ RSVP) @ King King Hollywood

Nikos Syropoulos Group @bluewhale

DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Clockwork Orange @ Key Club

K’Noup & Kelly, Savannah Van Band, Uncle Daddy, Wicker, Marc Robillard, Satellite @ Troubadour

Special C, The Originalites, Eternal Mind Control, Lost Anyway @ The Viper Room

Stalley, Chip Tha Ripper, Thurz, Sahtyre, Cesar Luciano @ El Rey Theatre

The Blind Shake @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

Thurlow, Joey Siara (Henry Clay People), Mack Marquard & The Slim Pickin’s @ Lot 1 Café

Dudamel Conducts Mozart @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Real McKenzies w/ Civet @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

The Psycho Realm, Visionaries, Supernatural @ Club Nokia

Dirtyloud, Lucky Date @ Avalon Hollywood

We Are Serenades, Alex Kemp, Milow @ Bootleg Bar

Don Juan Y Los Blancos, Chris Price @ The Satellite

The Internet @ Echo

Wild Records Presents: Barbara Lynn (The Queen of Soul), Gizzelle, The Hurricanes, The Neumans + DJs Big Chuey, Jason Ringold, Reb (Wild Records) @ Echoplex

The Young Romans, Erick Macek & Lucy Walsh, American Bloomers, Jason Whitton, Totsy @ The Hotel Café

Katrina Stone, Annie Dingwall, Jessica Sharman @ Room 5 Lounge

Jon Brion @ Largo

Lo-Fi Sugar, Elijah Behar, Special Guests @ The Central SAPC

Blowing Up The Moon, The Young Rapscallions @ The Mint (6:30 PM)

Waddy Wachtel Band, Bill Carter (9 PM) @ The Mint

Iron Maidens, Hammer of the Broads, Without Warning @ Brixton South Bay

Jon McLaughlin, Tara Porter @ Brixton Dive Bar

Tim Barry, Kevin Seconds, Julie Karr, Jonny Two Bags @ Alex’s Bar

Adrien Hibbs, Dessy DiLauro @ Harvelles

Jason Adamo, Witzend Soul Review: Kara Grainger, TJ Gibson, Jeff Young, Justin Hopkins @ WitZend

Hi Ho Silver Oh, The Mighty Sequoyah, Sue Scrofa, I Hate You Just Kidding @ Pehrspace

KAT @ Saint Rocke

Surf Guitar, Legend Dick Dale and The Guitars @ Saint Rocke

Static Fridays @ Detroit Bar (FREE before 10:30 PM)

The White Buffalo @ Constellation Room

Dreamers, Hecuba, The Moonbird, Mecca V.A. @ Los Globos

Royal Headache, Joyce Manor, Death Hymn #9, Merry Christmas @ Blue Star

Mutations, The Spyrals, Cab 20, Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel @ The Smell

Felix Cartal, JFK (of MSTRKRFT) @ The Observatory

Metalachi, Kaustik @ Slidebar (FREE)

Chemicals, King Louie & The Missing Monuments @ Redwood Bar

Tim Halperin, Bravo Delta, MWK @ Molly Malones

BT @ Exchange LA

Oscar D’Leon @ Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Via Coma @ Amplyfi

Camp Lo @ 2^nd Street Jazz Club

Narui Cista @ TRiP Santa Monica

Koah @ The Victorian

Haunted By Heroes, KingQueen, Vette, Night Verses, Thunder From Heaven, Ramekaga, Condewit @ The Roxy

La Tina Webb, Less Than One, Taylor Green, Hot Sauce, Savannah Ostler, DJ Dirty Boi @ On The Rox

Daily LA Concert Blast: Thursday May 24, 2012

Tonight - LA gets a visit from Canada's Hey Rosetta! as they parade through some American festivals - catch them play over at Echo.  Also in the neighborhood - Hot Water Music celebrates the release of Exister at The Satellite.   Cameo whores might be interested in checking out Hugh Laurie at El Rey Theatre - where he is joined by the Copper Bottom Band.  

(Hey Rosetta - Bandages)

Over on the westside - check out Mark de Clive-Lowe throwing down for Church at Del Monte Speakeasy along with Todd Simon's Ethio-Cali Ensemble!  Or shake your booty at the weekly VS. Party at The Central SAPC where this week's guests No Body and Sam Hiller are going to hit the digital wheels of steel.    

For laughs - Sarah Silverman & Friends at Largo are the obvious choice - and for a unique experience, try and carve your way into Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever for Kimbra.   Also consider Saint John at WitZend, Seedless at The Roxy, The Mowgli's at Amplyfi and Jon McLaughlin at Troubadour.


Other acts performing tonight in LA include:

Deejay Al, Deejay Motion @ Yost Theater

Vardan Ovsepian “Chomaticity” CD Release + Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Artyom Manukyan, Kio Griffith @ bluewhale

Church w/ Mark de Clive-Lowe, Todd Simon’s Ethio-Cali Ensemble, DJ Seano @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Jon McLaughlin, Bob Stamper @ Troubadour

Diamond Baby, Franky Perez & The Truth, Jared James Nichols @ The Viper Room

Hugh Laurie, The Copper Bottom Band @ El Rey Theatre

Novi Split, Brown and Blue, Dirty Orca, Justin Conway @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy: Don Giovanni @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Apocalyptour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

Swing Sextet, Johnny Polanco, Jenny Colon @ Conga Room

Little Barrie, Auditorium, Willoughby, Last In Class @ Bootleg Bar

Hot Water Music (Exister Release Show), Tim Barry, Seahaven @ The Satellite

Hey Rosetta!, Rich Aucoin, A House for Lions @ Echo

Broken Anchor, Ry Cuming, Kirsten Proffit, The Mighty Sequoyah, Bec Sandridge @ The Hotel Café

Jen Waters, Jesse Lynn, The Luvnauts, Bunny West, Brandon Coleman @ Room 5 Lounge

Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo

VS. feat. No Body, Sam Hiller @ The Central SAPC

The Revelations feat. Tre Williams, Fiction 20 Down, Wait For Green @ The Mint

Riverboat Gamblers, Biters, Special Guests @ Alex’s Bar

Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s

Michelle Bellamy, Saint John, Jim Hanft, Katie Cole @ WitZend 

Dane Drewis @ Saint Rocke (6 PM – FREE)

Fallen Riviera and The Headlines @ Saint Rocke

Gizzelle @ Amoeba Records

Margot and The Nuclear So & So’s @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)

Poor Sons, Meat Market, Honey Badgers, The Gospels @ The Smell

The Hookers, Simon Stokes, The Bourbon Saints, El Camaro @ Redwood Bar

45 Grave, Viva Hate, Henchmen, Sin Alley, The Widowed @ Slidebar (FREE)

Belanova @ House of Blues – Anaheim

Seedless, Zen Robbi, Katastro, HB Surround Sound, Ease Up @ The Roxy

Synn, The Armiger @ On The Rox

Matu, The Vice Junkies, Planet Booty, Albert Khasky Band @ Molly Malones

Ballerina Black, The Mowgli’s @ Amplyfi

DJ Eliran @ Eden/Crimson

Kimbra @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

Aaron Durr @ Onyx

Other Mother Brother Band @ Bar Pico

The Issue, Hairball @ All Star Lanes

K. Flay Gets Dirty in So Cal (and Bonnaroo)

Former Stanford student and tom-boy k.flay brings her dirty lyrics and sneakerhead steeze to the left coast next week before heading east for Bonnaroo and more.  To celebrate her trip South, which includes a stop at The Constellation Room in Santa Ana and The Central SAPC in Santa Monica, we're paying homage in a blog post (and dishing out some free tickets to The Central show....)

If you don't know much about Kristine Flaherty - she's originally from Illinois and got the rap bug after moving to C-A to attend Stanford.  She claims her latest offering, Eyes Shut, is a response to 20-something apathy and an introspective nature.  With a colorful experience (she's toured the country as a solo white female rapper, her father died at age 14, etc.) - there is probably a lot of truth in her lyrics too.   You can witness first hand for yourself in SoCal this coming week or at Bonnaroo, where she drops 3 performances including That Tent at 4:15 pm on Thursday, and then later that night at The Silent Disco and again on Friday at the Silent Disco around 4 pm.  

Don't miss your chance to catch this little spark plug before she releases a full length and blows up!  If you want a chance at winning tickets - send us a picture of a dirty street name similar to this k.flay photo.  Submissions should be sent to contest@supergoodmusic.com.  Alternatively, you can tweet out @supergoodmusic @thecentralsapc and @kflay along with a hashtag of your most creative dirty word!

Download her mixtape - I Stopped Caring in '96 - here.

Hey Rosetta! - Canadians on the Festival Circuit

Canadian rockers Hey Rosetta! descend on Los Angeles tomorrow as part of their festival season tour that just saw a visit to Hangout Beach, sees them hit up Sasquatch this weekend and tour east to Bonnaroo.

The neighbors from north bring their raging six piece thru Echo on Thursday to blend melodies over classic garage rock structures - and the outcome is sonic beauty.  Los Angeles and Manchester are lucky to be graced with their presence given that after some mid-00s accolades, the band took three and a half years to release Seeds, their third album.  Thursday they are joined by Rich Aucoin and a House for Lions at The Echo.

Making the most of their festival run to the 'Roo, the act is scheduled to deliver two sets in Tennessee, one at Miller Lite's Great Taste Lounge on Friday June 8th at 5:20 PM and Saturday at the Sonic Stage at 2:30.  Don't miss!

Check out more Hey Rosetta on their website.

Hey Rosetta! - Canadians on the Festival Circuit

Canadian rockers Hey Rosetta! descend on Los Angeles tomorrow as part of their festival season tour that just saw a visit to Hangout Beach, sees them hit up Sasquatch this weekend and tour east to Bonnaroo.

The neighbors from north bring their raging six piece thru Echo on Thursday to blend melodies over classic garage rock structures - and the outcome is sonic beauty.  Los Angeles and Manchester are lucky to be graced with their presence given that after some mid-00s accolades, the band took three and a half years to release Seeds, their third album.  Thursday they are joined by Rich Aucoin and a House for Lions at The Echo.

Making the most of their festival run to the 'Roo, the act is scheduled to deliver two sets in Tennessee, one at Miller Lite's Great Taste Lounge on Friday June 8th at 5:20 PM and Saturday at the Sonic Stage at 2:30.  Don't miss!

Check out more Hey Rosetta on their website.

Daily Concert Blast: A Dose of Concerts in LA on May 23, 2012

Make your midweek more exciting with some great residencies tonight - Matt Chamberlain at The Mint or Tic Tic Boom! at Lot 1 Cafe.  The former is joined by keys/B3 extraordinaire Marco Benevento and the latter are joined by We Are/She Is and Odd Modern to round out an eclectic, LGBT friendly indie rock bill.  

For some throwback sounds - The Roxy rolls out the Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde party that sees the return of the original Pharcyde crew.  Don't let that show pass you by, although I wouldn't blame you for electing Rock for the Rack with Leo Nocentelli of the Funky Meters instead.  Both should deliver nostalgia inducing performances.  

Los Angeleno native and soon to be Bonnaroo performer Robert Francis holds down the fort that is Troubadour.  In other names that should be on your radar - Love In The Circus performs at Zanzibar, Sonnymoon, Kone and CBG beat down The Airliner for Low End Theory and Dandelo delivers free noise on The Satellite crowd.  Other notables include a free show at Slidebar with Seedless and Zen Robbi, Aceyalone at a re-opened Little Temple, Devandra Banhart at The Observatory and House of Vibe All-Stars at Harvelles.

Our server is back up - so look for a Concert Blast in your mailboxes later today....for now, here is a full list of tonight's concerts in LA:

Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, The Browning, The Devastated, Legacy of Disorder, Thrown Into Exile @ Yost Theater

Katisse Buckingham, Jerry Watts, Chris Wabich Trio @ bluewhale

Venice Underground Comedy @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Sabaton, Ana Kefr, Relicseed, Sirion, Solaria @ Key Club

Robert Francis, Leslie Stevens, Edwards & Edwards @ Troubadour

The Spazmatics, The Bad Bad Things, The Dares, Fire Tiger @ The Viper Room

Danger, Kauf @ El Rey Theatre

Tic Tic Boom!, Odd Modern, We Are/She Is @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

Apocalyptour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

American Idol Finale Shows @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Dinosaur Feathers, Whispertown @ Bootleg Theater

Dandelo, Irontom, Nacosta @ The Satellite (FREE)

Break Horses, Geographer, Old Toy Trains @ Echo

Dub Club @ Echoplex (FREE before 10 PM)

David Ryan Harris, Naia Kete, Tracee Perrin, Rachel Rabin @ The Hotel Café

Leslie Lowe, Fay Wolf, Rafe Pearlman @ Room 5 Lounge

We Like Fun feat. Skyline Pigeons, Amanda Panda, Brady Spear, Stephen Etheredge, Junior Costa @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

Marco Benevento, Sebastian Steinberg, Matt Chamberlain @ The Mint

House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelles

Connor Zwetsch, Arian Saleh, Mia Dyson, Tyler Conti @ WitZend

 Zacc West @ Saint Rocke (6 PM – FREE)

Rock for the Rack w/ The Meters Experience feat. Leo Nocentelli @ Saint Rocke

The Chief Resolve, J. Thoven, Junior High @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde feat. Fatlip, Slimkid, J-Swift, La-Jay @ The Roxy

Seedless, Zen Robbi, Katastro @ Slidebar (FREE)

Apparitions, Revolutions Pride, The Boozehounds @ Redwood Bar

Belowme, Wingard Manor, Mark Trance @ Los Globos

TraPsPs, Whitman, Ezra Buchla, Nora Keyes @ The Smell

Devandra Banhart @ The Observatory

Christopher Hawley @ Watermans

Aceyalone @ Little Temple

Kyler England @ Stageit.com

Love IN The Circus, cellojoe @ Zanzibar

Sonnymoon, Kone, CBG, Daddy Kev, Nobody, D-Styles, Nocando @ The Airliner (Low End Theory)

Daily Concert Blast : May 22, 2012 (Supplement for LA CONCERT BLAST)

We’re having difficulty logging into our mailing server today, so we’re bringing you a daily Concert Blast update.  Maybe this will start a new trend for our blog (daily blog blasts?), perhaps not.

Regardless, Los Angelenos can get a healthy dosage of audible treats this evening – whether it be in the form of rocking sold out shows from Beck (El Rey Theatre) or Sparta and Ki:Theory (Troubadour), rocking shows with tickets still available like Trampled by Turtles at Fonda Theatre or Sweet & Tender Hooligans at Mayan Theater or filthy drops from Nobody Beats The Drum, Hot Mouth Candyland and more at Dim Mak Studios.   Videos from Beck ("Girls"), Ki:Theory and Nobody Beats The Drum ("Purple Cactus")

Get faded with the dubiness of Mishka and Anuhea at The Viper Room or twisted with Kottonmouth Kings and Twiztid at Key Club.   If you don’t want to take a load off your wallet – The Record Company at Harvard & Stone, Austin Brown’s 90’s party at The Central SAPC or John Wayne Bro at Pike Restaurant and Bar will all welcome your patronage for free.   Videos from Kottonmouth Kings ("Cruizin"), Austin Brown ("Slow Down") and John Wayne Bro at the bottom.  

HERE IS A FULL LIST OF SHOWS: 

Bingo Players, Minaya & Vikus, Dangerhouse @ Yost Theater

Kathleen Grace Group @ bluewhale

Cori Jacobs, DJ Mark Maxwell @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Kottonmouth Kings, Twiztid @ Key Club

Sparta, Ki:Theory @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

Mishka, Anuhea, Micah Brown, True Press @ The Viper Room

Beck @ El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)

HEAR UNPLUGGED #7 @ Lot 1 Café 

Chamber Music @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Spiritualized, Nikki Lane @ The Wiltern

Trampled By Turtles, Brown Bird @ Fonda Theatre

Apocalyptour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

American Idol Finale Shows @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

Sugarland, Lauren Alaina, Canaan Smith @ Greek Theatre

Lianne La Havas, Ferraby Lionheart @ Bootleg Theater

Riverboat Gamblers (Record Release), Biters, Roll The Tanks @ The Viper Room

Mark Lanegan Band, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss @ The Autry

Funeral Club, Sneakpeak, The Donnies The Amys @ Echo

Wheeler Brothers w/ Sorne, Rocco Deluca, Tim Rogers, Among Savage @ The Hotel Café

Austin Brown, The Petrels, Yoshi Brown, People of Poetry @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

Andrea Hamilton, So Long Solo, Tim De Graauw, Sascha Sacket, Zach & Bridget (of The Ergo West) @ Room 5 Lounge

Sean O’Connor, Julian McCullough @ The Mint

Picclo, Brooke Taylor & Special Guests @ The Mint (Late Show – 10 PM)

La Vie & Friends @ Harvelle’s

Mia Dyson, Elizaveta, George Stanford @ WitZend

The Child @ Amoeba Records (FREE)

Strangelove @ Slidebar (FREE)

Lost Acapulco, Raskahuele, Café Con Tequila @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)

Los Creepers @ Redwood Bar

Nobody Beats The Drum, Hot Mouth, Telephoned (Live), Candyland @ Dim Mak Studios

Sweet & Tender Hooligans @ Mayan Theater

Fat Tuesday Blues: Jeff Young, Kirk Fletcher, Toss Panos @ Molly Malones

The Record Company @ Harvard & Stone (FREE)

John Wayne Bro @ Pike Restaurant and Bar

Lovers Drugs @ Hemingway’s Lounge 

3 Weeks to Bonnaroo

The largest outdoor music festival in the country (or at least what feels like the largest outdoor music festival) gets set to kickoff in just under three weeks and the line-up is making it look like missing the event and adventure would be a poor, poor mistake.

With over a 100 artists playing - narrowing down the list on who to see over whom can be an arduous task - so we're going to promote a few piecemeal, starting with some hometown (LA) heroes: Kendrick Lamar, Fitz & The Tantrums and Orgone.  Each is different - but they've all got some flavor of California soul...

Kendrick Lamar is perhaps the hip-hop catch of the summer.   Its Kendrick Lamar who just graced Coachella's stage with Dre and Snoop, just inked a deal that turned him from indie to major artist over night and has leaked tracks off of Good Kid in a Mad City that includes "The Recipe" with Dr. Dre and "Cartoons & Cereal" featuring Gunplay of Triple C's.

Fitz & The Tantrums are Los Angelenos coveted version of Brooklyn indie soul.  Michael Fitzpatrick blended the best of the city of angels indie rock influences with a Daptone-esque sound that birthed international hits like "Moneygrabber" and "Winds of Change."  Fitzpatrick and co-vocalist Noelle Scaggs belt out throwback ballads on their debut release Pickin' Up The Pieces.  Having recently released a teaser EP of live material and acknowledged a return to the studio - 'Roo heads are in for a treat with this quintet!

Orgone are L.A.'s homegrown funk band.  With over a decade of stripes under their belt and lots of history dropping their own original funk (+ some nasty dope covers and backing up some hip-hop bands) - they are finally becoming a force in the touring world after some successful supporting roles with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Rebelution and Galactic.   Although they dropped original soul sister Fanny Franklin - they've retooled with a new vocalist and their leader and percussionist, Stewart Killen, continues to slay percussion worldwide.

3 Weeks to Bonnaroo

The largest outdoor music festival in the country (or at least what feels like the largest outdoor music festival) gets set to kickoff in just under three weeks and the line-up is making it look like missing the event and adventure would be a poor, poor mistake.

With over a 100 artists playing - narrowing down the list on who to see over whom can be an arduous task - so we're going to promote a few piecemeal, starting with some hometown (LA) heroes: Kendrick Lamar, Fitz & The Tantrums and Orgone.  Each is different - but they've all got some flavor of California soul...

Kendrick Lamar is perhaps the hip-hop catch of the summer.   Its Kendrick Lamar who just graced Coachella's stage with Dre and Snoop, just inked a deal that turned him from indie to major artist over night and has leaked tracks off of Good Kid in a Mad City that includes "The Recipe" with Dr. Dre and "Cartoons & Cereal" featuring Gunplay of Triple C's.

Fitz & The Tantrums are Los Angelenos coveted version of Brooklyn indie soul.  Michael Fitzpatrick blended the best of the city of angels indie rock influences with a Daptone-esque sound that birthed international hits like "Moneygrabber" and "Winds of Change."  Fitzpatrick and co-vocalist Noelle Scaggs belt out throwback ballads on their debut release Pickin' Up The Pieces.  Having recently released a teaser EP of live material and acknowledged a return to the studio - 'Roo heads are in for a treat with this quintet!

Orgone are L.A.'s homegrown funk band.  With over a decade of stripes under their belt and lots of history dropping their own original funk (+ some nasty dope covers and backing up some hip-hop bands) - they are finally becoming a force in the touring world after some successful supporting roles with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Rebelution and Galactic.   Although they dropped original soul sister Fanny Franklin - they've retooled with a new vocalist and their leader and percussionist, Stewart Killen, continues to slay percussion worldwide.

Kitty Pryde - One Hit Wonder or Clever New Sensation?

Kitty Pryde already got the New York Times treatment this past weekend and has her swag flag flying high with Princess bottom lip tattoos, Yeastie Girls t-shirts and extras in her video rocking Bobba Fett helmets.  Can't say her flow is perfected - but "Okay Cupid" is gentle, cute and kind of clever.  Plus, the wave like beat is pretty solid.  Check it...

Kitty Pryde - One Hit Wonder or Clever New Sensation?

Kitty Pryde already got the New York Times treatment this past weekend and has her swag flag flying high with Princess bottom lip tattoos, Yeastie Girls t-shirts and extras in her video rocking Bobba Fett helmets.  Can't say her flow is perfected - but "Okay Cupid" is gentle, cute and kind of clever.  Plus, the wave like beat is pretty solid.  Check it...

Ocean Beach Review: Samples, Eliot Lipp Whomp The Central SAPC

Santa Monica, CA – May 5, 2012 - Cashing out the West Coast leg of their Spring Tour directly in line with Cinco De Mayo, Samples (aka Ben Samples) and Eliot Lipp brought the heat, sombreros, and glitchy bass beats to the Central Social Aid and Pleasure Club with their special guests Pool Party and Sublmnl Sound System.

Presented by The Madero Group, Grassroots California and SUPERGOODMUSIC --- this spicy late night party went off with innovative beats, striking melodies, and elaborate rhythmic patterns from these heavy-hitting producers/DJs.

Samples, widely known for producing in the live remix project Fresh2Death, hails from Denver, CO.  He brought that matchless rocky mountain swag to The Central’s stage with him when he dropped an undeniable set of soulful dub, funky house, crunk and creative bass-heavy remixes that had the club’s dance floor celebrating in proper fashion.

It was Sample’s beats that had the crowd dipping low and getting primed for one of electronic music’s most vital artists.  I caught up with him and he said, “I don’t write set lists”.  What were a few of his highlights?  Rage Against The Machine “Killing in the Name Of”, (Sample Remix); Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (Alex Metric Remix); and Samples “Drop Bombs”.

Known to EDM connoisseurs and weekend warriors alike, Eliot Lipp , who took the stage alongside “the kid” Samples to start it up and kept the energy at 180 proof.  Not only did Lipp preview new-fangled sounds throughout his set, he hit his points of observable funk, hip-hop, and folk…all while demonstrating his intertwined passions for jazz-fusion, techno, and analogue gear.

Sounds were profound and clear, the light was right, and the electronic music scene was in full effect for those who were in attendance to what SUPERGOODMUSIC, The Central Social Aid and Pleasure Club, and Los Angeles had to serve up…no training wheels necessary.

Be sure to catch Samples and Eliot Lipp, who signed with Pretty Lights Music four days later, on tour this summer.  They remain on a mission of being devoted to convey to you their freshest beats, turning inhabitants into fans from coast to coast.

SUPERGOODMUSIC aims to advance awareness of all music in and around Los Angeles and currently provides daily information about live concerts from over 50 venues through the SUPERGOODMUSIC Concert Blast. 

Sign up for the weekly concert blast here:  http://supergoodmusic.com/blast-SXSW.html

Review by Charles Walker @cewalker3

Ocean Beach Review: Samples, Eliot Lipp Whomp The Central SAPC

Santa Monica, CA – May 5, 2012 - Cashing out the West Coast leg of their Spring Tour directly in line with Cinco De Mayo, Samples (aka Ben Samples) and Eliot Lipp brought the heat, sombreros, and glitchy bass beats to the Central Social Aid and Pleasure Club with their special guests Pool Party and Sublmnl Sound System.

Presented by The Madero Group, Grassroots California and SUPERGOODMUSIC --- this spicy late night party went off with innovative beats, striking melodies, and elaborate rhythmic patterns from these heavy-hitting producers/DJs.

Samples, widely known for producing in the live remix project Fresh2Death, hails from Denver, CO.  He brought that matchless rocky mountain swag to The Central’s stage with him when he dropped an undeniable set of soulful dub, funky house, crunk and creative bass-heavy remixes that had the club’s dance floor celebrating in proper fashion.

It was Sample’s beats that had the crowd dipping low and getting primed for one of electronic music’s most vital artists.  I caught up with him and he said, “I don’t write set lists”.  What were a few of his highlights?  Rage Against The Machine “Killing in the Name Of”, (Sample Remix); Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (Alex Metric Remix); and Samples “Drop Bombs”.

Known to EDM connoisseurs and weekend warriors alike, Eliot Lipp , who took the stage alongside “the kid” Samples to start it up and kept the energy at 180 proof.  Not only did Lipp preview new-fangled sounds throughout his set, he hit his points of observable funk, hip-hop, and folk…all while demonstrating his intertwined passions for jazz-fusion, techno, and analogue gear.

Sounds were profound and clear, the light was right, and the electronic music scene was in full effect for those who were in attendance to what SUPERGOODMUSIC, The Central Social Aid and Pleasure Club, and Los Angeles had to serve up…no training wheels necessary.

Be sure to catch Samples and Eliot Lipp, who signed with Pretty Lights Music four days later, on tour this summer.  They remain on a mission of being devoted to convey to you their freshest beats, turning inhabitants into fans from coast to coast.

SUPERGOODMUSIC aims to advance awareness of all music in and around Los Angeles and currently provides daily information about live concerts from over 50 venues through the SUPERGOODMUSIC Concert Blast. 

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Indie Rock-Rap Mash Up Monday

If you're into indie-rock, you might have heard of Los Angelina Chelsea Wolfe - but not Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz).  If you're into hip-hop (or Budweiser commercials), you've probably at least heard of Kosha Dillz - but possibly not Chelsea Wolfe.

This video for "Moses Wasteland" allows you to get familiar with both artists as it features Mr. Dillz rapping over mashed up Chelsea Wolfe tracks Moses and Wasteland in a dark setting.  Paying some respects to fallen artist icons, while reflecting on some of his own life choices, Kosha spits some seriously dope verbiage, one-liners, honest reflections and even references Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure on the Nate G produced indie-rap mash up.  A few quotable nuggets and knowledge include:

"You can tell who a man is when you shake hands"

"You can snort all the coke, I will drink all the Sprite"

"Midnight in Chelsea with a couple of wolves"

"I'll write a million dollar verse for Justin Bieber while I take a shit"

Both artists are current L.A. residents - although the video was shot in the east coast region of New York City and New Jersey.  "Moses Wasteland" is the first single and video off of Kosha Dillz's JETLAG EP project which features him rapping over indie rock mash-ups from Black Keys, The Neighbourhood, Wavves and more.  Enjoy and cop the full EP for free via DJBooth!

Chelsea Wolfe (@cchelseawolfe) plays Check Yo Ponytail (@checkyoponytail) at Echoplex tomorrow - May 15, 2012.  Get your tickets here. 

Indie Rock-Rap Mash Up Monday

If you're into indie-rock, you might have heard of Los Angelina Chelsea Wolfe - but not Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz).  If you're into hip-hop (or Budweiser commercials), you've probably at least heard of Kosha Dillz - but possibly not Chelsea Wolfe.

This video for "Moses Wasteland" allows you to get familiar with both artists as it features Mr. Dillz rapping over mashed up Chelsea Wolfe tracks Moses and Wasteland in a dark setting.  Paying some respects to fallen artist icons, while reflecting on some of his own life choices, Kosha spits some seriously dope verbiage, one-liners, honest reflections and even references Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure on the Nate G produced indie-rap mash up.  A few quotable nuggets and knowledge include:

"You can tell who a man is when you shake hands"

"You can snort all the coke, I will drink all the Sprite"

"Midnight in Chelsea with a couple of wolves"

"I'll write a million dollar verse for Justin Bieber while I take a shit"

Both artists are current L.A. residents - although the video was shot in the east coast region of New York City and New Jersey.  "Moses Wasteland" is the first single and video off of Kosha Dillz's JETLAG EP project which features him rapping over indie rock mash-ups from Black Keys, The Neighbourhood, Wavves and more.  Enjoy and cop the full EP for free via DJBooth!

Chelsea Wolfe (@cchelseawolfe) plays Check Yo Ponytail (@checkyoponytail) at Echoplex tomorrow - May 15, 2012.  Get your tickets here. 

New Hipster Music Exposure Vehicle: HBO's GIRLS

The increasingly funny and clever HBO show GIRLS isn't just good for visual entertainment and humor - its proving to be a pretty good vehicle for exposure to new indie music.  Take The Echo Friendly for instance.  Had you heard of them?  Or there "Same Mistakes"?  We admittedly had not.

I'm not boasting that "Same Mistakes" is infectious.  Its not.  But its good.  A solid time piece that makes a point and captures that post-college or post-grad school early adult crisis angst in a lo-fi indie rock pocket.  All the more reason why it was a perfect song to use on Girls.   The track resonates because we all feel or have felt that angst (or for our younger readers - will feel it sometime in the future) and despite trying to sort it all out - we still end up repeating bad behavior and/or making the same mistakes.  Its a cycle.  Sometimes a vicious one...but one that at least gets young artists to make palatable music.    

The Echo Friendly's video is lo-fi, with some cool effects.  Nothing visually outrageous to melt your face, but it compliments the music well.  Enjoy....

New Hipster Music Exposure Vehicle: HBO's GIRLS

The increasingly funny and clever HBO show GIRLS isn't just good for visual entertainment and humor - its proving to be a pretty good vehicle for exposure to new indie music.  Take The Echo Friendly for instance.  Had you heard of them?  Or there "Same Mistakes"?  We admittedly had not.

I'm not boasting that "Same Mistakes" is infectious.  Its not.  But its good.  A solid time piece that makes a point and captures that post-college or post-grad school early adult crisis angst in a lo-fi indie rock pocket.  All the more reason why it was a perfect song to use on Girls.   The track resonates because we all feel or have felt that angst (or for our younger readers - will feel it sometime in the future) and despite trying to sort it all out - we still end up repeating bad behavior and/or making the same mistakes.  Its a cycle.  Sometimes a vicious one...but one that at least gets young artists to make palatable music.    

The Echo Friendly's video is lo-fi, with some cool effects.  Nothing visually outrageous to melt your face, but it compliments the music well.  Enjoy....

Leaked Chappelle Show Footage of Beastie Boys - RIP MCA

Check out the Beastie Boys performing on the lost third season of Chappelle's Show.  This never aired and was posted by Chappelle show co-creator Neal Brannan in the last 24 hours.  Peep it before it gets banned from the internet ether....

#RIPMCA

Leaked Chappelle Show Footage of Beastie Boys - RIP MCA

Check out the Beastie Boys performing on the lost third season of Chappelle's Show.  This never aired and was posted by Chappelle show co-creator Neal Brannan in the last 24 hours.  Peep it before it gets banned from the internet ether....

#RIPMCA

OUT OF CONTROL INDIE-SOUL

This Tuesday (tomorrow) - Los Angeles' The Central SAPC heats up with some fierce indie soul from emerging artists Weapons of Audio and Austin Brown.

The former are blood brothers from Atlanta who elected to turn L dot A dot into their hometown in the past year - and since then have been steadily creeping their way into the limelight.  From "If You Want Me" being a free ringtone through Coors Light to judging Sweden's Next Top Model to photo shoots as featured artists in Gilette's "Masters of Style" campaign - Weapons of Audio have been letting their swag flag fly high.  In their spare time they just happened to release a steamy, smanging bar anthem "Night Light" - co-produced by Grammy award winner Graham Marsh.  Returning to play The Central SAPC for the first time since their very first LA performance - Weapons of Audio are likely to cut that stage up and, if we're lucky, debut some material they've been cooking up since arriving to the left coast. 

Here they are rocking "Night Light" acoustic style on Jam In The Van.

WOA just sets the mood and stage right for another talented bloodline - the Jackson family.  Austin Brown, Michael Jackson's nephew, will again do his best to channel his uncle's skill set as he offers a taste of what's to come in his bright future.   Last week - the kid nearly kicked over a drum set and knocked a microphone off stage with his energetic dance moves and flexing.  The band is filled with young players and the music has plenty of pop stylings, from its soul to its subject matter ("Menage A Trois") to suggest that Brown has a lot of room to grow.   Check out some of his videos below and then make sure you get your ass to The Central SAPC early tomorrow - its FREE and its FUN!

OUT OF CONTROL INDIE-SOUL

This Tuesday (tomorrow) - Los Angeles' The Central SAPC heats up with some fierce indie soul from emerging artists Weapons of Audio and Austin Brown.

The former are blood brothers from Atlanta who elected to turn L dot A dot into their hometown in the past year - and since then have been steadily creeping their way into the limelight.  From "If You Want Me" being a free ringtone through Coors Light to judging Sweden's Next Top Model to photo shoots as featured artists in Gilette's "Masters of Style" campaign - Weapons of Audio have been letting their swag flag fly high.  In their spare time they just happened to release a steamy, smanging bar anthem "Night Light" - co-produced by Grammy award winner Graham Marsh.  Returning to play The Central SAPC for the first time since their very first LA performance - Weapons of Audio are likely to cut that stage up and, if we're lucky, debut some material they've been cooking up since arriving to the left coast. 

Here they are rocking "Night Light" acoustic style on Jam In The Van.

WOA just sets the mood and stage right for another talented bloodline - the Jackson family.  Austin Brown, Michael Jackson's nephew, will again do his best to channel his uncle's skill set as he offers a taste of what's to come in his bright future.   Last week - the kid nearly kicked over a drum set and knocked a microphone off stage with his energetic dance moves and flexing.  The band is filled with young players and the music has plenty of pop stylings, from its soul to its subject matter ("Menage A Trois") to suggest that Brown has a lot of room to grow.   Check out some of his videos below and then make sure you get your ass to The Central SAPC early tomorrow - its FREE and its FUN!

Samples (of Fresh2Death) at The Central SAPC Tomorrow

Get your weekend started proper with this little gem of an electro-crunk video featuring Fresh2Death:



One half of the upstart Colorado beat duo, Samples, will be gracing Los Angeles with his presence (and his MPD24) on Cinco De Mayo at The Central SAPC as part of the OCEAN BEATS party there tomorrow. Samples will be joined by the ill-tricks of Eliot Lipp as well as Pool Party and Subliminal Sound System.

You can RSVP to the Facebook event here and you could win a pair of free tickets from us by emailing contest@supergoodmusic.com or mentioning @supergoodmusic @thecentralsapc @djsamples and @eliotlipp in the same tweet!

Winners will be picked tomorrow around noon!

Samples (of Fresh2Death) at The Central SAPC Tomorrow

Get your weekend started proper with this little gem of an electro-crunk video featuring Fresh2Death:



One half of the upstart Colorado beat duo, Samples, will be gracing Los Angeles with his presence (and his MPD24) on Cinco De Mayo at The Central SAPC as part of the OCEAN BEATS party there tomorrow. Samples will be joined by the ill-tricks of Eliot Lipp as well as Pool Party and Subliminal Sound System.

You can RSVP to the Facebook event here and you could win a pair of free tickets from us by emailing contest@supergoodmusic.com or mentioning @supergoodmusic @thecentralsapc @djsamples and @eliotlipp in the same tweet!

Winners will be picked tomorrow around noon!

Rock Pasta: The Wave Pictures "Spaghetti"

British rock troupe The Wave Pictures crash into Los Angeles this weekend for a performance tomorrow night at Echo with Allo Darlin' and Yellow Red Sparks.  With almost a decade's worth of self releases, and a name change to boot (formerly were Blind Summit) - David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny Helm have earned their stripes.

Vice Magazine has said that they have "one of the most distinctive lyrical voices in Britain" and their charming pop is easy to feel on the tasty track "Spaghetti."  Its one of their newest tracks off of Long Black Cars, which was released on April 2nd.

Eat it up!

Rock Pasta: The Wave Pictures "Spaghetti"

British rock troupe The Wave Pictures crash into Los Angeles this weekend for a performance tomorrow night at Echo with Allo Darlin' and Yellow Red Sparks.  With almost a decade's worth of self releases, and a name change to boot (formerly were Blind Summit) - David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny Helm have earned their stripes.

Vice Magazine has said that they have "one of the most distinctive lyrical voices in Britain" and their charming pop is easy to feel on the tasty track "Spaghetti."  Its one of their newest tracks off of Long Black Cars, which was released on April 2nd.

Eat it up!

Doo Wop Pop Rock - Electric Guest's "This Head I Hold"/MONDO Record

Electric Guest's debut record got the Danger Mouse treatment - and can't say that I'm disappointed about that.  Just about everything DM touches is dope - and Mondo and its lead single "This Head I Hold" are no exception to the rule.  With an album like this - they could be destined for greatness....

It's like Danger Mouse had a baby with Mark Ronson on the production end - because it sounds so freaking good.  From the catchy electro jams in "The Bait" to the funky grove of "Awake" to the nostalgic pop throwback sounds in "Waves" to the soft ballad feel of "Amber" - Electric Guest covers a lot of sonic territory and they do it really well.  They even manage to make synthesized syncopation sound indie cool in a cryptic way on "Holes."  At times it is hard to separate where the genius is coming in, because it's not all production.  I'm not calling the album a masterpiece (yet), but these guys deserve a thank you for delivering a solid product.

My sleeper track - "American Daydream."  It's beautiful.
 
"This Head I Hold" - the quasi doo-wop pop rock track is fun, nostalgic and simple.  The video isn't.  The video is actually a complex metaphor for the moral or ethical quandary a lot of artists find themselves in - take the life of a performer and its uncertainties and dark truths?  Or the path to something else?

Doo Wop Pop Rock - Electric Guest's "This Head I Hold"/MONDO Record

Electric Guest's debut record got the Danger Mouse treatment - and can't say that I'm disappointed about that.  Just about everything DM touches is dope - and Mondo and its lead single "This Head I Hold" are no exception to the rule.  With an album like this - they could be destined for greatness....

It's like Danger Mouse had a baby with Mark Ronson on the production end - because it sounds so freaking good.  From the catchy electro jams in "The Bait" to the funky grove of "Awake" to the nostalgic pop throwback sounds in "Waves" to the soft ballad feel of "Amber" - Electric Guest covers a lot of sonic territory and they do it really well.  They even manage to make synthesized syncopation sound indie cool in a cryptic way on "Holes."  At times it is hard to separate where the genius is coming in, because it's not all production.  I'm not calling the album a masterpiece (yet), but these guys deserve a thank you for delivering a solid product.

My sleeper track - "American Daydream."  It's beautiful.
 
"This Head I Hold" - the quasi doo-wop pop rock track is fun, nostalgic and simple.  The video isn't.  The video is actually a complex metaphor for the moral or ethical quandary a lot of artists find themselves in - take the life of a performer and its uncertainties and dark truths?  Or the path to something else?