Kosha Dillz & His Hustle To Happiness

Over the last several years I've had the opportunity to get to know MC Kosha Dillz and the privilege of watching his career and character evolve and blossom.  The man also known as Rami Even Esh has come along way from the formerly incarcerated KD Flow.  Graduating from freestyles and CD-R's to commercial releases in record stores and characters in video games.

2012 was quite the rollercoaster for Kosha Dillz - starting with a Super Bowl commercial and grinding through Paid Dues Festival, Warped Tour, Rock The Bells, tours with RZA, Matisyahu and Alex Clare, being in the BET Cypher and ultimately ending with what he does best - freestyles on stage.  All of his traveling certainly took a lot of effort and money, and also provided a platform for a lot of content creation.  Now he needs to edit all that content and he's reached out for donations so he can complete the documentary of his trials and tribulations - a film he calls Kosha Dillz Is Everywhere: The Hustle to Happiness.

Check out his clever Kickstarter video and then figure out if you've got a buck or two to send his way.  His Kickstarter campaign is here.

Tonight in L.A. (December 9, 2012)

Complete your weekend with some hip-hop - the smokey heat of Curren$y at Key Club amongst cumulus clouds of chronic or the educated raps of Blue Scholars and The Physics at Troubadour.  





A far cry from hip-hop is KROQ's second night of Almost Acoustic Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre which features a stacked line-up of Jack White, FUN., The Killers, Grouplove, M83, Passion Pit, Neon Trees, Of Monsters and Men, Alex Clare, Neon Trees and Imagine Dragons.





For some electronic music consider checking out SMOG's Sunday event at Los Globos with Kemst, Hatcha, Djunya and Hogwash or try Drai's Hollywood for Dim Mak's Sunday party with Klever, Fashen and DJ Metric.  





A full list of shows is below:

• Abraham Lim, All of The Lights feat. Cameron Mitchell, Michael Weisman, Natalie Veitenheimer

• Blue Scholars, The Physics, Brothers From Another @ Troubadour

• Curren$y @ Key Club

• Blacktop Saints, Broken Machine, Violet, Satellite Class, The Resonators, Michael Grant @ The Viper Room

• Wildwood Highway & Friends @ The Mint

• Sunday Sessions curated by The Dustbowl Revival @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)

• String Project LA @ WitZend

• The Toledo Show @ Harvelle’s

• Mohawk Pete @ Malibu Inn (3 PM)

• With Love: A Day in Honor of Soluz w/ Exile, Delmos Wade, Jason Blakemore, Mr. Chin, Josh One, Cocoe, April Dawn @ Detroit Bar

• Abbey Road (A Tribute to The Beatles) @ Alex’s Bar

• Dirt Dress, Mtns., No Paws, Norse Horse @ The Smell

• Don Dokken, Bullet Boys, Mili Matijevic @ Saint Rocke

• Teardrop, Judson, Fort King, Dicso Bunny, Happy Casualties @ Lot 1 Café

• Hatcha, Djunya, Hogwash, Kemst @ Los Globos

• Klever, Fashen, DJ Metric @ Drai’s Hollywood

• Pacific Air, Blondfire @ Constellation Room

• Bloc Party, Dum Dum Girls @ The Observatory

• KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Jack White, FUN., The Killers, m83, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, Neon Trees, Passion Pit, Imagine Dragons, Alex Clare @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Rouge Follies @ Fonda Theatre

• Mariachi USA Christmas 2012 @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• The Babies, Grass Widow, Wet Illustrated @ The Echo

• Sweet + Tender Hooligans, New Order Tribute by Flaamingos @ The Echoplex

• Act As If, Alexandra and the Starlight Band, Davis Fetter, Everyday Animals, JAYA, Story of the Running Wolf, Sweetwater and the Satisfaction, O-Diggy @ The Satellite

Tonight in L.A. (November 29, 2012)

If you'd like to enjoy a concert tonight to celebrate longtime SUPERGOODMUSIC Concert Blast subscriber Chris "Wicksauce" Wick's 30th Birthday  - I might suggest Mark De Clive Lowe's Church Sessions at Del Monte Speakeasy featuring Nia Andrews, amongst others.  Its close to the beach and they make some mean drinks downstairs at Townhouse.  Another alternative might be to go admit you're not worthy in the presence of Alice Cooper at Orpheum Theatre.  

Get close to everyone at Fonda Theatre when Alex Clare of recent Microsoft/Bing commercial fame rocks the house with support from Moshav.

For some local flavor - check out El Cid with Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Thunderdikk and Fartbarf or the DJ action of Guns in The Sun crew and Bixel Boys at the Dance Right party at La Cita.  Full list of shows below...recommendations in bold.

• Vs Party @ The Central SAPC

• Harlow Gold Show @ Harvelle’s

• Mark De Clive Lowe w/ Nia Andrews, Trevor Ware, Dexter Story & More @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Helicopter Rounds, I’mU @ The Mint

• Karmin @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Kai Brown, Dawn Mitschele, Franchot Tone @ WitZend

• Off With Their Heads, French Exit, Gone to Ground, Fiction Reform @ Alex’s Bar

• Anuhea, Matt Jennings, Japali Loung, Sara Dee @ Saint Rocke

• Raiding the Rock Vault – “The Greatest Set List Ever” @ Mayan Theater

• Alice Cooper, Kill Devil Hill @ Oprheum Theatre

• Lawrence Arabia @ Origami Vinyl

• Hobart W. Fink, The Vim Dicta, A Girl I Know, Runson Willis @ Lot 1 Café

• Sandbox, Burning Jet Black, Alright Alright @ The Satellite

• Touche, Glow Marrow, Body Parts, Cayucas @ The Echo

• Noah and The Megafauna, Killsonic, Tommy Santee Klaws @ The Echoplex

• Galactic Unicorn Sandwich, AHEE, LushaBunny, The Rogue Mechanica, Helios, Jive Diva Danielle @ King King Club

• Ni Hao, Crazy Band, Mikki and the Mauses, Bastidas @ The Smell

• Young London, TM87, From Here to LA @ On The Rox

• Daisy & Heavenly Rockstars, Wes Michaels, Jesse Scott, Drip N’ Steez, N’Credible Hero @ The Roxy

• UFO, Stonebreed @ Key Club

• Dieselboy, Mayhem @ Constellation Room

• Alex Clare, Moshav @ The Fonda Theatre

• Henry Rollins “The Long March” @ Largo

• Eluveitie @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Motordrone, Yard of Blondes @ Bootleg Bar

• Plum, Nicole Eva Emery, The Colurs, Kate Earl, Whitehorse @ The Hotel Cafe

• Matt Koziol, Aaron Encinas, Whitney Wood @ Room 5 Lounge

• Frolic w/ Kei Abe (Ubiquity Records), Duran Castro, Phillip Cejudo @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Awkwid, David Rolas @ Los Globos

• Dandelo, Owls, Captions @ Silverlake Lounge

• Stacy Clark, Golden Afternoon, Act As If, Jeremy Brock, Alex Bostelman, Vox Humans @ Detroit Bar

• Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Thunderdikk, Fartbarf @ El Cid

• Guns in The Sun, Bixel Boys @ La Cita