Today's a big day for emerging local Los Angeles duo, Weapons of Audio, whose song "Night Light" is featured on tonight's episode of NBC's Being Human and whose video for the same just dropped. The mini movie for the dance floor party starter "Night Light" features the brothers in a dreamy tripped out psychedelic night of ecstasy.
Directed by Jesus "Demonbabies" Riveraof LA's IHEARTCOMIX & Check Yo Ponytail fame - its a sexy tale of where the night can take you.
"Night Light" is included on WeaponsofAudio's new EP Girl Crazy, coming out sometime later in 2013. The EP is produced by W.O.A and features collaborations with producers Graham Marsh (Cee-Lo Green, Gnarls Barkley), producers Kyle Dreaden and Zak Ray of the Atlanta Creative Collective "Pack Life".
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!
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!
In light of Bonnaroo announcing their schedule - I'm continuing with my 'Roo Preview and countdown of artists SUPERGOOD thinks are super good. The Knux, hailing from New Orleans, blend of rap has been a favorite on my speakers since I first heard the album "Remind Me In 3 Days..."
With clear influences from Outkast and The Pharcyde, and a style that embraces a little bit of a rocker's swagger, it surprises me that The Knux didn't explode more off of "Remind Me in 3 Days..." Honestly, it was one of my favorite records of 2008. From "Bang, Bang!" - the Entourage trailer track to "Cappuccino" to "Powder Room" there were a bunch of bangers touching on subjects not often visited by rappers toeing a line close to pop-hop.
"Daddy's Little Girl" and "Powder Room" survived several years in my i-pod and made a return in 2011 when the duo dropped a leak from their second LP, "She's So Up", on Consequence of Sound in early February. The new material definitely has much more of a rock underpinning to it as heard in the driving guitar riff, but still possesses a catchy hook and their creative flow.
Very exciting to have these two brothers (Kentrell "Krispy" Lindsey and Alvin "Joey" Lindsey) on the 'Roo line-up - and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night no less. What a great way to kick off the first night considering they were all the rage of the 2009 festival season (although they didn't perform at that many of them) and are well known for their intense and riveting live performances.
Just like The Knux bubbled up out of New Orleans and seemed to escape the west coast until their songs were synched with some popular TV shows (Entourage) and films (Harold & Kumar), another act from the southeast that should be popping up on the radar for everyone else soon is Weapons of Audio.
Those boys (and brothers as well) hail from North Carolina and have a sound that is one part The Knux, one part Prince, a little bit of Outkast and a cup of something new. Their synthesized soul or synthesized hip-hop soul is plain dope. Sadly, Weapons of Audio are not on Bonnaroo's line-up this year (or anyone else's festival line up either). That said, I promise they should be.
I've checked out some of their tracks on their facebook page after learning that they'd recorded with Grammy nominated Graham Marsh (the producer behind Cee-Lo's Bright Lights Big City) and from there, I just fell in love. You can fall in love with them too and then beg your local talent buyers to bring them to your city. Check them out on their facebook page and be sure to listen to "If You Want Me" if you want to hear the Prince influences; here is a video for their song "Boulevard" from their debut release "Bipolar".
