July 31st, 2009 by Eric Rex

I’ve taken a few years off from EDM because it got to a point where everywhere I went, I was hearing the same few songs with a handful of permutations which lead to a samey feeling every time I would go out. It didn’t matter if it was a headliner or a local. [...]

July 30th, 2009 by Eric Rex

This ties into what I was talking about with regards to eccentric soul and standard marketing of black artists. MPHO is a South African singer by way of the UK who with production by Switch will be releasing Pop Art, a multi-genre pop effort from a woman of color which actively defies genre classifications.
In [...]

July 30th, 2009 by Eric Rex

Flickr Set
I had never seen Ebony Bones before, and had only heard about them after Eatsdirt caught them at The Pool Parties last year, but having seen the pictures she captured, I was intrigued.
I love what is termed Eccentric Soul, which I guess is a secret back door marketing term for black music that doesn’t [...]

July 27th, 2009 by Eric Rex

Flickr SetI had thought that the crowd antics of two weeks ago wouldn’t be topped. Fucked up played a loud long messy set to which people propelled themselves at each other like a check list of hardcore punk dance moves. Did I Punch The Floor yet? Did I Start The Lawnmower? Did [...]

July 19th, 2009 by Eric Rex

Flickr
There were a number of bands here I didn’t catch either because I hadn’t switched over to Digital yet (was using film for the first few hours before I remembered I brought my digital camera). Bands missing form here are: The Tiny Masters of Today, Michachu and the Shapes, Blue Van, Bear Hands, Monotonix, [...]