The Los Angeles based soul revivalists known as Fitz and The Tantrums have been making noise throughout Los Angeles for some time now, but after a packed residency at legendary venue Spaceland and signing a deal with label du jour, Dangerbird Records, they look poised to take their feel good funk all across the country. [...]

Hello my name is… Amanda Diva I was raised in… LA and Orlando by a Grenadian mother who says I’m from another planet altogether! The reason that you’re reading about me is… Because I’m a busy chick! On the music side, I’ve just dropped my FreEP Spandex, Rhymes, and Soul available for free online and [...]

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Words by: Preach Jacobs What happened to the anger in our music? What happened to our sense of purpose? Treading on the heels of the Civil Rights Movement from the late 60′s to 70′s, you had a mergence of black music engulfed in pride, frustration and an independence that wasn’t seen in our music prior. In [...]

    8Ball & MJG  We Are the South (Greatest Hits) Koch Records  Rating: 3.5/4   Before 8Ball & MJG, music from Tennessee was solely equated with Elvis. With rap representation nonexistent in the South in the early ’90s, their label Suave House was to Memphis as Rawkus was to New York City. They were [...]

  Grupo Fantasma Sonidos Gold High Wire Music 3.5/4 Stylistically speaking, Grupo Fantasma is a tough band to pin down. Formed in 2000 and comprised of musicians hailing from all across Latin America, this Austin-based band quickly established a reputation for incendiary live shows. Listening to their third studio LP, it’s easy to understand why, [...]