Review: Social Studies – Proxemics (2011)
Social Studies is comprised of Atlanta-based duo, Zano Bathroom (Emcee) and Chris Devoe (Producer). Signed to Daddy Tank Records (Birmingham, UK) a label dedicated to seeking out unsigned artists. I’ve gotten to know Social Studies when they were featured on BBC 6 Music by
Interview: Cinnamon Chasers
Cinnamon Chasers is an alternative electro/indietronica act based in London and also the solo project of Russ Davies. He makes melodic dance music influenced by early pioneers like Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, and KLF and is inspired by films like Flight Of The Navigator, The N
CONCERT REVIEW: BLUEPRINT, MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS AT SCHUBAS (CHICAGO)
Blueprint (Columbus, OH), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Seattle, WA)March 26th, 2011Schubas in Chicago, Illinois Ohio hip-hop artist Blueprint along with Seattle’s Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewisburned the house down on Saturday w
Review: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library – Volume One (2011)
It’s interesting how The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library came into my life. I’ll be the first to admit that I thought The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library was an actual library when I first saw mentions of it popping up on my facebook feed but a quick click of link told me that
REVIEW: MATT JONES – THE BLACK PATH (2010)
One of two things can happen when you discover a slept upon masterpiece. Either you can feel special, like you’re in on a secret that so few others are privy to or you can feel genuinely irate, which is how I felt when I discovered Matt Jones, another phenom from the mounting scene of the Ann
REVIEW: JOHN VANDERSLICE – WHITE WILDERNESS (2011)
It was just a little over a month ago that I posted, recanting in review form how I started my love affair with John Vanderslice, right here at Mezzic. You see, I’d known who Vanderslice was for years and I knew why he mattered to indie music. I just hadn’t ever gotten around to lettin
Interview: WOOM’s Sara Magenheimer
The story of how I “discovered” this two piece from NYC was through a friend who, in every sense of the word, has devoted his life to music. So when I asked him what he was listening to blaring in the background his response was an intense mixture of pure exhilaration and panic. He told [&hellip
REVIEW: SIMS – BAD TIME ZOO (2011)
The Twin Cities’ Sims is one of the many talents behind the Doomtreecollective which, in 2010, really branched into something more than just a hip-hop group. Producers Paper Tiger and Lazerbeak took that family tree and sprouted solo efforts Made Like Us&nbs
INTERVIEW: SIMS (DOOMTREE), PART TWO
Part two of my interview with Sims of Doomtree. Doomtree is the Minneapolis, MN hip-hop collective that has given all other independent hip-hop artists a run for their money. Since their debut release in 2008 the collective has been putting out the most organic beats and rhymes to date. In part t