Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Soundset 2010 Line up released

So anyone into the Twin Cities music scene should know about Soundset. If you don't, I'm truely sorry. It is one of the best independent hip-hop festivals of the year, right here in Minnesota. They are bringing it back for the 3rd annual Soundset this year. Recently they released the line-up and pre-sale/sale dates. At the below link you can find how much tickets cost, where and when to buy them and also the list of artists scheduled to perform (It's an insane line-up this year, it seems to just get better and better). So check it out, hope to see you all there Sunday May 30th!

http://www.soundsetfestival.com/

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Nerve and Dj Arkitekt - The American Lowlife LP

This isn't the usual type of hip-hop that I listen to but this is definitely a quality mixtape with apperances by some local names. Give it a listen and enjoy, I did :)



Below: Press release


Dear Listener,
How are you? Hope everything is well. Remember that time we went out drinking and hit on, what happened, to be the bouncer’s girlfriend? You still owe me for the hospital bills. But it was kind of you to ask about the album while I was in the ICU. It’s so nice that this record can finally see the light of day. There were times that we never thought that it would. After countless ups and downs, failed record deals, a stint in several rehabs, hollow promises and more than one case of heartbreak, our album has finally been heard. Touching on all of the subjects above, we wanted to make an album that had songs that were serious as a suicide note and songs that just made the listener smile. Here’s the tracklisting for our debut LP “The American Lowlife”:
1) Opening Credits
2) Find My Love on the Dancefloor
3) She’s Lovely
4) Saturday Night
5) Dead in the Eyes
6) Just Lean
7) Intermission
8 ) This Will Break Your Heart (feat. Adam Levy of the Honeydogs and Joe Christenson of White Light Riot)
9) Anybody Out There
10) Moving On
11) ROCKSTAR
12) Gotta Give It Up
13) Wake Up (feat. Def Mek)
14) By Now
15) Closing Credits
16) Bonus Track: Till They Play (feat. St. Paul Slim and Def Mek)


Download "The American Lowlife LP"
http://www.zshare.net/download/70750766a0244305

(having trouble making this a clickable link ATM soo... just copy and paste that into your web-browser)

Friday, March 26, 2010

Orikal Uno

Orikal Uno is easily one of the coolest dudes spittin in MN, and he just leaked a couple tracks with some extremely talented producers. Orikal Uno's got his own unique sound and also an album dropping this summer so look out for it.






http://www.orikal.com/sonow.mp3 -- Orikal Uno - "So Now" - Produced by Kaz

http://www.orikal.com/Fall.mp3 - Orikal Uno - "Fall" - Produced by Kaz

http://www.orikal.com/BackRoots.mp3 -- JL Magee, Status Reign & Orikal Uno - "Back Roots" - Produced by Orikal Uno

First post.

What up everyone! New blog for all you music lovers out there..
Check back from time to time, I'll be posting free downloads of some real local talent.

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