Archive | 2015

It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time, No Seriously! Thanks @Galantis #seafoxnation

24 Apr

The Life is Beautiful 2014 alums do it again! Another big disco inspired dance track from Galantis, the duo of Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw! I put it on the April 2015 DoYouHearTheMusic.com playlist but give a listen to “Peanut Butter Jelly” here and get ready to start grooving! Totally the perfect song to get your weekend started.

DoYouHearTheMusic.com April 2015 Playlist

24 Apr

It’s Friday, the jump off and before we race into May next week here’s a playlist to get your through to the weekend! Many artists you have heard of with fresh materials, a few newbies and a couple surprises. Hope you enjoy!

Sturgill Simpson – Vegas Baby! Tomorrow night!

22 Apr

Vegas, Vegas, Vegas – don’t sleep on tomorrow night at Brooklyn Bowl. Do you like country, alt-country and Americana? Heck if you like music in general you need to join me at the Sturgill Simpson show on Thursday night. Dude put out one of the top albums in all of 2014, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, is absolutely crushing crowds all over the country and between Coachella and Stagecoach he’s making a stop in our city. Having seen him a couple weeks ago I can attest that you will have a great time. Sturgill and his band JAM and you’ll want to be there to witness it. Oh and The Lone Bellow open so for every person who kept asking to add them to Life is Beautiful in the past, here’s your chance to see them in Vegas, you have no excuses now. Two great acts, one show! Hope to see you there!

New Music: Saul Williams – “Burundi” ft. Emily Kokal of Warpaint

21 Apr

The “List of Demands” slam poet/musician and Emily Kokal of Warpaint (man, I love those four girls) have teamed up for a new track, “Burundi” to be featured on Saul William’s new album,MartyrLoserKing. You can read more about it via Pitchfork.

DoYouHearTheMusic.com Thursday Playlist, Coachella Edition

9 Apr

Heading down to the desert today for Coachella 2015 so here’s a little playlist if you’re hitting the road like me or just want to jam out.

Catch you on the flip side!

 

New Music: DAWES – “Things Happen”

6 Apr

Baseball opening day, the first Monday in April and new Music from DAWES! Happy Monday everyone! Hit play below and listen to “Things Happen” a brand new track from DAWES off their upcoming album, All Your Favorite Bands which is due out June 2. More words on the upcoming album can be found HERE via Consequence of Sound.

 

NOW PLAYING: MICS – “Heaven”

3 Apr

TGIF and here is one to take you into the weekend, “Heaven” from Vegas outfit MICS. Give a listen and enjoy! You may recognize the chorus and that’s a good thing!

New Music: Baauer – Promises ft. Fetty Wap and Dubble Dutch

3 Apr

Good Friday, y’all!

In Vegas club land we are spoiled rotten with the best of the best DJs coming through town on a daily but for me there are a handful of DJs that can get me to a nightclub on a school night, Baauer is one of them. Give a listen to this new track “Promises” featuring Fetty Wap and Dubbel Dutch as part of adidas’ Songs From Scratch series. You should click HERE to read the background on how the song came to be, fascinating. But for now, click play below and then the download button if you like it.

Thanks to thissongissick.com for the good look on this track.

TONIGHT: Charles Ressler’s BRAVE at The Smith Center

2 Apr

Here’s the deal. My friend Charles Ressler is putting it all on the line tonight for his performance, BRAVE, at 8 p.m. at The Smith Center. There are still some tickets available and I hope you come out tonight for what will be a phenomenal show. Add on that the show benefits three charities near and dear to Charles: I Have a Dream Foundation of Southern Nevada, Opportunity Village and the Las Vegas Philharmonic and there are many, many reasons you should join me and many others at 8 p.m.

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What’s it about:
Songs, Stories & Surprises weave a tale of courage, intrepidity, & a daring approach to living life. Love, aspirations, fear, loss, magic, possibility, compassion, empathy, will all be explored through music, stories, & a few surprises illustrating the remarkable resilience of the human spirit. See the show critics have called “nothing short of jaw-dropping,” “a spectacular and moving autobiographical, vocal performance unlike anything you’ve seen,” “A courageous performance that leaves you thinking if someone could stand up & pour it out like that, strutting, dancing & sharing pieces of himself, maybe the rest of us could too.” A show that will benefit some of the most important Organizations in Las Vegas.

Need more reason to come this evening? Click the links below to see previews:

VEGAS Magazine

Las Vegas Weekly

Las Vegas Sun

Be BRAVE. See you there.

VIDEO: Kendrick Lamar – “King Kunta”

2 Apr

Over 600,000 spins in less than 24 hours for Kendrick Lamar’s new video for “King Kunta” off To Pimp A Butterfly which was shot in his hometown of Compton. Pair this with the release of the trailer for the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton and it’s been quite a 24 hours for the California community.