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!
NOW PLAYING: MICS – “Heaven”
3 AprTGIF 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!
TONIGHT: Charles Ressler’s BRAVE at The Smith Center
2 AprHere’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.
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:
Be BRAVE. See you there.
VIDEO: Kendrick Lamar – “King Kunta”
2 AprOver 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.
Video: N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton – Trailer
1 AprThe looooooong anticipated film about N.W.A. doesn’t hit the big screen until August but released today, the trailer for Straight Outta Compton. You can read up all about the film from MTV, HERE but in short, the film revolves around the rise and fall of the Compton, California rap group N.W.A, and members Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella. Shout out to Paul Giamatti who plays the role of Jerry Heller, manager of N.W.A. Can’t wait for this to come out!
Video: Leon Bridges – “Better Man” on The Late Late Show with James Corden
26 MarWhat a debut week so far for James Corden on The Late Late Show! If you haven’t watched, you must! The highlight (while there have been many) so far has been Corden and Tom Hanks acting act every Hanks movie in 7 minutes, it’s amazing! But not far behind is this performance from Leon Bridges last night. The Fort Worth, Texas soul singer and his band nailed it. So good. Click watch below and see for yourself.
Revisited: My SXSW 2015
26 Mar
For the past three years I have been fortunate enough to attend SXSW. It’s kind of like summer camp when you think about it. In many cases (and mine) you are staying with friends, sometimes too many for the apartment you are in, you see people you haven’t seen in a year and you run around like kids going to see the next big thing, an artist you’ve been dying to see and bands/musicians who are playing massive underplays. All in, SXSW is what you make of it and this past year was no exception. Of course I didn’t get to see everyone I had hoped to but I did have a handful of new discoveries and a grip of new memories to carry with me.
In five days I logged 63 miles on my feet traversing the city and it was worth every step.
Who I saw:
Monday: The Vaccines, Ryan Hemsworth, Run The Jewels, Kaleo, Cathedrals, Spoon and Portugal. The Man
Tuesday: VÉRITÉ, BØRNS, Ryn Weaver, Gorgon City (Live), The Delta Riggs, Passion Pit, San Fermin, Milo Greene, Odesza, Spoon
Wednesday: The Cribs, Sam Hunt, Ryn Weaver, Leon Bridges, Robert DeLong, GRiZ, The War On Drugs, Future Islands
Thursday: smallpools, Twerps, Sam Dew, Raury, SZA, Dry The River, Colony House, Robert DeLong, Kero Kero Bonito, GRMLN, House Music, The Stone Foxes, California Honeydrops, CRUISR, T. Hardy Morris, Frank Turner, Migos, Wyclef Jean
Friday: Son Lux, Skylar Spence, Wolf Alice, Blank Range, Jack Ladder, Natalie Prass, Gorgon City (live), George Maple, Poor Me, The Covz, Slow Caves, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Kari Faux, Seinabo Sey, Years & Years, Rae Sremmurd
NOTES:
- There were hands down an overabundance of great performances but for me the best shows of the week were Leon Bridges, The Delta Riggs, The War On Drugs and Future Islands.
- Yes I saw Run The Jewels where the fight broke out. The show was packed with energy and too much fn besides that brief interruption.
- Seeing Frank Turner acoustic on the back patio of Red7 with maybe 100 people was a true treat.
- Wyclef as always delivered a fun and crowd participation show well worth the wait.
- Skylar Spence (FKA Saint Pepsi) is putting together a band for this summer’s festival season so be on the lookout for that!
- If you have a chance to see the California Honeydrops, do it!Robert DeLong keeps getting better and better.
- San Fermin, my how much this band has grown in a year. Sounding excellent.
- I became a fan of Sam Hunt.
- Kaleo sound nothing like you’d expect and that’s a good thing.
- Spoon was ripping through shows all week and sounded great as expected but I can’t wait for Britt Daniel to go back out as Divine Fits.
- Jack Ladder, seek them out this year.
- Despite saying it was their last song, anyone who stayed for The War On Drugs show at YouTube was treated to 30 more minutes of rip roaring jamming and it was flat out crushing!
- I’d been dying to see George Maple and she lived up to it. Her new track with What So Not, fire!
- And again, LEON BRIDGES. I sincerely hope you all start listening to this soulful human being who is going to make his mark this year. If you’re lucky enough to catch Leon and St. Paul and The Broken Bones at the same festival (Outside Lands) these two are quickly ascending to a level of fame that I hope makes them the stars of tomorrow.
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