Daily Cobra: July 4, 2009

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Daily Cobra: July 3, 2009

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A-Trak: 10,000LB Hamburger Tour with Rye Rye & Treasure Fingers

A-Trak, shining ’cause he grinds as a DJ and producer with two recent mix albums, Infinity +1 and Fabriclive 45, is announcing his tour de force, pun intended: the 10,000LB Hamburger Tour. The famously blogging, air mile accumulating, twittering tastemaker will be hitting North American live venues this summer, accompanied by Baltimore’s effervescent emcee Rye [...]

Daily Cobra: July 2, 2009

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Daily Cobra: July 1, 2009

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Return of Rub-a-Dub Style: Documentary

Return of the Rub-A-Dub Style is a documentary directed by Steve Hanft and produced by Tom Chasteen of Los Angeles’ Dub Club highlighting the evolution of Soundsystem style Reggae. Rub-A-Dub features interview and live footage of legends and pioneers, Trinity, Ranking Joe, Sister Nancy, U-Roy, Brigadier Jerry, Ranking Trevor, Welton Irie, Sugar Minott, Philip Fraser [...]

Cass Lowe – Looping Cover of Frou Frou’s “Let Go”

Really not much to say other than this cover is definitely better than the original. Nice one Cass!

Hipsterwave: Graffiti Art from Ryan Park

We’re proud to present some graffiti art from our friend Ryan Park. Graffiti is everywhere. Even though some people view it as an annoyance, and it’s illegal to write or paint graffiti in public without permission, it has real artistic value. Whether written or painted, graffiti is an interesting form of artistic expression and there should [...]

Tommy’s Loft 2023: This Friday! (June 26) at 9 pm.

Greetings folks!  Last weeks Burlesque show was a sultry sensation. However,  if you missed it don’t fear – you have another chance to experience the magic of 2023. We have a special musical gathering for you this Friday (June 26) at 9 pm. Cave Country, MASTERSLAVE, Tall Tales, and Shakey Graves will be strumming some spine-tingling tunes, so [...]

LICHTFAKTOR: Star Wars V Star Trek

Dillinja and Lemon D: On Drum And Bass

Fast-talking and profanity aside, Dillinja and Lemon D make some interesting points about the state of drum and bass in 2003. Now, in 2009, we have seen some validity to what they’ve said about some of the developments in better drum and bass being produced today.

Paul Oakenfold: Perfecto Vegas – Teaser Mix

We just got our hands on a teaser mix of a forthcoming release from Paul Oakenfold. Two of our primary writers were listening to Oakenfold back in the late 90’s and early 2000. Specifically, we had the Journeys record, several live mixes and a bunch of remixes. So, overall, listening to Paul Oakenfold reminds us of [...]

Velapene Screen: and Casxio!

We’ve just added a really great Velapene Screen remix of the band Casxio to a previous post. Check it out here! The track is entitled, “17 Ways Out.” It’s a remix of the Casxio track “Seventeen.” We’re big fans of LA acts Velapene Screen and Casxio. If you live in the LA area, two upcoming Casxio shows are, June [...]

The LaFontaines: Something New from Glasgow

Never been to Glasgow Scotland, but most of the music that comes from that part of the world never seems to disappoint (one Dabrye show comes to mind when writing that and so does Hudson Mohawke). Of course, we digress, and you can’t really generalize about the largest city in Scotland / third largest city [...]

Jet Phynx: “Notty Party ft. Brawdway” and “Club 2 Club”

So here’s a new artist to us that classifies his music as “Pop / Glam.” Jet Phynx brings a catchy sound that is designed for increasing club energy for sure. Hailing from Delaware, Jet Phynx is pushing a new style and image for the East Coast music scene. The production on the tracks is good and [...]

Clipse: Vimby Interview

Taylor Swift ft. T Pain – Thug Story Music Video

Note T-Pain’s chain in the video, which carries the huge pendant like words “Big Ass Chain” and reportedly weighs 10lbs, has 197 karats and costs an estimated $410,000.00 USD according to T-Pain himself.

Jovi Rockwell: Rizzla (Dirty)

Singer / Songwriter / Rapper – Epic / Sony recording artist Jovi Rockwell from Kingston, Jamaica. Featured on Diplo & Switch’s ‘Major Lazer’ album & also working & writing w/ Ne-Yo, Akon, The Heavyweights, Mr Vegas, Sly & Robbie, etc. Peep the “Rizzla” song stream and video below.

A07 | Decos Nightclub | Sunday 6.21 | D-Lo [San Diego, CA]

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