Last Thursday evening, I rolled down to SF with some friends to finally check out Sonnymoon live. Above are some pho­tos from the night. After the jump, check out some video from per­for­mances in MY hotel suite dur­ing SXSX 2010 that I even missed… :(

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Tags: PST, Sonnymoon, sxsw, SXSW 2010, The Couch Sessions

New York City is a cul­tural plethora of music, the arts and fash­ion.   The Underground music and arts scene is incred­i­ble.  On any given day of the week you can find an exhibit, a new music artist show­case or a fash­ion show to attend.  I do my best to shed light and sup­port these events when I can.  I believe that the Underground Movement is an impor­tant piece of bring­ing the music, art and fash­ion indus­try back to where it needs to be.

Young Successful Society and Quiet Riot Media have come together to bring the arts, fash­ion and music together at one time, in one venue.   On April 19^th at Gallery Bar in NYC (change of venue because Sputnik flaked) from 8pm – 12am the 2010 AMC Convention will be in full effect.   The Convention will be show­cas­ing the works of Deadstock RIC, RSNY, Brooklyn Robot, UPSCENE, YC the Cynic, Pk Pat, Kalil Kash, KiDZ 'R E.V.I.L., Profanity Mag and a whole host of other exhibitors.  The pre­sen­ters are from all 5 bor­oughs as they aim to bring their gen­er­a­tion, loca­tion and art form together.

I guar­an­tee you will come away with some­thing as there are pre­sen­ta­tions rep­re­sented for every­one.  The grind­style is evi­dent in all brands and fin­ished prod­ucts.  This younger gen­er­a­tion is com­ing harder, bet­ter and more cre­ative.  They aim to please and that is exactly what the Convention will do.   See you there!

Tags: AMC Convention, Brooklyn Robot, Deadstock RIC, Kalil Kash, KiDZ 'R E.V.I.L., Pk Pat, Profanity Mag, RSNY, UPSCENE, YC the Cynic

New York City is the Mecca of Underground Music.  BreyKing and Santos Partyhouse are syn­ony­mous with bring­ing these artists to the peo­ple. The Soundcheck Show is the best place in New York City to check for the hottest Underground Artists, Poets, Musicians and Fashion Designers. This month's Soundcheck Show is going down on March 12th at 7pm at the Santos PartyHouse. This is a HUGE show. If you are in NYC then you need to be here next Friday night. Set to per­form is Ja'Shayla (her track "Si Papi) was fea­tured in DJ Blazita's set last night on the Hot 97 Takeover seg­ment), WordSpit, Von Sway (who pre­miered his music video for "Here I Am" on BET) and that's just to name a few. Fashion will be pre­sented by Elegant Boredom. DJ Gully will be on the 1 and 2's. Mo' Brown Suga will be host­ing. Drink Specials are 2 for 1 from 7 til' 8. Admission is only $7. ($5 with an RSVP to Soundcheck@SantosPartyHouse.com). What more can you ask for on a Friday night? This is where I'll be.  See you there…

Tags: BreyKing, DJ Blazita, Elegant Boredom, JaShayla, NYC, Santos PartyHouse, SoundCheck, Von Sway, WordSpit

Where would my life be if it weren't for Ericka? I prob­a­bly would be deprived from a lotta cool things, with the excep­tion of India Arie, if it weren't for her. Anywhoo, Kenny Keil mashed up some mem­o­rable hip-hop album cov­ers with Marvel comic book char­ac­ters. My per­sonal favorite is "Dare Iz A Darkseid". View the cov­ers after the jump.

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Tags: Rapper Big Pooh, The Kickdrums

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1. (00:04:08) Black ELement - It's All Relative (Family First)
2. (00:04:12) Rob Murat - One Day feat. Blitz the Ambassador
3. (00:03:16) Janelle Monae - Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
4. (00:02:13) Sean Price - Figure Four
5. (00:03:47) David Banner - Something Is Wrong
6. (00:02:23) Joell Ortiz - This Child
7. (00:03:14) Kam Moye - Re:Born
8. (00:02:06) Mocky - Birds Of A Feather feat. GZA
9. (00:03:01) Royce Da 5'9" - Dinner Time feat. Busta Rhymes
10. (00:03:52) Vandalyzm - Alone
11. (00:04:02) D.Black - Yesterday (Remix) feat. Fatal Lucciauno, Spaceman, SK & Marissa
12. (00:03:59) Rakim - Walk These Streets feat. Maino
13. (00:04:40) DJ Bless - Shotgun Memories feat. N.B.S.
14. (00:03:47) Lupe Fiasco - Fire
15. (00:04:00) Definite - Dream
16. (00:03:00) The Black Sunn - Passing By
17. (00:03:37) Diamond District - I Mean Business
18. (00:03:22) Fly Gypsy - Come Free Your People feat. Lauryn Hill
19. (00:03:53) Los Amigos Invisibles - Balada De Chusy
20. (00:03:25) Wale - Fly Away
21. (00:03:07) Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm Feat. Wale & Estelle
22. (00:03:54) C.B. News - Soul Searching feat. Skyzoo
23. (00:03:31) Royce Da 5'9" - Gimme Money (Original)
24. (00:02:22) Dumhi - Latest Activity feat. Che Grand & Donwill
25. (00:05:38) Joss Stone - Governmentalist feat. Nas

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Tags: Black Element, Blitz The Ambassador, C.B. News, Che Grand, D-Black, David Banner, Definite, Diamond District, DJ Bless, Donwill, downloads, dumHi, Estelle, Fatal Lucciauno, Fly Gypsy, GZA, Janelle Monae, Joell Ortiz, joss stone, Kam Moye, Lauryn Hill, Los Amigos Invisibles, Lupe Fiasco, Maino, Marissa, Mello Music Group, Mocky, N.B.S., Nas, Noisettes, Rakim, Rob Murat, Royce Day 5'9", sean price, SK, Skyzoo, Spaceman, The Black Sunn, Vandalyzm, Wale

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Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the release of Grammy-nominated and Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records record­ing artist Janelle Monae’s song, "Come Alive (War of the Roses)", cre­ated exclu­sively for the Kia Soul Collective: a hand-selected group com­prised of some of today’s hottest artists, thought lead­ers and influ­encers. The song, cre­ated to doc­u­ment the sound of “how she rolls,” is cur­rently avail­able for a free down­load at http://www.kiasoulcollective.com/home/music, along with behind-the-scenes footage of her stu­dio ses­sion. “Come Alive (War of the Roses)" is also the first taste of new music from Monae’s epic new album set for an early 2010 release.

Check out video below of the record­ing process for this song.

Tags: Janelle Monae