I was so very close to getting press passes for this show but no luck. If I did, I was going to take a quick flight to LA […]
New Music: Janelle Monae – Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
Janelle Monae – Come Alive (The War of the Roses) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/janelle_monae_come_alive_kiasoulcollective.mp3] Janelle Monae has been musical visionary of mine ever since she dropped that track “Time Will Reveal” […]
VIDEO: ALL KILLER NO FILLER Trailer and Ra The MC Interview
Check out these amazing videos from iC. If you missed All Killer last Thursday (and I’m mad at you if you did) consider this a trailer to that […]
Video: Gucci Mane feat Piles – Wasted
People may front on the selection, but this is my feel good song of the summer:
IMAGES: BLK JKS
Earlier this week, South African band (and FADER Favorites) BLK JKS, along with DC’s own Laughing Man and our homegirls Noon:30. Big up to photographer Boney Starks of […]
Mixtape: DJ Rooftop – The Yellow and Blueprint
Medina ft. Allyawan – D.O.A. (Swedish) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/03.D.O.A..mp3] Download: DJ Rooftop – The Blue And Yellow Print 3 When my homies DJ Rooftop, Adam Tensta, and Eboi were in […]
Interview: Mayer Hawthorne
“I’ve been getting panties thrown at me so I can’t complain.” -Mayer Hawthorne It seems like Mayer Hawthorne came onto the scene overnight. The Detroit area (now LA […]
The Foreign Exchange Tours NYC, Baltimore, and DC
The Foreign Exchange, whose album Leave It All Behind was our top album of 2008, is coming back through the East Coast for a mini tour in October. […]
New Music: Electric Wire Hustle
Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Chaser.Mp3] Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/They-Dont-Want.Mp3] To name your group after a song on a much derided hip-hop album is […]
New Music: Ra The MC – Spaceships
Ra The MC – Spaceships [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/RAtheMC-Spaceship-_Produced-by-JUDAH_-.mp3] If you didn’t know, Ra The MC is headlinining our All Killer, No Filler event this Thursday at Liv, and to whet […]