This weekend marks the return of the Paid Dues festival at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. This year the festival marks the reunion of none […]
Video: Ladi6- Like Water
As brought to your attention late last year, Ladi6’s brilliant sophomore album, The Liberation Of.. helped add her to the growing list of New Zealand artists that are […]
DC: Couch Sessions at The Social Learning Summit
This Saturday I’ll be at American University for the Becoming Budding Bloggers panel at American University this Saturday as a part of the inaugural Social Learning Summit, sponsored […]
NEW MUSIC: Frank Ocean – “Pyrite (Fool’s Gold)”
Frank Ocean – Pyrite (Fools Gold) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/125_-_frank_ocean_-_pyrite_fools_gold.mp3|titles=125_-_frank_ocean_-_pyrite_fools_gold] In the past two weeks, male R&B has gotten a much needed shot in the arm thanks to Odd Future’s Frank […]
NEW HIP HOP: Foreign Legion ft. Oh No – Burning Bushes
Quality Control artist Foreign Legion (Prozack Turner and Marc Stretch) have linked up with Oh No of Stones Throw for this nice hip hop collabo called “Burning Bushes” […]
LIVE: Les Nubians at La Maison Française, DC
Les Nubians – Afrodance by Giant Step NYC I had the wonderful experience of seeing my very first Les Nubians concert at La Maison Française, which is located […]
OPINION: SXSW: My Very First Time…
My experience at this year’s South by Southwest festival was…different…to say the least. A part of me was beyond excited to see so many of the fellow artists […]
LIVE: Janelle Monae, Killers Lasers Papers, SXSW
Download: Janelle Monae, Killers Lasers Papers Showcase, SXSW Even though the Killers Lasers Papers showcase lacked Killers and Lazers (Lupe and Cee-Lo cancelled) and the Papers was kinda […]
REMIXED: Little Dragon – Looking Glass (Trackademicks’ Quasar Gazer Remix)
The Bay Area’s dope producer Trackademicks has a serious knack for remixing Little Dragon songs. He first laced us a while back with the “After the Rain” joint […]
NEW MUSIC: Holy Ghost! – Wait and See
I am like seriously stoked for the upcoming Holy Ghost! album. Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser are making some of the hottest disco-synth pop to be heard right […]