Artists David Young V, Eddie Colla and Hugh Leeman‘s art exhibition open’s February 7th, tomorrow at 111 Minna. Their mixed-media images are a prominent part of San Francisco’s street art. All three are prolific artists that go hard to not only go all city, but to maintain it. This exhibition is different since it’s the first time all three are showing together. Seeing their work collectively accentuates their creative differences and points of view. David Young V is a pen and …
Author: Tracy Jones
Been fiending to see this for a minute. Directed by Jeff Broadway, OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON: This Is Stones Throw Records is a documentary that shines a well overdue light on Stones Throw Records, founded in 1996 by DJ and producer Peanut Butter Wolf (aka Chris Manak). Starting February 26th, the film will tour various cities, giving sneak previews and Q&A’s by Wolf or Broadway. After the screening at another venue, see performances by Wolf and other artists from the Stones …
Yo Madlib is the king of hermits and musical cubby holes. I’ve been blessed to see him spin live and perform as The Lootpack with Wildchild and DJ Romes at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, but homie remains a bright shinning shadow figure. The Beat Conductor laces Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show. It’s deep soul, head banging instrumentals and sautéed spittles. He even threw in some skits just to keep true to his trippy textures. 56 minutes and 43 seconds …
“Open Heart” is the single off Zara McFarlane’s new album, If You Knew Her. She’s the newest artist to join Brownswood Recordings, founded by famed global DJ and music connoisseur Gilles Peterson. McFarlance’s emotional vocals are comparable to Nina Simone. Her original compositions are conscious stabs at something way under the skin. Shorty goes in. via Wax Poetics …
In Colin M. Day’s second installment of “Building Detroit,” he interviews various artists and surveys a bankrupt city that was once a thriving metropolis and hopes to be again. There’s a lot of beautiful pans of the local Detroit street art and graffiti. Bay Area artist Monica Canilao shows off “The Treasure Nest,” a entire house that she transformed (using only recycled parts) into an instillation. Another featured artists is DABLS, founder of The African Bead Museum. He tells the story of …