South By Southwest (SXSW) festival kicks off this Friday March 7th and goes on til March 16th. Here is a short documentary profiling the the founder of SXSW Ronald Swenson and the development of the festival, from a Dailymotion series called “That Was Me”. In the sea of conservative red state Texas, the city of Austin (where SXSW is hosted) stands out as a liberal, and progressive beacon. Ronald Swenson, SXSW staff, artists, and event collaborators hosting SXSW in Austin …
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Art aficionados, fans of artist David Choe, and listeners of his podcast DVDASA, there is an art show with his mom Mrs. Jane Choe and fellow DVDASA podcast personality Critter (originally from the Bay Area, Piedmont to be exact) coming up this Saturday March 8th at the Fifty24SF Gallery (218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117-3504) from 5-10pm. The show is brought to you by SF’s own Upper Playground. I believe this art show is Mrs. Choe and Critter’s first ever art showcase. David …
Roland has been working on a release for their AIRA line of electronic musical equipment, as mentioned in a previous TMG post. Roland launched their new AIRA line at Dancefair 2014 over the weekend (February 15 & 16) according to djworx. The AIRA line contains a drum machine; TR-8 – emulating classic TR-808 & TR-909 sounds, bassline synthesizer; TB-3 – emulating classic TB-303, vocal processor; VT-3, and synthesizer; System-1. At first glance the AIRA line appears to be analog but they’re …
As mentioned in a previous TMG post, the band Cibo Matto has reunited after a 15 year hiatus with a new release Hotel Valentine out today February 14, 2014. The sounds on Hotel Valentine sees Cibo Matto blending their usual Shibuya-kei, trip-hop, and indie pop sounds with bass heavy, electronic, funk, and synth-pop sounds. For fans of Cibo Matto this album has nostalgic elements from their older material, but is also refreshingly new at the same time. Cibo Matto talks about the concept behind Hotel Valentine, reuniting …
As mentioned in a TMG post last month, A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg made a tribute single to the late producer and rapper J Dilla. Here we have Phife Dawg’s recently released music video for “Dear Dilla.” The music video was directed by Konee Rok, and the beat was done by DJ Rasta Root. The music video for “Dear Dilla” premiered on February sixth in Atlanta, and February seventh (Dilla Day) in Detroit. Enjoy, J Dilla forever! Phife …
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