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Beastie Boys “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two”
May 4th, 2011 by chocko
The new Beastie Boys album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two dropped yesterday. It’s been at least 4 years since their last album. It’s safe to say Adrock, MCA and Mike D are back! This album is a must-have for all the fans out there. Definitely, pass the sauce-16 tracks of vintage Beastie dopeness…bad ass beats […]
Tags: adrock, album review, hip hop, mca, mike d
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Seaweed played the Bell House
April 27th, 2011 by chocko
Last Friday, April 22, 2011 marked the triumphant return of Tacoma, Washington’s Seaweed to NYC where they have not played in over ten years. Their show at Bell House was their first show in Brooklyn and to say that I was totally psyched for this show, would be kind of an understatement. Seaweed formed in […]
Tags: bell house, brooklyn, grunge, punk, records, seaweed, show, sub pop
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Tear It Up played Europa
April 21st, 2011 by chocko
Last month the original lineup of NJ’s legendary DIY hardcore punk group, Tear It Up, played to a packed house at Europa in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Paul, Andy, Doug, Matt and Dave had not played a show together since 2003 and to see them on stage for the first of two reunion shows was something I […]
Tags: brooklyn, cell mates, diy, europa, hardcore punk, last in line, new york city, nyc
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Record Store Day 2011
April 20th, 2011 by chocko
regina spektor at other music Happy Belated Record Store Day. How did it go out there? Did you wait in a line like me and Mr. C to stock up on limited edition vinyl? That’s what we did on that unusually cold spring morning in New York City last Saturday. First up was Other Music […]
Tags: angel osen, bow ribbons, generation records, kim's video & music, new york city, other music, regina spektor
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Heavy Cream played Public Assembly
April 8th, 2011 by chocko
Straight outta Nashville…Heavy Cream played to a Brooklyn crowd last night in the back room of Public Assembly. They played another Brooklyn show last week at Death By Audio with but that got sold out and I’m sure got packed like sardines. The Public Assembly show was a little easier to get into and this […]
Tags: d.i.y., garage punk, heavy cream, infinity cat recordings, nashville band
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Pharoahe Monch performed at Best Buy NYC
April 7th, 2011 by chocko
Pharoahe Monch best known for his monster hit “Simon Says” in the late 90’s and for being in the group Organized Konfusion made a recent appearance at the Best Buy in Union Square in New York City on March 22 to perform some songs off his new album. The new album on Duck Down records […]
Tags: best buy, duck down records, hip hop, underground, union square
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John Leguizamo at Best Buy Union Square
March 27th, 2011 by Mr. C
John Leguizamo did an instore interview & CD signing at Best Buy Union Square with a host from urban latin radio to discuss his one man broadway act, “Ghetto Klown”. He was also there to promote his new music CD, JOHN LEGUIZAMO Ghetto Klown – MUSIC FROM MY HOOD which is a compilation of latin […]
Tags: best buy, broadway show, compilation CD, ghetto klown, john leguizamo
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Darlings played Kim’s Video and Music
March 19th, 2011 by chocko
On March 15, Darlings released their new EP and played a local video and music store in New York City. The band set up shop in front of the blaxploitation, giallo and porno shelves and played catchy pop-punk songs that reminded me of old Sebadoh and Pavement tunes, but with female vocals thrown in the […]
Tags: ep, famous class records, new york band, warma
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FAT BEATS NYC
March 4th, 2011 by chocko
Craig G and DJ Jab Sadat X and Thirstin Howl III Just Blaze Breez Evahflowin, Karniege and C-Rayz Walz Fat Beats in New York City was the place to go for underground and real hip hop music. It was a record store that carried all the latest vinyl releases, CDs and DVDs and stepping in […]
Tags: brooklyn, Craig G, DJ Eclipse, DJ Jab, djs, hip hop, Just Blaze, mcs, new york city, rap, Sadat X, underground hip hop
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Janet Jackson in Hong Kong: Number Ones, Up Close & Personal
February 25th, 2011 by Mr. C
Who would figure this martian would fly 8000+ miles from the muthaland to see Janet Jackson perform live in Hong Kong island at the convention center in Wan Chai on valentines day! One word mofo’s, spaceship! The concert space was in exhibition hall 5bc at the HK convention center which is comparable in terms of […]
Tags: convention center, hong kong, janet jackson, number ones, personal, up close
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VOLTURE
February 19th, 2011 by chocko
VOLTURE is a Heavy Metal Band straight outta VA featuring Municipal Waste’s Ryan Waste (bass), Brent Hubbard (vocals), Twisted Tower Dire’s Dave Boyd (guitar), Nick Poulos (guitar), and Barry Cover (drums). They’re influenced by the New Wave Of British Metal (NWOBHM) era and their shows are guaranteed to make you bang your head and lose […]
Tags: heavy metal, municipal waste, ryan waste, thrash, twisted tower dire
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Tina Dico at the Highline Ballroom
February 3rd, 2011 by Mr. C
TINA DICO performed at the Highline Ballroom on 1/31/2011 with her folk-pop inspired bad self! She was accompanied by a full band this time around including the multi-talented, HELGI JONSSON playing the guitar, keyboards, & trombone. Helgi actually opened up for Miss Tina playing a few earthy tunes of his own including a cover by […]
Tags: helgi jonsson, highline ballroom, planet chocko tina dico review, tina dico, welcome back colour
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