Category: Music

In 1963, renowned chemists Bear Owsley and Nick Sands developed a strain of designer LSD which had a reputation for inducing tribal hallucinations. This strain of acid was called “west indian girl.” Flash forward forty-some years and however many psychedelic revolutions later to find the Los Angeles duo of Robert James and Francis Ten deciding…

Close Your Eyes And Imagine… “I’m depressed,” says Kanye West. Strange, perhaps, for a 28-year-old who is arguably the most important creative force in hip-hop music today, recently named to Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, but West – the perpetual underdog – is still fighting for his life,…

PAUL WESTERBERG (In His Own Words) Father. Artist. Mid-westerner. Eccentric. Walker. Movie hater. Tree lover. Pill taker. Songwriter. Gardener. Floor sweeper. Floor sleeper. Dyslexic. Weather enthusiast. Rock singer. Janitor. Romantic. Liar. Has-been. Hero. Has made a new record, SUICAINE GRATIFACTION. PAUL WESTERBERG ‘SUICAINE GRATIFACTION’ Singer, songwriter and guitarist PAUL WESTERBERG is back with a new…

Champions are usually crowned based on the number of times they emerge victorious in competition. Being the people’s champ, however, requires something entirely different, but equally tough – possessing the kind of personality that wins the hearts and minds of the public. With the release of his highly anticipated major label debut LP, The People’s…

“I want it all… Money, fast cars, diamond rings, gold chains and champagne/Shit, every damn thing/Houses, expenses, my own business, a truck/And a coupla Benzes/Brand-new socks and drawers/And I’m balling everytime I stop and talk to ya’ll” –“I Want It All” When Long Beach OG rapper Warren G talks about wanting it all, he doesn’t…

Her outsize voice was easily matched by her ego. But Dinah Washington was one diva whose boasts could always be backed up – and were, every time she opened her mouth. Washington had started in the church, and then picked up what other musical knowledge she needed in the Chicago ghettos. Then, in local nightclubs,…

The Watchmen – lead singer Daniel Greaves, guitarist Joey Serlin , bassist Ken Tizzard, drummer Sammy Kohn – inhabit a unique slice of turf in the rock stratosphere reserved for those all-too-few bands whose intellect has not been overpowered by their muscle. It’s a place where brains and brawn coexist in a perennial tug-of-war, where…

Their name inspired by the poetic beauty of the Botanical Gardens in Geneva rather than the healing powers of “the herb”, Dan and Cristina Handrabur are WEED. Dan Handrabur was born in Bucharest, Romania. The son of an Orthodox priest, history teacher and choral instructor he began classical music training at an early age. Even…

THE HISTORY “My responsibility in the past, when I was sleeping outside every night, was just to survive. My responsibility now is to stay real, stay grounded, and just tell the truth.” — Jimmy Wayne No one has more of a right to sing country music than Jimmy Wayne. Country, they say, comes from real…

A little something you can’t resist… The Wiseguys unleash their second chapter of dancefloor moves and head-nodding grooves. Produced by Wall Of Sound’s resident hip-hop nut and scratch magician, Theo Keating aka DJ Touch, ‘The Antidote’ has something for everyone. A fresh unique mix of dancefloor dynamite and straight-up hip hop delights, these fifteen tracks…