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Resident music writer for People magazine's West Coast bureau, where she writes album reviews, profiles, and breaks news on People.com, Jessica Herndon also contributes to the Screen, TV, Body and Style sections of the Time Warner publication. Residing in L.A. by way of Sonoma County, the UCR graduate and certified UCLA screenwriter's byline has also appeared in Time, Who, Essence, Upscale and on Essence.com.
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Favored for his production and guitar playing in TV on the Radio as well as his deliciously warped mind, David Sitek is once again churning out more musical snacks. Only this time he’s included a melting pot of solid singers to his funk glitter party. Ushering in pals like TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Theophilus London, Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon, and David Byrne, Sitek will drop his mulit-artist collaboration Maximum Balloon Sept. 21 via DGC/Interscope. Here he talks landscaping, shifting from the east coast to the west, and Dr. Laura. …MORE
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Before Theophilus London made appearances around hot ass sun-kissed L.A. over the weekend – performing at the Purple Lounge Friday night, stopping by Freakcity on Saturday, and hosting a pool-partaayy at the Shangri-la on Sunday – the Brooklyn-based, all around stellar rapper, singer and dancer enjoyed a slice of shade and a quick chat with URB in Silverlake. After unleashing his spunk on mixtape Jam! in ‘09, mixes This Charming Mixtape and I Want You followed. Now, newly signed and sealed to Warner Bros., London will release his debut in early 2011. Follow the quick talking charmer as he confabs on friendship contracts, buying his mom Jordans, and how unbalanced people inspire him. …MORE
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It’s hard to do Flying Lotus’s recent LA set justice through words. It was a pure moment of genius framed by jazz, hip-hop, electronica, art mystique and obvious bliss. Casting that boyish smile and displaying one groovy sway, the experimentalist was in his element.
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British electro-hop pioneers Massive Attack have never failed to deliver conscience, dark, deep, sexy tunes wrapped warmly in their dense experimental vibe. The duo’s fifth studio record Heligoland is no exception. However, they’ve kept us waiting for another taste of their live LED screen, political stream, pulse-groove for the past four years. Well we can now push past that yearn as the duo launch their nine-date U.S. tour tomorrow in Toronto. URB caught the band’s Grant “Daddy G” Marshall by phone from his basement in Bristol to chat new collaborations, ’70s influences, and money saving.
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