TAG: Little Dragon

Dec24

Best of ‘09 Christmas Eve Mixtape Material Part Two: Foreign Exchange the Grammy Nominated Edition + Yazarah “Hear Me”EP {by Scotty Pippen} (Video & MP3)

If you don’t already have both foreign exchange albums, don’t fret, click, new tab get online and do something about it. Not to be missed, I crisscrossed the US three times earlier this year on various tours, and these albums were in heavy rotation on all three. The first FE album “Connected” was praised by such praised by legendary DJ’s such as Jazzy Jeff, King Britt, and DJ Spinna for its inventive mix of hip-hop, R&B, and electronica.

The Foreign Exchange’s Grammy nomination video from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.

Foreign Exchange’s daykeeper is up for a grammy nomination next month, keep your fingers crossed, here’s the behind the scenes of that project coming together…

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Dec21

Best of ‘09: Indie Heart & Electro Beat (Areti)

Kiss 2009 Goodbye: Highlights through the Lens of Music 

I played Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” in groups of six, saw Wilco back-to-back at The Wiltern, put my right-hand high with Kid Sister, blew a kiss to Ben Gibbard as Hollywood Bowl exploded with fireworks, chilled with A Place to Bury Strangers, worked-out to Miike Snow, beatboxed with Matis, moved to Silver Lake, boogied down at Nightmares on Wax, got blinded by Mandy’s rock, took my clothes off at Phoenix…

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Dec07

Live Review – Little Dragon @ El Rey

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Leave it to Japanese-Swedish singer Yukimi Nagano to captivate a full-house of Angeleno hipsters with her brand of organic electro-pop. During Little Dragon’s gig at the El Rey Theatre on Friday evening, the audience had reason to be enraptured.

With two full-lengths to its name, Little Dragon is Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Kallgren Walsh (bass), and Hakan Wirenstrand (keyboards) with Ms. Nagano. The sold-out show was a confirmation of the Gothenberg-based band’s swelling fan-base and break-through year. The quartet challenges those who wish to pigeonhole their sound, and just last week our readers nominated them as Rock Artist of the Year in the Readers Poll.

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Nov30

URB 2009 Readers Poll

It’s that time of year again, when we look back on the past 365 and determined what really ruled in rap, rave and rock. And as always, we want you to help us determine the best of the best. We may offer some suggestions, but there’s always room for your own faves. So take a few minutes with our 2009 Readers Poll. We’re happy to hear from you.

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