TAG: SXSW

Feb02

SXSW Red Bull Thre3style showcase to feature US Champ Big Once and World Champ DJ Hedspin (Updated) (Video)

Leading out of the preliminary qualifiers being held this month in search of the next Red Bull Thre3style World Champion, the event finds itself setting up shop at SXSW this year featuring the US Champ, Big Once, and the reigning champ, the Vancouver Kid, DJ Hedspin.

With the first two featured DJ’s in showcase form, all we can say is expect the unexpected at this event.  Last year’s event featured surprise performances by DJ Z-Trip and LL Cool J, and it only goes to say that the event should be bigger and badder this March.

Peep the video from the peeps at Social Science and URB HD after the break for some of what Big Once brought at the World Finals last …

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Jan25

@MCPigPen and @Pat_Maine release long awaited debut LP “Last Year” (MP3)

The Salt Lake City duo that has been tearing up the touring circuit in their own vehicles have just released their LP on Bandcamp, which features Stone Throw’s latest signee Homeboy Sandman and songstress Amber Lees. The entire project was recorded in NYC/Salt Lake City by Dave Dar over Kentron Da Mastadon Beats with one feature from Sapient of Sandpeople, and features the journey of “The Last Year,” Recording in NYC, SXSW stories, rocking shows with their “Oklahomies,” and kicking the crowd favorite raps in the middle of nowhere is the truth behind landing their fan base. Definitely check for Boy Sand raps on psyche and crowd favorite “Its Over Now,” which bangs horns and soul to prove the song title isn’t fitting. I think just the beginning of …

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Dec14

@thefrailsf “Frienemies” Video Premier (Video)

Daniel Lannon, along with Israel and Ron, who make up what we know as the Frail, bring URB the premier to their latest video Frienemies, This song/video is the indie pop soundscape San Fran party nostalgia that seeks acceptance as much as it portrays lonliness in the life of the party. If you remember the movie “Go” it can kinda take you there to that party atmosphere where life changes by the time you wake up due to the night before and how you spent it with your best “frienemies.” The ones that hurt you more than help you are the ones we all love to keep around, right?

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Dec13

Top 100 Live Photos Of 2011

Music is an auditory experience, but sometimes it takes a photo to truly capture a great show. That’s why URB trained our lens all over the country in 2011, capturing the artists and fans who make an event more than the sum of the music played. From Berlin to Bonnaroo, from ravers to Rock The Bells, here’s our hundred favorite photos that serve as a silent playlist capturing the past year.

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Nov29

Boog Brown – Blink (Def Dee Remix) (MP3)

ATL’s own Boog Brown links up with Seattle’s Def Dee for his remix to Boog Brown’s song “Blink” which is from her upcoming “The Brown Study Remixes” album dropping December 20th via Mello Music Group. “The Brown Study Remixes” is a remix project to her critically acclaimed 2010 album “Brown Study” produced entirely by Apollo Brown. The album allowed Boog Brown to be included as one of iTunes’s Top 10 New Hip Hop Artists and allowed her to rip shows from SXSW to A3C Festival.

“The Brown Study Remixes” features production from 14KT, Dunc of DTMD, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Has-Lo and many others, while featuring a brand new song produced by Apollo Brown.

Today, enjoy the free download for the song “Blink” remixed by Seattle’s own Def Dee. The 22nd …

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