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Mr Kaves @ Hionas Gallery

the fine folks at www.lostinasupermarket.com just posted my review of Mr Kaves opening for his first NYC solo show at the new HIONAS gallery in SoHo



Have looksee here http://lostinasupermarket.com/2011/07/mr-kaves-new-york-new-york-big-city-of-dreams-exhibit-opening-recap/

good times. good times...

BASSMONSTER @ WEBSTER HALL NYC

Bass Monster Tour – Webster Hall
I showed up at Webster Hall last Friday night with a buddy of mine ready for some quality dubstep. Play Me Records and Beatport’s Bass Monster Tour did not disappoint. Cyberoptics was running things when I got upstairs to the main room. This kid knows how to drop a beat, his samples mixed with his low low bass had the crowd going, and going hard. This kid from Memphis is up and coming in the dubstep world. He started out with his track, “Geisha” (http://www.beatport.com/track/geisha-vip-cyberoptics-vip/1824254) which topped the beatport charts, widely accepted as the best way to judge the quality of electronic music. Now he’s making beats and touring with the likes of FS and the lovely Reid Speed.

FS took the stage next, and boy was he ready. He was jumping around and getting pumped to Cyberoptics’ set before showing off his own stuff. With a seamless transition between DJs FS started spinning. He rolled through his chart toppers and particularly got the crowd jumping with “Yup”. (http://www.beatport.com/track/yup-original-mix/1693512) When that first “YUP” sounded in the hall the party took off. FS, formerly of Ming & FS, recently emerged in the dubstep scene, although he’s been dabbling in the genre long before it became popular, he’s based out of Brooklyn and working on all kinds of musical projects I, personally, am very excited for. FS’ sound is a strong combination of grimy and techno beats, making an electronic sound that isn’t too dubstep for the typical electronic listener. FS employs all parts of electronic music to create a sound that is distinctly him.

Finally, FS passed the turntables along to the bass monster tour headliner: Reid Speed. The lady of the evening and the owner and operator of Play Me Records knew what she was doing on stage. Like FS, Reid Speed has been around the electronic scene for a while and it shows. She knows how to combine the heavy bass with thumping beats. Reid Speed knew how to keep a song alive with the dubstep instead of relying on drop after drop. She ran the party well into the night and did not disappoint.

Thanks to Play Me Records for getting me in, Webster Hall and GBH for hosting this evening of bass drops and heavy beats. It was a blast.

PICS from The Bass Monster Tour from GBH @ Webster Hall courtesy of Niki Digital http://nickydigital.com/index.php?/gallery/album/C2385/

POSTED by JOSH MARTONE

Check out these great artists’ beatports to hear their music:
Cyberoptics (http://www.beatport.com/artist/cyberoptics/182460)
FS (http://www.beatport.com/artist/fs/23061)
Reid Speed (http://www.beatport.com/artist/reid-speed/19580)

Thrax is Back

Anyone who knows me of follows this blow at all probably knows that I am a big Anthrax fan and lucky enough to be friends with the band. Today the first new material in years (and with joey belladonna on the mic) from the Big 4 metal legends is available for FREE and it rocks so get it while you can - if the album is anything like this its another killer http://bit.ly/fightem

And dont forget to get your tix for the upcoming BIG 4 concert at Yankee Stadium this Fall. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath, and Anthrax together as one. history in the making!

check the trailer HERE

glee

awesome Glee Live tour poster from artist http://amelialebarron.squarespace.com/

check out some of her other work as well

the glee tour is great so far - far from anything i had in mind

USO in NYC

this is a pretty cool promo tie in from the upcoming Marvel Captain America : The First Avenger film where they brought the WWII era USO girls out to the Intrepid in NYC to perform for the troops over Memorial Day Weekend in NYC - I always miss this great stuff when I leave town...(back to work on cloning first thing tomorrow...)

more at

http://agentmlovestacos.com/post/6049811635/this-past-friday-as-part-of-fleet-week-the-uso

DLR awesomeness meter!

At long last we can all finally determine just how awesome a concert was according to the final word on all things awesome - Diamond David Lee Roth himself!