Last Friday we went out to Private Label’s weekly event at Lure Hollywood for performances by Chris Malinchak (pictured above), Le Youth, and Posso. The May 9th event was Private Label’s second event this season, which opened on May 2nd with performances by Jason Bentley, Plastic Plates, and Bag Raiders. We have been huge fans of the work Private Label has been doing since we started attending some of their events at Lure in February....

There is nothing better than sex(y) music. Whether you are with someone, by yourself, or daydreaming in the library, these vintage-inspired, RnB-infused musical treasures will be sure to tingle your ear buds (among other things). Artists such as TÂCHES, Les Sins, ESTA, and Vin Sol & Matrixxman, give us smooth, old school jams, while the likes of Kastle, Sango and Cashmere Cat pack in the heat with tangy percussion and sultry bass...

Our friends from the South (Atlanta) have released the second installment to their EP Titled “Anatidaephobia” The EP, which is now available for purchase on ITunes, consists of five tracks, each telling a unique story or unveiling bits of the philosophy behind the Duck. The second part to their new EP “Lost in it” Aka Anatidaephobia Part 2, doesn’t hesitate to start off with a bone shaking bang. The southern soul step trio...

  Wow. BenZel, comprised of Umi Takahasi and Yoko Watanabe, is blowing my mind right now. According to their soundcloud profile, the two are originally from Osaka, Japan and casually found each “on an online message board about ankle socks” which then naturally progressed to a conversation about their mutual love for 90’s R&B and J. Dilla. BenZel began receiving attention three months ago after collaborating with UK’s...

Leikeli47 (Leh-kay-lee) is a breath of fresh air for female rappers. Bringing ridiculous beats and mesmerizing lyrics into plain sight, this mysterious Brooklyn rapper has officially elevated the game. Her Mixtape LK47 is a melting pot of beautiful vocal solos (“Face off”,  ”Last Thing”) and hard-hitting rhymes found in bangers like “Miss America” and “Heard em say feat. Curti@ns.” Download her...

A killer new banger to pop off the New Year, “Poppin Off” is the first single from an up and coming group of young artists who call themselves “Watch the Duck”. Put this song on at any party and your guaranteed to get a good response. Although it doesn’t qualify as strictly Hip-hop it does contain a portion of it. Instead it is a beautiful mix of soul, rap, trap, dubstep, electro and dance. Throw the best of each genre into a...

First time we featured Portrait he had just finished his greatly acclaimed album Symphony of Errors, since then he has been hard at work, most recently releasing his latest creation just in time for the holidays. This time Portrait gives us a signature down tempo remix to Frank Ocean’s already smoothing Wise Man. We got a second to catch up with Portrait to ask what his plans were for 2013, this is what he had to say: heh… I...

San Francisco native, Portrait, has been riding the chill wave for quite some time now, and we have finally gotten aboard. What really caught my attention to Portrait’s sound was the way he combines so many different elements within each of his tracks. His debut album, symphony of Errors, features 9 downtempo, dubstep, and rnb tracks that take you on a journey though the abyss. Releasing his seventh track The Cold, it is filled with...