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May 22nd, 2009
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The Cultural Affairs Commission at UCLA Presents:
JAZZ REGGAE FESTIVAL at UCLA Presented by SCION
JazzReggaeFest.com
A Culture of Change
Memorial Day Weekend May 24 – 25, 2009
It’s weekends like these which make you fully appreciate every moment of living in a beautiful place like sunny Southern California. Memorial Day weekend for music lover’s around here has become synonymous with the nation’s largest student-organized music festival, the 23rd Annual U.C.L.A Jazz Reggae Festival. Pre-Sale tickets to the festival are an absolute bargain at $25.00 a day ($35 at the door, still a great price.) Weather is supposed to be sunny and in the mid-70’s, beautiful college folk will running around, there will be an array of vendors & edible delicacies, and not to mention the incredible sounds of Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Movado & People Under The Stairs (plus a stacked lineup of even more amazing talent.) I can almost guarantee if your in So.Cal this Sunday & Monday, there’s little else you can be doing which will fill your soul and ear’s with more good vibes, than to take a trip down to U.C.L.A.
East of L.A. x Jazz Reggae Fest Ticket Giveaway!
We’ve been promoting this event all week on the site since we’re media sponsors, we have a treat for you all. We got 10-pair of tickets to give away to our readers, much thanks to the good folk at J.R.F! It’s super easy to enter, and considering the apathetic nature of you all, you got a fair chance at winning you will win if you take some initiative!
Read Carefully the 3-Steps to Enter:
- This giveaway ends Saturday, May 23rd, at 3:00pm (PST), you have 24 hours to enter!
- Winning entrants will be notified by 4pm tomorrow if not sooner. I will be picking winners based on their participation, in order, according to a famous sequence of numbers (in all fairness!)
- To enter you must either retweet on our twitter by clicking here -OR- Share this blog post on your Facebook profile (BUT you must first be a Facebook fan of Hip Hop Congress So.Cal & leave us a wall comment!)
Once again…
Line Up:
Jam Day (May 24)
- ERYKAH BADU
- DE LA SOUL
- LEELA JAMES
- PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
- AYO
- NINO MOSCHELLA
- NK BAND
- MATEO
- PANGEA COLLECTIVE
- KALILWILSON & THE BERKLEY EVERETT
- SEXTET
- LOUDER THAN WORDS
- Music By:
- LISTEN Recovery Crew
- Batucada Com Discos
Reggae Day (May 25)
- MAVADO*
- PEETAH AND MOJO MORGAN
- OF MORGAN HERITAGE
- ASSASSIN
- CHERINE ANDERSON
- TANTO METRO AND DEVONTE
- ELJAI
- NOLA DARLING
- DAN MARCUS I
- Special Appearance: ISHAWNA
- Music By:
- JAMAICAN GOLD Sound
- DJ’s White Lightning, Q Bwoy,
- Edley Shine & Higher
- Emcee: MoneyD outta Miami
- Early Music Warmup by:
- Selector EzB & DJ Soldier
**performing for the first time in LA with Live Band
Ps. Download the DJ Manifest De La Soul Train of Thought (mixtape) we posted on earlier today and bump all weekend!
 Movado - Show Off Riddim: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Erykah Badu - The Healer: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
De La Soul - Pot Holes In My Lawn: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
The People Under The Stairs - Tuxedo Rap: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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May 6th, 2009
It’s gearing up for a slew of good musical performances around the IE starting this weekend.
The San Bernardino based Hiphop/Rock band Redeye will be performing at The Method’s Warehouse Project (see the flyer HERE) in San Bernardino on May 9th. The band featuring the emcee and singing talents of Kelley Mak will also be performing at The Temecula Music Festival on the last day of the festival,Sunday May 17th around 1pm.
EOLA artists Pheo & Speak will be performing at Temecula Music Festival too. However they will be at Saturday’s show on May 16th. Pheo is scheduled for 6:30 pm performance and Speak is scheduled from sometime later, I believe.
So there you have it folks some good music coming your way.
So Sweet - Redeye [3:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
You Lyin - Redeye [2:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
When It's Cold - Pheo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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April 23rd, 2009
The homie Arturo hit me up telling me that Blu was going to be performing at a free music festival this weekend. Turns out that event is the Kohoutek Festival, a festival that has apparently been around for a good while now with a rich history of great performances and good times. Both days, April 24th and 25th, are free and open to the entire community and student population. And apparently, there may be free booze as well. Below is information regarding the location and the set times and performers scheduled to appear which include Blu and Mr. Lif on Saturday.
Pitzer College @The mounds
1050 N. Mills Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
Friday, April 24th 3PM-1AM
3-4: Self-Interest Collective
4-5: Sparagmos
5-6: Gabe Guerrero
6-7: Jalan Crossland
7-8: Les Blanks
8-9: Treasure Mammal
9-10: Voxhaul Broadcast
10-11:10: Henry Clay People
11:30-1: Matt and Kim
Saturday, April 25th 12PM-1AM
12-1: Atypical Vibe
1-2: Jerms
2-3: Clique Too
3:-4 JoJo
4-5: Hindu Kush
5-6: Tunji
6-7: African Dance troupe
7-7:30: Grewvangle
7:30-9:15: Mandrill
9:50-11:10: Blu
11:30-1: Mr. Lif
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April 10th, 2009
UC Riverside’s Spring Splash:
Well…I’m really confused on which event I should attend (some of you may be too). Both events fall on Saturday, May 2nd. The Breaks runs from 12pm to 12am and UCR’s Spring Splash (bottom picture/line-up) runs from 12pm to 6pm. The feature that might persuade me the most is UCR’s Spring Splash is FREE as opposed to The Breaks which costs $32 (Presale) or $40-$45 (at the door). Any suggestions?
Click here to buy tickets for The Breaks!
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Looking for great Hip Hop? Take a listen to a few East of L.A. Artists:
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March 14th, 2009
Nine Inch Nails is currently on a large-scale tour which has recently brought them to Perth, Australia where they performed at the massive Soundwave Festival. For this special performance of “Wish”, they brought out the incredibly dope mathcore band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. Here’s HD footage of their sick performance:
NIN: Wish live with The Dillinger Escape Plan - Perth, 3.02.09 [HD] from Nine Inch Nails.
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January 30th, 2009
Wow this year’s line up for The Paid Dues Festival includes one of my favorite artists….Brother Ali. Sadly, The Visionaries nor Dilated Peoples will be there. However 2 Mex & LMNO will be performing. Here’s the full line up:
Atmosphere
Tech N9ne
Living Legends
Brother Ali
B-Real
Grouch & Eligh
Cage
BLU & Exile
Eyedea & Abilities
LMNO
DJ Val the Vandale
VerBS
The Bayliens
Hosted By: 2Mex
Tickets will go on full sale tomorrow @ 10am PST on Ticketmaster. But tickets are available now for pre-sale today between 10am and 10 pm PST. And YES for those bustas who claim Hip Hop but don’t have a clue there are VIP tickets available.
Hip Hop is for unity not classism!!
For more info visit Guerillaunion.com or Paid Dues Festival
Oringinal King - Brother Ali [3:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
We Got this - LMNO & Kev brown ft. Oh No [3:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Bubble Gum - The Bayliens ft. Cait La [4:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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January 30th, 2009
The long awaited and highly anticipated announcement of the 2009 annual Coachella Music Festival has arrived.
Here’s the official poster for the 2009 Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival:
At first glance, the lineup may come off as a bit weak (especially compared to some of the last few years) I’ve realized that the festival worked with what they could. Many people will probably be most dissatisfied with the lack of a Smiths reunion (in addition to the lack of reunion appearances by No Doubt and OutKast) or another Radiohead appearance, there are some very decent acts to be excited for. EastofLA’s very own artist, SPEAK, will probably be most excited for the appearance by The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Some artists that should appease the reunion hounds; Throbbing Gristle and My Bloody Valentine.
At least Jack Johnson ain’t headlining again, right?
* Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Website
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October 5th, 2008
With a little less than half of a year to go until the actual festival, concert promoter powerhouse Goldenvoice has updated the official Coachella website with the dates for the 10th anniversary of the festival.
Here’s the official teaser poster:
An important difference to note for this year’s event is its move to a weekend earlier. Plan accordingly and get those plane tickets in advance!
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September 10th, 2008
Grassroots created a festival that is sure to catch some attention this year. This junior year festival grew from its humble beginnings of a few thousand to an expected thirty thousand people this year. The vision of the festival cannot be said better than the the website:
“Our focus is on demonstrating the conscious side of Hip Hop, Reggae and Punk Rock as a tool to demolish racial boundaries, while presenting a platform for the raw uncensored social views of the Jam Band scene. This emphasis is outlined by our strict intent in establishing an annual forum that is directed towards the uniting of our Urban youth, and allowing them the opportunity to understand and undertake a progressive opinion of the social and political doings of the world around them.From this perspective it is our idea that We the People will become an ultimate example of a socially conscious event featuring the most socially aware premiere artists from all styles of music and artistic traits. We the People will present the opportunity to establish a forum of unparalleled diversity and excellence by uniting socially active artists involved with the urban youth and culture and allowing them this momentous opportunity to express themselves in such a forum.”
A lot of festivals have sprung up and have been thrown into prominence around Southern California, however this is one I really like & actually enjoy. It’s like the Anti-Sunset Junction, don’t expect any Ray-Bans & American Apparel here, We The People, is exactly what it claims to be, and if you go expecting anything else you’ll be in for a surprise! Any festival that brings out my inner Zach De La Rocha gets two thumbs up from me!
This could be a $45.00 well spent. Get your Tickets @ Ticketmaster
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September 4th, 2008
Las Vegas seems to have caught on to the dance/electro/rave craze as the Dutch entertainment company “Art of Dance” announces the first annual Fabulous Festival in the original city of sin.
The festival is to be held on Saturday, November 1 from 10pm-7am at the Orleans Arena and features some very notable names in its otherwise slightly lackluster line-up. The festival is set to take place across two separate venues; the first being the main, indoor arena stage cleverly titled ‘Night Lights‘ (how utterly clever) and an outdoor stage by the nomer ‘Blown Speakers‘ (let’s hope the stage title doesn’t jinx their sound set-up).
ART OF DANCE presents the first event in Las Vegas’ entertainment history to merge the world renowned concepts of both “Music Festival” and “Nightlife”, offering a multistage production which embraces all ‘Dance Music’ cultures. Conceptualized and annually held in the nightlife epicenter of the world -Amsterdam (Holland)- by the globally renowned “Art of Dance” company, FABULOUS now exports and introduces the “European” Festival Experience to the USA — complete with State of the Art Video and Audio displays, extravagant aesthetic allure, high energy entertainment and both indoor and outdoor stages dedicated to presenting the worlds greatest and most sought after Electronic dance music acts. This extravagant production will be held on November 1st, 2008 at the ‘Orleans Arena Complex’, where it boasts a 13,000 person capacity and will run from the hours of 10pm — 7am. It is with great pride to introduce the FABULOUS experience to the Western World.
The line-up is as follows:
Night Lights:
- Armin Van Buuren
- Bad Boy Bill
- DeadMau5
- Robbie Rivera
- Cube Guys
Plus More
Blown Speakers:
- MSTRKRFT
- Ed Banger Party featuring Busy P, Sebastian, DJ Mehdi, So Me, Mr Flash
- Crystal Castles
- Felix Cartal
- HEARTSREVOLUTION
For more information, refer to the official website: Fabulous Festival Website.
Armin Van Buuren - Burned With Desire: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
MSTRKRFT - Paris: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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