There is way too much amazing shit going on with this event for FREE -or- $5 at a brand new rooftop venue…
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The Noise Academy and East of LA Present
SENSES: HEAR IT. SEE IT. FEEL IT.
ROOFTOP BAR AND ADDITIONAL ROOM TO GET YOUR DANCE ON!
Spinning the best in Hip Hop / Soul / Funk / Jazz / House / RnB
FRIDAY June 25, 2010
The Drink at Fox Theater
150. W. 3rd St
Pomona, CA 91766
21+
FREE Parking
No Dress Code
No Drama
$5.00 All Night or FREE before 10:30pm with RSVP
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All Night Drink Specials:
LAKER BOMBS (JAGER BOMBS) - $5.00
WELLS - $4.00
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RSVP: through Facebook, or e-mail: info [at] thenoiseacademy.com before 7PM FRIDAY!
The big homie One Be Lo (of Binary Star) will be doing an instore at the Inland’s favorite hip hop & apparel store GCS Clothing. Alongside will be performances by Pomona’s Late Bloomers & Blackcloud’s first string rappers Noa James & Faimkills. Also please don’t sleep on the fact that CASH-ONLY Rock The Bells tickets will be available at the GCS instore. Considering the festival is back at the NOS Center & has such a fantastic line-up, I suggest save up your pennies, see a great instore performance & pick up some festival tickets which will be sold out.
More Info:
7:00 PM - GCS Clothing
168 W. 3rd St. Pomona, CA
(909) 620-2772 GCSClothing.com
Also check this out earlier in the day:
WEB STREAM: Jamming Live from Pomona, CA with One Be Lo / Binary Star / & his all female band “Double Lo7″ - Saturday 1:30PM-3pm PST tune in via twitter.com/OneBeLo or twitter.com/EastofLA
By Blake Gillespie» Speak! might be the 34th best rapper alive, but remixing the number one band in the world will undoubtedly raise his indie-cred tenfold - might even crack a few top 30 lists.
Sleigh Bells, Sleigh Bells, Sleigh Bells. Treats got that Best New Music tag, which puts their music into the news of the Jonas Brothers and Jessica Alba tweets. The sky probably is not the limit for bands that get this big. Sleigh Bells could be the first band to play on the moon - I think we have the technology to send them there - fuck it, if we don’t have the fuel to bring them home. It’s about the legendary status, right?
L.A. rapper Speak! chopped up SB’s “Infinity Guitars” into his “Infinity Rap Bars” (Remix) and managed to lessen the swelling in my head that pulsates on some Tell Tale Heart insanity each time I read praise of this god forsaken band. I took enough French in college, to feel as though I got something in common with Speak! when he raps, “if you ask why every store has a French name / I’ll kick you to the curb and replace you with a French dame.”
Download “Infinity Rap Bars” and Speak!’s free EP here.
Our good friend Tina has recently organized an event set to promote the Brisk Emerging Artist Contest (a competition in which 3 selected artists from 30 competing schools receive $10,000 scholarships) going down this Thursday at Back To The Grind in Riverside, California. Our associates and creative partners are preparing great sets: AFTA-1 and emcee SPEAK!, as well as our friend DMN SLYR. Other performances include dirtRAID and the Riverside Drum Circle. More fun activities will be offered at the event such as a tentu.org-sponsored crafting center and a photobooth provided by MAMIKO.NU.
The event is completely FREE and will go down from 7:30-11:00pm. If you’re in the area, this is definitely not one to miss.
Boarding Pass Live @ The Glass House (Pomona, CA) “Shame” / “Ink My Whole Body” Live @ The Glass House
Saturday, January 2nd 2010:
Let’s keep this recap simple: Shit was smacken’, if you don’t believe, peep the videos. This is how EOLA is bringin’ in the new decade, believe it. Packed out crowd skunking up the Glass House rocking with the Taylor Gang & UTB Life$tyle posse. If you missed it, expect our mans Wiz Khalifa back in a big way this Spring.
The whole U.T.B. & EOLA fam rocked - repping the Inland real hard.
Here at East of L.A. we’re full steam ahead for the new decade, being so we decided to put together the most smashing event we could put together. The Taylor Gang Life$tyle Concert will premier the new collaboration clothing line between Moreno Valley’s U.T.B. Lifestyle and Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang. To kick off the venture, EastofLA.com & U.T.B. Lifestyle are holding an exclusive live concert performance at the legendary Glass House Pomona. This show is designed for all the die hard west coast fans of North America’s hottest independent Hip Hop artist, Wiz Khalifa. The concert is open to all ages and the tickets are very accessible at $15.00 via Ticketmaster.com - not to mention a Taylor Gang Afterparty for the grown folk.
Saturday Jan 2nd 2010 In-Store Meet N’ Greets w/ Wiz Khalifa:
2:00pm - Society Boutique Riverside, CA
4:30pm - Humidor Boutique Upland, CA
*Tickets will be available at instores - CASH ONLY Flyers + Additional Info
TGL$ Afterparty:
18+ $5 w/ Glasshouse Wristband
1 Block away from Concert - 10pm-2am
340 S. Thomas St.
Pomona, Ca 91766 Flyer + More Info
EastOfLA’s own secret lover agent man and Applebird affiliate, SPEAK recently sat down and spoke with the folks at GrungeCake to discuss matters such as his many inspirations and future aspirations. As usual, the loquacious and effervescent personality of SPEAK quickly takes over as he lays down the law of how he views rap and his unique approach to his art;
GrungeCake: How do you feel about the direction of Hip-Hop?
Speak: I’ll leave the preaching and overly obnoxious ranting about the depravity of the culture and music to KRS-One. He enjoys the sound of his own voice and beating the drum for what is and what isn’t Hip-Hop. However, in my personal circle Hip-Hop is beyond alive and well. I can’t really speak on what everyone else is doing because it’s really no importance to me, and frankly, I think that’s where a big part of the problem comes in. Hip-Hop should go to city hall and legally change its name to “Focus on the next man.” I can’t name another musical culture or genre where so much emphasis is placed on what everyone else is doing. In no other realm do you find artist so intent on watching their peers fail. It’s a bit stomach turning. All I can do is sit back and enjoy the level of creativity coming from Pheo, Versis, Verbs, Intuition, and Stevie Crooks. As long as they are, challenging themselves and making fantastic music Hip-Hop won’t need a compass and Google maps to find its way.
It should be noted that SPEAK also drops hints surrounding a project he has worked on with homie, AFTA-1, in the form of an EP tentatively due in 2010 titled, “No Distance Just Grace”.
And if you haven’t already heard it, download SPEAK’s instant vintage classic: The Kite Flyers EP (25mb).
The Coachella Valley Art Scene Blog (link) is set to host the “Something From Nothing” music and arts event in Indio, CA on December 19th. Mark your calendars and made sure to bring some cash with you as you’ll enjoy the musings of Coachella Valley musicians (like East of LA’s very ownALF ALPHA) and artists such as the highly acclaimed Date Farmers. Other attractions such as a photobooth, skate ramp and art swap meet will also be available for your enjoyment as well. CVAS events pop off like none other so make sure you mark your calendars and bring some friends along (for a discount on entry). Be there or be square.
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If you’re not already familar with the work of The Date Farmers already, check out their collaboration with N.A.S.A., having done the visuals/art of the music video for “A Volta” (which has been recognized by Pitchfork as one of the top music videos of 2009):
Well since EOLA got a little shine from the local press yesterday I decided to repost the mixtape that was mentioned in the Vanessa Franko’s article (Read the article HERE)
And after you read the article shoot Vanessa a message in support of her coverage of the independent Hip Hop scene throughout the Inland Empire region! Twitter: @PECom_AudioFile
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California Hip Hop stand up!!! This is the message behind this collaborative mixtape by DJ Gabe Real. This mix features many notable Inland Empire artists such as Magnificent Ruffians, S.O.P.’s Jynxx ,EOLA artists Speak & Pheo, Building Block’s very own Noa James and Brother DVOOA. As well some more well known emcees like Trek life, Elzhi and Oddisee (Yeah I know he’s from DC/Sudan not Cali). With a line up like that and mixed by Gabe Real you know this mixtape will make your head nod. For more info on the Co-Op series visit MusicCultureFreedom.com
Uncle Speak & Applebird Records present: Christmas In July: A midsummer holiday freakout extrvaganza! This event will feature the entire family going nuts in downtown Riverside, CA on Friday July 24th. Expect some wildness, as Speak plans an entire scripted show & concert with all the Applebird family at the Back to the Grind coffee shop basement. It’ll be hot, sweaty and wildly entertaining, $5 gets you all the recklessness you can handle, goes from 8pm till Midnight.
For those of you not in Southern California, we’ll do a live uStream of the event here at East of L.A., put it on your calendars, Friday June 24th!
PARTY: SENSES | DRINKS BAR at FOX THEATER POMONA | FRIDAY JUNE 25th
