It was an oddly warm Black Friday here in Grand Rapids with temps almost reaching 60 degrees. The Pyramid Scheme was the setting for a night of Hip Hop as the line up was heavy with professors laying down lyrical lessons. Made it to the venue around 9ish as doors open at the Pyramid Scheme, one of Grand Rapids newest venues is buzzing with energy and excitement. As I am walking in
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-October 6th 2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan @ The Intersection I am in attendance to talk with Alex Botwin, AKA Paper Diamond. A seasoned musician with Pnuma Trio as well as projects under the name Alex B. Since the beginning of the year he has been playing live shows under the name Paper Diamond. A multilevel electronic project I fell in love with at this years Electric Forest. I got a chance
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Soundfest 2011 Val Du Lakes Resort Mears, Michigan I find myself waking up at the crack of dawn this Friday morning, excited for what is to come. Soundfest, over 60 bands in two days, showcasing some amazing talent from the state of Michigan and beyond. It’s a mad dash out the door after many hours into the morning trying to get ready (remember 60 bands!). It’s a
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A quick shot into the future where Rocket Science will be playing at the West Side Inn on May 21st in Muskegon. Go see it. I’ll tell you why you should maybe? Now let’s head back in time a bit to the good old time before everything got all nice around here. Well, that is outside at least. Things were more than heating up inside Billy’s for the highly anticipated
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Calling all Mystic Militia! After all is said and done with 420 this year your mind will probably be blown away with the festivities. But, is that enough? Have you melted away the cocoon of winter placed upon you by Michigan’s Siberian like temps? No, and that’s why you need the pure satisfaction of this event. Mystic Mill is presenting a chance to blow your whole face away and fill your
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It’s funny, good hip hop is something I always seem to find myself looking for more of. Like anything amazing in this world, the second you have some you gotta put more in your face. This is the quest. Beats you can feel in your seat. Lyrics that bring about thoughts of some sort of mad scientific genius work on a spoken level. Try and tell me you haven’t heard a song or saw
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It was an oddly warm and foggy night in Detroit, especially for the middle of November. It was perfect as no one wants to go to an electronic show in a triple fat goose jacket. The perfect night and perfect place to see a show at The Fillmore in the D. I was on hand to see Pretty Lights. Described as down-tempo/electronica/ hip hop this group consist of a
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