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Underworld is a British electronic group hailing from England. After forming in 1980, the group became known for their visual style and dynamic live performances. This black and white video for their new song, Nylon Strung, shows images of faces and hands while their melodic electronica plays in the background. This conceptual video is both interesting and hypnotic and showcases their ability to make their artistic vision a reality.

Nylon Strung is taken from Underworld’s new album ‘Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future’, out now.

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Formed at a party in 2009, heavy metal singer Max and DJ Wawashi fuse their seemingly incompatible styles to make the disco duo Hard Ton. The mix of Sylvester-styled falsettos and contemporary beats make for music that reminds the listener of the past while moving them to dance in the present. The video features an epic battle between Karl Lagerfeld and a multi-eyed monster, fought with lasers, fireballs, and perfume. Check it out and tell us what you think!

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Formed in New York City in 2010, Parquet Courts is our favorite quirky to rock band to spin during our Hunnypot DJ Sets! With their new album Human Performance, the band takes on a slightly more mature sound, mixing their iconic eccentricities and feedback with elevated lyricism and implied political nuances that may originate from their time in the DIY punk scene. Sensitive and odd, their new video features a puppet party that makes the viewer uncomfortable enough to think. Check it out and tell us what you think! 

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Rah Rah Ree, Kick 'em in the knee! Rah Rah Rass, kick 'em in the other knee!  Lets give it up for another homecoming game quality Hunnypot Live! Show. 

Ryan Taalbi started the event with his smooth on air introduction and commentary.  John Anderson quarterbacked from the start and threw pass after glorious pass of musical touchdowns. Our guest DJ Marko Desantis brought his special teams skills and gave us a 100 yard sprint of his rich musical history and tastes.  

Bronson Wisconsin delivered #1 draft pick level Americana music and performance, Denmantau brought us unique futbol style all the way from Germany, Groove Martini played a halftime show worthy dance music set, Swerve played killer defense and scored with the audience and Veronica Loren victory danced and sang in the end zone and nearly got flagged. Bri & Jaz got drafted to provide their DJ stylings between sets and rocked the dance party late in to the night.  7-11-16

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MARKO DESANTIS (SUGARCULT INTERVIEW/DJ SET) 

Marko DeSantis is a music professional best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of modern rock n roll band Sugarcult, with whom he has toured worldwide and sold over a million records since launching out of Santa Barbara, CA in 2001. Sugarcult released three studio records which spawned hit singles such as; "Bouncing Off the Walls", "Pretty Girl (The Way)", “Do It Alone” and "Memory".   They’ve also released a documentary DVD, a live album, a “best of”/concert-DVD.

As a DJ Marko has played his eclectic mix at night clubs and special events all over America (NYC/Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc); in Russia, Australia, Bahamas (311 Cruise), Mexico, UK, as well as holding down several week-long residencies in Tokyo, Japan.  Corporate event clients who have enlisted Marko's DJ services include:  Nike, Playboy, Vans/Warped Tour, GitHub, Blurb, Hard Rock Hotel, Hurley, Deckers/Teva, etc. Marko also writes songs, composes music for film and television, and does artist development coaching for other artists.
 
As an educator, Marko is currently an adjunct professor at several top music colleges (MI, LACM & Citrus), where he lectures on music business, artist development, songwriting and the new music industry.  He has been an invited guest speaker & panelist at SXSW, New Noise Fest, Taxi Road Rally, Kenshu Japan, UCLA, Camp Jam/Power Chord Academy, etc

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BRONSON WISCONSIN

Bronson Wisconsin is a tasteful collaboration of Alt-Country, Indie-Rock, and everything in between. Growing up as one of 9 kids in a musically diverse home, brothers Bronson and Preston was exposed to all the music they could handle and more than enough instruments needed to express themselves. Spending the long, cold Wisconsin winters the same way they spent the hot and beautiful summers, practicing their craft. 

After achieving success as the globally recognized latin duo, Taalbi Brothers, Bronson went on expressing a different side of himself as a singer and as a songwriter. What started out as a "one day one song" demoing session, quickly turned into "3 days, 6 songs" and before they realized it, the brothers had themselves their first EP as Bronson Wisconsin.

"That Damn Piano" is releasing on Friday, June 10th in Bronson Wisconsin's hometown of Madison, WI.

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DENMANTAU

This five-piece German band has developed a unique genre that is now known as Bohemian/Dance Rock. Their new sound combines many different genres like folk, funk, jazz, rock, and many others. With the sound of a trumpet, acoustic/electric-guitar, keys, bass, and drums, the combo grooves together with sharp lyrics, expressive melodies and theatrical appearance. Their unique sound is centered around the trumpet, sealing the deal of a modern rock 'n' roll experience. 

Starting their world tour from Australia/New Zealand over to Europe and all the way to California, they choose Los Angeles as their new home base. Having self-produced their first ("Mess of Melodies") and second ("Street Pulse") EP in a professional recording studio, DenManTau released their most recent EP ("Busker's Philosophy) in 2013. They are ready to take on their conquest not only spreading their music across the world but also being the first band on the moon!

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GROOVE MARTINI

Groove Martini is a 10 piece cover band, based in LA, comprising of some of the industry’s hottest musicians today. They’ve got a great line-up of players, that includes a full horn section, percussion, backing and Lead vocals bringing the finest Top40s, Funk, Rock, Blues, Pop, RnB, Motown and Dance. Groove Martini recently open for Macy Grey at the Saban Theater. Who's ready to PARTY!

Members: Vocals - Suvi Suresh& Aiym Almas, Drums - Lemuel Clark, Bass - Nipun Nair, Guitar - Leo Goh, Keys - Avelino Ramirez,  Perc - Zach Nazar, Alto Sax - Brandon Valerino, Trumpet - Tristan Hurd, Trombone - Sean A. Shackelford

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SWERVE

Swerve is a four-piece indie rock band based in Los Angeles, CA. Crafting melodic, guitar-driven tunes, singer-songwriter Gregory Mahdesian leads the band with a vision of staying true to the foundations of alt-rock. Together with local musicians Casey Baird on drums, Ryan Berti on guitar and Brandon Duncan on bass, Swerve creates songs reminiscent of the Britpop and Grunge movements with a modern sensibility and a healthy dose of their Californian personalities. Swerve made their official debut last fall with a self-titled EP release which lent to rave reviews; "the band has quickly created a memorable sound," describes PureVolume. Swerve is currently performing locally while recording a second EP, expected for release by the end of this year.

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VERONICA LOREN

Star Five Thirteen actor and model, Veronica Loren, returns to the Hot Tub to again dazzle us with her musical prowess. I'm sure there will be a costume change or two and her band includes a full horn section, it's sexy time!

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Michete, a transfeminine non-gender-pronoun-abiding rapper hailing from Spokane Valley, WA, violates dolls and minds in his new video "Come Get It, Daddy." The song showcases Michete diss-rapping about a cycle of seduction and repudiation over the synthy techno beats of DJ Reverend Dollars in a fashion that not only makes you dance, but also makes you think. Michete was previously identified as having one of the "Best 50 Hip Hop Albums of 2015" by Spin, a magazine which also picked "Come Get It, Daddy" as one of "The Best 66 Songs of 2016" last Sunday. Check out Michete's video, Don't miss Michete's return to Hunnypot Live at The Mint 10/2/17! 

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In 2014, singer/songwriter Georgia and producer DWhiz collaborated to create the duo LiiNKS. Hailing from Canada, they combine Georgia’s haunting vocals with DWhiz’s cinematic beats. This electronic-pop sound is exemplified in their new music video for the song “This Feeling”. When asked about inspiration for the song, Georgia stated, “all our songs come from personal experience and this tune is about falling in love with an understanding that nothing lasts forever. Nothing stays easy and we just wanted to write about those love-at -first-site feelings and wanting to hold on to them forever.”

Recently LiiNKS was featured on several high profile electronic viral hits with artists Datsik, Mord Fustang and Ephwurd which combined have had over 3 million plays online. Their most recent collaboration was with Datsik and Blink 182’s Travis Barker on the song Dark Star that LiiNKS co-wrote and features Georgia on vocals. LiiNKS is currently writing and recording in LA and working on their debut EP set for release in late 2016.

LiiNKS will be performing at the Hunnypot Live show on August 8 at The Mint. This event is open to all ages and is free.

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Paris Jones, aka PJ, is an R&B/Soul singer raised between North Carolina and Georgia. Currently based in Los Angeles, she combines her infectious voice, with upbeat, fun lyrics. Her new music video for her song “Gangster” highlights her fun spirit by showing an alter ego of herself as “the type that don’t take shit from no one” as described in the song.

PJ has songwriting credits on songs from artists such as G-Eazy, Charlie Puth, Kevin Gates, and Ty Dolla $ign. She is currently signed to Atlantic Records and her new project “Rare” arrives July 15.

PJ will be performing at Hunnypot Live on September 5 at The Mint. The event is open to all ages, and is free.

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Based in Glasgow, Scotland DBFC is composed of Dombrance, David Shaw, Antoine Reininger and Guillaume Rossel and together they are a fusion of Disco, House, Techno, Indie, Post Punk, New Wave and most things in between! In their own words "DBFC has no strategy, DBFC is not interested in any political lies or promises, DBFC is inspired by the spontaneous combustion of the sixties and the endless possibilities of dance music, DBFC is not afraid to be accused of being schizophrenic nor longing to be praised for its diversity, DBFC refuses to choose between making dance records or rock records"  The song Autonomic in particular is very reminiscent of an 80s sound with a New Disco vibe and a throwback style of 4:3 aspect ratio with a lower resolution opposed to the traditional widescreen almost all videos are shot in today.  I don't think this is unintentional it clearly is meant to fit the vibe of the song and the stock footage while seemingly random chromatically fits the song as it progresses through the video.

 

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From Los Angeles, CA Jasmine Jordan explores the different facets of love coming from a strong, confident, yet still imperfect person, to create rich stories that are heartfelt and empowering. Incorporating the soulfulness of Groove Theory, the sweetness of early Mariah Carey, and the sexiness and edge of Aaliyah, Jasmine stands out in the trending alternative pool with her timeless lyrics and sound. Jordan just released her 'Things Change' EP  this year and followed it with a tour around California.  Her Single 'Man Down' is a raw emotion felt vocal with crying guitar in the bridge. The song evokes the pain of loss but also conveys that the pain is only temporary and you must move on.

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CC Dust is a new synth-pop duo consisting of Mary Jane Dunphe of Olympia, Washington's Vexx and Laurent Dagnicour. Their debut single, "Never Going To Die" showcases the duo's love of both dancing and electronic beats. Although Dunphe is known for her punk influence as a frontwoman, she clearly lets loose in this new project. In the video, she triumphantly dances near water as cosmic synths bump in the background. This is the kind of airy, dreamy, synth music you would want to be dancing to all night. 

 

 

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