Our new video of the week is "Toot it and Boot It" from Def Jam hip-hop artist YG. The Compton based rapper just played a killer show on the strip at the Key Club on October 20th and his song "Toot It and Boot It" is receiving heavy airplay on radio across the country. Keep your eyes on this rising star in the hip-hop music world.
Special thanks to our guests…
Sharon Jennings (APM Music), Gregg Allen (APM Music), Mark Gibbons (APM Music), Todd Roberts (The Daily Swarm & Truant Media), The Eff Ukes, Kimmie Lucas, Chris Rubin, John Kueen, Lauren Bennett, Atalia Lopez, Larken Phillips, E-Train, Michael J. Silverstein (E-Train Music), Marvin Bonilla, Justin Born, Kevin Kent (High Dessert Music), Lindsay Nourse, Sergio Sanchez, Juan Gonzales, Colleen Crumb, Mike Moeller, Jeff “Pesci” Gray, Jason Kramer (Elias Arts & KCRW) & many more!
Our video pick of the week comes from Venice, Italy's Hard Ton for his song "Earthquake". Known in Italy as the XXL Disco Diva, Hard Ton, delivers smokey falsetto styled vocal sounds backed with heavy accelerated dance floor beats! Big shout out to David "Whitey" Weitzman for turning us on to Hard Ton!
DJ Hot Tub kicked the night off with a classic, as he played the "Hawaii Five-O" theme song by The Ventures! It only made sense with the new show just recently premiering. ASVA and their latest song "Birds" was played next and big shout outs to Stuart Dahlquist of ASVA who was throwing a Hunnypot Listening party in the Seattle area and spreading the HP love all over! Hot Tub also got into Kings Of Leon's latest "Radioactive" and also previewed the hot new banger "Big Girl" (feat. Mic Terror) by HP artist Gzus Piece!
Jennifer DaRe of ATN Management was our first and only guest DJ of the night and wow did she come and completely bring it! Jennifer featured some great new artists that she is currently working with including Allen Stone out of Seattle, WA who is bringing a killer R&B/Soul sound with his song "Another Break Up Song". Some other great new artists she plugged were the Lakes w/ "Oh Lovely" and the latest from Andrew Ripp "Saviour". Jennifer also took a dip into the Hot Tub for a quick interview where she spoke about the All Together Now Showcase at SXSW, which is presented by ATN Management. Click on the link above to check out her killer website!
Our musical guests of the night LA's own Ryan Bradley Affair brought to us by Jennifer DaRe, ATN Mgmt. The boys came on and performed a killer set of some deep rooted country rock and had the Libertine swingin' and dancin' for their whole set! Check out their smokin' single "Pistol Packing" off their latest release Don't You Know It's True!
We closed the night off with a great Hunnypot sing-a-long rendition of The Ramones classic "Blitzkieg Bop"!
Due to personal reasons our first featured guest Prince Sole was unable to make his scheduled appearance. Our thoughts were with Prince all night.
Special thanks to our guests...
Ryan Bradley, Jennifer DaRe (ATN Management), Tyler Stipe, Mario Montes, Justin Valvidia, Larken Phillips, Stacee Coleman, Dani Endrei (Blue Sky Soda), Mazcel Hicks, Micah Faulkner, Briana Beauvoir (JuJu Jerky), Brian Rasner, Jason Kramer (KCRW DJ), Sammy H. Greenspan, Sarah Smiles, Tre Tuna, Patrick Riefflin, Ferg Fresh, Marvin Bonilla, Colleen Crumb and many many more!
Our latest video pick is The King Khan & BBQ Show's "I'll Be Loving You" from the ole Songs music catalog! King Khan & BBQ Show hail from Montreal, Quebec and is a two man band consisting of Mark Sultan aka BBQ Show and King Khan (King Khan & the Shrines). The boys are bringing a mix of that killer lo-fi sound with influences of punk and doo-wop.
"I'll Be Loving You" can be found on The King Khan & BBQ Show's latest release Invisible Girl
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Kissy Sell Out, DJ Rasadon, John Melillo, Larken Phillips, Brittany Burgos, Marvin Bonilla, Ajisha Glaspy, Sammy H. Greenspan, Casey Dunmore (Schpilkas), Sterlyn Jones, Shok, Katrina Schmoranzer, Sara Rafferty, Sergio Sanchez, Joshua Edmond, Adam Schlachter, Diana Szyszkiewicz, Juan Gonzalez, Justin Born, Dani Endrei (Blue Sky), Colleen Crumb, Christopher Hawley.)
Hunnypot artist's and LA favorites Robotanists, release their brand new video for "Exiled State of Mind" which is a conscious/alternative take, on Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind". The new video is directed by Byron Turk & photographed by Jessy Plume at AREA 11 STUDIOS in Downtown Los Angeles.
"Exiled State of Mind" can be found on the 12" vinyl album, CURRENT, and the digital album, SHAPES AND VARIATIONS.
Help!! Robotanists, Kick Start their new album and tour PLANS IN PROGRESS!
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Little Owl Recordings Indie Pop artist Dev, recently released her latest video for The Cataracs produced banger "Booty Bounce"! The video was directed by Ethan Lader and has Dev draped in over 26+ outfits provided by Hellz Bellz Clothing. The hook-up between Dev and Hellz goes back to when Dev used to intern for the company.
Check out the video and follow Dev at...
Special thanks to our guests...
Thomas Golubic', Yael Meyer, Deacon (Yael Meyer), Shiben Bhattacharya (Yael Meyer), Sammy H. Greenspan, Larken Phillips (Strictly Saggin' Records), Brad Spencer, Brittany Burgos, Nicole Herrman, Seline Beauvoir, Brianna Beaavoir, Jessica Craft, Jeff "Pesci" Gray (Fox Sports), Marvin Bonilla, Greg Moeser, Sterlyn Jones, Wilson Wilson (Wilsonic), Petrina Foley, Colleen Crumb, Adam Schlachter, Mariel Pietrykoski, Shawn Hitchcock, Emily Smith, Julie Moe, Sergio Sanchez, Justin Born, Juan Gonzales, Delta Ogata, Tony Moyer, Ajisha Glaspy and many more!
Special thanks to our guests…
Foxxglove, Kii Arens, Jeff “Pesci” Gray, Sarah Smiles (Happy Birthday!) Bri Burgos, Casey Dunmore, Larken Phillips, Petrina Foley, Colleen Crumb, Lindsay Nourse, Marvin Bonilla, Mark N. Foley, Christopher Hawley,Diana Szyszkiewicz, Kevin Kent, Delta Ogata, Tony Moyer, Tre’ Tuna, Ryan Wollen, Pat Reifflin, Jason Kramer, Warren Reed, Donald Rios and many more!