Last week's 236th Hunnypot Radio Show was a blowout! The party went late into the night as we celebrated Larken Phillip's B-Day with a jam packed celebration.
Hot Tub Johnnie started things off with new music from Black Lips, The Spinto Band and Australian based electro pop quartet Panama. It didn't stop there though as Hot Tub dropped some bangers in the second half of his set with a new track by Treated Crew (aka Million $ Mano, Gzus Piece, Mic Terror and Hollywood Holt) and the track which is our Video Pick of the Week - DVBBS "DRVGS".
Our musical guest was Boston based artist / singer-songwriter Petrina Foley. Petrina came through the Hot Tub with a Hunnypot exclusive - premiering her soon to be released single "For You", which will be officially released next month and to be followed by her forthcoming untitled EP in early Summer 2012. Petrina also laid out an exceptional live vocal performance featuring harmonies by Lindsay Nourse on her song "I Sit & I Wait" and the unreleased gem "Outside". Be sure to grab a Free Download of "I Sit & I Wait" and stay updated to all the latest on the forthcoming EP.
Like we said we partied hard and to help we had Hunnypot favorites Doc Hollywood do a special live interview session and premiered some new club bangers like "Welcome Home" and "Keep Running" and even dropped some HP classics like "1969", "Smashing Bottles" and the smash hit single "We Run LA". The boys have just released their latest album Spit No Evil with Ras Kass which features the single "Who Popped Ya". Be ready for a big 2012 Summer with all new music from Doc Hollywood!
We saved the best for last as the man of the night, Birthday boy Larken Phillips, got on the 1's and 2's to give us a special handpicked B-Day set of all his classic favorites. Larken had his special guest Moniquea kick off the set with her single "Can't Let You Go" which then lead into an explosion of goodness as Larken dropped classics from Missy Elliot, Eve, Snoop Dogg, DJ Quick's "We Still Poppin'" and "Beat Box" by Art Of Noise. But the highlight by far was his pick of "Conscious Daughters" by Funky Explosion. You can catch Larken kickin' with Hot Tub Johnnie and the rest of the HP Crew every other Monday at Libertine.
Our 236th Hunnypot Radio Sing-A-Long was "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and The Papas!! 04/23/2012
Hot Tub Johnnie wasted no time getting into his new favorites for the 235th Hunnypot Radio show. Johnnie opened the airwaves up with the dark driving new track by Magic Wands “Space” which set the tone early for another classic Hot Tub DJ set. Hot Tub featured other new cuts by Tanlines, Cuckoo Chaos, Vassy, Gorillaz (feat. Andre 3000 & James Murphy) and many more including Lil B!
Industry tastemaker Chris Restivo (Music supervisor, Herzog & Company) made his first guest DJ appearance on the radio show. Chris is an avid music lover who put together a special handpicked selection of his favorite tunes which included the latest and greatest by Kwes “Bashful”, Team Me, Oberhoffer, Mac Miller, POLICA and more. So if your planning on seeing any big Summer blockbuster films and love the music you hear in the trailers and previews, then Chris just might have been the reason why.
Our musical guest of the night was none other than upcoming LA hip hop artist DoZay. This fast rising talent is quickly building a heavy buzz with his videos and singles like “Classmate”. DoZay premiered another one of his forthcoming singles’ “Close” and displayed a killer high energy performance for his bangers “Goin’ In” and “Make It Clap”. Be on the lookout for big things to pop off for DoZay this year – including a new Mixtape, videos and much more! TWITTER
Closing out the night with a full on dance party DJ set was Hunnypot’s Marvin Bonilla. The set featured tracks and mashups by dance heavyweights like Chris Brown, Pitbull, Taio Cruz, Jessie J, Steve Aoki and many others.
Our 235th Hunnypot Radio Sing-A-Long was “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers!! 04/09/2012
As always Hot Tub Johnnie kicked off with a rousing set of new tunes you all should dig into. He dove right in with the latest from These United States “Dead & Gone”, brand new IkE NicE “Pop That Bottles” another banger from our favorite Spanish DJ/producer Sak Noel “Paso (The Nini Anthem)” and also previewed 1 of 3 video picks of the week – Kid Mac’s addictive Summer Jam “She Goes Off” (feat. Mickey Avalon) plus many more new cuts you should hear!
Our featured industry special guest of the night was none other than renowned Music Supervisor and Queen of Clearance, Tracy McKnight (Head of Film & TV, Lionsgate). Tracy had just finished supervising the record breaking blockbuster film Hunger Games and prepared a special handpicked DJ Set of her favorite cuts off the #1 selling Soundtrack. The featured gems in her set were Arcade Fire’s single “Abraham’s Daughter”, KiD CuDi’s “The Ruller and The Killer”, Punch Brother’s “Dark Days” and the amazing Birdy with her song “Just A Game”. Tracy was also the very first person to ever play Taylor Swift on the HP airwaves…yes Taylor’s Hunnypot Cherry was broken! Overall one of the best interviews we have had on Hunnypot, so if you missed it, head over to the Hunnypot Radio page and check out the entire interview!
Our musical guest of the night was the up and coming Detroit piano duo, Mr. Piano Killer. The boys played a smoothed out set of chill piano jams layered with soothing vocals that perfectly laced the steaming Hunnypot crowd. Be sure to check out their set for their performance of “Broken Wing” and a killer rendition of Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games”!
DJ Boom Shack returned to his original set position and featured new cuts from A.Dd+, Clear Soul Forces, Azealia Banks, The Shoes, Tove Styrke and Basnectar.
Our 234th Hunnypot Radio Sing-A-Long was “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen!! 03/26/2012
We welcome acclaimed music supervisor and industry professional Tracy McKnight (VP of Film Music, Lionsgate). Tracy has just finished up work on The Hunger Games and has been credited on over 100 films in her long celebrated career. Some of her most notable films include - Adventureland, Friends With Money, The Ice Harvest, Coffee and Cigarettes and most recent Warrior. Tracy will be joining Hot Tub Johnnie for an exclusive interview and DJ set of handpicked gems that we are all looking forward to!!
Our musical guest is Mr. Piano Killer an upcoming group out Detroit who has recently signed to LA Record Label 5AM Collective. Mr. Piano Killer will be bringing his mix of solo piano acoustic gems to Hunnypot Radio. Be sure to check out the beautifully crafted "Statues" and "A While"
Filling in for Hot Tub was DJ Boom Shack who put together a slammin’ set of new handpicked tunes to jam to. Boom Shack featured new cuts from The Mynabirds “Generals”, the Owsley Brothers “Hot Mess”, the addictive new Charli XCX single “Nuclear Seasons”, LA’s own Wildcat! Wildcat! “Mr. Quiche” and Boom Shacks’ latest hangover anthem “Sh*t Got Crazy” by A.Dd+ out of Austin TX.
Julie Moe (ole Songs) took expertise to the test and passed with flying colors during her tribute set to the late Notorious B.I.G. who passed away 15 years ago on March 9th. Handpicking some quality Biggie gems including “Who Shot Ya”, “Unbelievable” and the all time classic “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)”.
Julie also brought to the show our first featured performer of the night Adam Lasher, a former contestant on NBC’s The Voice and also a rising LA singer-songwriter with an absolute killer voice and not to mention the nephew of Carlos Santana. Adam played a few songs live from the Hot Tub including a smoking’ cover of Estelle’s “American Boy” and also featured his rockin new single “Lie To Me” – the title track off his brand new EP. We expect big things in 2012 for this young talent. Keep up with the latest Adam Lasher news, shows and updates.
Our final performer artist on the night was the beautiful Pasadena r&b/pop singer-songwriter Moniquea, who lit up the Hunnypot airwaves with her soothing yet powerful vocals. Moniquea performed her bangin’ West Coast single “Can’t Let You Go” off her most recent self titled album and also featured the new unreleased 80s stylized banger “Not Enough” and deep album cut “Johnny”. Moniquea has a big 2012 planned including a video in the works for “Can’t Let You Go”. Be sure to follow @1Moniquea for all the latest happenings.
First timer DJ Bernz closed out the night with a special surprise handpicked set loaded with funky soulful gems. Bernz rocked out with cuts like Mariachi El Bronx “Revolution Girls”, Quantic’s “Sol Clap”, Smoove and Turrell’s “Hard Work” and The Heavy classic “Colleen”. Stay ready as we are sure to have another DJ Bernz funky train party again very soon!! 03/12/0212
Our 233rd Hunnypot Radio Sing-A-Long was “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees!!
Our 232nd Hunnypot Radio Show was a doozy! Hot Tub Johnnie kicked off as always and had a killah set of new tunes for us to hear. Kicking off with one from his latest favorites "Elephants" by Blaudzun transitioning right into the brand new single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" by The Darkness! Hot Tub also tipped us to fresh new cuts from Gzuz Piece "On My Mind", Future's latest banger "Tony Montana" and "Unbelievers" by The Deans List. That's only a few so check out the rest of his goodies on the playlist to the right --->
Award winning author and music publishing guru Randy Poe (President, Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing) was our special industry guest DJ of the night. Randy came on the show in support of his new book titled Stalking The Red Headed Stranger. Randy spoke sharing some great stories and tips from the book – where he chased American icon Willie Nelson across Canada, in his attempt to pitch a single song to the Red Headed Stranger. The book is a guide to the art and history of professional song plugging - not one to miss! So given that Randy put together a Willie Nelson tribute DJ set in honor of his book. he featured classics like…"Truck Drivin' Man", "Pancho and Lefty", "Bloody Mary Morning" and superb rendition of Willie covering Coldplay's "The Scientist".
LA electro, dance pop duo Das Tapes provided a energized set of hard rocking electro dance beats. Before killing it live we opened the set with their latest single "This Party" (if you haven't seen the video -check it out!). The boy's officially started the party with an absolute dynamite performance of their songs "Black Ferrari" and "Neon Boots" which you can find on their latest self titled EP which is available on Bandcamp!
Our 232nd Hunnypot Radio Sing-A-Long was "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson!! 02/27/2012
We welcome LA electro-pop duo Das Tapes, consisting of Kevin and Mark Ignatius who will bring their dark, sexy and feverish synth driven pop experience to Hunnypot Radio. They will be doing an exclusive live performance and interview from the Hot Tub! We expect a wild dance party to erupt so be ready to move and shake that thang!
We're honored to have Grammy Award nominee and award winning author Randy Poe (President, Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing) as our industry guest professional. Randy has represented literally hundreds of the greatest songs in the history of popular music, including "Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "What a Wonderful World", "Chapel of Love" and "Summer in the City" to name a few. He will be joining Hot Tub Johnnie for an interview and DJ set promoting his latest book "Stalking the Red Headed Stranger" - a guide to the art and history of professional song plugging. You will not want to miss this as Randy will be sharing some great stories and tips from the book - where he chased American icon Willie Nelson across Canada, in his attempt to pitch a single song to the Red Headed Stranger.
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We will also be celebrating DJ Boom Shack's Birthday - so yes be ready to party all night long!
Last week's Hunnypot Radio Show was insane fun, as we celebrated Hot Tub Johnnie's B-Day with a blowout celebration!
Hot Tub Johnnie tapped into his party zone and blew the night open with dance party jams. The set featured - YG's "Bitches Ain’t Shit (feat. Tyga & Nypsey Hustle)", Azealia Banks' latest with Machinedrum "NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND)", Das Tapes' "This Party" and HP favorites Dr. Hollywood's slamin' new jam "Pack Up and Go"! He even squeezed in new tracks by special guests who were in attendance Kosha Dillz "West Coast Flavor" and Chi-town MC Keith Master's fresh new single "Gary Busey".
Unfortunately special guest, music supervisor Frankie Pine (Whirly Girl Music) was unable to attend. However saving the set in her place was Frankie's right hand lady the wonderful Mandi Collier (Whirly Girl Music). Frankie handpicked a fun set country rockin' tunes including the brand new Jane Dear Girls song "Good Good Girls Gone Bad" which is the Theme Song to their new ABC show G.C.B. which premieres Sunday, March 4th.
Our first musical guest was LA Hip Hop artist Roshawn Dollars who performed a couple smoked out bangers off his latest mixtape Dead Roses including "D.I." and "Shake". You can download the Dead Roses mixtape for FREE.
DJ Boom Shack's set featured new tracks by 3x Grammy Award winner Skrillex with "My Good Bye" and also Grimes' latest single "Genesis" off her album Visions. Boom Shack also spun Jo LuQ's exciting new single "LA Girls"!
To close out the night in style - we had a special guest performance by rising LA hip hop MC Kosha Dillz who is fresh off his latest Super Bowl ad placement for his song "Cellular Phone". Kosha performed his classic freestyle "Everything Is Kosha" and an exclusive track titled "Dave Grohl". 2/13/2012
Our musical guest is LA hip hop artist/producer Roshawn Dollars. Roshawn will be stopping by the Hot Tub to party down with Hot Tub Johnnie and perform a couple songs off his latest mix tape Dead Roses which has topped over 40k hits in less than a month. Check out the mixtape and the bangin' 808 based title track "Dead Roses" available at datPiff.
Hot Tub Johnnie & Gil Goddard rocked out last week as he broadcasted live from Casa del Popolo in the heart of Montreal!
Johnnie played some hot new tracks from the ole catalogue including "Closer" by Silver Starling, "Go Berserk" by Mark Sultain and also new cuts from Lindi Ortega "A Little Bit High" and Dru "Give Her What She Wants".
The first guest DJ was music supervisor Jeremy Blechet from Ubisoft. Jeremy had a killer set - which included jams like The Nerves' classic "Hanging On The Telephone" which was made famous by Blondie and also the latest cuts from AM & Shawn Lee "Different Forces", Birdy Nam Nam "Defiant Order" and much more that you should check out!
Michael Rault performed an amazing solo acoustic set - playing tracks off his latest album MA-ME-O. Including...the garage, blues rockers "Let Me Go" and "Call Me On The Phone".
Guest DJ Ghostbeard from (Ninja Tune / Third Side Music) closed out the show with an insane energized set featuring cuts from DJ Food "Giant", Wiley "Boom Blast", !!! "Dear Can" and many many more!
Hot Tub Johnnie picked a classic for the Sing-A-Long and had the entire Casa del Popolo singing Nick Gilder's "Hot Child In The City" - what an amazing night it was!! 01/30/2012
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Another classic night at Libertine on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood CA! THE KINGS (MISTER ZERO & DAVID DIAMOND "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" surprised us with a quick interview. Hot Tub Johnnie welcomed his dear friend Jon Rosner to the party for an official "Interview" (As always the word is used loosely) and DJ Set. We chatted to Mr. Downstairs and Jo’ LuQ performed live. Mark Foley a.k.a. DJ Boom Shack closed out the Hunnypot get-down.
The Guess Who - American Woman was our Sing-A-Long. 01/23/2012 -John Anderson
Longtime music publisher and veteran tastemaker Jon Rosner (JR Music) will be joining us in the Hot Tub for an interview and DJ set of some of his latest favorites. Rosner, formerly of The Bicycle Music Company has a deep musical mind and an appreciation for great songs. We all are very excited to have him with us.
Our 3rd and final guest of the evening is California raised hip hop emcee Jo’ LuQ. His songs focus on the culture of Hip Hop and celebrate the spirit of life. He'll be making his first live appearance in the Hot Tub. We urge you to check out his video for "Backpack" and also be ready for the club banger "Liquor In My Cup".
Our first guests are LA indie, pop rockers Mr. Downstairs. The group is the brainchild of Dani Artaud formerly of widely popular electro/pop dance group the Millionaires and Asia Whiteacre. Their infectious new single called "Legendary" has created quite the buzz on YouTube sparking many people to offer their own renditions of the song. Be sure to check out the official "Legendary" video on YouTube as we expect a very busy 2012 for this group.
2012 kicks off with a bang!! Hunnypot Radio opened up with its first show of the New Year at the Libertine. Thanks to all who came out it was an incredible night!
Hot Tub Johnnie's first track of 2012 was Charles Bradley w/ "Heartaches & Pain". His set would get even better with tracks like "212" by Azealia Banks - one of Johnnie's top artists to watch for 2012. With new songs from Mic Terror, Dru, Ke$ha and Hunnypot favorite Far East Movement who will be releasing their sophomore album later this year.
LA pop, rock, soul singer-songwriter Jason Hemmens performed a brilliant 2 song set featuring his top single "Kissing, Dancing, Singing" and the instrumental jazz masterpiece "People of the Street" which included a captivating saxophone solo by Hemmens. His live performances have been creating quite a buzz in LA and we expect even bigger stages this year and possibly a national tour - we'll keep posted.
Top industry tastemaker Carter Smith (founder/owner, Rollo & Grady Music Blog) made a special guest appearance on to play some of his current top rock gems. Highlighted favorites from the set were - Analog Rebellion "Father Abraham(Demo)", the exclusive premiere of King Khan & The Shrines' "Bite My Tounge", The Owsley Brothers' "Pure Lust" and Cheerleader "Do What You Want". Be sure to head over to Rollo & Grady to check out his top Industry and Artist album picks for 2011 - including Hot Tub Johnnies' top album list.
Sum-in-1, the rising LA hip hop producer/MC took over the air-waves to perform 2 bangers "Venga Venga" and "Listen To The Beat" off his latest full length LP And Then Sum. The album is a collection a finely crafted hip hop, pop, rock, reggae and dubstep songs including the golden nuggets "Launch Pad", "If I Fall" and "Underground Anthem" whose video was last week's pick of the week. Sum-in-1 has new videos in the works and is preparing for a 3 concert tour in Japan - big things on the way!
DJ Boom Shack handpicked his premiere Hunnypot set which included new cuts from The Escapists "Post Gospel Blues", Tinie Tempah "You Know What" and VA hip hop MC Cane and his banger "Crewz Pop 2011". Be sure to check out the full show to stream or download at the Hunnypot Radio site.
Our 228th sing-a-long was "Believe" by Cher. 01/02/2012
Musical guest Jason Hemmens will be performing live. This rising young LA pop, soul, rock singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist is quickly becoming a well known live attraction around LA. Jason, a true multi-instrumentalist, who is, as well as being an accomplished vocalist, fluent on Saxophone, Harmonica, Piano and Bass, has performed with the legendary Stevie Wonder and many others. Be sure to check out his music video for "Kissing Dancing Singing".
LA's own Sum-in-1 will be on hand to perform a few tracks off his latest album And Then Sum. This MC/producer is quickly proving himself as one of the top artists to watch in 2012. Providing a fresh new sound his latest effort And Then Sum has everything from Dubstep, hip hop, pop, rock and reggae influenced sounds. Be sure to check out his latest videos for "Launch Pad" and "Underground Anthem".
We premiered this exclusive collaboration back in July and now we have for the first time, exclusively through Hunnypot - the premier of the music video for the wildly hilarious "Fine Ladies" !
Please note -- This is a teaser trailer in the hope it inspires others to submit a video interpretation to the "Fine Ladies" dance jam.
