Coming off the release of the intensely personal opus that was Brick Body Kids Still Daydream released last year, Los Angeles-based rapper and comedian Open Mike Eagle has revealed a new track, “Relatable (peak OME),” in anticipation of a soon to arrive new project What Happens When I Try to Relax. A dense layering of biting social […]

There’s no better way to enjoy a hot Summer night than with live music under the stars. Block Party production Into the Night is celebrating the Summer SOULstice at The Skirball Cultural Center on Friday, July 8th with very special performances by indie disco queen Gavin Turek and the wildly wonderful art-rapper Open Mike Eagle. You can also […]

As his moniker might imply, Chi-town transplant Open Mike Eagle crafts improvised, “art rap” of his own design–hammering out a niche for himself and sparking the most exciting underground hip-hop album of the year in the process. Hella Personal Film Festival is in itself a mighty collaboration between Eagle and British producer Paul White, but […]

Passion of the Weiss is an online publication that’s been churning out badass music/film/TV features, with an in-depth focus on hip-hop, since 2005. The critically acclaimed blog, edited by our friend and LA based writer/journalist Jeff Weiss, is ready to celebrate 10 prosperous years with a celebration at The Echo on Sunday, September 6th. The […]

Listed as one of our best L.A. concerts to check out this month are R&B hip hop duo, THEEsatisfaction. We last caught rapper Stasia “Stas” Irons and singer Catherine “Cat” Harris-White at The Echo back in 2012 where they left us wanting more of their funkadelic beats. Their second album EarthEE is set to be released just four […]

THEE Satisfaction are Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White and the duo live/laugh/love/dance and create in Seattle, but they’re brought their talents to L.A. last Tuesday, at the Echo. All their material is produced by themselves, which results in a very enjoyable fusion of funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epics with the warmth and depth of Black Jazz and Sunday morning soul, […]

THEESatisfaction are Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White and the duo live/laugh/love/dance and create in Seattle, WA, but they’re bringing their talents to L.A. when they play at the Echo on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. All their material is produced by themselves, which results in a very enjoyable fusion of funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epics with the warmth and […]