Artist: Garden Variety

As discussed , Red Hare is a new beast comprised of members of Bluetip, Dag Nasty, Garden Variety and three members of the late, great DC band Swiz. Jason Farrell, Shawn Brown, Dave Eight, and Bluetip-er Joe Gorelick make up the band, who will release their debut LP Nites of Midnite via Dischord/Hellfire on May 21, and you can check out a new track from that punk-y effort, "Be Half," below. As you may know, Red Hare will hit the road with Coliseum as part of a string of [...]

• brooklynvegan - Red Hare - "Be Half"

>> Boston's dark and stormy noise pop concern Chandeliers -- who also will not be playing the newly announced Boston Calling festival Memorial Day Weekend -- returned a couple weeks ago with new music under the deceptively mundane title Monday EP. The actually quite electrifying five-song set picks up where the trio left off with last year's brilliant Big-Shot Weekend cassette . Meaning the band's frenetic intensity, characteristically murky vocals and fiery guitar work remain intact and propel these five new compositions to such great heights. Opener "Swim Gym" sets a brisk pace [...]

In all respects - Garden Variety Download: 01-in-all-respects.mp3 In a song that moves from perfect part to perfect part, my favourite is the one after the "It's all that cracks around [...]

• Garden Variety - In All Respects

I missed last month's epic Garden Variety show, but I'm definitely trying to be there for this one. My boys Tone Liv and Venomous2000 are on the bill alongside heavy hitters like FEED , King Don , Base Bronson , Squeegie-O , Yasin , Meatman Da Butcher and many more. On the wheels we have A-Sharp and Latebloomer , with beats by Divine Drummah , Edobeci and Roads-Art . Edobeci will also be hosting. $5 to get in, hit the FB [...]

The Custodian of Records , AKA Self , is not only a dope as FUCK producer, but he organizes the illest Hip-Hop showcase in/for New Jersey, Garden Variety (you've probably seen me post about it a time or two on this very site). The Shape of Things to Come hooked up with Self for an interview to speak about ::ahem:: the pratfalls of high school, the art of digging for and sampling vinyl, white rappers, and, finally, get to the bottom of why they thought they didn’t like each other . Fucks [...]

I'm still amazed that Capone was at the last Garden Variety. My boy Black Collar Biz posted some video of Capone speaking on the possibility of losing the Trenton Atelier . #WENOTMOVING

Not only does it never stop - it returns outside! The one year anniversary of the Garden Variety shows taking place in Trenton ( yes, it's been a year ! ) is going down April 28th at The Galamo! Featured acts include A Crew Called Listen , Steve Smiff , Moe Fit , Bo Jangelz , Silent Treatment , Popa Chief and more. DJ Ahmad and Latebloomer will be on the decks, with Divine Drummah & J. Gainey on the beats. Need Jersey to [...]

Fifteen minutes of fury. Dude's set is great, especially when he decides to scrap his line-up and asked J. Gainey to just drop a beat and let him spit. Dude's phenomenal. Forgive my camera phone.

It doesn't even know how to stop. Another edition of the #GardenVariety show goes down at the Trenton Atelier on the 31st of March, with cats like Sol Infinite , A Crew Called Listen , Rav P , Biz Mighty , M.I.L. , Scoop and plenty more! Beats from Divine Drummah + J. Gainey , with Ahmad and Latebloomer on the decks. The dude Edobeci is on hosting duties once again. Should be another fresh one. Facebook Event page is live and [...]

Dope montage of pics from last month's #GardenVariety show. I'm actually in a few of these shots - I win! Can't wait for the next one. Shouts to J. Gainey , who also produced the magnificent beat in this piece.

This features the opening cipher, and sets from cats like Willie Dynomite and Yasin .

You might even hear me on some of those "hey, ho!" chants. Shouts to Rich . Shouts to Side-B. previous [recap] #GardenVariety (2/25/2012)

Shouts to everyone who came through to the #GardenVariety show in Trenton last night. Had a nice crowd dumb early, and cats like Rich Quick , Skrew , Black Collar Biz , Mr. Fickle , Moe-Fit The Phenom and King Don set the show off right. There were some cats who got on the mic that I wasn't feeling, but Self set shit straight - he has some ideas that I truly hope come to fruition. As does Kasso . And Tone Liv , who I spent most [...]

The homey Kasso sent over the latest flier for the #GardenVariety show, which is going down at the Trenton Atelier on the 21st of January. Another show hosted by Edobeci, featured acts include Shawn Lov , Steve Smiff , Biz Mighty , Spitatainment , $am Hill and plenty more. Beats from Divine Drummah and DJ Priority , with J. Gaimey & A-$harp on the decks. Hell, they even have Ed Hayes & The Heat playing live! [...]

I always enjoy myself at the Garden Variety shows. Shouts to Self and Kasso for continuing to shine the light on the Jersey Underground, and for heads who come out and experience these shows. In my side convos with guys like Mr. Fickle and Sol Infinite , as well as building briefly with Phace and Divine Drummah , there's not only a shitload of music that I need in my possession SOON, but there's still the ever-present Internet fame vs. Real World fame thing going on. Shows like this help [...]

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I told yall the Garden Variety show was going down twice in Trenton! On the 22nd of October, they're hitting the Trenton Atelier once again, featuring the likes of Black Collar Biz , Myk Dyaleks , Surg , Sol Infinite , Earl Grey , Phace , Ceez and plenty others. Sounds by Divine Drummah and Super Brown Bum , and hosted by Edobeci . $5 donation, doors open at 9PM. What other excuse can you POSSIBLY have?! Hit the Facebook for more details.

Video taken from last night's Garden Variety show.

I knew that the Garden Variety shows from this past Summer we being done to help drum up support/promote the massive Jersey Fresh Jam in August. I had no idea they were going to keep this thing going 'til the wheels fall off, though! The return of the Garden Variety Show hits Trenton on the 1st of October , and features an action-packed line-up, which not only includes Edobeci hosting, but features acts like Sol Zalez , Skrewtape , Rich Quick , King Don , Omega Ice , Jahmil Jasper [...]

I literally took this video with the BB Torch about 12 hours ago, outside of l ast night's Garden Variety show in Trenton, NJ. I finally got to meet Elite Assembly members Deal - The Villain , Daniel Joseph and Myk Dyaleks (as well as the lovely @ haikuguru ). Deal, Myk and I spent a good couple of hours chopping it up outside of the venue, and it ended with DTV dropping a load of beats from a few forthcoming projects. After the last cipher, Deal dropped this instrumental and as you can [...]