
I've caught Lyrics Born in basements, bars, and at various festivals throughout the years. He's been good to Madison, making it a usual stopping point for him on his tours. This time through he'll play the Majestic Theatre on Friday, November 7th . Tickets: $17 Advance / $20 Day of Show On Sale: September 5th Myspace: Lyrics Born Find more MP3's at The Hype Machine or buy stuff from Strictly Discs [...]
by bmac This weekend another one of my friends hooked up with a woman in her 40s. Is it just me or did American Pie open a crazy can-o-worms with the whole milf thing? Don't get me wrong, it's awesome. I'm just surprised sometimes at how common it is to hear terms like milf and couger. It's as if Stiffler's mom made it socially acceptable for middle-aged women to have sex with younger guys. A true pioneer. Get em' all at [...]

Outside Lands Music Festival put on the first nighttime event Golden Gate Park has seen in over 30 years. The park is a pivotal site in rock n roll history and thankfully the festival helped prove that the park still knows how to party. I started the festival off by checking out Carney – a poppy classic rock band from Los Angeles. They dressed like a bunch of gypsies, they all have long hair, all the boys are babes and the singer has a dreamy voice [...]
Outside Lands Music Festival put on the first nighttime event Golden Gate Park has seen in over 30 years. The park is a pivotal site in rock n roll history and thankfully the festival helped prove that the park still knows how to party. I started the festival off by checking out Carney – a poppy classic rock band from Los Angeles. They dressed like a bunch of gypsies, they all have long hair, all the boys are babes and the singer has a dreamy voice [...]
photos by james siciliano Check out James' photo gallery from day 1 of the San Francisco Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival . We spoke to him a little while ago and it sounds like the festival is pretty amazing. He mentioned that Lyrics Born killed it. Full coverage of day 1 festivities should be coming along shortly.

after all the anticipation, the outside lands festival kicks off tonight with a terrific opening line-up capped, of course, by radiohead. you can find (and print) the stage and time slot assignments for all three days here . if there's one complaint we have looking forward to this evening it's how we're supposed to juggle more or less concurrent sets by beck, the black keys and lyrics born, all of which make our must-see list for the weekend. guess we'll manage somehow. anyway, we'll be posting each morning a quick preview of our [...]

In and around 5 PM (PST), the initial edition of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival gets underway in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. While the historic park has hosted numerous rock concerts over the years, Radiohead will hold the distinction of being the first act to actually play there after sundown. The three-day [...] In and around 5 PM (PST), the initial edition of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival gets underway in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. While the historic park has hosted numerous rock concerts over the years, Radiohead will hold the distinction [...]

Solesides and Def Jux have finally released new information about the long awaited The Mighty Underdogs album Droppin' Science Fiction . The hip hop group, composed of underground heavyweights the Gift of Gab , Lateef the Truthspeaker , and Headnodic , will drop their debut full-length on October 14. We also now know all of the special guests on the album. Based on the fact that the Underdogs' EP The Prelude featured collaborators on just about every track, we shouldn't be surprised by the list. [...]
With the Outside Lands Festival coming up this weekend, we thought it'd be awful helpful to pull together playlists for each day of the festival so you can sample to a bit of each artist before you go. I've tried to find representative and/or live songs for each artist to give a good idea of what you're in store for. With our fancy new media player, you can even hit the little play button next to any song and listen to it as a mix even without downloading anything. Here is the first of three days. [...]
With the Outside Lands Festival coming up this weekend, we thought it'd be awful helpful to pull together playlists for each day of the festival so you can sample to a bit of each artist before you go. I've tried to find representative and/or live songs for each artist to give a good idea of what you're in store for. With our fancy new media player, you can even hit the little play button next to any song and listen to it as a mix even without downloading anything. Here is the first of three days. [...]

The SOFTD comes from Bay Area rapper Lyrics Born . The track is off of his album Everywhere at Once . Lyrics is highly respected in the Hip-Hop world; he's preformed with the following groups: Apsci, Blackalicious, The Blacktop Project, Honeycut, Latyrx Lifesavas, Marcus And The Hendersons, Lateef and the Chief (Maroons) and The Poets of Rhythm. Check out his music on (iTunes) Download (Right-Click Save As): MP3: Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It

Download (Right-Click Save As): MP3: Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind (Stereo MCs Remix) MP3: Gorillaz - Dare MP3: Jamie T - Salvador MP3: A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario HBO's Entourage is back for an all new season beginning 9/7. The shows music supervisors do an excellent job of choosing diverse songs for each episode. The 5th season trailer features a new song " All Flossed Out [...]
Podcast 04: June 08 (1 hour 09mins) - (download MP3) Subscribe itunes Tracklist: Desmond Dekker - "Intensify '683 ??? - "The Kids Back" Plastic Little - "I'm Not A Thug" Sporto Kantes - "Whistle" Wade Nichols - "Wanda Rode Again" These United States - "Sun Is Below and Above" The Matinee Orchestra - "Slow Boats" Andy Mullen - "Breakfast of Champions" Tape - "Fingers" The Natural Yoghurt Band - "Space Echo" [...]

I came to know of Lyrics Born via his guest spots on Blackalicious' albums, N.I.A. and Blazing Arrows , as well as through his remixes of R.L. Burnside's "Goin' Down South" and "Someday Baby" on A Bothered Mind . While I've know of Lyrics Born for years, I'd never managed to pick up any of his albums, so with the recent release of Everywhere At Once I decided to remedy that. Lyrics Born comes outta Berkley, California with (imo) one of the best rap voices/deliveries in the game. That, matched with tight [...]
As a few of you readers may know, I will be moving to Northern California in mid-June . The most exciting part of this whole adventure is the upcoming roadtrip with my brother. I finally got the video camera I wanted to document this journey and I can't wait to see what kind of bizarre footage we'll be getting out of this whole expedition. In addition, the new SLR camera my brother recently bought ought to be useful in our voyage to the west coast. I've already bought a package of fake mustaches (I know, [...]
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i'd like to start with Black Eyed Peas - 'BEP Empire' (note, this was back in the day when they were sans Fergie), and one of my favourite film clips ever ( buy ) Hilltop Hoods - 'Nosebleed Section' "i looked around at the faces i know, fell in love with the people in the front row" my favourite kind of hip hop: AUSSIE HIP HOP. aah, just listen to those beautiful vocals! ( buy ) [...]

Under the Dog needs a monthly mixtape. As this webzine trys to find it's identity it's become apparent that it needs some established content. I considered a podcast, an e-zine pdf kind of thing and remixing or mash ups. Podcasting sounded really fun, and that may even come in the future, but I just can't even seem to find the time to make my own music or write this zine much less write and record an entire podcast. An e-zine seemed tempting but I just don't have the design skills. That could also come in the future but [...]

LYRICS BORN (Berbatis Pan, 10 SW 3rd) After milking his 2003 debut, Later That Day , for all it was worth (first there was 2005s remix album, Same !@#$ Different Day , and then 2006s Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live ), Lyrics Born finally has a legitimately new LP, Everywhere at Once which, kind of surprisingly, is more or less a bouncy, funky dance record that largely downplays the rappers gravelly, laidback cadence in favor of hyper-produced hooks and cheesy background vocals. Lyrics Borna founder of Quannum Projects and half of Latyrxhas enjoyed plenty [...]