Sharp. Hilarious. Eclectic. And completely off the wall. From the viciously fast-paced 'Hustlin Ill' to the self aware reflections of 'Desperado', '16 Bars' gives listeners a look inside the 16 different personas that make Portland emcee Mike Bars one of the most diverse hip hop artists on the rise. Covering everything from R&B and Dubstep to Old School Hip Hop, there is something on this project for everyone. With scratches from the talented DJ Hoppa, and guest appearances from both SwizZz and Dizzy Wright, the presence of Independent record label, Funk Volume, can definitely be felt throughout ’16 Bars’. To compliment the mixtape, an incredibly graphic music video was released on Halloween for ‘There Will Be Blood’, which has already reached over 1.5 Million views. With 15,000 subscribers, nearly 3 Million cumulative YouTube views, and having performed with the likes of T-Pain, Hopsin, Ab-Soul, Dizzy Wright, Twista, members of Bone Thugs N Harmony, Mack 10, Three 6 Mafia, Glasses Malone, and Yukmouth, Mike seems to be well on his way to making a big splash in the underground music scene.

High (Prod. by Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, Danny Morris)

Sharp. Eclectic. And completely off the wall. From the viciously fast-paced 'Hustlin Ill' to the self aware reflections of 'Desperado', '16 Bars' gives listeners a look inside the 16 different personas that make Portland emcee Mike Bars one of the most diverse hip hop artists on the rise. Covering everything from R&B and Dubstep to Old School Hip Hop, there is something on this project for everyone. With scratches from the talented DJ Hoppa, and guest appearances from both SwizZz and Dizzy Wright, the presence of Independent record label, Funk Volume, can definitely be felt throughout ’16 Bars’. To compliment the mixtape, an incredibly graphic music video was released on Halloween for ‘There Will Be Blood’, which has already reached over 22,000 views. With 530 subscribers, nearly 81,000 cumulative YouTube views, and having performed with the likes of Twista, members of Bone Thugs N Harmony, Mack 10, Three 6 Mafia, Glasses Malone, and Yukmouth, Mike seems to be well on his way to making a big splash in the underground music scene.

Hot feat. Treehouse Gang & Scooter Rogers (Prod. by Mike Bars)

Cheerios feat. DJ Hoppa (Prod. by Naughty By Nature)

That's My Name feat. DJ Hoppa (Prod. by DBPC)

Produced, engineered and mixed by Jonathan Low at Miner Street Recordings, Philadelphia, PA 
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe at the Maniac Mansion

Carroll is: 
Brian Hurlow- vocals, synth, guitars 
Max Kulicke- guitar 
Charles McClung- bass, vocals 
Charlie Rudoy- drums, vocals

Bad Water


Produced, engineered and mixed by Jonathan Low at Miner Street Recordings, Philadelphia, PA 
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe at the Maniac Mansion


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Boxing Day

BOOTY SMASHERS I: BOOTYLICIOUS BEGINNINGS

Written and produced by Oh Wonder
Debut album OUT NOW!

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LYRICS
Before you came round my heart would never beat much faster
Before you came round I was ready to slow down
Before you came round I was heading for a small disaster
Before you came round I was ready to blow me down

Let it go, paint my body gold
Take our bodies higher and higher and higher
We can go until the morning glow
We can go higher and higher and higher

Before I was found I felt like I could drain the ocean
Before I was found I didn’t wanna breathe out
Now my soul beats a sound loud enough to quiet the thunder
A love with no doubt and now I’m never gonna slow down
Never gonna slow down

Let it go, paint my body gold
Take our bodies higher and higher and higher
We can go until the morning glow
We can go higher and higher and higher

And we will walk with our feet on the ground
And we will talk with our head in the clouds

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Minneapolis-based Carroll, one of the most colorful, carefully honed acts in indie rock, are many things: young, vibrant, contemplative. But perhaps most interestingly, they’re a case study in how four distinct creative voices can coalesce into one balanced, relentlessly engaging sound.

The mechanics were simple enough: Near the end of 2011, Brian Hurlow’s demos (think melancholic, synth-based pop) caught the ear of his college classmate, Charlie Rudoy. The latter was a drummer who could bring to the songs a live, artful element. The pair quickly moved in together on St. Paul’s Carroll Avenue, tucked neatly in between Summit Hill and the Mississippi River. After some experimenting and tip-toeing through early gigs, Hurlow and Rudoy brought on board two more musicians to flesh out the live show. Max Kulicke and Charles McClung, talented artists in their own right, slid seamlessly into the line-up on guitar and bass, respectively. From there, Carroll—two Rs, two Ls, and now two Charlies—was set in motion.

An EP, Needs, was followed in quick succession by a host of accolades. 

Though their buzz was reaching a fever pitch, Carroll escaped to a cabin in the remote Northern wilderness. There, they recorded a handful of demos that ended up—by chance, by fate—on the desk of the renowned producer Jon Low (The War on Drugs, The National, more). Low summoned the band to Philadelphia, where they cut and mixed their self-titled debut LP in 18 marathon days. The sound could be best described as closing your eyes and submerging yourself into a bathtub of your ideal warmth--only to open your eyes and discover you're bathing in a hazardous green liquid. Even knowing this, you can't deny that you feel warm and coddled.

Despite the pace at which it was made, Carroll (due out September 18 on Entertainment One Music) is thoughtful, pointed, dense, fun, hypnotic. As for that coalescence, the band refuses to get in its own way. Carroll’s exercise in writing perfectly fucked up pop gems yielded an LP that sounds like a pop approach to writing heady, woozy, psychedelic rock. With singles (“Bad Water,” “Alligator”) already dominating radio markets, Carroll should soon test its thesis from a much wider platform. Having opened for such disparate acts as Le1f and Dr. Dog, the four components to a singular vision are sure to find a home on dials and stages near you very soon.

Alligator

Carroll "Alligator"

Kid. Lotus

Lyrics:
Come to the party
At Mulholland and Kanan 
where the drinks are never on the house 
Bring all your jewelry 
and lay it about your feet in intricate patterns
And when you fall down—And when you fall down 
It won't catch you

I saw you at the party on Sunset and La Placenta 
Where you had to punch the doorman—in the nose 
and say something dirty about his mother
Just to get in—But no, not you—
I saw you sneak in through the side-door
And I never saw you drink from the punchbowl
So, what if I did—It was full of eraser rubbings
And when I choked—
I didn't choke alone

I'm afraid we're going to die
I'm afraid we're going to die
and that's okay because
We're so Pretty
Pretty enough to know
Pretty enough to never say goodbye
Pretty enough to die

Pretty

Marilyn Monroe

Dat booty is quite............SMASHING!!!!!

BOOTY SMASHERS I: BOOTYLICIOUS BEGINNINGS

Cameron Kravitz

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