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2022 Tour with Beth Orton:
11/01 - Washington DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
11/02 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
11/03 - Montclair, NJ - Outpost in the Burbs
11/05 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11/06 - Somerville, MA - Crystal Ballroom
11/07 - Le Studio Td - Montreal, QUE
11/08 - The Great Hall - Toronto, ONT
11/10 - Mayfair Theatre - Chicago, IL
11/11 - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI
11/12 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
11/14 - The Oriental Theatre - Denver, CO
11/17 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
11/18 - Bimbo’s 365 Club - San Francisco, CA
11/20 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
11/21 - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA
11/22 - Hollywood Theatre - Vancouver, BC

Heather Woods Broderick - Blood Run Through Me (Single Edit)

Summer Cruisin'

newBrain SignalSplit 2015

Spirit Mane

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Brian Ellis returns with his most personal and well-rounded LP yet, “Deep Clues”, an 8-track project seamlessly encapsulating elements of funk, soul, adult-oriented rock (AOR), boogie, and electro.  Following up his last full-length opus (“Mirror/Mirror”), “Deep Clues” showcases Brian’s studio and lyric songwriting prowess, using a variety of analog keyboards, drum machines, and guitars to create a singer/songwriter approach to modern funk and modern soul.  Recorded and arranged to retain a live feel, each track takes you on a new journey through Brian’s mind and experiences, creating very emotional and personal sentiments, and commentating on and commemorating modern life, love, and music. 
 
“Deep Clues” starts the LP off with a vintage vibe, an introductory Rhodes-esque theme reminiscent of a bygone televised media era…before detouring right into the full-length track “Bulletproof”, a warm and hazy ode to being steadfast in love.  “Here I Am” truly takes on a library-prog-jazz-funk guise, dowsed in glowing synth layers and accompanied by Brian’s shredding solo guitar work, and displaying unfettered and uncompromising wit within the lyrics.  “Brand New Love” is an arena rock-style ballad, featuring “back to back” harmonic guitar leads and lyrics that personify the feelings that arise when entering a new love affair.  “My Favorite Song” is the lead single of the LP, an anthem for the fantasy California lifestyle of parties and free living, accompanied by your favorite tunes.  Cruising along like it’s title suggests, “Night Drive” weaves together hypnotic guitar lines, while chugging through Ellis’ manic worries and thoughts, attempting to get away from it all.  “Fantasy” is a powerful critique of modern culture and our ability to edit or shape our realities to suit whatever it is we already believe or want to believe. “Never Had Nothin’” is a sparse and heavy drum machine and synth closer, a down and out anthem that beckons those end-of-the-night lighters to come out and light up the air, cherishing the past, present and future.

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PREMIERE : Brian Ellis - Here I Am

I'm going to say it now: this is *the* preeminent Hip-House mix! DJ Spinna produced this clean, thorough all-vinyl mix in Late 2003/Early 2004 for a short-lived but very cool Japanese boutique Tube Records that specialized in CD-only DJ-mixes. This was part of mix series Spinna did for the imprint, released on CDR in very limited batches now impossible to find both irl and online. Mine is boxed up in storage back East, same with Spinna's - but thankfully my old friend Mas Yamagata had it and ripped it including the artwork. The artwork was all done by hand by with pens/paints and layout by Forest Stearns, an old college buddy of mine who was a big part of the Humboldt art scene at the time. I can recall Spinna asking me if I knew any artists and Forest did a lot of live-art shows at hip-hop jams and from '04-'06 all in all we'd collaborate on 5 different mixes and covers called 'The Basement Archive Series'.  Mas sent me the files from the original CDR which sequenced the DJ mix individually track per tracks (27 in total). I really wanted it to play as one continuous mix for the podcast so the homie Monk One aka Andrew Mason then offered to turn it into one long track, which is how you'll be enjoying it. I had to dig deep to ressurrect it and I know it'll be worth your time! This is super high energy 1990, 91 NYC club tunes. Mixed incredibly well on all records owned by DJ Spinna. I even re-typed the track listing out for you: 

Unspoken Heard - Truly Unique 
Jungle Bros - What U Waitin 4 (Love Ride & Orchestra Mix) 
Numarx - Do It Good (Basement Mix) 
De La Soul - Saturdays (6:00AM Mix) 
Black Sheep - Strobelight Honey (Yes We Did Mix) 
Chubb Rock - The Chubbster (Clark’s Smooth Haus) 
Chubb Rock - Ya Bad Chubs (Crib Mix) 
KC Flight - Planet E 
Doug Lazy - Let It Roll 
Royal House - Get Funky 
Todd Terry Project - Back To The Beat 
Royal House - Can You Party 
Jungle Bros - I’ll House You (Club Mix) 
T La Rock - Housin’ With The T’s 
Queen Latifah - Come Into My House (The Richie Rich Mix 
Monie Love - Grandpa’s Party (Love II Love Remix) 
Deee-Light - Good Beat (Shake Your Body To The Beat Mix) 
Gershon Jackson - Ya’ll Be Easy (Houze Be Easy) 
Kyze - Stomp (Move Jump Jack Your Body) (Steeltoe Mix) 
Tyree - Rock The Discotech 
Tyree - Turn Up The Bass 
Mix Masters feat. MC Action
/Heavy D & The Boyz - In The Mix / We Got Our Own Thing (Acapella) 
Fast Eddie - Let’s Go
Johanna - Freak It 
Pal Joey - Here It Is 
Dreamhouse feat. Ceasar - Jump and Prance
House Gang - Let No Man Put Us Under 

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Ep. 136 - DJ Spinna - Hip House Revisited

Toebow is a psych-pop party illustrated from the collective inner goofs of a close group of friends. The project was born in Brooklyn as a guitar duo, evolving and expanding over the years into a formidable high-energy quintet. Described by one reviewer as “a nice dose of shapeshifting, complex art pop” (Brooklyn Vegan), the music of Toebow shimmers with fluttering distorted guitar lines, colorfully layered percussion and bass, twinkling synth lines, and the occasional four part vocal harmony to tie the gentle chaos neatly together. Wacky by nature but severe in execution, Toebow "artfully straddles the border between sincerity and goofiness” (ThrdCoast) yet their songs often confront the more stoic and somber realms of human experience. 

Toebow's founding members met during a stint playing in BOBBY (formerly of Partisan records) and quickly established their sound as a unique force in the NYC indie music scene. Since their inception, the band has had members in common with Zula, Peel Dream Magazine, Dirty Projectors and ensemble, et al.

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