Ever since SXSW, my live music experiences have consisted of
me getting hammered off of a liter of gin while stumbling over hipsters and
krusties to see local grunge and punk acts. But please don’t fret as I am
still on the lookout for the next big thing. Oh, and is humanly possible to see
every Arum Rae show that will ever be played? How is it that I can’t get her to
run off stage and have her voluntarily throw those amazing boobs in my face? I
thought that a black guy wearing Rodge glasses was the new black? You remember
Rodge from What’s Happening don’t you? Oh well, the day I see a cop come up to
me at one of her shows without a drug sniffing dog is the day I know I’m not
simply being racially profiled.
The good news for poor Arum is that one possible new obsession has come in the form of Sza.
Sza is an RnB artist from Jersey who has a light voice that sounds like it’s a
natural auto tuner. She sounds next of Sade at times and even looks a bit like
her if you go back to the No Ordinary Love era. At other times, her music
sounds like Purity Ring if they ever decided to go with a hip hop sound. This is cool, definitely get you laid type
music. Who would have ever thought that RnB mixed with bass heavy Enya could
sound so good? I think that once she eventually teams up with a real producer she
can’t help but take off as she definitely has the vocal chops for indie stardom. Plus
lyrics like “None of my panties match, my fella hates it” in Castles, will have
dudes having unprotected sex with their girlfriends in no time! Atmosphere and
Ice Moon are the highlights on her 8 track mix tape, which for some reason has 3 long movie clips on it. Who is she, the female Redman? Who has the time to put
obscure movies on their mix tape? Despite this minor complaint, I give her a
rating of FRESH and suggest you get on this bandwagon.
Next up is the San Jose rapper Antwon, whose biggest hit so
far is the banger Still Guarded. He is a big dude that's a bit gully and sounds like
he should be from one of New York’s dirty boroughs. He definitely has the image
but to be honest, he is lacking in every other area. This is hipster hip hop;
rap that is laid over 80’s pop beats. This is most evident in one of my
favorite tracks off of the Fantasy Beds mix tape, Helicopter. Great song that
probably should have been included in Ryan Gosling’s Drive; how else do you
kick a guys face in but with angry black guys shouting obscenities over beats.
Granted his music isn’t spectacular but I would definitely check out his
show if he came to town. I give him a rating of kind of WEAK until he releases
more material.
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