Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982 his family relocated to Emory, TX where his father Howard Kweller became the town's first Doctor. In 1986, The Kwellers moved to a much larger city, Greenville, TX,[2]. Ben was exposed to music at a very early age. Howard taught Ben how to play the drums when he was 7 years old... More
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Artist:Crown City Rockers Track: "Restless" Genre: Hip Hop ... More
Artist:Pains of Being Pure at Heart Track: "Everything With You" Label: Slumberland ... More
Artist:Or, the Whale Track: "Call and Response" Label: Seany Records Release Date: January 2009 ... More
ChromeWaves recently posted a mighty track by one of our favorite Swedish garage noise rockers Love is All. Listen to their track "Wishing Well" below and watch the video.
New Hip Hop: Jamie Foxx, Kanye West, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes
ILL ROOTS has delivered the goods once again. Listen to "Digital Girl" by Jamie Foxx and featuring none other than Kanye West. This Ludacris Video is hilarious. Great lyrics. I am guessing Luda was not attempting to get any real airplay with this video.
Grammy Nominations: Lil Wayne and Coldplay on Top
Ubiquitous rapper Lil Wayne topped the Grammy nominations list Wednesday (12/3) with eight nods, while British pop-rockers Coldplay hauled in seven.
Other multiple nominees include Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West with six; Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan with five; and Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait and T.I., who each received four nominations.
One of Hip Hops finest labels, Babygrande, has sent us their 2008 playlist. There is not much to say except for thank you!
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Old Money Mixtape: M.I.A., Hot Chip, Diplo, and more...
Old Money is an unusual name for some poor guys from NYC to have- especially considering they don't actually have any money. Then again Scheme and Cambridge, with their Vancouver compadre Konrad rounding out the crew, are an unusual cast of characters. A couple of poor dudes from the "ghetto" don't usually end up gaining acceptance to top prep schools. And this certainly doesn't happ.. View More
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