Trying to remember that dope track from our last Hunnypot party? We got you. Listen to Hunnypot's favorite 2018 party picks here. Hot Tub Johnnie Approved!
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Hunnypot video pick comes from Charley Crockett with his song "Jamestown Ferry" from his new album "Charley Crockett Presents: Lil’ G.L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee". The music video for "Jamestown Ferry" takes the viewer on Crockett's stroll through the wilderness and on the streets of a classic western town with saloons in the background. The video as the same cinematic scenery of an area resembling the alpines similar to those seen in Trey Parker's (creator of South Park) "Cannibal: The Musical". Growing up with a single mother in San Benito, Texas; Crockett found it was not easy being a blues musician in the same town which birthed Freddy Fender. At a young age Crockett set off to preform the world and temporarily finding home in Paris, Spain, Morocco, and North Africa, playing the blues. After returning to Texas Charley Crockett a an album titled "A Stolen Jewel" in 2015, receiving critical acclaim in Dallas and ultimately landing him a Dallas Observer Music Award that year for “Best Blues Act”. Crockett did not slow down and in 2016 he released "The Night", an admirable nod to his Texas country and Louisiana blues roots. Crockett graced the cover of Buddy Magazine in May 2016, who called him “the archetype of the new American vagabond. Crockett has shared the stage with other Blues, Rock n' Roll, and Honky Tonk influenced artist such as Justin Townes Earle, Lucero, and Citizen Cope.
-Morgan DeShields-McClure
It’s not often that a legendary guitarist comes to town to play your local theater. It’s even more rare when three virtuoso's take the stage simultaneously. Well, that is exactly what happened on Saturday night as Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Phil Collen joined forces for the 2018 G3 tour. Distinguished musicians one and all, each brought to the stage their own unique sound that transcended time and space inside the beautiful Balboa Theater. If you are a fan of incredible guitarists, there was no other place to be in San Diego on Saturday night.
Kicking off Saturday’s show was Phil Collen. He is most easily recognized as the lead guitarist of the legendary British Rock band, Def Leppard. What most people do not know is that Phil is incredible musician in his own right. On Saturday night, he took the stage with his most recent side-project, Delta Deep. This eclectic quartet fronted by the brilliant vocalist Debbie Blackwell-Cook absolutely killed their six-song set and fired up the near-capacity crowd in San Diego’s Gas Lamp District. They have found a perfect way to fuse blues, rock, and soul together, creating a sound literally touched one’s soul. My favorite track of the evening was “Down in the Delta” off of their 2015 self-titled EP. Phil’s guitar work was nothing short of brilliant, and Debbie’s vocal range simply blew me away. Incredible way to start this year’s G3 show.
Next up was guitar prodigy John Petrucci (of Dream Theater fame). Probably one of my favorites of all time, Petrucci never ceases to amaze me with his God-given guitar talents. John started off his set was a Hans Zimmer cover, “Wonder Woman’s Main Theme”. The power that radiated from his signature Custom Ernie Ball Music Man was intense, and instantly whipped the crowd into a “guitar-induced” frenzy that would last the remainder of the evening. Next up was “Jaws of Life” off Petrucci’s 2005 solo album, Suspended Animation. If you have never listened to this song (or his solo EP for that matter), by all means make that a priority in the next few days. Absolutely brilliant guitar work. Overall, Petrucci’s six-song set was shorter than I would have liked, but as longtime fan felt he covered all the bases in the time he had to work with. Another amazing performance by one of the best guitarists we may ever see in our lifetime.
Rounding off the G3 experience in San Diego on Saturday night was no other than guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. Although super familiar with his catalog, I had never had a chance to see him perform live and was excited to finally take his name off my “bucket-list” of performers I had yet to see. After a brief intermission (and a well needed break to regain my senses), Satch finally took the stage. First song out of the gate was a track entitled “Energy” off his 2018 release, What Happens Next. I was literally blown away from the first note. Satriani’ s sound was just so unique it literally took the game to a whole new level. Next up was another new track, “Catbot”. It was a funky sounding grove that tied together many of Joe’s signature sounds into a tight little package that will probably become an instant classic. Satriani performed ten songs Saturday evening including classics such as “Satch Boogie” and “Always With Me, Always With You”. But the highlight of his set (and of the entire G3 show for that matter) was “Cherry Blossoms”. This song was so beautiful and so touching it literally brought an immediate smile to my face (which remained there for the rest of the evening). In my opinion, that’s what music is all about.
Upon conclusion of Satriani’ s set, Phil Collen, John Petrucci, and Joe Satriani made their way back to the stage for an all-star G3 jam for the ages. This amazing group of musicians (along with Debbie Blackwell-Cook on vocals) covered Deep Purple’s “Highway Star”, Stevie Wonder’s “Superstitious”, and “Goin’ Down” by The Alabama State Troupers. It was so fun to watch this trio together on stage after seeing them each perform individually throughout the evening. Their ability to play and improv with one another was just another indicator of how talented these musicians truly are. If you have a chance to see G3 on tour this year, you won’t be disappointed. Each brings to the table a unique guitar talent that is multiplied 10-fold when they jam together on stage. All I can say after 3 hours of mind-blowing guitar wizardry, all I can is… “Wow!” Until Next Time,
Stay Frosty and Rock On!
Delta Deep Setlist
Quadrant 4
Yo 2 Joe
Bless These Blues
GTR Into / Burnt Sally
Mistreated (Deep Purple cover)
Down in the Delta
John Petrucci Setlist
Wonder Woman Main Theme (Hans Zimmer cover)
Jaws of Life
The Happy Song (formerly Cloud Ten)
Damage Control
Glassy-Eyed Zombies
Glasgow Kiss
Joe Satriani Setlist
Energy
Catbot
Satch Boogie
Cherry Blossoms
Thunder High on the Mountain
Super Funky Badass
Cataclysmic
Head Rush
Circles
Always With Me, Always With You
Summer Song
G3 Jam with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, & Phil Collen
Highway Star (Deep Purple Cover)
Superstitious (Stevie Wonder Cover)
Goin’ Down (The Alabama State Troupers Cover)
Juicy J’s video for the song “We Can’t Smoke No Mo” of his latest mixtape, “Shutdafukup” came out last Tuesday. In the song he comes with that classic flow we know him for! Content of the song is a party anthem drizzled with some lyrical content as usual which he always delivers with lines like “To understand you gotta know what I be going through
You think you know but tell the truth if you only knew“ so there is lyrical content as he talks about how weed is what he used to deal with the pain he has been through. As for the video, the video has psychedelic graphics to simulate intoxication. The video also has bright and dark colors that light up the screen It has Juicy J doing what he rapping about smoking good weed and drinking good Activist. We at the Hunnypot would love to hear and see more of Juicy J, go check out his new mixtape “SHUTDAFUKUP” on DATPIFF.COM.
-Adrian Augustine
"When They Go Furlough We Get High Though" Hunnypot Live has been accused of shutting down governments before; Last night was a "'buster" Show #383 got off with Hot Tub's bubbling set of music. Tiffany Anders got in to the tub to talk about her career as a musician and music supervisor and dropped a set of forward feminism and just good jams. Little Monarch molted regal music on stage, Power Trip reconstructed hits into power gifts, Trubdr. Adam Road gave us international beats and blessings in a rock band, Lauren Lakis broke hearts (and almost gear) with her dark details, Alessandra Altieri pop'd and locked us in with her songs and performance and h2the closed the night with a super set of dance party music. Photos by Media Liberated and J. Gray, Recap by J. Gray 01/22/2018
A Los Angeles native, Tiffany Anders grew up with a lust for music, seeking out bands and attending live shows at a very early age. Her young enthusiasm eventually led her to a recording career of her own, singing backup at the age of 17 on Dinosaur Jr.’s album Where You Been, submitting a song for the heralded soundtrack to Allison Anders’ 1996 female singer-songwriter pop narrative Grace Of My Heart (for which she was also a music consultant), and cutting her 2001 solo debut album, Funny Cry Happy Gift, which was produced by rock icon PJ Harvey and released to critical acclaim. As a music supervisor, she’s worked on such films as Drake Doremus’ Like Crazy, Breathe In and Equals Michael James Johnson’s All The Wilderness, Malik Vitthal’s Imperial Dreams, Ry Russo Young’s Nobody Walks, and James Ponsoldt’s films Smashed, The End of the Tour and The Circle, as well as working on the critically acclaimed FXX television series You’re The Worst, and the upcoming period piece “Everything Sucks! for Netlfix.
Tiffany is also one of the founders and head curators of Los Angeles’ annual Don’t Knock The Rock film festival and has contributed over 500 album reviews for the largest independent record store in America, Amoeba Music. She has also contributed in-depth liner notes for the revered reissue record label Rev-Ola, for which she’s conducted interviews with Tommy James, Sweetwater, and F.J. McMahon.
Little Monarch is an LA based indie pop band whose debut self-titled EP has garnered viral success on Spotify with over 15 million streams since its 2016 release. The band consists of LA lifer Casey Kalmenson (vocals, guitar), Memphis-born Lanita Smith (vocals, keys), and Indiana native Justin Andres (guitar, bass). Little Monarch was formed when Casey found herself in the audience at one of Lanita's live performances and fell in love with her sound. The music is an unexpected blend of genres from soul to reggae. Little Monarch is currently in the studio writing for their next release and preparing for tour in 2018.
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Trubdr. Adam Road is a Tel Aviv based musician whose music channels harmonic and rhythmic sounds of flamenco style guitar with a mix of indie, folk, rock and gypsy blues music. His music has caught the attention of prominent figures in music like 6-time Grammy Award winning producer (U2, Jason Mraz, Rolling ?Stones, Dave Matthews), Steve Lilywhite, who said that Trubdr. Adam Road is "as good as Hozier.”
He's been published twice in major publications such as "Time out" as being top "5" artists to watch out for from Israel following an acclaimed set at Tune In Tel Aviv.
A child of Baltimore, Lauren grew to embrace the fatalistic spirit of the city with an ever-present & fearless approach to her work & art. The hand-crafted rawness of her sound bellows deep & true, unscathed by the prevailing winds of today's polite rock. Lauren's persistence & growth in the Los Angeles scene can be attributed to her previous bands Hobart W Fink (vocals), Slow Coda (vocals & keys) , & LA Nova (vocals, keys, bass, programming). She's performed in such LA staples as The Echo, The Satellite, & The Mint; as well asEcho Park Rising & Make Music Pasadena.
Most recently, Lauren mounted a solo-performance in a 2017 SXSW showcase in Austin, TX. Her track Lead Us On has been featured on the M:M Music Meeting Volume 43 compilation album. She is currently playing shows locally in LA with her full band.
FEROCIOUS, her first full-length solo album, is a product of passion & experience folded with a recent personal tragedy. In collaboration with her Producer-Engineer Billy Burke, Lauren explores the full spectrum of the grieving process against a backdrop of shoe-gaze inspired guitars, haunting synth swells, deep-driving beats, & lyrics imparted with true candor. All instrumentals were written & performed by Lauren with the exception of AJ Brown on drums & additional guitars by Chris Garcia & Alex Stills. Mixing tasked to the talented Chris Kasitch (Adele [Grammy-winning], Phantogram, Cee Lo Green). Artwork by Alyssa Burke
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h2the merges 80s synths and layered beats from producer Erez ‘Diwon' Safar (Bonhom, Dreams in Static, Tyrone Gosling, etc.), brought to life through dynamic visuals and sound.
URB Magazine wrote that “Safar is something else…in a profound kind of way,” calling his sound titillating and “juicy for the ears,” while The Village Voice described his productions as “adventurous and banging.”
2DOPEBOYZ and Vibe Magazine’s allhiphop.com have also noted h2the’s rap flips of 80?s inspired sonics. It’s the producer as auteur as every track takes you through the emotional space of the artist, like Kanye or Godard.
Hunnypot favorite Tech N9ne takes it way back for the B Boys and DJ's with "Tech N9ne (Don't Nobody Want None)" from his upcoming album - PLANET! We've been with Tech from his beginnings, Check out the interview we did with Tech N9ne here.
Thank you to Michael Tullberg for writing a piece on Hunnypot Live radio stream in this months DJ Magazine. DJ Magazine is a monthly British based magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs. DJ magazine is distributed in over 10 counties including the US, France, and Italy.
Hunnypot is honored to be featured next to 80's British TV comedy 'The Young Ones' about of four college students living together in a dingy London apartment. 'The Young Ones' introduced many viewers to Motorhead, The Damned, and Dexy's Midnight Runners. The full series is a Hot Tub Johnnie fav.
Noted L.A. Photographer and acclaimed electronic music photo journalist. In the book DANCEFLOOR THUNDERSTORM, Tullberg captured several years (1996-2002) of the vibrant rave scene for most of the country’s major dance music magazines, including URB, Mixer, BPM Culture and others. His work also crossed over into the mainstream media, including Rolling Stone, SPIN and the Los Angeles Times, and internationally in DJ Mag and Mixmag, at the time when raves thrust electronic music into the national spotlight and laid the groundwork for today’s incredibly successful EDM festival circuit.
Tullberg's article is transcribed below:
Hunnypot Internet Radio: One L.A.’s longtime dance music traditions, Hunnypot has been carving out its Internet radio niche for several years now. Helmed by “Hot Tub Johnnie” Anderson with frequent assistance from Jeff Gray, the show is a freewheeling fun base that features both DJ sets and live performances from wide variety of genres. It’s not unusual at all for the show to step beyond the boundaries of electronic music, featuring fresh talent from the rock, blues and jazz worlds. What sets Hunnypot apart from its competition is that it's broadcast live from The Mint, one of the city’s longest running blues clubs-which means that anyone in town can come on down and enjoy the festivities. Spin at HunnypotUnlimited.com
The Regent in Downtown LA was in for a once in a lifetime gig on the night of January 6th, 2018. One of the most legendary names in the underground metal community as well as pioneers of thrash metal, crossover and extreme metal in general with a cult following, Nuclear Assault was the band set to headline the stage that night. Somewhere in between the show being announced and purchasing my ticket, I realized that this show would be unlike any other metal concert that I have ever attended. Not only does Nuclear Assault have a rabid fan-base that turns a concert into a contact sport, but this was both their farewell show for the west coast, as well as the first time the group has performed in Los Angeles in 28 years. That being said, you can only imagine how crazy the bands self proclaimed "final assault" was to witness in person.
The Show Your Scars X Fest was a day long festival with a stacked lineup of Thrash Metal, with headliners Nuclear Assault, Hirax, Evildead and Toxic Holocaust. Supported by local acts Expulsion (members of Exhumed and Repulsion), Thrown Into Exile, Pounder and BrainDead. Nuclear Assault is a thrash metal band from New York City formed in 1986 by ex- Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker. Lilker has also been a member of several side projects as well including crossover thrash band S.O.D. as well as Grindcore band Brutal Truth. Nuclear Assault's brand of thrash is built off of pure aggression and speed with a healthy dose of influence from the 80's New York Hardcore scene. Best known for their albums "Game Over" 1985 and "Handle With Care" 1987. Hirax is a thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Cypress, California by vocalist Katon W. De Pena, who is the group's only remaining original member. Their first two albums "Raging Violence" 1985 and "Hate, Fear and Power" 1986 are regarded as heavy influences on the thrash metal and crossover world. Toxic Holocaust is a thrash metal band formed in 1999 by multi-instrumentalist Joel Grind. Grind remains the only constant member of the band since their beginning nearly 20 years ago, however during that time, Grind recorded the first few Toxic Holocaust albums "Evil Never Dies" and "Hell on Earth" as a one man band, finding session musicians for tours. Eventually settling on a lineup that is seemingly constantly changing, and switching from guitar live over to bass. Toxic Holocaust displays a DIY philosophy that has won the respect of the underground. Evildead are a native LA thrash metal band formed in 1987, most famous for their album "Annihilation of Civilization" They have been making a comeback in recent months playing shows in the LA area and plan to release new music in 2018.
Nuclear Assault opened up the set with "Rise From The Ashes" from their album Survive from 1988 and it didn't take long for the crowd to start getting crazy for the main event. The entire night was filled with circle pits, crowd-surfing and stage-divers landing on top of other stage-divers. The bands energy seemed to feed off of the crowds relentless spirit, and vice versa. However things really kicked into high gear when the intro for one of the bands more well known songs "Critical Mass" began to play. This part of the concert seemed to be a flashback to the 80's, with more fans on stage than the band itself. "Critical Mass" is a politically conscious song about the environment and the consequences of nuclear war, and the fans jumping on stage and singing the chorus alongside front-man John Connelly was an unforgettable experience. The show was proof that some bands have a following may still be underground after a 30 year career, yet they have fans that are immensely loyal. Knowing every word to every song, getting on stage and sharing the mic, passing the mic stand back to the singer after it was knocked over time after time again. On top of all of this, the band members simply do not act like rockstars, coming out to the front of the venue for pictures with fans, talking with everyone, signing vinyl records. The entire night was a representation of the brotherhood of the metal community and proof that we have some of the best fans of music that a veteran metal band could ask for. This is our scene and we own it. Simply an unforgettable night.
Higher Brothers, the Chinese rap group native of Chengdu, China has released their new single & music video 'Flo Rida' featuring Ski Mask the Slump God, a young Broward County, Fl born rapper who is also rising in the hip hop world. The strict censorship laws of China limiting access to most social media has not stopped the Higher Brothers nor kept them from going viral with their single 'Uber' which landed members of the group in for questioning by the Public Security Bureau about the lyrics of the song. Higher Brothers were featured in Paper Magazine as consistently making their hits "blow up"; the groups other singles 'Made In China', 'Bitch Don't Kill My Dab', and '711' have all gone viral. Higher Brothers are an official Hunnypot Dance Party Approved group. -Morgan DeShields-McClure
