Kloe is everything we wanted to be when we were 21: she's unfiltered, parties like an animal, has the coolest friends and, plot twist, is only 19. Wise cracking and beyond her years, Kloe's new video features drinks, dancing, and heartbreak in a hodgepodge of teenage debauchery that is somehow both sensitive and totally catchy. Her musical style reminds us of a mix between the sugary-sweet weirdness of artists like Grimes and the serpentine edginess of songwriters like Lorde. But, our favorite part, is the way in which she owns her image. As described in Nylon magazine, she lives a "#nofilter life," complete with frequent cursing, wild story-telling, and brutal honesty. We can't wait to see what she does next!
It happens to the best of us: we hear an awesome song at a party, dance the whole time, and then wake up the next morning and completely forget what it was called. Well, we have a solution. Just for you, we have made a Spotify playlist of all our best party tunes from 2016. Whether you're trying to find a song you heard at a Hunnypot Dance Party or just want our recommendations for some great upbeat tunes, we've got you covered.
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Down-under style Psychedelic rock is showcased in King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s latest video for the song “People-Vultures”. Coming from Australia, this band combines surf, garage, and psychedelic rock in a way that is totally unique. Their new album, “Nonagon Infinity”, flows seamlessly from one song to another, utilizing similar riffs to seem never-ending. “People-Vultures”, the second single from the new album, uses the same riff as “Gamma Knife”, the first single.
The Video, released on May 6, portrays the band as a part of one giant vulture, defeating anyone who comes across them, all while playing their instruments. It’s the same kind of fun, trippy style that anyone would expect from these guys. Make sure to give it a watch.
Little spark, great flame. When there is a flicker for storytelling, the group DJ Inappropriate jumps on it and fires it up with music.
Fueled by popularity with 4 million streams on Spotify and 6 million views on youtube for the track "Allahu Akbar," DJ Inappropriate got themselves onto the viral music list of last year, the track with the most shares in proportion of users' streams. They were also "hijacked by extremists as a battle cry during deadly attacks" according to UK DailyStar. This year they are feeding flames to their success by putting out songs like "Smoke Weed Everyday." Great riff in banging pulses with awesome mixing, you get the idea.
DJ Inappropriate did not copyright their songs, but rather kindly asked people to credit them appropriately. This clever and funky video with people of different shape and color breakdancing was done by Youtuber Spikz. It is not to offend anyone or incite hatred, but just to share some fun.
Thanks, Obama!
Reuben Sears can’t stop telling people about music he loves. It started with mix-tapes for girlfriends in high school, transitioned into planning and DJ’ing wedding receptions, and finally landed him a gig as a music supervisor at Buddha Jones for movie, tv and video game trailers. He has worked on hundreds of campaigns over his 5 years at Buddha Jones including Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Bloodline, and Far Cry: Primal. In addition to theatrical campaigns, Reuben also co-music supervised the Blu-Ray creative content for the Warner Brothers films Man of Steel and Gravity. In 2014, he got to moonlight as Music Consultant on the independent film, The One I Love. Reuben loves Karaoke, baseball, car stereos and chocolate milk.
Ora The Molecule is a music collaboration between a Norwegian born singer songwriter and a Japanese born electronica producer. The band consist of 5 members, Henry on Saxophone, JJ on trumpet, Henry on drums, Nora vocal and keyboard and Ichiro on bass. They have released one EP and are currently in process of recording the first album
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Hailing from the North of England, Jennie Chapman currently resides in Los Angeles, California, consumed by Wanderlust.
Jennie’s aim is to produce only the purest, most honest form of expression. Raised by a singer and a music management mogul, her influence is a mix of California folk and deep English powerhouse, drawing comparisons of Joan Baez, Adele and Lisa Hannigan. She creates songs from the heart, never failing to leave a crowd silent.
Despite the ominous name, Los Angeles band Bloody Death Skull is fiendishly adorable. Swirling together electrified ukulele, childrens toys, sound effects, and instruments over the classic chord structures that launched early rock and soul, BDS makes fun music rooted in the 50s & 60s with a punk mentality and surreal storytelling lyrics that (sweetly) break some taboos. Backed by a band that ranges from three to twelve members, Daiana Feuer sings about love, day dreams, the cosmos, animals, television, dead things, bad things, cute things, and being stuck in the mind of a teenager forever. Imagine The Shirelles meets Roky Erickson on a playground in outer space.
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The Absurd was founded in Los Angeles, 2015, by Detroit troubadours Ben Foerg and Josh Loney under the belief that the most sure-fire way to financial success is through the currently booming music industry.
Under the name Ben Foerg & The Absurd, the duo came to Los Angeles in search of success and prosperity, instead finding poverty, loneliness and desolation. Just when all seemed bleak, a light at the end of the tunnel poked through and from it emerged disillusioned ex-Mormon drummer Colin Jensen. It was from this brew of contrarian personalities that The Absurd was born.
Though they steadfastly believe that genre distinctions are a false creation of the white male patriarchy, critics have described The Absurd as a psychedelic, heavy and melodic rock band that "makes you want to drop something heavy." Fans have described the band by saying "imagine that Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan had a millennial lovechild."
When asked how they would describe themselves, The Absurd was unavailable for comment.
Since their inception in late 2015 and the release of "The Trigger Happy EP" earlier this year, The Absurd have quickly risen from playing the darkest corners of the city's bar scene to some of the premier venues in Los Angeles and beyond. With an undying love of music, an unwavering skepticism of nearly everything and an unparalleled (and possibly unhealthy) ambition, The Absurd is rapidly becoming an LA staple worth raising a glass to.
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The Slit is a fierce blend of aggression and angst packaged neatly in nuggets of throttling guitar rock; a tumultuous, pummeling titan, equal parts Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, with a psychedelic metal tinge and punk tendencies. Their tracks are exceptional, but you have to like heavy, grinding rock to appreciate it the whole way through.
The Slit is a band that combines elements of classic rock, metal, punk, grunge and psychedelia into a very unique style. They define what it means to fire on all cylinders all throughout their songs. But whether opting for maximum aggression or pulling back on the reigns a bit and dropping in an infectious melody, you would be hard-pressed to find a single moment of weakness.
Kwesta is a South African rapper and songwriter. He began his interest in poetry at a young age and in 2003, had already formed his first group with some friends. This rap group, called “Ghetto Fellaz”, and later, “The Juvenylz”, never found much success. At the age of 16, he dropped out of high school to pursue music, and was soon found by Africa’s Most Southern Record Company (AMS), which allowed him to have access to recording facilities.
Kwesta’s third studio album, DaKAR II, was released on February 26, 2016. One of the singles off of this album, Ngud, was recorded with fellow South African rapper Cassper Nyovest. This song layers, deep vocals, with an infectious beat, and on point verses. The video adds to the party vibe of this artist by incorporating party scenes, and pretty girls. This song is a jam that will get you dancing.
Here comes the music video of "Hearts on Fire" by Ediblehead! Bright, vivacious, and playfully dynamic, the duo is the culmination of a transformative journey for two multi-talented musicians: Robby Rockit, formerly a founding member of the critically acclaimed space rock band 'WEST INDIAN GIRL", and Eva Zeva, a multi-talented newbie. Their debut album ANIMAL LICK STICK is the wellspring of their infectiously catchy and mind-bending creative tunes.
Fans of Le Tigre and No doubt, take a look and come see Ediblehead shine. This music video of "Hearts on Fire" plays their electromagnetic energy playfully and colorfully. When you watch the video, you will feel an outburst of emotional energy; it conjures the catharsis of aimlessly driving around the streets to workout heavy feelings and realizations. In the making of the music, Eva confirms “there is a childlike energy that informs what we do, it’s about letting go and having fun,” while Rockit chimes in: “It’s like a beat-oriented candy-colored rainbow with a message of self belief. If you let go of fear and doubt, all doors will open up.”
Ediblehead will perform at Hunnypot Live on September 19th at the Mint. The event is free and open to humans of all ages.
They make pop music. They think. They wonder. And they want people to think and wonder about them.
The Goon Sax, an indie-pop group from Brisbane that began in 2013 by Louis Forster and guitarist James Harrison. Their band name is a symbol of youth - a goon sack in Australia an inexpensive silver plastic bag of booze within a wine box. In 2014, Riley Jones joined the act after learning to play the drums for a month. Their tunes cleverly expresses their experimental experience that come out from the inexperienced, and everything in between.
In the mind state of "Up to Anything," you are open, rudderless and confused, and will go along with anything that life presents you. It goes to that place of vulnerability where self-doubt gets to your head, turn you upside down, you will have to try hard to get back onto your feet again. Try watching their music video. It will remind you of your confused yet exciting state of delicate teenage.
If you're a fan of the disturbing-yet-catchy beats of groups like Die Antwoord, it's about time you discover the post-soviet jams of Tommy Cash. In his new video "Winaloto," Cash does everything he can to disturb the viewer: whether it be featuring seductive siamese twins, drumming on a blubbery boy's fat belly, or, yes, photoshopping his face on to a woman's most intimate of areas. Yet, somehow, amidst the skin (so much skin) and the somehow humorously aggressive dancing of Tommy Cash we find ourselves bobbing our heads the whole time. Try to watch it without pressing replay--we dare you.
This week we have another video from our favorite gender-queer rapper Michete (see our coverage of her newest video, "Come Get it Daddy," here). Though perhaps less peculiar than "Come Get it Daddy," this video makes us dance like no other. In front of a colorful circus-esq background, Michete and her friends pose, twerk, and "smeyes" at the camera in a way that makes us all feel like the badass b*tch Michete so embodies. Don't miss her Los Angeles Debut with us at the Mint October 3rd!