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You have never been in love...until you've heard the Mexican take on Morrissey. Ladies and gentlemen, you need Mexrrissey in your life. Check out the video 'First Of The Gang To Die' in this HUNNYPOT VIDEO PICK! 

The band debuted successfully in Mexico City before jetting to the U.K. to play the La Linea Festival and make an emotional stop in Manchester, and then played sold-out shows in New York City and Los Angeles. The group recorded an album in Mexico and Arizona, selecting seven songs from different eras of Morrissey's solo career. The album, No Manchester, also included live tracks recorded at their May 2015 performance in New York City at BAM. The album was released by Nacional Records in March of 2016. 

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Canadian folk rock band Whitehorse takes on 12-bar-blues with “Nadine,” a reimagined cover of Chuck Berry’s 1964 hit of the same name. The song is off their upcoming EP, The Northern South Vol. 1, which features a collection of rock ‘n’ roll chart-toppers by the likes of Berry, Little Walter and other Chess and Checker recording artist

Whitehorse’s live show is built on mesmerizing guitar work and smoldering vocal chemistry, but also brings much more to the stage with complex layers of percussion, keyboard and telephone receiver amplification, tangled like an embrace with the help of looping pedals. Their sold out Winter Garden Theatre show in February, 2012 signaled their unquestionable arrival as a band. 

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Purple are a three piece band from South-East Texas and originate from a small oil town called Beaumont and sits near the Louisiana state line. The band was formed back in 2009 Hanna and Busby were from two completely different bands and met on stage when they shared a stage at a gig, then life long friend Smitty came to join them to make up a trio band. 

Purple know just how to party, and they portray this in a lot of their music with the appearance of messy drunk parties. If you like to party then Purple is a band for you!

 

 

 

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In our next HUNNYPOT VIDEO PICK we bring you this rowdy, loud and down right hard-drinking single, Hurtin' (On The Bottle) from Margo Price! 

Wait, who’s this again? This seems to be the common response when you play someone Price's music. Unfairly labeled as the female savior for real twang, most people throw out country’s classic female artists when they hear a few tunes.  Whatever name you feel like drumming up in comparison, one thing is for sure that Margo Price is the REAL deal! 

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Hunnypot is still in the race.  Hot Tub Johnnie began the night with his platform of groovy tunes.  Mr. Bonzai regaled us with his tales of "being there" when rock n roll was dangerous, how he met John Lennon and a classic set of music.  Olivia Harris torched the live sets off, Kalen Lister belted out her epic compositions, Iconique dazzled with their electro/disco indentity, Phil Gibbs brought the heartache through music and Somos Uno made everyone believe Tijuana is really a place in Jamaica with their international reggae sounds.  5-2-2016

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MR BONZAI (INTERVIEW/DJ SET)

 Mr. Bonzai a.k.a. David Goggin is an award-winning photographer, music journalist and author. He has written over 1,000 articles for magazines in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and has published numerous books, including ”Studio Life” (Mix, 1984), “Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew” (Mix. 1992) “The Sound of Money” (Focal, 2000) “Faces of Music” (Cengage, 2006) “Music Smarts” (Berklee Press, 2009) and “John Lennon’s Tooth” (BookBaby, 2012). His photos and articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, Mix, EQ, Keyboard, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles magazine, Disney Channel Magazine, Sound & Recording, and Relix, among others.

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OLIVIA HARRIS

Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Olivia Harris released her first EP, "Lonestar Heart", in January of 2016.  With influences like Amy Winehouse, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Erykah Badu, and Betty Carter, Olivia's alternative pop/jazz and neo-soul is driven by her many travels, curiosities and collaborations.  Olivia performs with LA based theatre company “For The Record”; Most recently in BAZ at Mandalay Bay on the Vegas Strip and in Dear John Hughes on Broadway in Chicago and the Norwegian Escape.  Olivia recently starred in The Playroom, an indie film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Olivia has sung with the Grammy Jazz Ensembles at the Grammy Awards and been honored in Downbeat Magazine for her jazz vocals.

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KALEN LISTER

Kalen Lister is a Brooklyn-based songwriter, vocalist, piano player, and performer. She leads the rock band, Kalen & The Sky Thieves, in addition to recording and performing under her own name as a solo artist. She has toured from coast to coast, playing many well-known venues including: Hotel Café (LA, CA), Brooklyn Bowl and Joe's Pub (NYC), DC9 (Washington, DC) and the Empire Ballroom (Portland, ME). Her most recent album, Bluebird, was her band’s debut album, which was released in 2014 on Ropeadope Records. Relix Magazine calls Kalen “a singer-songwriter with real character.” Kalen’s lyrics have earned her honorable mention in American Songwriter and her works have been favorably reviewed in such tastemaker blogs as Diffuser and Impose Magazine. Currently, Kalen is working on a new electronic recording project, Death By Piano, with bassist Jay Giacommazo while continuing to perform as a solo artist and with her band.

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SOMOS UNO

Somos Uno Sound System began in 2003, with the creative initiative of Cesar Hank (Aka Abatzi) to create a group of MC's and DJ's, an idea that with time and creative needs have evolved and have been included to participate in the project important musicians and singers reggae scene for collaborations; for three years line-up was changing with male voices but always led by Abatzi. In 2006 in the 1st Route Raztlan he joined the We Are One's Aurely Monraz (Aka Khata) thus initiating a new stage in the project where female voice takes the same force as the male voice creating a melodic and rhythmic balance in music we are one.
In his music, the main idea has always been and will be to bring positive awareness and listeners through the rhythm of reggae, funk, hip hop and dance hall messages; Each vocalist has developed a particular and personal style in their lyrics and his voice, using various topics ranging from social situation currently live to issues of a spiritual nature, thus proposing with their lyrics free thinking and creativity as impulses good living in a world where we are all one unit.


They have participated in festivals such as Vibrations of America, La Quimera, in the 3 editions of Yampamento in 5 editions of Raztlan Festival, Music Festival in Guadalajara, festival new Fire, One Love and Peace festival, SunFest, Festival Quetzacoatl side artist of international stature as Pato Banton (UK), Gondwana (Chile), Don Carlos (Jm), Gomba Jhabari and Culture Prophetic (PR), Pericos and Cafres (Arg) with reggae legends such as Gladiators, U Roy and Max Romeo (JM), Eka Mouse (JM), Army and Midnite, Rakes, Antidoping and Ganja (Mx), Alika and Natty Combo (Arg), Ras Cocoman (Cb), Lumumba (Arg), Ras Michael (JM), Fermin Muguruza (PV) founder of the legendary group Negu Gorriak and collaborator of Manu Chao, Easy star All Stars, Mad Professor and Bad Manners pioneering ska band in Europe (UK), Natty Congo Crew (Mx), the Damn Yankees (Mx) Triston Palmer (JM), Ranking Joe (JM), to name a few. They have also been included in tours around the Mexican Republic with artists like Alborosie (It), Alika (Arg), Gondwana (ch), Cartel de Santa (Mx), Okokan sound system led by Sergeant Garcia (Fr / Sp).

Somos Uno have traveled most scenarios and major cities in the Mexican Republic and California (USA) on tour promoting his music in recent years. They are currently promoting her album We Are One Sound edited in 2008 by Option Sonica USA / Razlan records and mastered at Tuff Gong (study in Jamaica reggae legend Bob Marley), In their live performances have collaboration as band support the Black Star Band (Jm) grouping with which it was recorded its first album and Cualli band (USA) and the DJ Tijuas and Dj Triana (Dub Maniacs Tj), they are also working on new material for their next album.

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Iconique

ICONIQUE

Iconique's heavy disco rhythms entwine with silky synth highlights to encapsulate the shimmering grit of the Los Angeles music scene. Self-produced and written, their material lures listeners to the dance floor with a synthesis of sounds ranging from Chic to David Bowie. Formed in 2015, the trio consists of brothers Eric Promani (drums / synths) and Greg Promani (guitar), and frontman Leo Paparella (vocals / synths).

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PHIL GIBBS

Phil Gibbs is a singer-songwriter from the United Kingdom. His music creates a refreshing and immediately contagious sound that ensnares audiences from the first bar. In a unique cocktail of soul, jazz and R&B influences combined with Phil's influences from modern hip-hop and pop, Phil has continued to evolve his music from his early writing days as a teen. Phil has created, recorded and performed in a series of bands and projects over the years, honing his unique vocal sound and recorded and self-released his debut EP: 'Diamond In The Rough' EP, in early 2014. 

After moving to NYC in April 2014 Phil is now on the brink of releasing his next record "The REMEDY EP."  He has worked with talents from Academy Award & GRAMMY winning producers like Leo Sidran to some of the hottest production and instrumental talent in New York City from the likes of Frans Mernick (A$SAP Rocky, Mark Ronson) & Stella Santana.

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Singer/songwriter Jon Bellion makes contemporary pop that mixes R&B, hip-hop and indie rock influences.  A Long Island, NY native he has influences such as Timbaland, Pharrell, J Dilla and Eminem.  Started college at Long Island's Five Town College and submersed himself in the local music scene there Releasing 3 mixtapes, Translation through the speakers(2013),  The Separation (2014) and The Definition (2015).  This video for the song 'Luxury' is off of The Definition mixtape.  Extremely imaginative video with stellar music to back it.  Since this video Bellion has also released 4 singles, the most recent of which 'Guillotine' just dropped April 22nd 2016!

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Liana Bank$ - LVLUP

Get your party rockin' and on the up with this hot new release from Liana Bank$ !

Bringing confident swag and style, New Yorker Liana Bank$ shares the video to 'LVLUP', in which she throws a house party and struts through Times Square in light-up sneakers. "I wanted to shoot something natural & simple that embodied my lifestyle," she said in a press release.

 

 

 

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Mark Mallman

There is a line between insanity and genius that Mark Mallman has built a career on. His solid songwriting and wild stage persona have earned him opening spots on stages with artists as diverse from Cat Power to Green Day to Guided by Voices to name a fraction. Mallman’s expansive catalog of infinitely catchy rock songs has rocked the airwaves of MTV, VH1, NPR, and dozens of major motion picture trailers and video games.

On 2016's The End Is Not The End, Mallman exposes himself to the to rawest nerve, the likes of which haven’t been heard since Neutral Milk Hotel's In an Aeroplane Over The Sea or The Eels’ Electro-Shock Blues. It is a deliberate meditation on overcoming the roots of despair. But even so, this is a timeless, kick ass rock record. As Mallman sings it: “I didn't know where I was going / till I stopped believing and I started knowing / The story of life is what was manifested where once was a void.”

He's been written about by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, USA Today, Wired, NME, The Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times, the Denver Post and so on. However, despite this substantial list of credits, he's also been characterized as a madman numerous times, by numerous sources, over the years. Possibly for his “Elton Johnny Rotten” live show.

But most likely Mallman actually is a mad genius for staging four of his “Marathon” events over the years, including a non-stop, non-sleep 78-hour song with 576-pages of lyrics, all live from his hometown’s Turf Club in an endurance exercise much more akin to John Cage than David Blaine. Did the 110 musicians and over 25,000 people who tuned into the internet broadcast during its peak think Mr. Serious (nickname) was nuts? Hopefully.

Hmm, maybe Mallman isn’t such a madman after all…

“Indie rock super hero.” – Minneapolis City Pages

 “...engaging ballads and forceful pop tunes...” – Rolling Stone

 “Mallman ’s ‘70s-redolent music could be huge...” – Pitchfork

 “Tin Pan Alley-meets-Madison Square Garden.” – Salt Lake City Weekly

 “Mad pop genius.” – My Old Kentucky Blog

“David Lynch would appreciate Mallman’s world.” – Chicago Sun Times

“You’ve not really lived until you’ve seen Mark Mallman...” – Denver Post

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Focus tracks - The End Is Not The End, Hologram Jesus, Trying To Fight Fire With A Fist

All Songs Hunnypot Unlimited sync and master.

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SLEEPLUST is a Los Angeles electronic indie band by way of Charlotte, North Carolina consisting of songstress/poet Meghan Tartamella, twin brothers Michael and Joseph Pepe and percussionist Sarah Luffred. The group combines brooding electronics, wandering synths and heavy beats all brought together by Tartamella’s sultry yet focused melodies. Painting the picture of vast landscapes and endless travels the band have just released their self-titled debut EP. All track are controlled 100% Pub and Master by Hunnypot Unlimited.

Focus tracks - OVER IT NOW, DEEP NIGHTS, LIES

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[Alternative / Soaring Vocals / Relationships / Strength / Dreamy]

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Just in case you missed out on all the live action and fun, we bring you Bobby Green's Interview and DJ Set! Special thanks to Robbins Entertainment and manager Scott Sylvester for hooking us up!

 --BOBBY GREEN DJ SET--

California Ave - Arabian Pleasure (Two 69 Radio version)

DJ Jessie Cole - TNT Mashup No. 3 (110-220 Remix)

TJR VS Foreigner - Cold As Oi (Bingo Players Mashup)

Major Lazer F. Elliphant & Jovi Rockwell - Too Original (TJR Remix)

Firebeatz & Schella - Dat Disco Swindle

Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There

Oliver Heldens - Waiting

Tom Swoon vs Nari & Milani - Stay Together

Julia Lauren - Reckless (Bobby Green Remix)

Gimbal & Sinan - Wonderland

Tiger LA - Now You Know (Bobby Green Remix)

Martin Solveig Feat. Sam White - +1 (Tujamo Remix)

Diplo & Shelco Garcia & Teenwolf - Pull Up Dat Booty

Steve Aoki & Diplo & Deorro feat. Steve Bays - Freak

TJR - What's Up Suckaz

Bobby Green feat. Whitney Phillips - Lights

Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears

Puff Daddy feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim - It's All About The Benjamins (Remix)

Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy (Gta Remix)

Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money (Diplo & Grandtheft Remix)

Porter Robinson - 100% In The Bitch

Diplo & Vato Gonzalez - Rasclat Riddim

Meek Mill feat. Drake - R.I.C.O.

Malaa - Notorious

Getter & Ghastly - 666!

Wale - The Girls On Drugs (Tjr Remix)

Stevie Nicks - One Winged Dove (Remix)

Valentino Khan - Deep Down Low

Tujamo - Hey Mister

 

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