A brand new band Skull Tape has just released their debut music video cover of Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair". The band is fronted by Brad Breeck (from The Mae Shi) and also consists of members of various bands including Kyle Mabson (of XBXRX, drums), Daniel Deblanke (of Robotanists, guitar), Vice Cooler (XBXRX/Hawnay Troof, guitar), Dalton Blanco (Robin Williams On Fire, drums), and Jon Gray (Signals, synths).
In the video the band teased segments from a song called "Drowning In Blood" towards the end of the song. "Drowning In Blood" is from the forthcoming album The Invisible Hand and the Descent of Man out on April 12th via LA's Fine Records!
The video was Directed and edited by Skull Tape / Shot by Dalton Blanco.
The "Drowning In Blood"/"Whip My Hair" single is available now on iTunes.
Follow: @skulltape
Hunnypot Radio #206 featured a special guest host Jason Kramer (Elias Arts/KCRW) filling in for the vacationing Hot Tub Johnnie. The night still proved to be very entertaining as we had some great guests!
Special thanks to our crew & guests...
Jason Kramer, Franklin Manor, Tracii Guns, Bronxstyle Bob from The Bastard Blues Band, Kevin Kelpin, David Trimeloni, Arthur Lang, Lucas Tuttle, Adrian Flores, Anthony Severino, Zac Browne, Moe Sai, Dani Endrei, Marvin Bonilla, Paul Enriquez, Larken Phillips, Trygge Toven, Jeremy Paul Hicks, Kali Hinkel, Cody Zingraf, Lindsay Nourse, Diana Szyszkiewicz, Adam Schlachter, Juan Gonzalez, Colleen Crumb, Christopher Hawley, Sammy H. Greenspan and many many more!
We welcome back renowned music supervisor/DJ,Jason Kramer (Elias Arts/KCRW). Jason Kramer is one of the most sought after tastemakers in the business. He will be providing his musical insight while featuring some of the latest musical goodness you've yet to hear! This will be a one of a kind interview/DJ set do not miss this!
Listen to Jason Kramer on KCRW's "The Lab"
Our musical guests of the evening will be LA rock band Franklin Manor. Coming through in support of their lead single "Pushover", these guys are killing it with their mid 90's sound reminiscent of Alice In Chains. Franklin Manor will surely be bringing it live when they go all out at the Libertine!
Also we have very special guest Tracii Guns, of LA famed rock band L.A. Guns. Tracii will be on to perform a special acoustic set live on Hunnypot Radio!
Hot Tub Johnnie returned with a bang for our 205th Hunnypot Radio Show! DJ Hot Tub featured a killer set of his latest goodness and spoke on the his time at Sundance. Be sure to check out these choice tracks played during Hot Tub's set..."Bounce" (feat. Hollywood Holt) by Gzus Piece, Cali Swag Districts' latest "Kickback" and the brand new "Do It Again" by Holy Ghost!
We will be welcoming L.A.'s multi-talented rapper/singer/producer Rob Roy (Dim Mak Records). Rob Roy had the internet buzzing last year with the release of his video for "Fur In My Cap", which eventually got him signed to Dim Mak Records this past Fall. He is from Florida but now resides in L.A. and is currently working on his brand new full length album due out soon! Rob Roy will be joining the party in the Hot Tub with a interview/performance that will turn the show into a frenzy!
Our special guest DJ of the night is Jesse Lee (dF). Ian is coming in representing dF (dubFrequency), which is a music & lifestyle tastemaker blog. Ian also represents the Creme De La Creme music party series which currently hosts parties at the House Of Blues in many major cities across the country. Jesse will be on for a featured interview and DJ set. Look to be introduced to some of the hottest new music that is out now!
Special thanks to our guests….
Rob Roy, Ian Macpherson (dF), KutMaster Kurt, Paul Enriguez, Larken Phillips, Liryc, Malach Mott, Deanna French, Rob Velente, Kevin Kent (High Dessert Music), Jessica Craft, Lindsay Nourse, Allie Burbacher, Colleen Crumb, Christopher Hawley, Celeste Shields, “Pesci” Jeff Gray, Irving C. Spivak, Sammy H. Greenspan, Briana Beauvoir, Seline Beauvoir, Jeremy Paul Hicks-Kachik, Kali Hinkel, Marvin Bonilla, Juan Gonzales, Kyle Williams, Joshua Edmonds, Jay Guzman and many more!
DJ Boom Shack started the night off with a soothing new track "Soak It Up" by Houses out Chicago, which lead way into the brand new single "On/Off The Ledge by ROBOTANISTS. The highlights though were Starfuckers "Bury Us Alive" and LA hip-hop newcomer Reason with "Life Of A Star (feat. Raz)", as well as "Keepin It Gangsta" the latest from Gzus Piece. For the complete track list check to the right.
Our first special guest was none other than Jerry Davis of Fox Sports. The 28 year music industry veteran and pioneer came on the show and shut it down. Jerry spoke on his great career touching on his work at ASCAP where he helped guide some of today's most well known hip-hop artists like Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Too Short and more! Jerry's set list was a compilation of the music that he says played a huge role for him as he was learning the game. His set included classics from Run D.M.C., Megadeth, Earth Wind & Fire and more.
Our final guest DJ was DJ Broadway straight out of Pasadena. Broadway came in with some pounding bass, spinning some classic old school hip-hop, r&b/ soul. A lover of hip hop, DJ Broadway began at Loud Records working A&R bringing us the likes of The Alkaholiks and Xzibit. The highlight of the night was "Bonita Applebum" as Broadway's bass had the room shaking with bottles hitting the ground!
We closed the night out with a classic sing-a-long from The Walker Brothers "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)". 01/24/22011
Special thanks to our guests....
Jerry Davis (Fox Sports), DJ Broadway, "Pesci" Jeff Gray, Larken Phillips, Paul Enriquez, Marvin Bonilla, Justin Born, Delta Ogata, The Hush Down, Irving C. Spivak, Jon Johnson, Yang Zhang, Lindsay Nourse, Dani Endrei, Ileanna Portillo (Blue Sky Soda), Sammy H. Greenspan, Adam Schlachter, Van Kassabian, Briana Beauvoir, Jeremy Paul Hicks-Kachik, Kali Hinkel, Maureen O'Neill, Jimmy Cardenas and many many more!
Our first show of 2011 was a crazy fun time! We had some great guests, including a killer performance by up and coming electro/pop artist Amber Melody. Amber played a stripped down set with two back up singers, acoustic guitar and our favorite a cajon player! Her live sound is a great transition from what you will hear on her album and we think we bode very well in this new year. We recommend checking her out and catching one of her shows!
Our first industry guest DJ set of 2011 belonged to Sam Schulman (A&R Interscope Records). Sam who was also responsible for linking us to Amber Melody featured some killer new tastemaker artists. Including the latest from Compton's own Kendrick Lamar whose song "She Needs Me" (Remix) is catching some crazy buzz as he just signed to Aftermath Records. He also dropped Baby Blue with "Double Up" and the always enticing Deadmau5 with "Sofi Needs A Ladder"! Keep a look out for Kendrick Lamar as we see a huge 2011 in store for him.
Also featured at the show was Prince Sole whose song "All Day Lover" feat. Ray J has been featured on the Hunnypot website and been getting heavy play at radio. Prince came through to keep us up to date with his latest happenings and said we should be expecting a bangin' new single very soon!
Our first sing-a-long of 2011 was Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You" (In honor of the late Gerry Rafferty) 01/10/2011
Special thanks to our guests...
Amber Melody, Sam Schulman (Interscope Records), Prince Sole, Heather Kyang (Amber Melody), E-Train, Michael Silverstein (E-Train Music Group), Paul Enriquez, Marvin Bonilla, Larken Phillips, Anna Marie Konakowitz, Chris Morris, Lindsay Nourse, Jeff "Pesci" Gray (Fox Sports), Justin Born, Sammy H. Greenspan, Jimmy Cardenas, Maureen O'Neill, Colleen Crumb, Christopher Hawley, Juan Gonzalez, Josh Edmonds and many more!!
Born in London, Amber Melody has been singing and writing music since she was 6 years old. She dropped out of school at a young age and moved to Los Angeles, surfing from couch to couch while developing her sound. Amber is currently producing a new EP with her co-producer Lil "Dom" Puente and they say it will sound like Gwen Stefani, Keith Sweat, Damian Marley's love baby. In 2015, Amber and Lil "Dom" Puente" released their debut EP Sicc Little Girls, featuring the single "Smile Hoe." Currently refining her sound for her next project, Amber Melody has the talent and attitude to take the music industry by storm.
DJ Hot Tub Johnnie had saved the best for last to close out 2010! He featured some killer new music including the latest single “The Stand” by Mother Mother ”Pump Ya Fist” by Mic Terror.
Industry legend Paul Stewart caught us up with his projects and crushed a very special listening session for us all.
Filling in for Hot Pink Delorean was the great Hollywood rock band The Broken. Who came and brought their incendiary sound to the airwaves. The boys played a few tracks live including “Leaving” and “Please” off their upcoming LP.
Marvin Bonilla held down the show for the evening filling in for DJ Boom Shack. Marvin featured new songs from some great latin artists Chino & Nacho, Don Omar & J King and Maximan.
The nights closing sing-a-long was “All out of Love” by Air Supply! 12/20/2010
From Boston, Hunnypot's Hot Pink Delorean has released their very first music video for their single "Club Crashers". Soon to be released on Overthrow Music Authority. Remember to check out the trio live on Hunnypot Radio: Monday, December 20th 2010 at the Libertine in West Hollywood!
Hot Pink Delorean "Club Crashers" out soon on Overthrow Music Authority
Show #201 was the first of many as we make our way on to 300! DJ Hot Tub kicked the show off with plenty of goodness, featuring new songs from The Little Bear "Coldest Cloud", new Mother Mother "Simply Simple" and a haunting Hot Chip Remix of The Pharcyde's "Passin' Me By"! The sound in the Libertine was bumping as we moved forward with the show.
The Music Dept. from Los Angeles, stopped by and played a couple live songs and featured 2 new songs off their soon to be released EP. The 3 piece played beautifully, their song "Already Fell" which has been featured on One Tree Hill and is available on iTunes was a definitely a treat. Look for their song "Breaking" which was featured on the show and can be referenced on the playlist.
DJ Boom Shack took to the airwaves for an early set, featuring new music from Franklin Manor, The Satin Peaches from Detroit, and the latest from Cut Copy and Hellogoodbye! Our next musical guest was Paz, an LA hip hop/rock/pop artist that has a huge buzz right now with his Mixtape Young Broke & Fameless that has been downloaded over 500,000 times, came into the Hot Tub for a great 6 song performance. Paz, who plays the guitar himself, had backing players on the cajon and acoustic guitar. The highlights of the night were "Neptune + Mars" and his cover of "Bedrock". Keep your eye out on this one as we expect big things in the coming year!
David "Whitey" Weitzman (ole Songs) was our final guest DJ of the night. Whitey, came to us with a killer set of some bumpin new bangers from Cali Swag District "Back It Up and Dump It", Bassnectar "Wildstyle Method" and a Hunnypot favorite from Rad Omen with "Rad Anthem". The show was closed out with a classic sing-a-long, from The Eagles "Take It Easy"!
Special thanks to our guest...
The Music Dept., Paz, David "Whitey" Weitzman, Bradshaw Lambert, Larken Phillips, Allie Burbacher, Paul Enriquez, Jay Costa, Jeff "Pesci" Gray, Irving C. Spivak, Jon Conover, Antoine Perkins, Lindsay Nourse, Sammy H. Greenspan, Marvin Bonilla, Dani Endrei, Ileanna Portillo, Mark Rogers, Jill Imig and many more!
Special thanks to our guests...
PJ Bloom, Thomas Golubic', Casey Dunmore, James Patrick, Kevin Kent (High Desert Music), Sammy H. Greenspan,Larken Phillips, Lindsay Nourse, Marvin Bonilla, Jason Kramer (Elias Arts/KCRW), Christopher Hawley, Jeff "Pesci" Gray, Sarah Ellquist, Daniel De Blanke, Tee Mitchell, Dani Endrei, Colleen Crumb, Jennifer DaRe, Adam Schlachter, Diana Szyszkiewicz, Paul Enriquez, David Weitzman, Julie Moe, Allie Burbacher and many more
Hunnypot favorite's ROBOTANISTS have just released the official music video for the captivating single "Wait A Minute Here". The band is currently putting finishing touches on their forthcoming album titled "Plans In Progress" due out in early 2011 and stay posted to Robotanists' Facebook page for all their up-coming shows!
"Wait A Minute Here" can be found on the albums CURRENT (12") & CLOSE DOWN THE WOODS (CD). Available on iTunes and all other major digital retailers worldwide. Video Credits: Lloyd DeSouza - director Kevin Gosselin - dp.camera op Sam Cividanis - editor/vfx robotanists.com