Confession: We found bizarre guilty pleasure listening to this song about a Llama named “Chow Chow”.
Sweden’s latest viral dance export, DJ and electronic producer Aron Michael Ekberg, aka AronChupa, has made another viral hit with his sister Nora Ekberg, aka Little Sis Nora. Originally a soccer star and later became part of viral group Albatraoz, AronChupa went solo in 2014 to make electro- and hip-hop influenced dance music. He has also recently started his own label House of Albatraoz, which vision is to build something together with other talents.
With views on AronChupa’s youtube channel approaching 1 billion, the track “I’m An Albatraoz” alone have scored double platinums across the board in Sweden and Australia, and platinums in New Zealand, Italy and Denmark. Videos of it on AronChupa’s channel had easily hit a combined 800 million views, which could be blamed on the fun and catchy melody with that urban twist.
Released for less than 3 weeks, “Llama In My Living Room” is already approaching 4 million views and more than 3000 comments. Known for their visual pricks in their music videos, this one with “Llama In My Living Room” is no different. House of Albatraoz brought in a clone of porn star Ron Jeremy, llama “Chow Chow”, and Little Sis Nora in albatraoz attitude among walls of straw bale. And may we say the eccentric lyrics and the pitch manipulated “meh” was simply on point.
What’s an “albatraoz”? Urban Dictionary defined that to be one, is to be “a strong woman, or in other words, a boss ass bitch,” which definition is verified by Little Sis Nora.
Admit it, the eccentric title is tempting you to your first play. Well, give it a spin. “Ciao ciao”.
P.S. We found a little secret in the names of the siblings… Their names spelt backwards are each other’s name. How cute!
When you think of music that transports you to a different place and time, it's not often that you would find yourself landing on something as tranquil and peaceful as Joanna Walfisch. But that's exactly where you should start. Joanna plays a multitude of instruments and is a master of live vocal looping, and uses these talents to create music that will pull you out of reality and into an ethereal state where you can lose yourself for hours.
Joanna Walfisch is currently gearing up to release her new album through Pledge Music, but while we wait let's lose ourselves in her latest single Gardens of my Mind. Taken from the album of the same name, Joanna shows us her garden in a surreal mix of paint, plants, and confetti. You can catch Joanna Walfisch performing live on Monday, June 26th 2017 during Hunnypot #369
Colombian-American artist Kali Uchis just released a music video for her first single off her debut studio album. It may be her first album, but Uchis is no stranger to the music business. She’s already worked with Snoop Dogg, Juanes, Gorillaz, Tyler, the Creator, and more. Uchis has also toured with Leon Bridges. However, she heads out on her first headlining tour this fall with dates all across North America in support of her new album.
“Tyrant” features Jorja Smith in a video that looks like it came straight out of a museum of modern art. Uchis co-directs all her own videos, and her fashion-design chops show in this one as “Tyrant” shows bold colors and trendy clothing. The video also features shots that mimic optical illusions, utilizing physical screens, green screens, the aforementioned bright colors and clothing, and a kaleidoscopic montage that mirrors Uchi’s lyrics.
Emerging from an 8-year hiatus, Fischerspooner has released their first new single since 2009. Prefacing their new album SIR, "Have Fun Tonight" is a dance anthem that has house meets disco elements mixed with trappy hi hats and a melodic chorus that ties it all in.
The visuals accompanying the record show a slow moving, blurred crowd of club-goers dancing as an man observes and contemplates temptation. Pitchfork describes the music as “…a queer dance ballad about polyamory (...or polyagony) encouraging your lover to go out and have fun without you.” The song was co-written and co-produced by Michael Stipe and Boots. In addition to the album being released September 22 via Ultra, Fischerspooner will also host a museum show called SIR that will exhibit at MUMOK in Vienna. This show will run from June 29-October 29 and will be accompanied by an art book showcasing the exhibition highlights.
Mike WiLL Made-It teams up with Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane and Rae Sremmurd on a hot new single "Perfect Pint". The video falls into the mind-blowing catagory, Enjoy the trip, Hunnypot Approved!
We can't get enough of this party track from Brooklyn based Disco flavored ESCORT. A favorite Hot Tub DJ set anthem. Party on!
In a stunning change of protocol Hot Tub Johnnie assembled his appointees and had them bestow praise, adulation and allegiance to his "party" platform. We all unanimously agreed to serve him without measure. Hot Tub Johnnie started the night with some sharp tunes to smooth the edges. Bruce Duff dusted off our turntables and brought a set of music that defines his mad genius influence and influences, Eugene Marie haunted us with progressive melody and meter, Sumo Princess "Yusho'd" us the way to hard rock victory, Fused By Defiance literally brought the crowd to their knees with hardcore sounds and The Glorious just live up to their name with...glorious melodies and songs. *DR. OGX (STEVE SUH) INTERVIEW!!! -Jeff Gray 6/12/2017
Musician, producer, manager, rock journalist, indie label executive, Southern California native Bruce Duff has seen and been a part of more rock 'n' roll fantasies come to life than the average guy with long hair and a penchant for living the dream. From biohazardous opening slots with the legendary GG Allin to playing alongside the notorious Jeff Dahl and the Dead Boys' Cheetah Chrome, wearing multiple hats at Triple X Records, and writing for the most acclaimed publications in the genres. Bruce currently oversees the Artist Management division at Knitting Factory.
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Eugene Marie is a new electropop duo from Brooklyn by way of Seattle and Portland. The couple, Lucy and Spencer, is currently releasing their debut self-titled EP – an album built from a foundation of found sounds and serendipitous situations. By gathering seemingly mundane artifacts of life and putting them on a pedestal, Eugene Marie turns squeaks into symphonies and conversations into melodies: "The perfect blend of Björk's unconventional left field exuberance and Sylvan Esso's odd-pop earworms" (Crack in the Road).
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Los Angeles based, bass and drum duo Sumo Princess is the brainchild of bassist/ vocalist Abby Travis (The Go-Go’s, Eagles of Death Metal, Masters of Reality, Farflung, The Bangles, Beck, KMFDM, Elastica) and drummer/cohort Gene Trautmann (Queens of the Stoneage, Eagles of Death Metal, The Miracle Workers, The Twilight Singers, Mark Lanegan, Drag News, Mojave Lords)
After working for 30+ years, as a gun for hire: Travis got sick of being appropriate and tasteful so she started creating a new, post political, music from her gut. Sumo Princess has the balls of teenage rebellion with the experience and chops of two alt rock music veterans. Travis and Trautmann have been friends since the 1980’s when she was in The Lovedolls and he played drums with paisley undergound stalwarts The Miracle Workers. The sound they are creating draws heavily from their misspent youths with direct lines to the Residents, Butthole Surfers, Devo, Black Flag, acid during the Reagan administration and legendary LA punk rock clubhouse Rajis.
Improvisation and strange vocal stylings are main ingredients in Sumo Princess’ work. When singing, Travis seems to take on different characters in each narrative. This is big departure from her earlier, more personal, solo work. (Cutthroat Standards & Black Pop, Glittermouth, IV, The Abby Travis Foundation) Through filtering her bass guitar through a myriad of strange pedals, she creates a new sound she calls “Artcore”
Travis is surprised that such reactionary, non results oriented work is resonating so deeply with fans: “I started this band to preserve my own sanity”, Travis says, “My initial goal was just to play at my brother’s club. (Dave Travis/ Café Nela) I’m amazed at the audience response we are getting.”
Trautmann says: “When Abby asked we to play in Sumo I was stoked because I knew her musicianship and drive would challenge me to better my own playing and to do things I wouldn’t normally do in the standard rock paradigm. We’re really hitting marks across the spectrum of style and I like it like that. Also I get to sing and play orchestral percussion, which is awesome.”
Look for the debut Sumo Princess release in ‘17.
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Fused By Defiance, also known as FxD, is a five-piece band from Los Angeles, CA, formed in 2012. They incorporate sounds of rock, metal, hip hop, and funk, coupled with socially conscious lyrics, to create songs that will move both your body and your mind. Add in their naturally energetic performance and the live show becomes an event to remember, or as one fan put it, "Poetry in motion." The band has opened for the following international acts: The Offspring, SUM 41, Rival Sons, LIT, Unwritten Law, Puddle of Mudd, Crazytown, Fear Factory, Metalachi, the Westfield Massacre, Everclear and Eyes Set To Kill. FxD has participated in the Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands, and won twice (in 2013 and 2015, respectively). They also made it through KLOS's Heidi and Franks "Stay or Go"; and, consequently, won a spot into SOG Fest 2015. And, won a battle-of-the-bands to play on 4/8/17 at 95.5 KLOS's SABROSO Music Festival. Currently, Fused By Defiance is sponsored by EMG Pickups, Red Six Drum Gear and Coldcock Whiskey.The FxD team is excited for the road ahead. And, more than anything, is dedicated to putting in the necessary work into sharing their music with the world.
Members - Ryan Cheek (Cheeks) - Vocalist/Kevin (Kevo) Cordero- Lead Guitar/Alvaro (Al) Padilla- Rhythm Guitar/Jonathan (Jon) Sigala- Bass/Edwin (Ed) Daboub- Drummer
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Late evening on December 25th, 2008 at footballer and now movie star, Vinnie Jones’ annual Christmas Party, the Glorious Two; Christopher Wicks and Mick Rossi would meet.
Christopher Wicks, the lyricist, designer and creator of all things English Laundry®, was born a child of the Sixties in Manchester, England–the Centre of the Universe.
In his very early years, he found solace by sketching what he remembers mainly to be shirts, shoes & guitars , listening to music and going to see shows at the many legendary Manchester music venues. His coalminer father often remarked to his Mum, “there’s something wrong with that kid, he should be outside kicking a ball.”
What began as a pre-teen pasttime, however, became a life-long career designing men’s & women’s apparel. Since leaving his home land in 1989, Christopher currently lives in Los Angeles where he pursues his passion for rock ‘n’ roll, open-top cars, motorcycles and, of course, fashion.
A day without music is a day without inspiration. The soundtrack playing in the backdrop of all his endeavors, includes music from The Small Faces, The Who, The Stones and, most important, the clean-cut elegance of early Beatles.
Mick Rossi, actor, writer, musician & producer, began his career in Manchester, England. As a teenager, he formed the cult British punk rock band, Slaughter and the Dogs. Mick has written & produced several albums with Slaughter and the Dogs to date. They have played with The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Talking Heads and many more. A guitar hero to many, Mick Rossi and his band Slaughter and The Dogs are considered to be one of the founders of the punk rock movement in Britain today. Since moving to L.A., Mick continues to work as an award winning actor in independent film. As a writer he has penned scripts with Gabriel Byrne, Joanne Whalley & Patrick Bergin. Some of his more recent projects are: “Played”, “2:22” and his latest project is the dark psychological thriller “A Kiss and a Promise” which he also wrote with Phillip Guzman. Mick plays the leading role of “David Beck” a sociopath opposite actress Natasha Gregson Wagner. “A Kiss and a Promise” was directed by Phillip Guzman and produced by Lenny Bitondo. A Kiss and a Promise opened theatrically on September 9, 2011.
Mick revisited his musical roots when he teamed up with fellow Mancunian singer/lyricist Christopher Wicks and together they penned the album “Stories From A Fractured Youth”. Wicks’ lyrics proved to be the perfect companion to Rossi’s melodies & riffs. Every lyric on the album telling a story, every riff on the guitar, an infectious melody and with a little help from their friends who lent their musical talents to the album. These include Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Billy Duffy of the Cult and a duet with Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilot’s.
Their debut album: “Stories from a Fractured Youth, consists of 13 powerful songs that will stand the test of time.
Matt Halper and Eli Sones, the young masterminds behind Two Friends team up with another LA based pop/dance duo Cosmos & Creature and bring us the tenderly ruckus pop single "Out Of Love". Don't miss Brandyn Burnette and Molly Moore pka Cosmos & Creature performing live at our June 26th Hunnypot party!
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Get ready for some serious nostalgia! If you’re craving that early nineties feel with some indie chic rock, you’ve found it in Chastity Belt. In their recent music video “Different Now”, released March 2017, we seem to travel back in time with vintage looking shots that later get mixed with more modern media. It’s a fun video to get lost in with carefree vibes that pays homage a simpler time.
Chastity belt started in Walla Walla, WA and made their way to Seattle where they stated gaining serious momentum. Members consist of Julia Sharpiro on lead vocals and guitar, Lydia Lund on lead guitar, Annie Truscott on bass and Gretchen Grimm on drums. Their content includes battling the social norm of femininity and empowerment, all wrapped up in humorous lyricism. Currently, they’re celebrating the release of their third studio album “I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone” while playing local Seattle shows. They’re getting ready for their 2017 summer tour as well and will follow with a recently announced West Coast tour.
Remember that one time we were heating things up in that nightclub bathroom? Or that bathroom run to sober up after drinking your heart out at that breakup? Or that sudden urge that drove you and your BFF there to gossip about your friends who were so faked?
That is the bathroom that Axwell /\ Ingrosso talks about. They kept things visual and so real, through the lenses of classic polaroids in their lyric video.
A two time DJ Magazine Top 100 PJ Poll winner, Axwell recently came #19 again, while Ingrosso came #26. Their secrets? Catchy tunes that make you dance, pairing up with pioneering ways to share their creative art. Their status as innovators got cemented especially when they post their entire “Renegade” music video via their instagram story.
Both from the former supergroup Swedish House Mafia, the re-invented duo Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso unveil their “faces of mainstream progressive house music” once again. In conjunction with releasing their highly-anticipated EP More Than You Know, their performance was televised internationally, at arguably soccer's biggest club tournament match the UEFA Europa League final.
Their art for the EP and aforementioned video were directed by Francesco Ragazzi, frequent collaborator with hip-hop paragons Pharrell, A$ap Rocky, and the genius creative behind brands like luxury fashion giant Moncler. The EP release also follows their previous single "I Love You" feat. platinum rapper Kid Ink breaching the #1 spot on both the Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart as well as the Mediabase Dance charts.
Push that button now to reveal the darkest secrets to Axwell /\ Ingrosso’s eclectic dance tunes.