Brian Barneclo’s parklet launch and art opening this Saturday 6-9PM 3318 22nd St, SF
Valencia Street between 21st and 24th Street will be closed to traffic during this time for Cinco de Mayo festivities.
Misinformation: New Work by Brian Barneclo from Luna Rienne on Vimeo.
DJ Center is back with a new track featuring Akoya Afrobeat. The vinyl is a limited gold 10″ and has a mix by DJ Spinna. Download/ordering on his Bandcamp page.
Thank Goodness it’s…New! (and Friday)
Take 25% off items in the New Arrivals section with the code TGINEW. Offer good from now until Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at noon PST.
The discount cannot be applied to previously placed orders. More details here.
Mr. Fish signing his new book this Sat at Upper Playground…
Mark your calendar: The next sneaker pop up will be on Sat May 3rd at College of Alameda.
Opening tonight: Street Anatomy featuring original artwork by renown Austrian street artist, NYCHOS. Recognized world wide for his unique style with distinct anatomical explosions as subject matter, Nychos brings his talent and vigor of the Rabbit Eye Movement to San Francisco.
‘Street Anatomy’ opens Friday, April 18th 7:00pm at FIFTY24SF Gallery 218 Fillmore St, SF.
Crazy good stuff going on at the Oakland Museum this weekend (and happy 20th to Giant Robot!)
SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot features recent and site-specific works by 15 contemporary artists, and hundreds of objects from Giant Robot magazine’s history including skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, and a custom car-turned-video game console. Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records celebrates the social experience of listening to and collecting records on vinyl, with an innovative in-Gallery listening space and hundreds of albums to peruse and play.
Happening the same night, OMCA will host a Record Swap with over 25 vinyl sellers from across the Bay and an amazing line-up of DJs. Friday Nights @ OMCA, with Off the Grid food trucks, live band Soul Mechanix, a K-pop dance workshop, and more.
Here’s the latest record from Dilla’s long-lost (and still tangled) album The Diary, “Give ‘Em What They Want,” 12-inch on clear vinyl with five tracks produced in 2002 by J Dilla and Supa Dave West. This will be released on May 6th on Pay Jay Productions.
Dilla set out in 2002 to record an album collaborating with his favorite producers, and Supa Dave West was among them. The first two vocal tracks on this record are built around the same lyrics – “Give ‘Em What They Want” produced by Dilla and “The Doe” produced by West are typical of how he would re-record a track, changing his delivery to fit another producer’s beat. (Another version of this track over a completely different Supa Dave West beat is still missing.)
The last vocal track “So Far,” also produced by Supa Dave West, will be familiar to some fans of MP3 bootlegs. On this record, it’s mastered for the first time by Dave Cooley, who worked on Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft.
Thanks to James & Karla Murray for the cover photo, from their book Store Front (Ginko Press). The label illustration is by Denise Nestor, based on a photo by B+. Sleeve by Jeff Jank. This was produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt, with coordination from House Shoes, Henoch Moore and J Rocc.
Pay Jay Productions was founded by J Dilla (James Yancey). The Estate of James Yancey is administered by attorney Alex Borden and overseen by the Probate Court of the State of California on behalf of Yancey’s four heirs – his mother, Maureen “Madukes” Yancey, his brother John “Illa J” Yancey and his two daughters, Ja’Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.
via @rappcats
New video from Atmosphere for their new single, “Kanye West”. It’s the second single from their upcoming album Southsiders, out May 6th. The video was directed by Pete Lee.
Atmosphere will be performing at Red Rocks with The Grouch & Eligh, PROF, deM atlaS, and Get Cryphy on August 29th. Tickets go on sale FRIDAY at 10am MST.
