Sorry to be so post heavy today (it’s either feast or famine with us, huh?)  Was just reminded about what’s sure to be one of the best showcases:

WED MARCH 14TH (10pm) @ THE 512 BAR – 408 E. 6TH STREET
LIVE:  HANNI EL KHATIB, NICK WATERHOUSE, ALLAH-LAS & FEEDING PEOPLE

They’re all also playing separately at a million other showcases.  Here’s Nick Waterhouse’s schedule:
Wed: 5:50pm @ Shangri-La:  Echo/Origami Showcase
Wed: 11:00pm @ The 512 Bar:  Innovative Leisure Showcase
Thu: 1:00pm @ Pure Volume House: Hype Machine/Aquarium Drunkard Showcase
Thu: 10:00pm @ ND / 501 Studios:  Windish Showcase
Fri: 2:20pm @ La Zona Rose: Rolling Stone Showcase
Fri: 5:30pm @ The W Hotel: Nylon Magazine / Dub Frequency Showcase
Fri: 8:30pm @ 1100 Warehouse (1100 E. 5th Street):  Biz 3 Showcase
Sat: 12:15pm @ Mess With Texas

First new single from Latyrx in many moons.  Feat Boots & Karyn Paige.  Prod by Headnodic.

They’ll be at SXSW too:

Fri 3/16 – Madison House Showcase, Beauty Bar
Sat 3/17 – Madison House Afternoon Delight

Pretty much everyone we know is in Austin right now.  Here are some showcases of note:

Hopefully you made it to the Stones Throw showcase last night. Perhaps you’ve seen PB Wolf wandering around this morning eating a Snickers…

Respect to the people of Japan who have endured so much devastation and trauma in the last year.  Please consider purchasing something from our Japan Benefit section, as we would like to make continued donations to Second Harvest Japan.  You can donate directly here.

DOWNLOAD “CODE RED EMERGENCY” MP3 HERE!

WWW.LIVEFROMTHECONTROLROOM.COM

Live from the Control Room Session Two featuring Lateef and producer PoetiqBeetz.  Filmed by  Casual (Hieroglyphics Rap God), this session and track titled, “Code Red Emergency” were recorded at the SAE San Francisco campus by SAE students (for more info: http://us.sae.edu/San-Francisco/)

The video and track are the result of the “Live from the Control Room” Beat Battle which took place late 2011 at 330 Ritch in San Francisco.   The song will be featured on the Live from the Control Room EP  where the winning producers,  Cache, Poetiq Beetz, Lambo Got Em’ and Ion the Prize provide the backdrops and the Bay’s finest hold down the rhymes.  Other featured emcees will be A-Plus from Souls/Hiero, Moe Green, and DaVinci.

Directed and Shot by Casual
Edited by Roy Miles
Recorded at SAE San Francisco

Records for Buy & Trade

Outdoor Vendor Village with Artists & Designers

B-boy & girl Competition

Live Performance by 2Mex, Buyepongo, and more.

Over 45 Invited Collectors & Dealers, Selling Records from all over the world.
Blues, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Metal, Psych, Punk, Rap, Reggae, Rock, Soul, & World – 12″ & 45 Records.

Resident DJs share rare selections from their record collections..

ABEL | AC THE PD | ANALOG | CHARLIE ROCK | CHIKARAMANGA
CLENZ ROC | CURSE | DANNY HOLLOWAY | DWENZ | EARLY WORM
FLOW | GABE REAL | GAZOO | JAWA | KIDRAGON | KID RIZ | KIWAMU OMAE
LISTEN RECOVERY CREW | LORD RON | LU-MAN | RAICHOUS | VAL | 671

Mixmats Special Guest DJ & 1st-time Record Vendor:
DJ REVOLUTION (World Famous Wake Up Show)

Beat Swap Meet is a gathering of the minds:
http://vimeo.com/23575735

2-step & boogie versions of @lyricsborn songs (& exclusives) mixed by DJ Icewater

(that cover would make a nice shirt, don’t you think?)

You can download the mixtape here. Watch its trailer and view its track listing below.

1. Intro
2. Freestyle @ The Kneez**
3. Just 2 Get U A Rep
4. Cakewalk Lovin'(ft Baby Jaymes)
5. U The 1-4 Me
6. Coulda Woulda Shoulda Biz (ft Sam Sparro)
7. Do That There On Saturday
8. We Got Differences, Bottom Line! (ft Joyo Velarde & B’Nai)**
9. Freestyle Back @ Ya**
10. We Still #1??**
11. I Like, I Love The Way It Feelz on the Wheelz
12. Hot 2 Coulda (ft Chali 2na & Joyo Velarde)
13. Don’t Change the Glow (ft Myron Glasper)
14. Got 2B A Hot Mess
15. Dem A Boogie
16. I Wanna B W/U (Don’t Give Up Remix) (ft Proh & Lateef)**
17. I Can’t Wait, So Don’t U Stop
18. I’m The Best (2 The Beat)
19. Something Better (Lonely Remix) (ft Francis & The Lights)**
20. The Bay (Three-mix) (ft Trackademicks, Lateef & C-Holiday)
21. Hello, Diamond!
22. Whodini VS Houdini
23. Kontrol Phreak Intact
24. We Live By The Beat of the Warning Knock (ft Joyo Velarde)

** LBVS5 exclusives

YUMIKO: Curse of the Merch Girl is both a collection of 10 NEW SONGS from the one and only MURS and a full length graphic novel (broken into 10 correlating chapters), written by Josh Blaylock with art by amazing newcomer Jose Garcia and colors by Jose and Juan Urueta. Help fund the project on their Kickstarter page and like it on Facebook.

Brandon says, “This is good!”  Done by @northboundfilms