Rumtum

His new cassette sold out fast. Don't miss out on some of the nicest pastoral-psychedelic-beat-futurism of the year. 

Ready4Legal

Check out my new mix of mostly Denver and all Colorado artists, jumping from hip hop to various bass to electro-pop. It's awesome.

Ready4Legal - A Denver Mix by Classyindividual on Mixcloud

Download a copy of Ready4Legal. 

Click Click Click remix

Caught Men in Burkas for the first time tonight at the Larimer. Real dope live set by the trio. 

Semicolon Parantheses remix

ManCub remixing DeCollage. Psychedelic-Folk-Bass. 

Before I Die (Savannah)

If you're not familiar with Candy Chang, then definitely check out some of her stuff, which includes some incredible street art projects. The homies at SeeSAW in Savannah have installed two of Chang's "Before I Die" walls in Savannah to coincide with the 4th Annual Savannah Urban Arts Festival. On the side of abandoned homes, it features "Before I die _______" and allows passerby to fill in the rest. Here's a pic of one of the houses, located at the corner of 31st & Waters. 

Whygee - I Need $

Some new hotness straight from the Mile High. Hazy afternoon smoothness. Whygee with the words + Qknox on the beats.



Check out the whole project here.

Kellie Walker's "Bones"

Kellie is a Savannah-based painter with a thing for skeletons. Not cheesy/spooky halloween bones, but cow skulls and other large mammals. Her solo exhibition follows the Savannah Windows project at the Creative Coast space, and it's cool to see them fostering as much local art as they have small business enterprises over the years.

Sights of Savannah

Bob Jones is constantly carrying a camera and snapping photos around town. It doesn't matter if it's a stray cat or a rock show, if it catches his eye, he'll take a picture. He probably has documented more of the breadth of Savannah's many pieces than anyone else. Here are a few from a recent evening that caught my eye. 

You can follow his daily output here. 

Kjunya "Puttin My Life on These Beats"

I love this track, and not just because I did the beat. Welcome to the South. Download a copy here.

Safe and Sound x Aux Arc

Gus over at Safe and Sound just sent me this cool video he did with SAV/ATL trio Aux Arc. It's shot live in a studio with the guys and some lights - pretty minimal, but very effective. Videographer/Lighting Magician Matt T. Perry sets the scene with his homemade lighting board of tricks. He also ran lights for them and Sunglasses during sets at Stopover. The tune itself is a jangly, garage-pop gem called "Sixteen."

Aux Arc - Sixteen from safe//sound on Vimeo.

KidSyc "Really Cool"

KidSyc on the rhymes and Ali on the beat. This thing is fresher than the farmer's market.

KJunya "Take Me Back"

It's not a proper video by any stretch of the imagination, but the track is ridiculous. If you ever listened to Tupac, you might be feeling this...seriously...it's like that Savannah. Go here to download a copy (Use this link if you re-post; please do not re-host the file)

Manatee

The drop around 1:00 is ridiculous.
  BLACKOUT by MANATEE

Taste II recap

A great video recapping the second Taste art event out at Meddin, which took place last month. 12 hours of art, music, performance, beer and mayhem.


TASTE II from FanFlare Media on Vimeo.

Big shout out to Raabstract for spearheading the organizational efforts. Also many thanks to all the artists - KidSyc, DJ D-Frost, Hebermehl, Basik Lee, AFW, Cusses, Jose Ray, Dr. Z, Rrrrumps (who destroyed shit late night), Cousin Dan, Word of Mouth and many more. Also a personal thanks to P.Villa for the 40s on the back porch.

Lady Lazarus

Big shout out to Melissa Sweat, aka Lady Lazarus, for making musical moves on her own terms. When she arrived in Savannah from California she was teaching herself music, since she's arrived, she did a ton of gigs, played at the Stopover Festival, and now is getting crazy love from websites like Pitchfork and PopMatters - the latter of whom premiered this video for her last week:

Dope Friday

Dope Sandwich is dropping tracks every Friday - some new stuff, some old stuff, some random stuff - here's an old posse joint from circa '06.

Taste II

The first Taste event took place two years ago at the former Meddin Slaughterhouse, which was artist studios at the time. It was live art, fashion show, tons of music, DJs, exhibits, food, beer and more...basically everything you could want wrapped up in one event. Now, the old Meddin building has taken on a new form, now as a state-of-the-art digital production facility, but they've opened their doors to the event this year. Expect 11 hours of awesomeness all sourced from Savannah, GA.

Fresh Produce

I'm co-curating an art show during the Savannah Urban Arts Festival with Sean Fahie of Nine and Three Quarters. It'll feature a dozen artists from Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta - all of whom are ill with the art skills. The show opens April 17 with a reception from 4-6pm at Indigo Sky Gallery.

Taste and DTM

Two excellent art events coming up in Savannah in April.

Taste was the last great hurrah before the old Meddin meat packing facility was converted from studios into a state of the art digital production facility. There were artists, bands, live painting, suspension acts, a fashion show and beer - what else could you want? Taste is returning April 30 thanks to Raabstract, and if you want to get in on the art stop by here for more info. 
According to Raab:

TASTE is open to all genres, styles and mediums. We welcome live acts, 2d/ 3d, installations, freak shows, interactive exhibits, DJ's, musicians, live painters etc.

The deadline for artist submissions is April 1.

Down the road at Studio 2-Ten will be a show called Destroy the Masterpiece - a gallery exhibit of graffiti and street art type stuff that will open at the same time, meaning you can wander from Desoto Ave to 2-Ten (less than 2 blocks away) and check them both out.

Ulysses Davis

 Ulysses Davis was a barber in Savannah, GA who seemed to whittle away at any piece of wood that came within his reach. I doubt he realized that the habit would make him a revered folk artist years after his death. Some of his collection resides at the Beach Institute, and other pieces have become part of collections at Atlanta's High Museum and other institutions. Read a little more about him here or here.

Or check out "Sculpture from a Savannah Barbershop"