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@Luisamaita Announces North American Tour
Brazilian chanteuse Luisa Maita has announced a North American tour in November! Fresh off of the heels of her eponymous debut, Maita’s album has received critical and commercial acclaim, reaching the #1 spot on iTunes Latino the week after the album was released. We’re excited to see her perform live in the US! Here are [...]
Junip’s New Album Streaming on NPR
Swedish band Junip will be releasing a new album, Fields, later on this month. Fronted by singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez, who is popular in his own right, Junip also consists of Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn. Their new album is currently streaming on NPR’s website. Click HERE to check it out. You can pre-order different versions [...]
Follow @boomboomchik for Electric Zoo NY Coverage!
PEEPS! We will be at Electric Zoo NY this weekend covering the event for those of y’all who can’t make it as well as tweeting live from the event!!! If you have any questions for us about the event, use this hashtag: #boomboomzoo. Next week we’ll have pictures and reviews of BOTH days at Electric [...]
Malaysian Rapper Namewee Almost Gets Arrested – Again
Ohhhh boy. NOT again. Malaysia’s posterchild of controversial rap Namewee was almost arrested – again – by Malaysian police in connection with a rap video he posted a few days ago about a racist school principal in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. This happens on the eve of Malaysia’s 53rd anniversary of independence and [...]
Beatbox Version of Lady Gaga’s Alejandro
How many female beatboxers do you know? I know of one, and she’s kick ass. Sophia aka Kidd Beatz teamed up with fellow YouTubers Ivana and Jessica to deliver an acappella rendition of Lady Gaga‘s “Alejandro”, featuring Sophia’s beatboxing skills on top. Me like. Happy Monday!
Introducing Systema Solar
Systema Solar are among the latest of the bad ass Colombian bands tirando fuego from their homeland. This musical spitfire is the combination of a whole bunch of genres including cumbia, hip-hop, bullenrengue, champeta, house, techno among others (apparently) which they’ve dubbed “berbenautika”. Adding Afro-Colombian vibes by way of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, you get a [...]
Aaliyah’s Memory, Nine Years Later
“We Need a Resolution” video, the first single off of Aaliyah’s third and final album, Aaliyah. I was 15 years old on August 25, 2001 when I, like many others, learned of the untimely death of R&B singer and actress, Aaliyah. She had just released her third album, Aaliyah, one of the best and most [...]
Introducing Somelsewhere
Somelsewhere follows a tradition of one-man music projects like Sufjan Stevens and Implosion Quintet. Ross Campbell is the man behind the music, a college sophomore who began recording only last year. Before Ross sets off for a semester-long program in Japan, he has released an EP entitled Ink.Blot.Blink available for free HERE. Ross’s voice complement [...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “hitRECord”
Inception and (500) Days of Summer actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt started the hitRECord project five years ago, which has since evolved into an open collaboration production company. Anyone can join hitRECord, which runs in the form of a social network. It’s not as intuitive as Twitter or Facebook, but after spending the better part of the [...]
Jay-Z & The Dap Kings – 99 Problems (Prince of Ballard Remix)
If you read Boomboomchik a bit, you know I’m partial to some funk/soul type ish. So when my friend sent me The Dap Kings and Prince of Ballard remix of Jay-Z‘s song “99 problems” I could only smile like crazy. With that smooth funk in the background, Jay-Z’s rap-rhythm comes to the foreground. Let’s forget [...]
Short film “Hujan Panas” by Nadiah Hamzah
We all know of New York City’s allure and ability to attract young people from all over the country and all over the world. Nadiah Hamzah, an NYU MFA candidate, is trying to show just that in her upcoming short film, “Hujan Panas”. The film will explore the life of a Malaysian immigrant in New [...]
Gaelle – Falling
I first came across Haitian-American songstress Gaelle on MySpace four years ago and she has since become one of my all-time favorite singers. Her 2004 debut release, Transient, is a classic – a collection of twelve songs, each displaying Gaelle + Co.’s solid musicianship. This album isn’t held together by one big-name producer who creates [...]
AudioDax – Thoughts (Crystal Castles Remix)
Fresh kids of hip-hop AudioDax are back with their interpretation of Crystal Castles’ song “Empathy”, entitled “Thoughts”. It’s off of a forthcoming mixtape of remixes and song covers of their favorite artists. Check it. Peace, Radio M.
Introducing Blitz the Ambassador
Upon listening to Blitz the Ambassador‘s album, Stereotype, you can almost swear you are listening to a modern rendition of Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” method. You are hit with live instruments including a brass section (!); certainly, there are emcees out there that utilize musicians in their albums, but something needs to be said [...]
Meet Zuzuka Poderosa
Photo credit: Sarah Boyle Brazilian-New Yorker baile funk vocalist Zuzuka Poderosa hits you with beats and a vocal style that is as fresh to these parts as fresh bread from your local bakery. She delivers rhymes in her native Portuguese over bumping beats. It doesn’t even matter whether or not you understand Portuguese; if you [...]
Music Video: M.I.A. – XXXO
Latest music video from M.I.A. off of her latest release. Here’s “XXXO”.
NEW VIDEO: Los Rakas – Abrazame
Panabay duo Los Rakas have debuted the video for their hit “Abrazame”. Check it!
Interview with Vanessa Fernandez
Vanessa Fernandez is known in her native Singapore as a DJ for radio station 987fm as well as being a singer with a powerful, versatile voice. She’s been making her name in the local scene, giving her the opportunity to work with different producers and musicians and honing in on her sound. Here’s what Vanessa [...]
Interview with Mishal Moore
I’m Mishal, hear me roar! After listening to Mishal Moore’s opening set at Zee Avi’s show last weekend, I needed to know more about the woman behind the song “Makeup Sex”. Who is she, why does she play the guitar like a bass, where can I find more about this artist with such amazing breath [...]
Adam WarRock – Ira Glass
In anticipation for the release of his debut album this September, The War for Infinity, our favorite new emcee Adam WarRock released the first single entitled “Ira Glass”. In “Ira Glass”, named for the NPR radio personality and host of “This American Life”, WarRock spits both fire and prose over the infectious beat (courtesy of [...]
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