The Vibe Conductor
B-more’s up first on Saturday. Then DC pays homage on Sunday. All Dilla, all weekend. Check the sets from last year’s celebration. On the Decks: Stylus/RoddyRod/2 Tone Jones/R.B.I/Book/Quartermaine/Pudge/Mimms/Harvey Dent/Cuzzin B Hosted by: Grap Luva Live…
If Fela could have rocked with Stevie on Soul Train, it may have sounded like this.
You know the deal. Afro.Latin.Brazilian.House.Disco.Funk Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 Eighteenth Street Lounge 1212 18th ST. NW, Washington, DC 20036 21+, $10 curated by Farid In the Main Room: SOL POWER ALLSTARS (Meistro, Deep Sang &…
Slip in after dinner with someone and continue the conversation. Bring a bunch of friends and take over the spot. Whatever you do is how I play. The only constant is flavor. Have a listen…
Continue Reading New live set from Blackbyrd Warehouse. Come hang tonight, Thurs. 2/2
Had to cook up something special for the big shebang-bang. Saturday, January 28th. A celebration of one year of all the body-rolling and curl moisturizing you can handle. Tickets: http://axelf.eventbrite.com Pre-game with this jammy right…
Featuring King Most, Applejac, DJ Ayres and Yeezus.
A collection of local DJ crews that focus on global music announces the DC debut of Boogat — a Mexi-Paraguayan (via Montréal) MC & producer whose style spans electronic pan-Latin sounds, global hip-hop, and beyond.…
Continue Reading Tropical Punch = ALL EQUATORIAL EVERYTHING, Sat. 1/21
In 2011, a concept was born to take a wondrous period of dance music out of the dark and into the light. This magical time from 1977 – 1987 bore the imprint of the disco…
Continue Reading Axel F anniversary feat. Sexual Chocolate Band & Show, Sat. 1/28
Coming out of semi-retirement to dust off the old turntables and mics. Getting back in the saddle again has been like a heist film, except no one is going to die. Also, cop the album.
I’m playing two gigs for new year’s eve. One early, one late. Both quite different. Skip the shit show this New Years Eve. Carnaval de Trahison (Carnival of Treachery) is a limited attendance celebration at…
It’s not categorized. I only mention albums in passing. It’s not even comprehensive. So much music is released that I can only fully assimilate a trickle of it. These are just ten eleven* joints I…
No, Skillz isn’t doing one this year. And I’m not writing a long treatise about the hippity-hop. This 2010 Pitchfork piece still has that covered. These are just the last couple of things I wrote…