Mamby On The Beach Preview
Summer in Chicago means one thing, it's festival season. Mamby On The Beach is arguably the festival that embraces the season the most, with attendees partying all day on the beach with their favorite artists. There's a good mix of local and national talent on the bill this year and here's who we're excited for.
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Mamby On The Beach, happening June 23 and 24, 2018 at Oakwood Beach.
Ruby Hornet Weekly Playlist Volume 3
Our favorite songs from the last week or so that we didn’t get a chance to cover:
Mick Jenkins - Earl Sweatshirt Type Beat
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A genius wordsmith, the originality of Mick's bars continue to defy conventional wisdom.
Nafets - Blue Skies
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An infectious hook makes Blue Skies irresistible.
CrazyJaZz - Harmonious
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An absolute gem of an instrumental with a beautiful piano lead.
Seneca B - Spartacus
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A chilled head knocker.
Towkio - Forever Ft. Vic Mensa
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Stand out cut about pain and self-medication. Vic and Towkio tackle deep topics against a happy backdrop that only adds to the message.
Matt Muse - Getting To It
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Matt Muse delivers a powerful track with a strong unique delivery.
Chase Alex - Madonna Ft. Sydny August
An emotional instrumental and wavy chorus plus a beautiful feature from Sydny August.
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Kiraly Payne - Wide Awake
A strong percussion section and motivated lyricism with Kiraly Payne trying to do better in his life make for a potent track on Wide Awake.
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Caleborate - Real Person
The title track to Caleborate’s 2017 LP, it is criminally slept on and so is this Berkely-born emcee. He hits Evanston 3/28.
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Stream TOWKIO's New LP, WWW
It's finally here. TOWKIO formerly Toyko Shawn fomerly Preston San has dropped his debut album, WWW. The LP is years in the making, and TOWKIO has grown tremendously since he started making music. Congrats are in order for the kid, for sure.
Earlier this week, DJBooth released a pretty in-depth interview with TOWKIO where he discussed the inspiration for the album, and the ties to space in theme and feeling. He took everything a step further, and actually went 92,000 feet in the air to get the full experience of his music. You can watch that unfold in the video below as well.
Vic Mensa, Sza, Carter Lang, Teddy Jackson, and others appear on the project. As I type this, I'm listening to "Forever" featuring Vic Mensa, and it's fucking awesome. Enjoy.
TOWKIO has come a loooong way - drops new video for "Symphony"
I remember when TOWKIO was one of many jumping on stage during early Kids These Days and Chance The Rapper concerts, and dropping soundcloud tracks as Preston San (how many of you got that first Community Service EP?)
Since 2012, he changed his name to Tokyo Shawn, then finally settled on TOWKIO. It was through all the name changes that he also continued to find his voice, and style. He went from a member of the posse jumping around on-stage (that was an ill fucking posse though) to an artist with his own billing, to a headlining and touring artist that inked a deal with Rick Rubin. His visuals have been stellar and creative, and he added another one of those to his catalog today with "Symphony".
The track also comes with an official drop date for his proper debut LP, WWW, releasing on 2/16 via American Recordings/ Republic Records. The LP was executive produced by Lido and also carries production from homies Peter Cottontale and Knox Fortune, amongst others. "Symphony" is an upbeat track with more than a handful of quotable lines. The video shows TOWKIO getting a bit lost in the sauce, or you could say, drowning in the pool. Peep it below.
Five reasons why we're hyped for Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza, Chicago's biggest music festival, is just around the corner! Celebrating it's 25th anniversary there are dozens of reasons why to be hyped this years Lolla.
Lolla first announced an additional day to the usual three festival day festival making it four days of unforgettable unstop action. That additional day adds a rooster of incredible acts that will take from Chicago July 28 – 30.
Below is a list of just five reason why Lolla is controlling our life’s with anticipation.
Crowd favorites
Lollapalooza brings out the best artist to Chicago. Many artists return from last year’s music festival because of their continuing growth in popularity from last year. Returning artist like G-Eazy and Halsey are the faces of a young generation of music lovers.
Performers like J Cole and Red Hot Chili Peppers are highly anticipated because of deep fan base.
Chicago’s own heavyweights
Last year’s Lollapalooza was solid with a mixture of pop, rock, and electric music. Something that was lacking a bit was the hip-hop and rap performers. Chicago’s own homegrown talent Saba, Towkio, Joey Purp, and Vic Mensa has us covered this year.
Chicago is making a statement with both Joey Purp and Vic Mensa closing off a night at Lollapalooza, respectfully.
Mensa’s history with Lollapalooza is almost story book like. From Mensa's well documented near death experience with sneaking into the festival before his career took off to now closing one of the main stages on Saturday, July 30. Mensa will take the lead in bringing the young Chicago talent to the Lolla stages.
25th anniversary
It’s been twenty-five years since Jane Addiction singer Perry Farrell created Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza was created as a farewell tour for the band. Now Lollapalooza has expanded to international countries like Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Germany.
Making Lollapalooza an official Chicago music festival in 2005. The festival was hitting the road before then. It first started off as a two-day music festival only bringing in 70 acts. The festival has since exploded cementing it’s place as one of the best music festivals in the country.
Lollapalooza is going big this year making it a can’t miss attraction for years to come.
Extra day, Extra fun
When Lolla makeed Chicago it’s official home in 2005 was a two-day festival. Now eleven years later, Lollapalooza will be doubling up for the first time extending the usual three-day festival into four days.
Starting a day before the usual festivities begin the artists that have been announced are stacked! Artist that have us looking forward to Thursday, July 28 include: Kehlani, Towkio, Melanie Martinez, G-Eazy, The 1975, Lana Del Rey, and J. Cole.
Lollapalooza week is music paradise
Lollapalooza brings thousands of people to Chicago drawing them in with jam packed shows. This year if you didn’t buy a Lollapalooza pass you can still get into the action with non-affiliated shows. These show are taking advantage of Lollapalooza week. Check back to Ruby Hornet for our top after parties at attend during Lollapalooza week.
The biggest draws are after parties for Lolla artists but heavy hitters like Drake and Future will be in Chicago Lollapalooza week.