Spring Awakening was this past weekend. and what an experience it was. Taking place this year at the legendary Soldier Field, Spring Awakening attracted the legions of EDM fans from all across the country to deliver a weekend full of sweat, bright lights, and dancing. Day 1 featured a litany of DJs, including Robbie Rivera,...
A few days after Impolite Society dropped their summer honeydip anthem “Player Shit,” they took to the stage at the Double Door with an energetic set. Each member of the group, consisting of ELEE X, Blakkass Westley, Khalfani, and Sidewalk Kal (with Fess Grandiose DJing and taking a turn at the mic), took turns...
Photography by Tom Olson Chicago-based group Mathien played the House of Blues this past Friday to celebrate their newest release “Darling Television”. Opening acts included Paige and the Reverent Few, Jackpot Donnie, How Far to Austin, and Zaramela. Lucky for us our photographer bud Tom Olson was at the show. Hit the jump to check out...
Yesterday YP hit the studio with producer Thelonious Martin for a session at SoundScape. YP’s been in and out of town since announcing his deal with Universal Republic last month. YP is back out of town today, but before he left, he recorded something new with Thelonious Martin as part of Thelonious new project with...
You can put another successful Digital Freshness in the books. Thank you to everyone that came out and partied with us, as well as our performers Mic Terror, Mick Boogie, Gzus Piece, DJ RTC, Manny Muscles, and Sulaiman. Check out pictures from Stefan Klapko below. The next Digital Freshness will be March 27th. It is...
He came, he saw, he conquered. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire hit Chicago over the weekend for our Digital Freshness and Closed Sessions series. This was eXquire’s first time performing in Chicago, and he played to a packed Beauty Bar on Saturday night. Photos from the party can be seen over here. Besides Beauty Bar, eXquire and...
Digital Freshness last night at Beauty Bar was a smash. I can’t thank everyone enough for coming out and partying with us. ShowYouSuck, Rockie Fresh, and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire all killed their sets, and we got great music all night from Esquire, Manny Muscles, and Rude 1. Check out photos from the event courtesy of...
Here’s another clip from our Digital Freshness party featuring Action Bronson. Here Bronson performs his single “Cocoa Butter” off his new LP with Statik Selektah. He also gives the crowd a nice freestyle. Watch it below. Watch Bronson perform “The Come Up” here.
In May, I told everyone at the office that I wanted to bring Action Bronson out for our Digital Freshness series. They weren’t too supportive. I got the same response in June, as well as July. In August, I brought the idea to some other people, nobody was really with it. In September somebody told...
Yelawolf’s Hard White tour rolled into Chicago’s Bottom Lounge on Thursday. Check out pictures from the night featuring Yelawolf, DJ Craze, and Rittz. All photos by Tom Olson.
