photo/banner by: Kasey Stokes “Cause 2012 might not be a f**king legend, trying to be a f**king legend, the man of mankind.” One of my favorite columns that we ran on RubyHornet in the early days was “RH Inspired By”. The premise of the column was simple: take something that inspired us, and speak to...
I find myself more and more into instrumental albums these days. The wide open soundscapes lets my mind wander, and thoughts move around without constantly being blocked, tackled, or pushed, by the stimulation of vocals. See I love words. That’s why I am a writer. It’s also why I love Mos Def and Paul Simon…...
“And after that I decided I needed to release my music… if I was going to get hurt by it.” No, the above quote is not a punchline, or the end to a long joke. Instead, it represents a defining moment for NYC’s Hot Sugar, a producer who knows no boundaries when it comes to...
One of our greatest missions at RubyHornet is putting a spotlight on new faces in music. Over the past 12 months we done so through one of our longest running columns, The RH First Look. Hit the jump to see what artists we discovered in 2010, ranging from Pill and Mac Miller to Alecia Chakour...
“Inside my tiny 11-year old mind, I was Lil Bow Wow’s archenemy,” says Illecism about his entrance into writing rhymes as an eleven year old in Sacramento, CA. “He was in my age group so he was who I related with the most at the time, especially as a pre-teen. I always felt like he...
Leave it to a dreamer to walk off the beaten path. Mike Dreams does what most of us wish we were doing. He’s doing what he loves in the purest form. He’s been independently developing his name and his craft. Mike’s from Minneapolis, MN and he’s been making music for a few years. Mike released...
For Alecia Chakour, music is a family thing. She grew up surrounded by music as well as musicians, due in large part to her dad’s career as Joe Cocker’s musical director and on the go to guy for elementary school productions of “Annie”. My dad was such a support system… When I thought I liked...
If cosigns matter in the world of music, then Germany’s Oceana is already ahead of the game. After being introduced to Maceo Parker by a family friend, Maceo invited her on stage. “I did a couple of dance steps with them and he passed me the mic – giving me my first experience live on...
Innerpartysystem takes their name from George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984. The themes expressed within its pages pop up throughout Innerpartysystem’s music, including their first hit single “Don’t Stop”, and their most recent single “American Trash”. “I think we’re trying to do what we can to get people to wake up and change maybe,” says...
Photos by Virgil Solis “I really just want people to relate to my music, when I look out in the audience and people are singing my songs and dancing and having a lot of fun it thrills me. I feel like what I’m saying is such a part of me and it makes me happy...
