by Downtown Magazine | May 26, 2015 | Culture, Music
I didn’t learn about Lil Dicky through “Yo! MTV Raps,” Hot 97, Power 105 or any of the traditional outlets for emerging hip-hop artists. Instead, I first heard about Lil Dicky on Jensen Karp and Matthew Robinson’s “Get Up On This Podcast,” when Karp mentioned Dicky as...
by Downtown Magazine | May 22, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
There are a lot of interesting things about the group known as Dear Rouge. Most interesting to some may be that they (Drew and Danielle McTaggart) are a husband and wife duo. To others, it may be that the first three singles off of their debut album “Black To Gold”...
by Downtown Magazine | May 21, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Disclaimer: I’m not a jazz guy. But some jazz artists are so interesting and unique that they capture my attention – and Mark Guiliana, who has done plenty outside the jazz genre – is one of them. As a drummer, producer and composer, his work often adds in electronics...
by Sunny Tsao | May 20, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music
With the Governors Ball Music Festival quickly approaching, there’s many things you need to keep in mind beforehand. For the past five years, thousands of attendees are bombarded with the excitement and their own adrenaline. For a pretty young tradition, the...
by Downtown Magazine | May 20, 2015 | Culture, Music
Whether or not they know it, millions upon millions of people have experienced the work of Jensen Karp. The epitome of this column’s namesake, Jensen Karp is a true renaissance man within the creative field. Jensen has written for television (e.g. VH1’s “Candidly...
by Katie Garry | May 20, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music
On Friday, June 5, The Governors Ball Music Festival will come to downtown New York for the fifth year in a row. The three-day festival transpires smack in the middle of Upper New York Bay on Governors Island, and is best known for its remote location, consistently...
