Pitchfork just named Kingdom a “Rising” artist and posted up this nice little Q&A with the maestro.
For another recent(ish) Kingdom interview head over to Pinglewood. Check Kingdom DJing in Philly this Thursday at the Barbary (no cover!) and next week in Austin for our SXSW festivities and more.
And be sure to buy the “Mind Reader” single if you haven’t already!
Check out T Cole Rachel’s profile of The Suzan in V Magazine (that bass guitar sticker looks familiar…) and get ready for them to steal your hearts once again at SXSW!
Check out Donnis on the cover of the forthcoming “Freshman 10″ issue of XXL. Looking sharp!
Check Kingdom (recently tipped by The Guardian as “big in 2010″) tomorrow night at the massive Dance party in Los Angeles. He’ll be out in Cali for a while longer - check additional LA dates and a quick trip to SF over on his Facebook. “Mind Reader” out 2/2!
Peep the new issue of XLR8R (”Funkstep!”) for a great lil interview with our esteemed art director Dust La Rock, featuring a bunch of FG sleeves, personal artwork from Best Of The Beast and beyond, and those anecdotes y’all folks love so much. Grab it on a newstand near you or download the free PDF and flip to page 46.
Centerfoldin! For the second month in a row, the FG fam is featured in the pages of XXL. This time around, Dust La Rock was asked to lend some of his signature magic to the mag’s Eye Candy spread on Laura Dore, the video model from Kanye and Jeezy’s “Amazing” video. Check the other pages after the jump and see the art full-size at a newstand near you. (more…)
WMC 2009 @ White Room, Photo by Ian Meyer
The Poplife folks were recently profiled by Black Book magazine as “Miami nightlife kingpins” and gave props to the 2009 FG WMC showcase at White Room as one of their favorite parties in a decade of events. Thanks y’all! The trip is also responsible for the Dirty Hairy parties in MIA, who have hosted many a Fool over the past year or so. Check this clip from A-Trak and Treasure Fingers rocking during the 10,000LB Hamburger Tour.
What’s the Cool Collar Scholar been up to? Catch up with these quick Honor Roll bullets, more Trackademicks news on the way. Rock with him this Friday (9.4) alongside Alexander Spit, J Billion and more at Slims in SF.
- Trackademicks feature in new XLR8R “Labels We Love” issue (Kingdom in there too!)
- Teedra Moses interview, speaks on “Everybody Rock”
- Track cameo in Lyrics Born “Pushed Aside, Pulled Apart” video
- Mike Baker Now Or Never “Deluxe Edition” EP w/ production from Trackademicks, 1 O.A.K. and more
Click the pic for the enlarged version of our own Catchdini’s one-page feature in the new issue of XXL (Jeezy cover!) where he’s asked to pontificate on the mag’s summer DJ playlist.
Check out this cool XLR8R feature on Trackademicks “post-hyphy synth-hop,” including his current gear setup and inspirations.
