Wow time sure flies. 5 years ago, in the summer of 2006 I vividly remember vegging out in front of the TV (thanks to leg surgery), watching an at-the-time-brand-new-hit-show called America’s Got Talent. To my surprise, a group of Asian-American dudes walked on the screen and absolutely blew everyone away with their “Hip-Hop-apella” rendition of […]
Read More Lookin’ Back: At Last on America’s Got Talent (2006)Men’s lifestyle brand Complex has a new online article out on ‘The 25 Most Stylish Asian-Americans’. A number of musicians/dancers made the list including producer Dan the Automater (#25), dancer Harry Shum Jr (#23), rocker James Iha (#20), singer Bruno Mars (#18), and musician Sean Lennon (#15). Who got the number one spot? Enter the […]
Read More Dan the Automater, Harry Shum Jr, James Iha, Bruno Mars, Sean Lennon Make Complex’s List of ‘The 25 Most Stylish Asian-Americans’A total of 55 Youtubers have contributed to this project single called “We Pray for You”, a tribute song for the victims of terrible natural disasters in Japan and the US. The concept is similar to the Haiti tribute from last year. A number of a-Tuners were in the mix including Chris Cedeña, Stacy Dudero, […]
Read More Youtube Singers Release Tribute Single for Japan Tsunami & US Tornado VictimsThe front man for afterschoolspecial has dropped a pretty dope acoustic remix of his band’s own song “Forever” from their EP Not One for Words. This was filmed at the University of Michigan last month and features Mike & Humphrey. This remix has a completely different feel from the original, but that’s not necessarily a […]
Read More DANakaDAN Drops Acoustic Remix of “Forever”Even though we don’t feature covers as often anymore, we just had to put this one up on the site. This is easily one of my favorite covers of the Far East Movement’s hit single “Rocketeer“. Jenny Suk did an awesome job switching it up and putting a little bluesy pop spin on it. I’m […]
Read More A Fanastic Cover of FM’s “Rocketeer” by Jenny SukHere’s the MV for “My Circuitry” by mid-western rocker Mayda, from her 2009 album The Interrogation. It’s a high energy song that is done in very few shots, making it a pretty impressive visual save for the lighting issues. Thy tiny artist sure knows how to rock out hard! Hopefully she’ll begin to make some […]
Read More Mayda – “My Circuitry” MVThe latest drop from FlowEthics, “Stay (Just a Little Bit)”, makes use of a sample of the Maurice Williams & the Zodiac’s classic “Stay”. I’ve got (Just a Little Bit) of a mixed impression from the he song as I’ve heard them brilliantly flip samples in the past. The production wasn’t quite the home-run I […]
Read More FlowEthics – “Stay (Just a Little Bit)” [Free DL]Oak & Gorski have just posted up a new recording of “Find Me Soon”, one of their newer, yet-to-be-officially-released tracks. There’s no mistaking their sound, as this track has the sonic fingerprints of the duo all over it. It’s slow, moving and as always, perfectly anchored by that signature cello. Listen to the new recording […]
Read More Oak & Gorski Share “Find Me Soon”Time for another Snapshot entry! I can’t quite recall when I saw this picture but it was somewhere in the twitter world and I thought it was worth sharing. Here’s Erin Paula and Jenny Suk posing for a picture together. I thought it was a nice moment captured of the two pretty singers with beautiful […]
Read More Snapshot: Erin Paula x Jenny SukMulti-Ethnic Californian Hip-Hop crew The CounterParts have just dropped the MV for “What We Do”, a classic example of well executed, raw Hip-Hop music. The MV is clean and well shot and pairs great with the track itself. They keep it simple and for good reason; sometimes that’s all you need. If you’re feeling this […]
Read More The CounterParts – “What We Do” MV [Free DL]
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