David Marvin Blake, a.k.a. DJ Quik, caught the eye of the streets with his self-made mix tapes. He later signed with Profile Records where he made his debut in 1991 with the album “Quik is the Name.” Like other South Central rap legends, he is the embodiment of the West Coast sound. In his...
To stand out among the many bands in the local San Gabriel Valley music scene, it takes talent and luck. Iris has both. The alternative four-piece from Covina have an acute sense of songwriting and ear for blurring the lines between many genres of music. No matter what band or...
In his poems “Ambition Over Adversity” Tupac Amaru Shakur advises the reader to take one’s mistakes and struggles and turn it in to something positive. Better known as 2Pac, this lyricist was a rap artist who pushed his way through the music industry and developed a message with a...
Silver Snakes mastermind, Alex Estrada wakes up at 9 a.m. to do his laundry after celebrating National Margarita Day in Boston, where his band, just played to a packed audience at the House of Blues the night before. Though the size of the venue shocked the band, they still have bigger...
After three-years of production, pop singer Rihanna recently dropped her eighth studio album “ANTI”. The album arrived tentatively and was followed by a lot of hype and excitement from her fans. There were many teasers involving the album release on social media leading up to it’s debut in January....
Silver Snakes takes a risk with the release of their third album, “Saboteur” by straying away from their more melodic sound on their previous albums and taking a leap into a darker realm of music. As the name suggests, the theme of “sabotage” carries throughout the album, as it...
By now you have already made up your mind about Kanye West. From his declaration of being “a god,” to crashing Taylor Swift’s MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video or to his raging rants on Twitter, you either love the guy or you hate him. Despite his...