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    by Tom “Wonderboy” Roth Ryan Lewis is to Macklemore, what Sabzi is to Geologic, what Budo is to Grieves. In each case, the former provides the beats for the latter and shapes the musical production. Most times, the DJ’s wares support the talents of the MC but every […]

by Tom “Wonderboy” Roth It had been five years since Seattle hip-hop duo, Blue Scholars, released a full-length album. With the group’s emcee, Geologic, moving to New York and working on a number of other projects, it looked like the Northwest’s ambassadors of rap were going the way of the […]

By: Tom “Wonderboy” Roth Just when it seemed Foster the People had locked up the unofficial award for Song of the Summer with their inescapably catchy “Pumped Up Kicks”, Coldplay swooped in to have the last word on the matter. Released on June 3rd, the group’s new single, titled “Every […]

USD Radio caught up with Paul Hodgson, guitarist of South Afrian rock band, The Parlotones prior to their 6/2 performance at The Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.  We talked about California, hamburgers, and the band’s wine label before the band’s set. By: Chuck Cartwright The Belly Up Tavern is […]

  USD Radio had the great pleasure of covering the Lightning In A Bottle festival in Silverado, CA, over Memorial Day weekend, May 27th-30th.  This Do Lab production featured Pretty Lights, MiMOSA, Thievery Corporation, Beats Antique, yoga, workshops, art installations and infinitely more. By: Chuck Cartwright The Do Lab laid […]

San Diego electronica lovers, be ready to rock out to some fuzzy, banging beats Saturday, June 4th at the 2nd annual Revenge of the Nerds electronic festival. With 2 stages and a lineup stacked with LA and San Diego’s best up and coming DJ’s, this event is sure to blow […]

      By Tom Roth I had the opportunity to sit down with Grieves during the Rhymesayers tour stop in Portland on May 10. Tom Roth: In May 2010, you’d just played Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey. How does where you are now compare to where you were last […]

By Tom Roth Hip-hop fans hear Blueprint and think of Jay Z. The famed album went twice platinum as the radio-favorite track, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” charted at #8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in October of 2001. At that time, a little-known Ohio rapper was nursing an early career, promoting his 1999 […]

By Sarah Jorgensen I’m not afraid to admit it: I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan. However, even I was a little nervous for her new album, Born This Way, to drop. How could she ever top the tremendous commercial success of The Fame and its follow-up, The Fame Monster? The […]

By Tom Roth “What a diva” Clutching her Nikon, Tara shook her head. “He was pulling that crap the entire time I was shooting.” I’d brought Tara with me to cover the Maroon 5 concert at Dubai’s World Trade Center on April 21. We had taken turns photographing the opening […]