As you all know, RL Grime will be bringing down the HOUSE on October 22 at the Dusk Music Festival in Tucson, Arizona. Until the day of the festival, I will be posting short little blurbs about each of the artists.
Henry Steinway, also known as RL Grime or Clockwork, has been in the spotlight since 2011 after his graduation from NYU. Steinway majored in music business and immediately moved to LA to pursue his producing career.
I first got to know RL Grime after his single “Tell Me” with What So Not was released in 2014. His music is notoriously known to make a party 150x better.
Trap, bass music, grime, and hip-hop are all genres RL Grime has produced. These days, RL Grime has been sticking to mainly trap, and I am definitely not complaining.
I am #blessed to have had the opportunity to see him a few different times. One time in particular was in good ol’ Las Vegas. To put things simply, he has changed my life for the better.
Tickets right now are $49 including fees. Not only is Dusk offering unreal DJ’s like RL Grime, but there will also be some DANK food. Don’t worry, I’ll write about that too 😉
BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1234489
Trust me, you do nooooooot want to miss this act. Henry and I would be very disappointed.
I have attached some of my all-time favorite songs by him.
Stay tuned for more posts this week & thanks for reading!
hope everyone is having a great week/great start to their weekend! brace yourselves for a lengthy post since i kinda forgot to post one earlier and i just have so much to talk about with you guys!!
so last weekend i got the amazing opportunity to see foster the people AGAIN at the fox theatre in oakland, ca! the venue is absolutely awesome. it’s super old fashioned and a fairly small space, which i thought was nice. there was a bar/lounge area where everyone who was anyone hung out and socialized before the concert started.
with the fox being such a small venue, it was easy to get close to the front of the stage without pushing people or climbing over any bodies to get a good view. i somehow snagged the spot right where the photographers entered through, basically giving me a perfect view of the stage. there were two openers before foster the people, but i’m just going to talk about the second one because unfortunately, i missed the first act.
sylvan esso came on stage right when i walked in, and at first sight i had no idea what to expect at all. a tiny, energetic girl with a microphone and a tall, lengthy, geeky guy came onstage with a dj table and his laptop. they began to play and completely caught the audience’s attention with their electronic sound and the lead singer’s extremely bright and unique voice. i loved almost all of their songs, but i really enjoyed their most popular song, coffee (i’ll attach a link at the bottom.) sylvan esso is a great band to play at a small little club while you’re casually drinking with friends. their sound is electronic and modern, yet have a very chill vibe to them. if you guys like the band massive attack, you’ll love sylvan esso. their band was just formed last year, and they’re already touring with huge names such as foster the people. keep your eye on this band, they’re goin’ places!
foster the people was stellar as usual. they opened up with pseudologia fantastica, which i thought was the perfect song to start off with. the crazy instrumentals and vocals immediately silenced the venue as the stage was lit up with rainbow lighting, and lots and lots of smoke. mark foster decided to bleach his hair a few hours prior to the show, which is kinda besides the point but i just thought id let you guys know. the guys were very interactive with the audience because it was such an intimate setting with the old fashioned venue and small space. they performed amazing as usual, and played two of their songs off of their supermodel album for encore.
thanks for reading my extremely lengthy post, i promise to keep it short & sweet next time around.
here are some of my favorite songs i heard at the show, and during the week! have a blessed weekend.
xx,
bailey
favs in the show:
sylvan esso- coffee
goats in trees- foster the people
weekly favs:
i wanna go- summer heart
fall underneath- snakadaktal (courtesy of harlan raine)
so after staring aimlessly at my computer trying to decide what i should say for my first blog post EVER, i decided what better way to kick off my music blog than talk about my amazing experience at the austin city limits festival in texas last month.
I have always loved going to concerts, festivals, events, and pretty much anything involving music. being from california and growing up in a musical household, i had a lot of opportunities to go to concerts and festivals, such as outside lands and coachella.
although i had never been to an out of state festival, i was DYING to go to ACL and see how the texans do it down south. i have only heard amazing things about ACL, and once the lineup was released, i was completely sold. after a few months, i finally convinced my parents to buy me a flight to austin for my birthday.
for this blog, my goal is to post a few of my new favorite songs every week. soooo for this week, i’ll give you guys a little play-by-play on my absolute favorite performances during ACL!
my all time favorite performance was undoubtedly foster the people. I’ve always been obsessed with them, and after their recent release of their new album supermodel, my obsession became a little unhealthy. their music brought the festival to life, and had every single person within a mile radius completely engaged in what they were playing. if you guys haven’t already, go check out their new album asap.
lana del rey earned herself 2nd place in my book. i had seen her last year at coachella, and wasnt very impressed. i love all of her music, but wasn’t too thrilled when i heard her live. this time around she completely blew me away. the passion in her voice, lyrics, and the way she carries herself is something that i have never seen or heard before. she isn’t like most female singers today, which makes her so popular. her song “brooklyn baby” off of her ultraviolence album was my favorite song. i first heard it when i was flying back to school from home on a super cloudy day. not sure why that is relevant, but i think my depressed state of mind that day made me love the song even more than i would if i heard it any other time.
aaaaaand third place goes to CHVRCHES and Phantogram. love them both so much, so they tie for third because i just couldn’t decide. i saw phantogram at the hollywood forever cemetery a few weeks before ACL (if you haven’t been to that venue, you should seriously check it out.) phantogram was awesome both times around, their electronic sound and lively stage presence made for an unforgettable show. the energy both bands give off makes you want to dance for 24 hours straight. they’re so excited during performances, and vibe with their audiences, which definitely helps the crowd get into their show.
all in all, i had an absolutely amazing time at ACL. it was different than anything i was used to in california, and it was super cool to see what austin had to offer. if you ever have the chance to go to ACL, or any other festival for that matter…DO IT!
here are some links to my favorite songs i heard at the austin city limits festival:
Trust me, you do nooooooot want to miss this act. Henry and I would be very disappointed.
Beats By bay 