Little bit of Soundset....

Soundset weekend was huge and this is not the official re-cap but a little teaser...

I've been a fan of Grieves since I saw him as a scrawny little DJ on the Everybody Loves a Clown tour. Every since then I have made an effort to catch the show whenever he came to town. The biggest development in his music has been the addition of Budo.  Not only dropping an album together but performing as a group Grieves and Budo were an act  I was set on watching perform at Soundset.

I am a fan of a good live show no matter how you spin it.  Sage always kills it with nothing more then a discman. The dynamic of these two is not that of most Rapper and DJ combinations. Grieves has an intense energy about himself on his own; adding Budo to the mix incorporating things like a trumpet and guitar - is nothing short of impressive. I decided to take my chance and ask Budo a few questions, keep in mind kids - first time interview here....

After a full length tour that took them across the country Black Clover Records artists Grieves and Soulcrate Music are back on the road this time bringing with Silentarmy and Type.

I caught Type (of The Let Go) on tour with Grieves and Mac Lethal a couple years back (when they stopped in Fargo, ND) and I couldn’t wait to catch him on the road again. Same with Silentarmy whom I saw at the Soundset ’08 pre-party at Minneapolis’ own Dinkytowner. I guarantee both of these acts are going to be a major force in the independent hip-hop world.

It would turn out to be a couple years before I’d get to see Type and close to a year before I’d get the chance to see Silentarmy. Luckily - I killed two birds with one stone on March 3rd in the beautiful state of California.

Selling out the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, 110 of us showed up on a Tuesday night to support Grieves on his first headlining tour.

Unfortunately for this blog I’m terrible at remembering set lists, and I failed to take notes. The PBRs probably didn’t help either . . . .

So instead - I’ll recap in photos


(That way it also spares the definite possibility of me gushing over Soulcrate Music. How could I not though? They are the highest energy performers I've ever seen live. That and they're from South Dakota. We were practically neighbors)

California clearly had love for Grieves. A recent transplant to California it was apparent who the crowd came out to see. Giving 110% to the 110 of us Grieves was on point from beginning to end.