Don't Wipe Your Tears

Yung Lean has announced a much anticipated US and Canada tour. Titled the "Black Marble Tour", sadboys (and girls) will tear up when seeing the tour only hits New York for two dates before heading into Canada and moving into the west coast.

For those who have to ask " Who is Yung Lean?" Yung Lean, a 17 year old rapper from Stockholm, Sweden, released a mixtape mid 2013 through Mishka Records titled "Unknown Death 2002." This mixtape opens a gateway to a lifestyle of drinking arizona ice tea, associating with beloved Pokémon, and being lost in a lonely cloud of emotions. Yung Lean isn't the only one living this lifestyle; his whole posse, who call themselves the "Sad Boys", follow suite and form quite an interesting little collective. A notable member of the Sad Boys is 18 year old Yung Gud, one of the producers behind Yung Lean, keeping people mesmerized while producing tear inducing beats. Be sure to check out his recent interview with the people over at Red Bull Music Academy. To some Yung Lean may seem like another level of "based", but it's much more than that. 

Check out his new music video "Yoshi City". The track is the first single off his upcoming album "Uknown Memory". In a cave or not, Sad Boys are worldwide. Grab your bucket had and be sure to catch Yung Lean and the Sad Boys on the "Black Marble Tour" this summer, as the Sad Boys hit Webster Hall, NYC July 9th.

"Roses all on her wedding dress, blood from her mouth, I'm a mess"

No Peace in Philadelphia

Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, people amassed to witness a show in which they could've very well left covered in piss. Trash Talk recently teamed up with Grenco Science and hit the road for a free tour to celebrate the release of their collaborative works. This past sunday night, Trash Talk hit Philadelphia.

They performed at a small record store, Creep Records, located in the Piazza at Schmidt. To attend this show you had to RSVP and the venue would be announced via email. People anticipating the venue information to be released probably thought of something a bit bigger to house this event, as the record store had a maximum capacity of 70 people. It was then that I found out that 500 people RSVP'd to this event, thus about 14% of the people who made plans to attend this show would actually make it through the doors. Keep that in mind, if you plan to attend one of these shows you probably should've RSVP'd here. 

The sun began to set over the city and Left Brain played a DJ set on what seemed to be an iPad mini. Due to the expressions on peoples faces, It was hard to tell if people were expecting him to actually rap or not, or if people were too "punk" for this. Either way, Left Brain gave off much needed energy as people embraced for the coming face of death. I couldn't tell if this acquired energy was a product of Left Brain dropping Lil' B or bringing people back to 1987, via Salt-N-Pepa. Based God or not, the 14% that made it inside got to witness Left Brain drop a interestingly pleasing set. 

Almost walking out with a broken camera, there was absolutely no mercy. Trash Talk played a set compiled of pure raw energy. Taking it back to their 2011 EP, "Awake", all the way to their new album "No Peace", Trash Talk had people moving wall to wall. Trash Talk is definitely a band that has to be seen live, as there is something about their shows that refreshes the culture of hardcore punk. People were pressed against the walls, doing their best to avoid knocking the hung artwork from the walls. This was mostly due to the fact that the floor was a mass of people moshing with the vocalist himself, Lee Spielman. The show was deemed all ages, but there was definitely a question as to if your child, or any child, would be safe. But don't worry, Lee shared himself he did NOT want to be getting hit in the face, and next to all of the mayhem, to lookout for each other; everyone came together to face what they thought would be death itself. 

Whether you're into hardcore punk or not, Trash Talk should be on your list of bands to see. Just to clarify things, I was not caught in the midst of someone else's urge to urinate, and I did indeed leave with all of my limbs in tact. Check out the photos below. This is Trash Talk.

www.trashtalkhc.com


Palm Trees

The Flatbush Zombies are at it again, not eating the brains of Coachella goers, but they've dropped a new video definitely suitable for the coming summer. The hip-hop trio consisting of Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice, and Erick "Arc" Elliot, continue with their consistent video releases, this time with the video for "Palm Trees". Featuring cuts from their Coachella performance, which was quite phenomenal for those who weren't in Cali or zoning out to the live-stream. "Palm Trees" of course follows the Zombie lifestyle; weed, acid, and more drugs.

Now, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, as they've taken this theme of hip-hop and ran with it. Their 2012 self-released album "D.R.U.G.S.", displayed how they could implement their passion of drugs into their songs, whether over-saturated or not, it worked. People may say, and should say, that this is something done very frequently in hip-hop. Whether your'e with the Gold Gang, poppin' molly and sweatin', or all you happen to know is yayo, because you've been hanging around Snootie Wild too much.

"Palm Trees" is definitely something to ride to late at night. Erick produces a somewhat angelic and eerie aura layered with a chorus of high dignity. This goes to show that no matter what, the Flatbush Zombies will forever be the Zombies they are today. Whether your'e human or not, the Flatbush Zombies are not going to let any shit talk bring them down. 

"So when you throw shade, it could never harm me"

Peep the new video below and be sure to grab their free mixtape "Better Off Dead".

"Palm Trees" off of BetterOffDEAD (Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice, Erick The Architect) Directed By: APLUSFILMZ.