Josh Resing, Rand Kelly, and Ramsey Bell of the Chicago-based band The Slaps sit down with KCOU’s Owen Brock (aka 13gigs) to talk about their work, influences, and future projects. The three played several sets throughout True/False 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Interviewer and video editor: Owen Brock
Kyren Penrose from The Adaptation talks about the Blues and his future work status – as a happy gas station employee. KCOU’s DJ 13 Gigs interviews the Columbia local during part four of the True/False Miracle Berry Q&A series. See the other interviews here: True/False Miracle Berry Q&A Series: TONINA True/False Miracle Berry Q&A Series: […]
By Owen Brock For the longest time, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya was unable to eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch, a delicious breakfast cereal intricately sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. When he was finally old enough, Nnamdi finally ate Cinnamon Toast Crunch, to which he stated, “Victory is mine.” We spoke with Nnamdi after his show at Cafe Berlin […]
By Elena K. Cruz If 18andCounting could make any animal become the size of a horse, he would choose an ant. “Then they would actually take shit over,” he said. “I would go ahead and put it down that ants would straight up take your house apart.” We spoke to 18andCounting after his show at […]
By Elena K. Cruz We sat down with seven music artists at the True/False Film Festival this weekend and gave them Mberry fruit tablets. Miracle Berries. A whole new drug that can change their world. (Just kidding. Kind of.) These berries, which were compressed into pill-like forms and bought from Amazon, turn sour foods sweet. […]
By Owen Brock Once again, Frank Ocean has released a gorgeous single for us all to sit in the dark and experience. The 30-year-old R&B singer released the new single, a cover originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in her 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, to his tumblr last night (Feb. 14th). Beneath the video lies the […]
By Owen Brock Lo-fi master and Portland based beatmaker Rook1e released this single twelve days ago, containing laid-back sampled dialogue before entering into a melody of piano and mixed beats. “Cozy Autumn” will put listeners into a relaxed state no matter where they happen to be.
By Owen Brock Wun Two’s new album Seasons will send you into a relaxing Fall slumber. Grab a cup of coffee, a blanket, your favorite oversized sweatshirt and listen to “autumn” for a chill time.
By Owen Brock Princess Nokia’s lyrics slash and cut through a gorgeous beat in this track similar to that of a Kitana, a character from the video game, Mortal Kombat. With repetitive patterns of charged rhythm, this track will hype anyone up. Nokia also recently displayed a badass act against racism on a subway in […]
By Owen Brock The Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan drop gorgeous electric rhythms in their new single “Body Talk.” With fun waves fused with charged beats, “Body Talk” prompts all listeners to lose themselves through dance.