Is Fearce Vill about to wrap his music career up? Not so fast. The song is about a family member and thus it’s more personal than the celebration of a career, and he’d like for you to look and listen. The song is called “Final Goodbye”, which was put together by producer BeanOne. The visuals come courtesy of director Jonathan Parrot. Also to see and hear is Fearce Vill’s journey on the tour with Grieves, head there if you can as both represent love for the 206.
In hip-hop, everybody wants to be “the best”, “the ultimate”, but it’s not about you boasting how great you think you are. It’s about others hearing your music and saying “you know, this guy is not bad at all.” When you got a group of people who decide to work together and create something, it will of course lead to mixed reviews but when it works, you wished they had done this much earlier. Eligh & Amp Live knew the deal when they did “Beautiful Addiction”, and by bringing in Grives</B. and Blake Hazard, they only made a good song better. Unite for the music, unite for creativity: a plus in my book.
If you found yourself “Lost In The Sun”, would you want to come down? Grieves ponders this with help from Budo and K. Flay, and you can listen to it, then download it to your player of choice with the Soundcloud player below.
10 days ago I posted a Grieves video, and just as fans were getting into it, the guy comes out with another? It’s a good thing, for it also gives me an excuse to say hey, you like Grieves? If so, he’s going to go the Vans Warped Tour, so if you want to spock him, go spock:
Fri Jul 29… Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
Sat Jul 30… Cruzan Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
Sun Jul 31… Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg, FL
Mon Aug 01… Aaron’s Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
Tue Aug 02… Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
Wed Aug 03… Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO
Thu Aug 04… Westfair Fairgrounds, Council Bluffs, IA
Fri Aug 05… Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, CO
Sat Aug 06… Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT
Sun Aug 07… Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
Tue Aug 09… Cricket Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
Wed Aug 10… Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
Thu Aug 11… Sleep Train Amphitheater, Marysville, CA
Fri Aug 12… Idaho Center Amphitheatre, Nampa, ID
Sat Aug 13… The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
Sun Aug 14… Washington County Fairgrounds, Hillsboro, OR
Grieves is currently on tour in support of his album Together/Apart (Rhymesayers), and the good people at the Big Ass Sandwiches food cart in Portland, Oregon presented it on their Facebook page. I check it out, like it a lot but at around the 0:29 mark I see a certain shot and was like “wait a minute? Do my eyes deceive me? Is that Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears?
Okay, maybe not, but it is “On The Rocks”, and regardless of what the liquid is (save for charcoal fluid), it’s generally a good thing. Grieves can do no harm. Anyway, watch the video.
Rhymesayers artist Grieves has a new album due out sometime in the spring of 2011, and if you’re a fan wondering what he has been up to, you will now be able to see and hear it.
When Atmosphere goes on tour, they create music that you can purchase only at tour stops, and the group will be releasing two EP’s, To All My Friends and Blood Makes The Blade Holy. The To All My Friends tour will feature Blueprint, Grieves, Budo, and DJ Rare Groove, and will begin next week:
09.08 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre
09.09 – Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Riverside Theater
09.10 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
09.11 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater
09.12 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
09.15 – Bozeman, MT @ Gallatin Co. Fairgrounds
09.16 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
09.17 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
09.18 – Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
09.20 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
09.21 – Bend, OR @ Midtown
09.22 – Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
09.24 – Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
09.25 – Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
09.27 – Arcata, CA @ Arcata Center
09.28 – Sacramento, CA @ Sacramento State University
09.29 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
10.01 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10.02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
10.04 – Rapid City, SD @ Dublin Square
10.05 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Empire Fair Expo Hall
10.06 – Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
10.07 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
Until then, here’s a brand new Atmosphere track, “Freefalling”, that you can download for free. Dig In (5.73mb).
The Never Better album by P.O.S. has pushed him to the forefront of something created by a publicist to make it sound effective. But you don’t want that, right? What you want to know is “WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE RAPPER, P.O.S.?” I’ll tell you.
Because of the album, P.O.S. is about to hit the road with 40-dates on what he’s calling the Every Never Is Now Tour For the first half of the tour, Grieves will join him while the second half will feature Astronautalis. Meanwhile, Dessa will be with P.O.S. for the entire tour. She will be touring in support of her album, A Badly Broken Code, due out January 19th on Doomtree RecordsD. Here are the confirmed dates:
w/ Dessa and Grieves
January 29th First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 2nd Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
February 4th Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado
Febraury 5th The Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
February 6th Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
February 7th Urban Lounge Salk Lake City, Utah
Febraury 8th Neurolux Boise, Idaho
Febraury 9th Badlander Missoula, Montana
February 11th The Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, Canada
February 12th Nectar Lounge Seattle, Washington
February 13th Berbati’s Pan Portland, Oregon
February 14th The WOW Hall Eugene, Oregon
February 16th Tonic Lounge Reno, Nevada
February 18th Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, California
February 19th Troubadour Los Angeles, California
February 20th The Loft San Diego, California
February 21st Glass House Pomona, California
February 22nd Chasers Nightclub Scottsdale, Arizona
February 23rd Club Congress Tucson, Arizona
February 24th The Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 26th Red 7 Austin, Texas
February 27th Hailey’s Denton, Texas
w/ Dessa and Astronautalis
February 28th The Parish Room New Orleans, Louisiana
March 2nd Club Downunder Tallahassee, Florida
March 3rd Backbooth Orlando, Florida
March 4th Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
March 5th Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 6th DC9 Washington DC
March 7th First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 9th Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
March 10th Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 11th Space Portland, Maine
March 12th Higher Ground Burlington, Vermont
March 13th Il Motore Montreal, Quebec
March 14th Sneaky Dee’s Toronto, Ontario
March 16th The Crofoot Pontiac, Michigan
March 17th The Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
March 18th The Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois
March 19th High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin
March 20th Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 21st Pizza Luce Duluth, Minnesota
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