When I saw Atmosphere’s God Love Ugly being reissued, I had to stop and think for a second. Had that many years gone by to where this album was in the reissue category? I went back to the Kaffeine Buzz archives and yes, it was during the “Keepin’ It Rural” tour in the fall of […]
The Chain Gang of 1974 — playing Sunday, Sept 14, 1:30PM, GigBot Stage As the saying goes, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. This has been the mantra of a Denver musical entity, The Chain Gang of 1974, an electro rock gang-of-one with Kamtin Mohager at the helm. In […]
Atmosphere’s Sean Daly, AKA Slug, proved his wily, clandestine, and flatly, bare-bones promotional campaign for When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold a pure act of genius, dropping the album straight into number five on the charts on it’s release date (April 22, 2008).
SXSW is perfect for those afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder. For those with focus and specific goals, it can be a miserable nightmare. Conflicting schedule entries become a lottery of choices involving mile-long walks that often result in a rush to a venue just to wait for a tardy band. Or worse, you arrive to […]
Slug from Atmosphere has always been honest about what’s on his mind. He’s built a reputation on it; from his “god loves ugly” attitude to his female escapades and the pain they’ve caused. Through the years fans have seen Slug and Ant grow, from two guys trudging from city to city in a van to […]
After what I guess to be many conference calls, lunches, dinners, appearances at shows, flowing Krystal and Scotch, the trio in Atmosphere – Slug (songwriter/MC), Ant (producer), and DJ Mr. Dibbs – and Rhymesayers Entertainment passed on the major label offers and instead stayed true to their D.I.Y. spirit, signing with independent punk label Epitaph. […]
One of my favorite scenes in the new Austin Powers movie, Goldfinger, was his parody of a hip hop video, complete with the bling bling bought on eBay, flippin’ hundreds, hangin’ in a fancy car with his booty bitches and Cristal. I think I was laughing louder than anyone in the theater because I hate […]
