Since joining forces more than 20 years ago, the LA-based hip-hop group Dilated Peoples has made 6 albums, had 13 singles, been featured on 3 EA Games soundtracks, and has collaborated with the likes of Kanye West and John Legend. Comprised of members DJ Babu, Evidence, and Rakaa Iriscience, Dilated […]
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Spike Coggins by Hayden Seder
Spike Coggins aka Troy Hartman aka Chewy is not only a man of many names, but a man of many talents. Known in reality as Troy Hartman or “Chewy” (for his large stature and long beard and hair), Spike Coggins is his logging/mining company-working alter-ego. Putting together the childhood nicknames […]
St. Terrible by Hayden Seder
It’s hard to describe exactly what type of music Zach Herbert plays. While he describes his genre as “freak-folk,” even that is hard to describe. “Freak-folk is defined as musicians who take elements of folk and do it in a non-traditional way. It’s a pretty big and ambiguous spectrum. There […]
Choyboy by Hayden Seder
Making up the DJ duo of Choyboy are Joey Sides, the “Choy” side after a tragic misspelling of his name on a Starbucks order, and Jens Peterson, the “boy” side for reasons that, in short, relate to his Instagram name and his proposed name for the duo. Both men have […]
The Barking Owls by Hayden Seder
The Barking Owls are a band that defies both labels and genres. Singer, guitarist, and harmonica player Erik Wenniger describes the band as “indie folky poppy rocky alt-country bluegrass newgrass grunge grass.” That’s certainly a mouthful as well as an earful. But for this Twin Falls-based band that blends their […]
Chris Isaak by Hayden Seder
The story of Chris Isaak is reminiscent of a Hollywood movie. Boy grows up listening to blues records, boy teaches himself guitar, boy starts as solo act and catches eye of producer, boy makes it big. The movie-like quality of Chris Isaak’s life shouldn’t come as a surprise considering his […]