Chris Martins

The Bieb has had to learn some tough lessons since becoming one of the world's biggest child pop stars. (Remember that whole gay-bashing thing? Can't a lil' millionaire play laser tag without being harassed?) Well, here comes another one. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, cover star Justin Bieber,......

Former Anticon Records rapper and founder Sole has released a brand new song that takes aim at the Tea Party, Arizona immigration laws and political race-baiting in "post-Obama" America. The track, called "White Rage," is rapped over the beat of recent Clipse hit "Popular Demand," and was co-written by emcee/poet......

In his new song "Intruder," Tucson rapper, brawler and tattoo shop owner Isaiah Toothtaker puts an impressively aggro spin on Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder" web hit. Wavves drummer Jacob Safari provides the beat--made from the marching band version of the original--while Isaiah delivers a menacing message to any who would......

A ballerina balloon fight, spontaneous hula- hooping and a glitter-filled piñata come into play in the video for "B.O.N.I.Z.H.E.A.R.T.," an upbeat single from L.A. pop conglomerate Big Whup. For the unfamiliar, this fourpiece employs tap shoes, singing saw, viola, triola, organ and the usual suspects to craft its larger-than-life, smile-inducing......

When Jay-Z released his "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" last summer, Bay Area based electro-funk upstart Wallpaper responded by remixing the song and slathering copious amounts of the titular effect on Jay's voice. Now Wallpaper, a.k.a. Eric Frederic,--a vocal advocate for the pitch-fixing recording device--is finally agreeing with Hova: he's selling......

L.A.'s Learning Music has just dropped a new music treat just in time for Christmas: a beat-heavy cassette (yes, cassette) in gift-ribbon red -- an album rightly dubbed LARGER (for the size of the sound, not the medium) featuring collabs with Julia Holter, Adult Swim bro DJ Douggpound, Mike Gao......

We're pretty sure that a couple of L.A. underground rap heavyweights like Oh No (Madlib's lil bro) and Alchemist (Eminem's DJ) could, given time, work their way up to a video cameo by the Roots for one of their songs. But when the two rapper-producers joined forces as Gangrene, they......

We dig Jeans Wilder. The San Diego one-man beach-pop/noise band has a helluva knack for hauntingly beautiful soundscapes that speak to the foamy glory of the surf as much as to the watery death that lurks underneath. (If you missed the OxyContin-inspired WCS debut, "Sea You," get on that ASAP.)......

Just when you thought you were done with Four Loko, well, think again. The terrible drink may be disappearing from stores near you, but there's a very good chance you'll run into its likeness again, even if you don't have the pleasure of sippin' that sickly nectar again (or ever......