BrokeHipster on Music

Saturday: A Super Happy Fun Record Release! :)

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by Marisa Ruiz (@MarisaVictoria)

There’s just not enough super happy and fun going around, no-wut-ah-mean? You now have the chance to take control of your personal SHF factor! Come enjoy danceable feel-good rock tunes at The Super Happy Fun Club’s CD release show at Lincoln Hall on Saturday, May 18th. If happiness and fun isn’t enough [...]

Show Review: Danny Brown at Bottom Lounge

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by Junu Phillips (@bopcitybeats)

Not sure when we went from homies sippin’ sizzurp to seeing skinny jeans on the norm, but hip hop is a genre that seems to have lost its way. Sometimes I wish present day “rappers” would just go away. Thirty hype men on stage, all winking at each other – and you [...]

Show Review: Rhye at Schuba’s

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by Leah Karabenick

Rhye brought an astonishing R&B-meets-electro-pop-meets-soul performance to a sold out room at Schubas Tavern. Upon first listen of the band’s debut album, Woman, the sleek and sexy music of songstress Sade often comes to mind. Little might many realize that those seductive baby-making vocals belong to a guy named Mike Milosh. I myself hadn’t [...]

Show Review: IO ECHO at The Riv

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by Tracy Graham (@tracygrahamcrkr)
IO ECHO has a plethora of sounds, their songs ranging from dreamy synth-pop to taunting beats that could be off a thriller movie’s soundtrack. I think of them as a rock salad; a little bit of Stabbing Westward after a messy weekend at the Beach House, thrown into a washing machine with a few Nine [...]

Free Download: SSION Remix to Kick off Berlin’s TWIRL!

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by Marisa Ruiz (@MarisaVictoria)
Free download time!
Enjoy the release of an explosive music collaboration between the reputable DJs Shaun J Wright  of Hercules And Love Affair – and Alinka of rad Chicago duo Shuteye. The pair collaborated to put their own spin on SSION’s “Luvvbazaar”. The remix kicks off  Wright and Alinka’s new monthly party at Berlin [...]