Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
January is always such a hopeful time in music. We have an entire year ahead of us to dissect new releases, make expectations and demands of artists, and not care about the Grammy’s. I’m looking...
Author: Leah Manners
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
To pretend that I haven’t gone on at length on this blog that I cherish novelty rap because it fulfills the ultimate definition of art by being almost completely useless would be an exercise in...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Well, it’s the time of year each and every adult either despises or celebrates – Halloween. Whether you have kids and are excited about putting them in some kind of semi-ironic or cute get-up, or...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
What an amazing weekend this is shaping up to be. Tonight, you should stop by The Blackheart for another Side One Track One Presents! The last one was incredible, so if you missed it, now’s...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Well, so much shit went down this month that it’s difficult to decide what exactly to write about. Should I talk about the slut shaming & cultural appropriation backlash surrounding the Miley Cyrus VMA performance?...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
It’s July in Austin. It’s too hot for me to work very hard on writing this entry, so I’m going to cut to the chase and get straight to the music. Happy Friday; go swimming....
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Happy one hundred degree days, guys! It’s summertime in Austin, so just follow these instructions for a relaxing, fun, and rewarding summer*: swim, drink, hydrate, bump bangers and/or summer jams (provided below), eat tacos. Repeat....
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
As you all may know, John’s birthday is coming up soon and he’ll be celebrating with an awesome party at Holy Mountain on Thursday, June 6, and putting on some great local bands (see the...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
It’s nearly the end of the month and it’s clear to us all now that April just plain sucked (unless you got married or whatever – congrats). But for the US as a whole, and...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
I’m so happy we all survived SXSW. I made us a playlist because we’re such troopers, and there are some artists on there that I got to see live during SXSW, like Open Mike Eagle...
