SM Familia releases “Rise Up (Revo Remix)” single

Latin reggae cumbia band SM Familia teams with reggae family on their latest single “Rise Up”. A song so applicable right now as the nation is fraught with racial tension, SM Familia says “Jah people, yeah, you got to rise up”. With heavy synth and bubble organ, SM Familia combines the old with the new […]

San Diego Music Awards 2014

Another San Diego Music Awards have come and gone this week, leaving many southern California acts extremely happy to have won their respective categories. It seems most artists and bands are grateful just to be nominated, as the annual award show grows in popularity year after year, enveloping 28 categories from Americana to electro to […]

Piracy Conspiracy album review

Piracy Conspiracy makes their style known within just first few bars of the opening track off their self titled debut: hard-hitting, horn driven, roots music.  The San Diego based group is a merging of Piracy (aka Gloria Melissa Carballo), a versatile MC with a self described “digital ragamuffin style” and the band Conspiracy.  Not only […]