Oakland songs | Indie Shuffle

Just Rese - This Time (Ft. Christian JaLon)

Sounds like: Wax Roof, Elujay, Yared Kiflai

I try not to hold bad PR against an artist. So when I get three emails from the same PR team in the span of what feels like 15 minutes, I must fight m...

Queens D.Light

Everything Special

Sounds like: Ras_G, Invincible, Thee Satisfaction

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As a culture/genre/industry of its own, hip-hop houses a continuum within itself. You can have two songs that are based on syncopated rhythms with rhy...

Warm Soda

Spellbound

Sounds like: Bare Wires, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees

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Singer Matthew Melton disbanded his garage rock outfit Bare Wires and immediately put all his weight behind his new band Warm Soda. Musically, there d...

Flying Lotus

Flotus (Ft. Gaslamp Killer, Teebs + Jeremiah Jae)

Sounds like: Samiyam, Ras_G, Thundercat

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Last night, the Brainfeeder crew invaded Oakland at the Fox Theater. The packed line-up was led by their captain, Flying Lotus, who brought along The ...

Quelle Chris

Sugar Honey Iced Tea

Sounds like: Roc Marciano, Ka, Armand Hammer

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Main Attrakionz

Bossalinis & Fooliyones Pt. 2

Sounds like: quadda B, Green Ova Undergrounds, MondreM.A.N

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Stedilly(PortiWifMe)

Sounds like: Ohbliv, Mndsgn, Ahwlee

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Main Attrakionz

Perfect Skies

Sounds like: A$AP Rocky, Co$$, Lil B

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Of all the current batch of rappers that can't legally drink at clubs yet, Main Attrakionz has the most potential. I've lauded them on here previously...

Danny Brown

30

Sounds like: Main Attrakionz, Elzhi, Eminem

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Danny Brown might have been considered a fringe artist this time last year, but the recent release of his newest (free!) album XXX and its proceeding ...

Hunx and His Punx

Lovers Lane

Sounds like: Shannon and the Clams, Nobunny, Hunx

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With a sound that has been compared to 1960's girl groups, Hunx and His Punx is nothing short of a romantic boy/girl group that sings of gay love affa...