Tagged: The Rub
Premiere: TNT, “Running (DJ Ayres Remix)” MP3
Been awhile since we heard our girls Timberlee, Natalie Storm and Tifa go full pow wow on a TNT project together. But their fans at The Rub helped throw together an EP of two new … read more »
The Rub’s History of Hip Hop: The Year 2000
Ahh the heady post-Y2K scare days. If we remember correctly, we came out the other side of that totally warranted scare with a whole new lease on life and also a basement full of filtered … read more »
Video: Interview with the Rub DJs
Dig in the crates, expect surprises at your fingertips. Vinyl! Away from the message boards and online hype sites for new music, rarities and exclusives are still out there on wax. In New York, three … read more »
La Roux @ Studio B | Brooklyn
Electro-popstress La Roux made her Stateside debut at Brookyln’s Studio B over the weekend. The 21-year-old singer, also known as Elly Jackson, is still in our fair land with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles yet to come. With a RUB-less DJ Ayres and Nick Catchdubs (better known as Flashing Lights) warming the crowd — and despite the usual Studio B technical problems — La Roux left the audience sweaty and happy. read more »
NYC: One Step Beyond Featuring The Rub & Dave Nada
We’re handing the reins to this Friday’s moon-rockingest edition of One Step Beyond at the American Museum of Natural History Museum to Dave Nada and The Rub. Have we mentioned that New York Magazine calls … read more »
Freeload: DJ Ayres’ Michael Jackson Mix
It’s easy to make jokes about MJ, but he has made some of the best songs basically ever, even up through the weird later period of his career when he had to hide his face … read more »
NYC: Stick Your Rap Face in a History Lesson
For real though? Unless you are an Originoo Gun Clappa or your government name is Curtis Fisher, there’s a pretty good chance you could use some brushing-up on your hip-hop history. But New Yorkers both … read more »
Rubbin’ to the ’90s
Two years ago, at THE RUB DJs’ NEW YEAR’S EVE party in Brooklyn, the trio’s countdown-to-midnight was a slaying throwback set of the greatest-ever hip hop songs, year by year, starting somewhere in the late … read more »