Criminal Vibes | pt

Somewhere at the intersection of indie hip hop, rock and nerdcore culture you will find Charlotte's premiere live hip hop band, The ThoughtCriminals. Having opened for indie stalwarts Mr. Dibbs, Ceschi, Astronautalis and Bleubird their indie hip hop credibility is firmly intact - yet they also feel comfortable effortlessly blazing stages with nerdcore heroes MC Frontalot, Random (AKA Mega Ran) and Dual Core, and as official artists at SXSW 2011 for the Official Nerdcore Showcase. One of the group's mcs, Mikal kHill, often uses an 8-bit NES system in live performances, and has also been credited with contributions on Sage...

Members: Tomoo Kawagoe, Nobukazu Takemura & Kikuko Nonaka Spiritual Vibes were japanese casio jazz crew led by Nobukazu Takemura before he went all electric. Their eponymous debut album, later licensed to Toy's Factory, is a mixture of live club jazz, tender girlie vocals by a singer called Kiku (Kikuko Nonaka), and those casios. Although Takemura produced their second album Kotoba No Mae (or Before The Words in english version), they went almost all accoustic and the magic of their debut was somehow lost. .

www.myspace.com/cipunks902 .