Social Monsters

Last Thursday, a group of Monsters traveled to Cologne (Germany) to attend the Plus X Awards ceremony, hoping to get their hands on as many of the prestigious prizes for innovative technologies, sport and lifestyle products as possible. Excitement was very high as we had a lot of current and upcoming products nominated. Being completely suited up in the hot and humid weather didn’t help ...

Bellingham is a smaller college town in northern Washington. There, a rock and roll band called Hooves makes fun-filled music that pulls from the blues, but never sounds sad. Hell,… punk, rock, funk, honkey-tonk,… it’s all there in the voice of the songs they play to anyone willing or able to hear it. I asked, and they answered. Monster: Love the track! It reminds me of a bun...

Born out of the tundra from continents a half a world apart, Shuteye is an electronic pop band that reaches to go beyond the cliche’s of dance music. The duo’s pop sound brings the best of the house anthems and converges them with gorgeous and catchy melodies, while still keeping an edge. They talked with us about their past, present and future… Monster: What can you tell us ...

Promise is a rapper/song-writer from Tornoto, Canada. In an area known more for it’s scruffy-faced indie bands, than it is for hip-hop, he strives to make music that sets him apart from the images of rap artists, seen in the commercial flashiness that bombard the cultures inside and outside America. Recently having returned from tour, he spent some time with me discussing the what, why, ...

Scarlett is a team of professional musicians, who relocated from as far as Puerto Rico to make their mark in L.A. Having met in studio as session musicians, they all had a similar tale of leaving the comfort of home behind to make it in the hectic and competitive world music stage that is Los Angeles. Through a bond of music and strife, they came together to create a sound that is made for the...

Thick Voltage are a raucous, pounding rock band that bring heaping helpings of fun to the table. They bring some chaos to the dance world of Brooklyn, NYC. Not long in the tooth, they kept the answers brief. Monster: First off, being from San Francisco, I noticed the Merkely??? photo (for those who don’t know Merkely??? is a famous artist and photographer from SF) in your link on the Mo...

The Los Angeles area has contributed a lot to popular culture. I mean, with a city that large, and creative types making up a big chunk of the population, how could it not? A more recent addition to the radness that is LA comes in the form of a dancey rock band called Tic Tic BOOM! We recently chatted about what’s fun under the sun. Monster: I wanted to first mention that I really liked ...

Manchester is a city known for lots of things. It was the birthplace of the UK rave scene in the 80′s, it showcased much of the brit-pop movement of the 90′s, and there’s always been the stories of rock and roll excess, no matter what the soundtrack may be. Currently, it houses a rock band called Slydigs. They play it loud. They play it fierce. And they play it often. Thei...

Sharon Rachman is a songwriter from Israel. Calling out influences as vast as Amy Winehouse, Prodigy, Prince, NIrvana, Janis Joplin, and Miles Davis, to name a small few, her music sounds like a blend of it all. We bounced around in the blender together, overcoming the language barrier to tell a bit of her story. Monster: Love the track, can you tell us a bit about it? Sharon Rachman (RAZOR):Â...

Enigmatic is a rapper from Hobart, Indiana… a place not known for it’s genre-blending hip-hop, but if he has anything to say about it, that will soon change. Writing songs that follow the rapper’s path of braggadocious defiance, as well as a more emotive rock and roll vibe, Enigmatic is out to show the world he’s got something to say. We took a moment to chat over the...