From every Russian Charlotte thuglet's favorite backyard shortcuts to exactly what kind of effects best suit his delivery, Class-C's already soaked up more knowledge in his 20 years than many MCs do in a lifetime. Part of his strength rests in geography: Spending his formative years in North Carolina before commencing with a life spent bouncing between Mpls and NOLA has given the rapper a scope with way more sweep than most of his peers could boast of even if they set their lie projectors on "11.. More >>." The rest is all dedication. By the time he made his first professionally recorded track in fifth grade, Class-C had already been rhyming for friends and family for years. Everything since--including 2010's Journey Through the Light, last year's Passions of a Lyrical Assassin, and 2012's Toasted White Bread not to mention several mixtapes--captures a creature in the midst of evolution so rampant, even the very forces of nature themselves can only respond by staying the fuck out of his way. Soundcloud.com/class-c, Class-C.bandcamp.com, reverbnation.com/theclassc Twitter: @theclassc
Bella Ruse
Bella Ruse's combination of airy folk and crunchy pop transforms rooms into secret gardens and paints pictures of invading bombardiers, salty sea love, and super glued hearts. Surrounded by a laboratory of instruments - typewriter, suitcase organ, glockenspiel, and kazoos - singer Kay Gillette's antique voice and Joseph Barker's mournful guitar twist and twirl and dip and dive and carry you deep down the rabbit-hole into their magical musical world.
They've been traveling the country for two years, opening for Sarah Mclachlan, Heart, and Hey Marseilles along the way. Their songs have been u..