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New release: Tha Silent Partner reports back from his day in the Cosmos!

Back in the first half of 2016, I (aka mGee) reached out to Tha Silent Partner to see if he was interested in collaborating and releasing a special split album where each of us delivered six tracks that sampled from the same pool of samples taken from the Public Domain… Read more

New release: A-Grav Lab arrives with their Spacewalkers EP!

Back in 2002 I was designing cover art for digital releases at Chuck D’s (Public Enemy) label SLAMjamz. At the time the label was releasing free downloadable singles for a number of interesting independent artists. Among them was A-Grav Lab (short for Antigravity Laboratory), a group comprised of Indiana natives… Read more

New release: Ant The Symbol continues You Are Here EP series!

Back in September we released an amazing EP by Ant The Symbol called You Are Here: Downtown (if you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure you do). Well, it turns out that that EP was the first in a series and today we’ve got the second installment, You Are… Read more

New releases: The Impossebulls and Maxwell Powers wrap up October!

Here we go again… we’re really packing in the releases this month! Another week… another double shot of music goodness. The Impossebulls “Five By Five III: Greed” The Impossebulls’ Five By Five EP series continues today with the latest addition, Greed, which is sure to have heads nodding once again!… Read more

New releases: LOWdown and Cheese N Pot-C both deliver beats & rhymes!

I’m psyched to present to you a double shot of hip-hop! Two releases that each forecast new projects in 2017! LOWdown “soBELOW (THE groundZERO SINGLES 2006-2016)” The last time LOWdown dropped anything, it was back in 2014 when they released their dope live EP HAUPHUCHINLIVEIYAM. It’s simply not often that… Read more

New release: Maxwell Powers makes his album debut with Fridays!

Indie-pop creator Maxwell Powers has steadily been building his following by regularly releasing new music on Fridays. So, what better name than “Fridays” for an album featuring those independently released songs? For the first time, many of those Friday SoundCloud/YouTube releases have been carefully compiled along with previously unreleased remixes… Read more

fortyFive Friday: Tha Silent Partner delivers another SIX ONNA 7!

I’m happy to say that today we’ve got a surprise treat for you to enjoy… another part in Tha Silent Partner’sSIX ONNA 7 series! If you’re new to blocSonic, you may not know what that is, so let me break it down for you. Shortly after I launched our 45… Read more

New release: Maxwell Powers Brings His Indie-Pop Sound to blocSonic!

In 2011, Oakland, California artist and Roosevelt Radio front man Ben Ross launched his bedroom studio side project Maxwell Powers. Since then he’s been steadily building an online cult following with his own brand of infectious indie-pop. Today I’m thrilled to present to you “Saturday”, the first single from his… Read more

New releases: Electric Mirrors, The Impossebulls, electropop and hip-hop oh my!

Today we close out September with not one, but two new maxBlocs for you to enjoy… Ritual Meadows by Electric Mirrors and Five By Five II: Sloth by The Impossebulls! Electric Mirrors “Ritual Meadows” This is the 2nd incredible single from Electric Mirrors’ album UFO Stories. If you enjoyed the… Read more

New release: Ant The Symbol surprises fans with incredible new EP!

Back at the end of August, Ant The Symbol sent me a few new songs to check out. I downloaded them and listened… like, whoa! I instantly felt that the seven songs I was listening to were the most inspired that he’d created thus far, as The Symbol. Of course… Read more