Grounded TV special: Making of Debra Jean’s music video for “Silver Platter” 26.August.2010
Grounded TV catches up with Debra Jean for the making of the new music video for her song "Silver Platter"
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The Zolas Live Performance of Cab Driver 22.July.2010
Grounded tv got down with The Zolas for a live performance of their song Cab Driver.
The Zolas' debut album 'Tic Toc Tic' mixes infectious indie-pop songs with hairpin turns, schizoid piano throwdowns, and a sort of cabaret strut. This prog-pop treasure chest is equal parts catchy and cryptic; it's like Justin Timberlake meets The Beatles, or maybe Coldplay meets The Clash.
There’s something happening on the west coast. Whether it’s in the air, the water, or the drugs, a pool of talent has formed around the notion that you can have your pop and eat it too, with brainy, prog-influenced weird-beards like Bend Sinister and arcane psycho-confectioners Mother Mother demonstrating that musical complexity can still be hummable. Commercial, even.
Throw The Zolas into the picture and dammit – you might even call it a scene! Not that it’s ever been a concern to long-term musical partners Zach Gray and Tom Dobrzanski, who established their gifts for...
Fortune Sound Club & Grounded TV Presents Donnis 18.July.2010
Fortune Sound Club & Grounded TV Presents Donnis.
Although born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Donnis didn’t start officially rapping until he was stationed in Japan while on duty with the Army. Donnis 25, spent four years in the U.S Air Force, where his military colleagues saw promise in his skill and urged him to perform at local clubs. Soon after he decided to finally pursue a career in the rap industry.
He performed at the “Bay to the A” concert in Anaheim, CA in early 2007 featuring rap’s heavy hitters Lil’ Jon, T-Pain and Rick Ross. A globetrotter whose been rapping and writing verses for years, Donnis has traveled to Thailand and South America and lived in Colorado, before making rap his full-time livelihood. Crump actually began his career in Atlanta. The young artist started creating rhymes when he was only 9 years old.
Networking with DJ Masterkey who Donnis describes as Tokyo’s Funkmaster Flex, he landed a gig opening for Chingy. Sho...
Grounded TV #43 The Coup and Souls of Mischief on the killing of Oscar Grant 17.July.2010
Grounded TV was fortunate to sit down with Boots from The Coup and Souls of Mischief last weekend. We took this time to talk to them about the killing of Oscar Grant last new years in Oakland California at the hands of a police officer while held down by two other officers.
Check out the interview we did last year with Zumbi From Zion I a few days after the killing.










