American Dream Machine in overdrive
The 15-passenger van raced through the early morning sunlit mountainous hills of Pennsylvania at 50-plus miles per hour, wheels airborne, dragging a trailer full of band equipment.
As chaotic as that moment may have been,...
It’s StripJoints track reviews Vol. 88!
MISSIO “Vagabond (feat. Czarface)"
Missio, which is Latin for “mission,” sports an alternative/electronic sound with beat-driven hip-hop undertones. According to Merriam-Webster, vagabond is a “person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home.”...
John Haskins spins for the bottom line
Fact: John Haskins has played music for naked women on and off since 1996.
It’s been a quarter-century that Haskins has been a gentlemen’s club DJ, a vocation born out of financial necessity. He needed...
BRKN Love floating down “River” of their dreams
A little liquid courage may be to thank for BRKN Love’s single. Frontman Justin Benlolo was in his backyard one day, imbibing with friends, when the thought of a cover struck him.
He already had...
No matter your malady, Moon Fever is the cure
Cody Jasper and Mitch Micoley met at a rehearsal studio between a metal chop shop and a strip club called the Blue Zebra in North Hollywood.
Micoley had flown Jasper out looking for a singer...
Profile: Taking a dip with the ‘hot tub’
“That story involves a lot of drugs, a radio, a hot tub, naked people and near electrocution.” That either sounds like one helluva night, an evening of extremely bad decisions — or both. In...
StripJoints Reach-es ‘Back From the Dead’
Rene Mata remembers youthful car rides to North Carolina and being tortured.
“My parents used to torture me with ‘Born in the USA’, ABBA,” recalls Mata, who said he’d be belting out Motley Crüe.
So then,...
On an electro-alternative MISSIO for StripJoints
Matthew Brue didn’t realize he wanted to be a musician.
Sure, he played piano and sang in choirs as a kid.
But it took a harrowing experience to shed light on his fateful vocation.
“It was going...
Steven G soaring, not looking down
Steven G’s logo of a red balloon signifies “only one way up,” says the Crenshaw native.
“This red balloon is going to take us wherever we gotta go. If you ain’t rockin’ with us, then...
Walshy talks COVID, getting ‘turnt up’
Walshy Fire, a DJ that is part of the group Major Lazer, has a group of friends called the Paradigm Shifters. According to him, these individuals’ aim is “getting people’s brains to grasp that...
“Oh My Gawd” the next batch of StripJoints reviews!
AFTR "Humboldt Swagger (Wanna Go Down)
Opening strong with some fancy drum beats, this song has the vibe of a 22nd-century club banger. The track is reminiscent of a Eiffel 65 song—complete with mechanized voice...
Rosenfeld shares music, joie de vivre
Hailing from a family of classically trained musicians, Simon Nathan Rosenfeld is no stranger to pressure—familial pressure that is.
But, it’s also allowed Rosenfeld to hone his skills and grants him a sounding-off board.
“I run...
DJ duo VAVO talks working all hours, newest single
Few thrills in the music industry match the chance to work with your idols.
For Alden Martin and Jesse Fischer, the members of the producing/DJ duo VAVO, that chance came in the form of guest...
Panda Off The Charts July 2020
The Professional Adult Nightclub DJ Association, better known as PANDA, is a network of Strip Club DJs from around the US and beyond. Panda Off The Charts is a show where we bring you...