So Inf0Bud turned me and TheRev on to this band the other night and it's some great stuff.  Here is a little bio on the guy by Inf0Bud and check out this link for his stuff.  It is some really interesting music.  I guess I would classify it as Trip-Hop, some great beats, super interesting mixes.  Check it out yo!

Blockhead

Real Name: James Anthony Simon

Blockhead grew up in downtown New York City. He is the son of the late Sidney Simon, a well-known sculptor in New York City. From early on he found his passion was for music. A fan of a whole range of sounds, especially hip-hop, Blockhead steadily built a tremendous collection of tapes and later CDs from innumerable artists. Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing for Aesop Rock, a rapper for the Definitive Jux independent hip hop label. He has also previously worked with rappers C-Rayz Walz, iCON the Mic King, Mac Lethal, S.A. Smash, Slug, and Murs. After a brief stint as a rapper, he realized his calling was behind the boards and not on the mic, and from there he began to produce beats. Oh, and the guy does comedy, too. As a member of the hip hop/comedy group Party Fun Action Committee whose hip-hop/comedy debut album was recently released on the legendary Def Jux. Since making that decision, he's been kept pretty busy. Blockhead produced 9 tracks on Aesop Rock's critically acclaimed album 'Labor Days'. Additionally, he produced half the tracks on Aesop's follow up EP, 'Daylight'. Blockhead has also been working with other indie giants such as Slug of Atmosphere, Murs, Mike Ladd and SA Smash. He also found time to complete a break beat album entitled 'Blockhead's Broke Beats', with 10 hard hitting instrumental tracks, which was released on Mush Records, the US home of cLOUDDEAD. And just to prove that he ain't all about art-rap, Blockhead produced 2 tracks on the newly crowned Skribble Jam Battle Champ, MacLethal's full-length album. He is the creator of some exquisite, emotional instrumental hip hop, which will make any true music lover’s ears extremely happy.

Sites: http://www.ninjatune.net/blockhead, http://www.myspace.com/theblockishot

Aliases: http://www.discogs.com/artist/T.+Simon

In Groups: Nobody's Smiling, Party Fun Action Committee

Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Blockhead

Ahhhhhh it's getting closer and closer to that time of year where the windows are rolled down. The air is flowing through your hair. You have your arm out the window doing that thing where the air lifts it and drops it. You know. Summer time! It's so close! You can almost taste it! Well the only thing missing is that one album that you can crank up and sing along to while hauling ass down the highway. Well I'm here to tell you that album is here and has been for a little while! 

Ballyhoo first stepped on stage back in 2004 as a Sublime cover band. Since then they have been on tour non stop! Based out of Aberdeen Maryland this foursome has grown a fanbase around the globe. Making it all the way to Japan! Not bad for a "local" band!  

Best way to describe Ballyhoo's sound would be,  

"If Sublime, Incubus, and Greenday created a robot to destroy the world they would call that robot Ballyhoo!"