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Our Man In Baghdad Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:59AMHe had the innocent look of a blond cherub, his hand twisted upright toward me as he lay asleep, his torso thrown over the scratch-graffiti surface of the wood table. His soft white palm was empty now, but I knew that only days before it had tightly grasped a rifle.
Oakenfold spearheads fundraising song for Love Parade victims Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:26AMDance DJs Paul Oakenfold Paul Van Dyk and Armin Van Buuren have joined forces to pay a special musical tribute to those crushed to death at a recent German techno festival.
Schools get $106,000 in federal funds Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:05PMAVON Avon schools are receiving about $106,000 in additional funding from two federal programs. The town is slated to receive $58,686 — its share of $250 million given to the Commonwealth from the federal government’s Race to the Top Fund. The money is earmarked for teacher training and evaluations. Additionally, Avon will receive approximately $48,000 from the federal Education Jobs ... Avon ...
Weekend Party Preview: Brazil via N.Y. and Detroit via Germany Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:28PMFor a three-day weekend such as this approaching one, I'd usually try to wrangle up something special for you check out on Sunday evening. It seems a waste to not get wasted and rage on a ...
Concert Picks: Ava Luna, The Delta Mirror, Destronauts… Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:00PMSo it’s the end of the summer and everyone’s left for the weekend except for you. And this is a bad thing why? The possibilities are endless – show-hop if you must. Get it out of your system. We’re here to help. We’ve got a slew of concerts for you to attend this holiday. Check [...]
Paul Oakenfold - Oakenfold Spearheads Fundraising Song For Love Parade Victims Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:20PMDance DJs PAUL OAKENFOLD, PAUL VAN DYK and ARMIN VAN BUUREN have joined forces to pay a special musical tribute to those crushed to death at a recent German...
armchair dancefloor 022 incl Zero dB mix Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:30AMThis month's round-up of the best electronic music goes travelling with Shed , works up a gloomy sweat with Kassem Mosse , falls over trying to emulate DJ Nate 's dizzying footwork and, despairing, hurls itself into Hildur Gudnadottir 's inimitably European brand of misery.
Andy Bockelman: ‘Scott Pilgrim’ — Dating, growing up, defeating evil, whatever Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:43AMJust when you thought that the shy, awkward young man archetype has been played out, a hero steps forward and pulls a flaming sword from another dimension from deep within his chest. If that description sounds weird, just wait: It’s one of many surreal moments in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” In the faraway land of Toronto, Canada, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a meek twentysomething without ...
Event: A Death In The Family @ Spectrum, Sydney (27/08/10) Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:34PMOxford Street, it isn’t all banging top 40 dance anthems and cheesy techno. There are still a handful of venues fighting the fight against local residents hell-bent on banning live music. Spectrum is one of those venues, and on Friday night A Death In The Family, Lungs and The Outsiders gave the locals some more reasons to complain.
Simian Mobile Disco’s harder sound Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:33PMSimian Mobile Disco are trying to change the way the public perceive them, and working on a “club sound” for their new record.
Fighting Gravity Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:29PMFormer KG student is part of black light dance troupe King George County has had its share of homegrown talent:Anthony Campbell successfully competed in the Today Show talent contest, and Colette Wolfe appeared in the summer movie Hot Tub Time Machine. Now, a new star has risen: King George High graduate Brian Lusher. Lusher is part of the performing group Fighting Gravity,which has made it to ...
Chromeo's Best Dance Songs of the 2000s Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:55AMFiled under: Exclusive , Count Five Tim Saccenti Chromeo , everyone's favourite Montreal-born electro-funk duo, are releasing their third album 'Business Casual' on Sept 14. Keyboardist/talk boxer P. Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and lead singer/guitarist Dave 1 (Dave Macklovitch) have used the new record to expand on the '80s-influenced electronic dance-pop of their debut, 'She's in Control,' and ...
Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:51AMAs one of the most talented and flat-out entertaining musicians around, you’d expect Chilly Gonzales would have no trouble finding an audience. Yet aside from his successes as a producer, he is yet to make a solo record that lives up to the experience of his critically lauded live performances.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Fat Freddy's Drop Jamming Live and Taking Names Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:57PMFat Freddy's Drop Captured in Their Natural State: Jamming Live and Taking Names at the Roundhouse Fat Freddy's Drop has battled mad scientists and unleashed mad skills. An unlikely band of sons of the Pacific, they can flip on the fly from Maori reggae to sweet Yankee soul with near psychic precision. Like kungfu masters, they set their dubbed-out funk, hardcore horns, and waves of luscious ...
LifeLight Festival 2010: New venue, more stages, same message Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 4:12AMIf you interpret the term "Christian music" as a breathy, melodic, subdued style of singing, you've left out quite a bit. The free concerts next weekend at the LifeLight Festival will pound away that stereotype, showing how broad Christian musical styles really can be. Heavy metal, techno and hip-hop will join traditional pop and rock, along with acoustic solo artists playing at LifeLight, one ...
Concert Review: Hideout experiments with Mad Decent Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:02PMThe traveling Mad Decent festival hit the Hideout in Chicago on Aug. 21 for the closing performance of the tour. The dance-focused fest replaced the Hideout's annual rock-oriented block party. And the whole thing was initiated by Diplo, the creative producer of MIA's massive, breakthrough hit "Paper Planes."
The Weekend: Cool Shoes, Ouachita, Boom Kinetic, Big Smith, "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:54AMDJ Wolf-E-Wolf FRIDAY 8/27 Cool Shoes returns for their monthly dance party; this time around, Cool Shoes regulars DJ Wolf-E-Wolf and Sleek man the decks at the Downtown Music Hall stage, 10 p.m., $5 over 21, $8 under 21. The Arkansas-born, Austin-residing Ouachita brings its dusky take on '70s Southern rock to the brave souls at Midtown Billiards, 12:30 a.m., $8 non-members. High-energy classic ...
YouTube auteurs remix videos into pop music hits Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:44AMThe "Double Rainbow" video, has earned more than 7 million views on YouTube. "Double Rainbow Song," the remix of that viral video, has been heard 4.2 million times on YouTube and become a sensation in its own right.
The Week[end]: August 27-29, 2010 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:05AMMadison bids a formidable farewell to summer this weekend with the Orton Park Festival, the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, the Clean Lakes Festival, the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, and Ride the Drive. The plenteous calendar also includes: the launch of the Crosshatxh poetry series; Focus/Madison exhibit opening at MMoCA; a production of Yours, Anne ; Sound Spectrum and an Infernal ...
On the town Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:42PMTop of Utah 21-and-over venues AMERICAN LEGION POST 87, 128 S. Main, Layton. 801-544-7220. 8 p.m. Fridays: karaoke. Friends of veterans welcome. AMERICAN LEGION POST 134, 345 S. Depot St., Clearfield. 801-773-9419. 8 p.m. Fridays: karaoke. Friends of veterans welcome. B-2, 22 E. 200 South, Clearfield. 801-773-7164. 9 p.m. Saturdays: live entertainment. BOGEY'S, 22 E. 200 South, Clearfield. 801 ...
That's My Jam!: Rainbow Arabia's Global Dance Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:43PMLately it seems like it's become increasingly trendy to tack any kind of world music-related buzzword onto your musical project. DJs, producers, and club nights are calling themselves 'tro...
Bit of Bolly balm on dance floor Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:48PMMalaika Arora Khan may or may not ease Salman Khan’s pain in September release Dabangg but the song she is grooving to is proving to be the right balm for Calcutta’s Bolly-starved party people on the dance floor.
MUSIC & DANCE Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:47PM- Tokyo's hottest club act, DJ Fujimi, is back in town to deliver uptempo sounds once more. His cool and creative style incorporates rock, new wave, techno, hard house, hip-hop, p-funk and dance classics, ensuring a hot and memorable night on the dance floor for all.
That's My Jam!: Tres Lingerie's Sampled Disco-Funk Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:43PMSomething terribly huge and potentially awesome is going down at the Mezzanine tomorrow night. Under the flag of The Beat Electric Dance Show, a large number of San Francisco's best dance ...
High Tone Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:20AMHailing from Lyon, French five-piece dub outfit High Tone has been instrumental in building bridges between traditional dub sounds that emanated from Jamaica 40-some years ago and modern artists who have donned the mantle of the bass heavy, echo-filled genre in years since.
A Guy Called Gerald - (Laboratory Instinct) Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:18AMManchester's Gerald Simpson has blazed his own path through the history of electronic music, producing seminal cuts like 1988's Voodoo Ray and 1991's Pacific State while being credited as a jungle/d'n'b pioneer by 1992. Now a Berliner by way of New York, Simpson brings us his second full-length in four years and the follow up to 2006's Proto-Acid: The Berlin Sessions . A dozen compositions ...
Civic Center love may be lost for popular event Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 11:36PMThe annual Lovevolution dance-music festival that draws about 90,000 people to San Francisco could be forced to cancel the event due to safety concerns. The seventh annual Lovevolution, described as a dance-music parade and festival, was to occur in the Civic Center Plaza, the event location for the previous six...
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Afronauts of the Caribbean, Systema Solar Break Loose Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:42PMA new craft is winging its way through the sonic solar system, built from creaky amps and sleek laptops, powered by dayglo Caribbean sun and the brilliant pulse of street parties, and steered by hip-hop Afronauts from one of the globe's new music hotspots. Welcome aboard Colombia's Systema Solar, the funkiest Technocolor hip-hop and DJ crew/Latin sound system ever to be pulled by donkey or ...
Features: N*E*R*D Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:40PMPharrell Williams – musician, producer, designer and perpetual nominee for the coveted “Awesomest Dude Alive" – tells FL what he's been up to.
!!! Do Berlin Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:30PM"Jack London said, 'You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club,'" says !!! frontman Nic Offer, relaxing in a South Brooklyn café. "And I say, 'You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go out to the club.' " Such is the motto for this unpronounceabl...
Jose Gonzalez Subject of Documentary Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:56PMThe Sweden-based singer-songwriter and Junip frontman Jose Gonzalez is now the subject of a new documentary film called The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez . Directed by Fredrik Egerstrand and Mikel Cee Karisson (who has helmed videos for Gonzalez and Fever Ray), the film follows Gonzalez over three years and charts his work on his album In Our Nature . Judging by the trailer below ...
New Release: The Autumn Defense: Once Around Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:41PMArtist: The Autumn Defense Album: Once Around Release Date: November 2 Label: Yep Roc
Hear a New Track From Hercules and Love Affair Leader Andrew Butler Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:11PMAndrew Butler and Jason Kendig: "And I'm (So in Love With You)": And I'm (So in Love With You) According to Hercules and Love Affair mastermind Andrew Butler , the new Herc album Blue Songs won't be out until next January. But Butler has other things keeping him busy-- like MR. INTL , his new label. Butler plans to ues MR. INTL to release music that revives classic dance music; in a press ...
Berlin makes its mark on punk-funk outfit Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:52PMIT’S A given that a new album from !!!, the band who put punctuation on the dancefloor, is always going to be a reason to revive the punky-funky flavour and put it back into circulation, writesJIM CARROLL
Diego Budicin, Run Rhino to play at Athens Theatre in DeLand Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 8:16AMI play if you have the money Or if you’re a friend to me But the one man band By the quick lunch stand He was playing real good for free These lyrics by Joni Mitchell were written long before 19-year-old Italian guitarist Diego Budicin was born, but they could have been written about him. {{rela ...
Event: Radiothon Opening Party 2010 Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 8:41PMThe 2010 Radiothon Opening Party was a night of fun, dancing, and a few surprises across three separate spaces in the Astor complex.
Lake Oswego teen returns to Portland in Lady Gaga's Monster Ball concert Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 10:04PMMontana Efaw, 19, graduated from Lakeridge High School in June 2009 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion: dancing. By November, she was embarking on a world tour with the world's biggest superstar.
Weekend Party Preview: Dirty Birds and Bassment Booty Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 3:58PMPeople need to stop taking themselves so seriously when it comes to partying. Honestly, little is less fun than watching some straight-faced DJ and stoic club patron have a staring contest...
On the town Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:29PMTop of Utah 21-and-over venues AMERICAN LEGION POST 87, 128 S. Main, Layton. 801-544-7220. 8 p.m. Fridays: karaoke. Friends of veterans welcome. read more
Best Bets for the weekend of Aug. 20-22 Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 6:38AMBELGIUM: Brussels’ “Dance for Life” techno parade begins at noon Saturday in the city’s Atomium Square. From 5 to 7:30 p.m., 19 trucks with pumping sound systems, lights, disc jockeys, dancers and music will circle the square. Then they will park and continue the fun until 11:30 p.m. Tickets (5 euros) must be bought in advance. For details, go to www.axecityparade.be.
Weekendist: Rotterdam Sustainable Dance party, D10 opening and more! Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:38AMEvery Friday, we help you figure out your weekend plans by bringing you a roundup of some of the best events in town. This week that includes a rollicking party at Mao Livehouse with the Dutch Culture Center (free beer!), a ridiculously sensual Korean pop group and a toga party, amongst other things. Want to indulge in some live music? Then take a look at our Midweek Music Preview . FRIDAY Hit ...
Light Pollution, Casiokids Friday Night at Vera Project Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:18PMPhoto credit: www.michaeljarecki.com Under the ‘genre’ section of their MySpace , Light Pollution classify themselves as Religious/Psychedelic/Healing/Easy Listening . A strange mix, yet we can’t help but agree. Hailing from Chicago, Light Pollution’s sound is layered and dense, coated with (not excessively, but carefully placed) repetition, that earns them the Animal ...
Boss The MC gives local take on Rising Sun Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:16PMFormed in 1997, Sapporo-based trio Tha Blue Herb are one of Japan's premier hip-hop acts, with a hard sound and political edge that provide a refreshing alternative to the commercial sheen of many of their peers. Speaking the night after their storming two-man set at Rising Sun on Saturday, frontman Boss The MC gave The Japan Times a local's view of Hokkaido's biggest music festival. How was ...
Drowned In Bristol Bass #3 Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:21AMAs the author of DiS’ regular (though admittedly lacking in recent update) Drowned In Bristol column and a rabid enthusiast of our city’s thriving underground music scene, the Subliminal Transmissions week seemed an ideal opportunity to put together a spin-off edition.
Evening Times Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:04AMThis year’s ones to watch, the hotly-tipped Belgian disco revivalists Villa, make their Death Disco debut this Saturday.
Going global Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:43AMDelphic's first full-length album was released this year, and the rave-rock group is poised to blow minds.
• Horizons Unlimited schedule of planetarium Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:51AMHorizons Unlimited is offering a number of planetarium and laser shows through the following months in its Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium. The planetarium is located at 1636 Parkview Circle. Park and enter in the back of the building accessible ...
Universal Studios Hollywood Holds Vampire Auditions For Halloween Horror Nights Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:17PMHalloween Horror Nights begins September 24th. Halloween - Universal Studios - Holidays - RobZombie - Horror
Royksopp Too Senior To Play Live Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:56AMRoyksopp don't know how to play their new album live.The Norwegian dance pop duo are currently preparing for the release of their new LP 'Senior' and admit they...
Top End fare points to strong sense of place Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:16PMFor those interested in indigenous arts - whether it be theatre, music, dance or lustrous paintings and striking sculptures - all roads lead to Darwin at this time of year.