Thugs Clobber Rock Fans at Festival A rock festival near the city of Miass in the Chelyabinsk region turned into a battlefield over the weekend as dozens of bare-chested thugs assaulted the audience with batons, baseball bats and air guns, leaving security guards too scared to intervene. Read more on The Moscow Times Technorati Tags: [...]
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Putting a different spin on Las Vegas DJs
August 30th, 2010 
admin Putting a different spin on Las Vegas DJs Craving more creative freedom, local music curators seek to remix DJ culture Las Vegas is renowned throughout the world for its nightlife. But despite the fact that million-dollar clubs and ultra-lounges are standard in every casino on the Strip, some local disc jockeys have felt shut out [...]
Geek love
August 30th, 2010 admin Geek love Dragon*Con, Jay (Reatard) Day and a boatload of new releases by Chad Radford The annual migration of the geeks arrives in Atlanta once again on Labor Day weekend. Amid the procession of Dragon*Con madness embodied by stormtroopers, sci-fi celebs and nerdy girls decked out in “Slave Leia” metal bikinis, you can find live [...]
The Queers
August 30th, 2010 admin The Queers Cee Lo Green’s had a surprising viral hit all over the internets with his “Fuck You.” It’s a catchy, upbeat tune about a break-up that looks like it might just transform angry odes to exes and into… happy-sounding, sly fuck yous. Read more on ChartAttack.com Technorati Tags: Queers
Iron Giant
August 30th, 2010 admin Iron Giant Cancer Bats first made their way through Fredericton, N.B. in early 2005, having just five original songs to work into their set. Read more on ChartAttack.com Technorati Tags: GIANT, Iron
Balkan Beat Box: the Lady Gaga of folk revivalism
August 30th, 2010 admin Balkan Beat Box: the Lady Gaga of folk revivalism Loud, and proud of their Balkan, cross-cultural, dance, funk, hip-hop, Middle-Eastern, reggae and Sephardic roots Read more on The Globe and Mail Technorati Tags: Balkan, beat, Folk, Gaga, Lady, revivalism
Vampire Weekend Kick Off Tour in Vancouver
August 30th, 2010 admin Vampire Weekend Kick Off Tour in Vancouver Halfway through Vampire Weekend’s Friday night set at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl, singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig made a surprising confession: The group had a mild case of the jitters. The reason? According to the well-mannered, Topsiders-sporting frontman, he and his bandmates had just come off a three-week break. The men [...]
Gig roundup: Swedes — is there anything they can’t do?
August 30th, 2010 admin Gig roundup: Swedes — is there anything they can’t do? As any fan of Swedish music already knows, Swedes speak amazingly good English and they sing it pretty nicely, too. So, why should we be surprised that they can also rock the American roots music? That’s exactly what Vastervik, Sweden’s The Abalone Dots do and [...]
CMJ Lineup: Surfer Blood, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah
August 30th, 2010 admin CMJ Lineup: Surfer Blood, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah The first wave of artists for the annual music, schmoozing, and booze marathon that is New York City’s CMJ Festival have been unveiled, and the lineup is already worth the five sleepless nights and hungover mornings: Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Greg Dulli, Surfer Blood, Dean & Britta, [...]
Gang Of Four – Content
August 30th, 2010 admin Gang Of Four – Content Nachdem The Pop Group kürzlich eine Reunion angekündigt haben, erscheint Anfang nächsten Jahres auch ein Lebenszeichen einer weiteren Post-Punk-Institution: Gang Of Four. Read more on de:bug home style Technorati Tags: Content, Four, Gang
