Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop (Basic Civitas) presents hip-hop arts through the voices of its pioneers, innovators and mavericks. With an introductory survey essay by journalist Jeff Chang, author of the hip-hop history Can't Stop Won't Stop, the anthology includes: ...
At CES in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced the relaunch of Crossfader, an online community site dedicated to the professional and next-generation digital artist. Crossfader was designed to create an online environment where artists can learn and show their creative work. Through video interviews, blogs, chats and more, Crossfader will highlight artists, their work and their perspectives. ...
Mancunian melody maestro Badly Drawn Boy promises to deliver more of his musical gems to audiences and enthusiasts alike across North American in March 2007. BDB recently released his fifth studio album, Born in the UK.
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Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Noise Pop 2007 festival of indie music and culture will feature the Noise Pop Expo. Taking over the Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Noise Pop venue Café Du Nord) for two days, the Noise Pop Expo will feature panel discussions, a local indie trunk sale, a rock poster show, special acoustic performances and more. ...
Los Angeles–based Busdriver will launch his 2007 tour initiative on Jan. 24 at his hometown's El Rey Theatre. In celebration of RoadKillOvercoat, his fifth solo album and first for the Anti- label, BD will also perform promotional shows in New York, Chicago and San Francisco in the week leading up to the disc's Jan. 30 release....
Zachary Mastoon's second release for Mush Records arrives on a silver platter from left field, serving up another of his layer-cake ambient feasts of experimental sound. ...
Purefuture joins forces with the Historic Congress Theater to bring Resolve 2007 and trance legend ATB to Chicago. After more than 11 years and five ATB albums—the last four of which all made it into the German Top 10—Andre Tanneberger (aka ATB) has become a leading musician and producer, working with international stars such as Heather Nova, Moby, William Orbit and Michael Cretu from Enigma....
Manhattan hotspot Pacha will mark its one-year anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, with a blow-out celebration. The Sopranos' Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler will host the event along with co-owners Erick Morillo and Eddie Dean....
To kick-start the holiday season, Domino Records and imeem are presenting the Junior Boys "Want to See Your Creative Side" user-submitted video contest. Fans and the video-editing community can use live footage and music videos, as well as license-free clips, to create new music videos for the Junior Boys new album, So This Is Goodbye. ...
For the first time, Goldenvoice has announced that this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will be a three-day event—Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29—to be followed a weekend later by their first-ever country music festival on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. Both events will take place at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., the same grounds where Coachella has been held seven times before. ...
The Fifth annual Langerado Music Festival has announced additional artists to perform, including My Morning Jacket, The New Pornographers, Cat Power, Cut Chemist and The Hold Steady. ...
From the Technology Partner exhibits to the daily Beatport Pool Parties, RHMIA reached new heights—and attendance of more than 10,000 throughout the weekend! And stars such as Richie Hawtin, A-Trak, Francois K, Mark Farina, Talib Kweli and others all stopped in to be part of the action. See it all—including show reports, photos and exclusive Guitar Center Sessions at Remix Hotel videos—at remixhotel.com!
