Festivals guide 2012 listings: boutique festivals

Source: The Guardian Music

When 7-9 December Where Butlins, Minehead, Somerset What Eclectic get-together, curated by the National Who Kronos Quartet, the Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Megafaun, Suuns, Dark Dark Dark, Wye Oak, Sharon van Etten How m ...
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Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson – review

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Stroll down Saint Mark's Place in New York City today – past the glossy new high-rises and the twentysomethings dressed in hip high-end fashion label Band of Outsiders – and you might find it hard to remember the period in the twili ...
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Label Signings: M.I.A., Atlas Genius And More

Source: MySpace Music Blog

Check out which artists have inked new record label deals this week, including M.I.A. and Atlas Genius. . M.I.A. has joined the roster of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation management company. The label announced the news on Twitter by writi ...
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Afghan Whigs: Songs Of Love Gone Wrong, Done Right

Source: WNYC | New York Public Radio

In the midnight hours after the Afghan Whigs brought down the Bowery Ballroom Wednesday night, I got an email from my date for the show. "I feel like I stole something that was so good," he wrote. Mind you, ours w ...
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Rain Fest Picks - Bands You Won't Want To Miss

Source: The Stranger

Rainfest: Between Earth & Sky, Clarity, CodeXRed, Cro-Mags, H20, Losing Skin, Minority Unit, Paint It Black, Suburban Scum, Wreck (Neumos) Now in its sixth year, Rainfest has quickly grown from a small-time affair taking place in VFW halls to a three-day ...
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This Is Hardcore Fest Is Back!

Source: The Deli Philadelphia

is back bigger than ever, which is a testament to the strength of Philly’s hardcore punk scene! Curated by Philly hardcore legend Joe Hardcore, who has been a prominent figure in the local scene since the ‘ ...
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Tonight in Music: Mahogany, USF, Rainfest: Between Earth & Sky, Clarity, CodeXRed, Cro-Mags, H20, Losing Skin, Minority Unit, Paint It Black, Suburban Scum, Wreck, White Suns, MTNS, Lou-Lou Hernandez, Syrinx Too, DJ Awesome Tapes from Africa and more!

Source: The Stranger

(Comet) This showcase curated by local blog The Color Awesome marks the West Coast debut of Mahogany—astonishing, considering that they've been making music since the late '90s. Between the excitement over recent reissues from My Bl ...
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Pop Listings for May 25-31

Source: The New York Times

Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music . Afrika Bambaataa (Monday) The farsighted D.J. and progenitor of hip-hop and futuristic-electro fusion celebrates the 30th anniversary o ...
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The Review: Big Fun in the Big Town – A Document of Hip-Hop’s Past in the Late ’80s

Source: Hypebeast

“You learn rap from the streets.” The response, taken from an interviewee in the hip-hop documentary, Big Fun in the Big Town, truly embodies what this 25-year-old film is all about. The year was 1986. Rock journalist and radio host Bram Van Splunteren, ...
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