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Few would deny that Dan "the Automator" Nakamura makes records sound great.
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Few would deny that Dan "the Automator" Nakamura makes records sound great.
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The appeal hearing for the three members of Pussy Riot convicted of hooliganism and religious hatred after staging a protest in Moscow's cathedral earlier this year will get under way on Wednesday.
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DiS is compiling a playlist of 101 songs to act as an introduction to Electronic music (yeah, we know that is a very broad term!).
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Charity Basketball Game. Rounding out Team Pop this year is Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes , actor/comedian Martin Starr ( Freaks and Geeks, Party Down) , and pro-basketball player Luke Bonner (ringer!).
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On Saturday August 4, San Francsico's Public Works played host to Noisette , an afternoon festival dedicated to music and food.
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IT'S NO ACCIDENT that it's difficult to pin down exactly what Emily Wells does from a musical standpoint.
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This year Xfm celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first test broadcasts in 1992, which ran for five years until it was given a full licence to broadcast in London in 1997.
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This is the first in a series of best-of lists to be published between now and the end of the year.
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Following up a recent interview with Kid Koala about the intersection of scratchboard comics and turntablism scratching, here's another audio interview with the Canadian musician and longtime Ninja Tune Records roster member on the occasion of his new graphic novel and accompanying soundtrack, Space Cadet ( MP3 ).
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Night four of POP Montreal saw various heavyweight headliners playing simultaneously, forcing concertgoers to make some tough decisions.
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Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has announced plans for a special charity basketball match in his hometown.
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Few rappers are as enigmatic as Del the Funky Homosapien.
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Sam O' Grady was introduced to me as "knowing Capital Punishment by heart, the only girl I know into MOP, and a damn fine writer."
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Though the ticket read Osheaga , it could just as easily have been called the Eminem Show as a record 38,000 people packed Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau July 29 to watch Marshall Bruce Mathers III play only his third show of 2011, a 90-minute greatest hits set punctuated by a tribute to the late, great Nate Dogg. The first day of Osheaga kicked off in the late afternoon with the disappointing news of Kid Kudi 's cancellation -- a curse that has damned the festival in recent years with both the Beastie Boys (2009) and Deadmau5 (2010) cancelling at the 11th hour due to illness.
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Amidst the hustle and bustle of this year's MUTEK festival in Montreal, we snagged a few of our favorite artists for a quick chat about their impressions of the festival, the city, and, of course, some chatter about their music.
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Sun is shining, spring is here soon and we got you some fresh sounds from Sweden!
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Friday night's Noise Pop show at Mighty was a pleasant mix of those who don't get out to dance at the club that often and those who do.
Read MoreThe 2011 Noise Pop Festival begins today, taking over a number of SF venues over the next six days for a celebration of the best in independent music.
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Ninja Tune's 'Beats 'n' Pieces' aesthetic, which colours virtually every artist on the 20-year-old British label, began when founders Matt Black and Jon More burst onto the international scene as Coldcut with their 1987 remix of Eric B and Rakim 's 'Paid in Full.' The result was an abstract hip-hop landmark that augmented its slinky beats with movie samples, sound effects and cross-cultural flourishes, such as Israeli folk singer Ofra Haza 's operatic vocals .
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So the official history has Grand Wizard Theodore in the late 1970s, sitting in his bedroom in the Bronx practising his mixing on two turntables.
Read MoreAs readers of the 'Scott Pilgrim' graphic novel series are well aware, it is a world immersed in music, from the title character/protagonist's role as bassist in the garage band Sex Bob-Omb to his romantic interest's evil exes.
Read Morebeing completely honest, this is an interview that is hidden away on the ninja tune website, so it's not an exclusive, nor is it anything but a cheap and easy cut-n-paste job, but hey thems the breaks. however, the site does advise it's free for use, so, in case you haven't seen it (or heard it, as i think it was originally a podcast somewhere), i have decided it's well worth a permanent place on the wire. clearly with 20 years to cover its a bit of a monster, so put on the kettle, drop a solid steel mix on the stereo, and let the love flow.
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