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- Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book
- Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
- Annual concert features indie rock punk and acoustic music
- The Matches Announced As Finalists In The 8th Annual Independent …
Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book
New York Times United States
“Reading the book was totally liberating for me” said Areej Zufari 34 a Muslim and a humanities professor at Valencia Community College in rlando Fla. Zufari said she had listened to punk music growing up in Arkansas and found “The Taqwacores” four years ago. “Here was someone as frustrated with Islam as me” she said “and he expressed it using bands I love like the Dead Kennedys. It all came together. ” The novel’s Muslim characters include Rabeya a riot girl who plays guitar onstage wearing a burqa and leads a group of men and women in prayer. There is also Fasiq a pot-smoking skater and Jehangir a drunk.
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Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
guardian.co.uk UK
13 GMT n-demand TV site Joost has signed a distribution deal with nine independent music labels and two major aggregators to boost the editorial content section of the service. The deal adds 18000 music videos live performances and interviews to the site including Lightspeed Champion and the Last Shadow Puppets from Domino Records Bad Religion and the ffspring from Epitaph and Plain White Ts and the Morning Light from Fearless Records. Dance music label Defected punk labels Hopeless and Victory world music label ESL hip hop specialists Stones Throw and the eclectic Sarathan Records from Seattle are also offering editorial content via Joost. In addition the site has partnered with music community site Last. fm specialist site 88HIPHP and video interview site Uncensored Interview. com for editorial content. The new deals will make content from most labels available worldwide though Epitaph Hopeless Fearless and Victory as well as the Last.
Annual concert features indie rock punk and acoustic music
Republican Eagle MN
” ? The Neighborhood an indie rock band featuring Red Wing natives Sam Courtier and Dustin Dorsey (both RWHS Class of 2004). ? Dusty J presenting solo acoustic music performed by Dusty Jostes (RWHS Class of 2007). ? Joe Drotos featuring solo acoustic music by Joe Drotos (RWHS Class of 2004). ? The Invincible Kids out of Minneapolis who play “electro-punk rock. ” The band features Red Wing native Drew Phillips (RWHS Class of 2002). Brown said they will be closing out the night “with a massive dance party. ” For the past three years the concert and dance party has attracted more than 120 paying customers Brown said.
The Matches Announced As Finalists In The 8th Annual Independent …
Top40-Charts.com NY
The Hofstra Chonicle noted “What [A Band in Hope] has done is create a precedent that many bands in their tier of music are going to have a tough time topping. ” Absolute Punk lauded “They continue to place themselves in their own category of rock music.