The News Review:
- Best music options for New Year’s Eve
- Hear & Now: Get out your skinny for new wave reunion
- Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
- ut with the old spin with the new
- York music venue closing its doors
- There’s still music for the holidays
- Music-filled knitting shop in Los Angeles is a real pearl
Best music options for New Year’s Eve
Chicago Tribune United States
Milwaukee $65 (sold out); 773-489-3160: Quite a coup to bring back this quartet who released several fine albums out of Champaign Ill. in the ?90s before fading away. Though loosely embracing a do-it-yourself punk and garage-rock aesthetic the band was justly appreciated for its introspection and use of space and texture to manipulate mood. The show is sold out but it might be worth shelling out some extra bucks if you?re a hardcore fan of these guys because who knows when we?ll see them again. White Mystery with Jay Reatard at Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western $25 773-276-3600: While Reatard?s one-dimensional retro-punk packs the requisite kick-out-the-jams punch required for a big party the real attraction is White Mystery the new duo forged by Miss Alex White best known as the guitar-wielding blowtorch in her long-running gig with the Red rchestra. With drummer Francis White she reduces her love of soul-fired garage rock to its butt-kicking essence.
Hear & Now: Get out your skinny for new wave reunion
The Virginian-Pilot VA
For one the legal drinking age was 18 which meant college students could experience live music in bars. ften 16- and 17-year-olds got in with fake IDs. Also the punk music scenes of New York City and London were churning out a revolution in pop culture and music in general was taking new forms on a seemingly weekly basis. MTV was born and music videos – not silly contrived reality dramas – were aired. Since this period was pre-Internet fans had to make an effort to discover new music because it wasn’t getting played on commercial radio. f all the early ’80s acts the X-Raves were perhaps the most important. While it played originals the quartet was keen on playing covers by The Clash Elvis Costello Gang of Four and countless others.
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.
ut with the old spin with the new
Boston Globe United States
the Bear’s Heroes has planned a special party for New Year’s Eve. You’ll hear all of the popular dance night’s regular music (new wave punk electro and more) and you’ll also get noisemakers champagne and access to a “white trash buffet. ” Best of all the club is open until 3 a.
York music venue closing its doors
York Daily Record PA
com reads “LAST NIGHT F SMALLS (yes it’s closing for good)” under the Dec. For bands Smalls offered a chance to break into York’s music scene. Scott Conrad from Harrisburg punk band The Machetes followed the bar when it relocated from its original spot in their city. Before a March gig Conrad said he was hopeful that the bar would make York a “hot bed” for original music. The bar’s logo read “God save the scene” and for a few months it seemed to put York on the map Conrad said. “It was cool while it lasted” Conrad said.
There’s still music for the holidays
Fresno Bee CA
Also on the bill: Style Like Revelators The Quillborns and Wings for the Queen. Rites of RetributionFormer members of Fresno punk bands Die Another Day and Rikki and the Bruiser Boys have joined to form punk group Rites of Retribution. The band plays at 8 p. Friday at Babylon 1064 N.
Music-filled knitting shop in Los Angeles is a real pearl
Los Angeles Times CA
Heisenflei of Pity Party stitches together the worlds of music and needle craft at her Atwater Village store. She finds comfort and joy in both pursuits. By Gale Holland December 25 2008 The Christmas Sweater Festival at the Echoplex music club was holiday programming for the tongue-in-cheek generation. The Echo Park venue was awash in appliqued snowmen flashing pompoms and teal-colored squirrels. ne of the bands on the bill Pity Party showed up the other revelers.
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