Tour : Thee Oh Sees Euro Tour 2012 Amsterdam 19 June @ Paradiso

The infamous San Francisco garage rockers Thee Oh Sees are back in Europe, check all the dates here

Apparat - Song Of Los

New music video from the German electronic producer Apparat taken from his newest album out on Mute, stream the new album The Devil's Walk .

Watch | Apparat - Song Of Los

Apparat + Modeselektor 21 October @ Paradiso Amsterdam

Com Truise - Brokendate music video

New music video from New Jersey based producer Seth Haley known to the world as the synth-wave 80s science fiction inspired virtuoso Com Truise , “Brokendate” is taken from the debut full-length “Galactic Melt” out on Ghostly International.

Watch | Com Truise - Brokendate

Com Truise @ Paradiso Amsterdam 17 November

Ty Segall in Amsterdam Video

Watch and listen in full to the épic Ty Segall concert in Amsterdam during the London Calling festival 21 May, all the concerts from the weekend are also available.

Watch | Ty Segall in Amsterdam Video

Ty Segall @ London Calling 21 May Paradiso Amsterdam

It was my first live Ty Segall experience and i had mega expectations about it, just next door was playing Twin Shadow but i was so hyped that i couldn't wait and went to watch Ty's check sound cause Twin Shadow was ok but i needed more.

I heard before all about the noise brutality and hectiness from the San Francisco garage fuzzer shows, even before the beginning the small room from Paradiso was full of excitement that grow while Ty and team warm up with the first accords.

After the lift off signal was like a really fast tsunami that swept everybody that was in the room and it was loud, fun with loads of banging, raw electrifing riffs and explosive vocals, to bad that was so short and the room to freaking warm that i almost wondered if paradiso havent heard about air condiciones before ... moral of the story "Out of This World and the ultimate Garage Rocker".

After the concert i wanted to talk with Ty but the Paradise bouncers didn't let me pass cause i didn't have a press pass but with some luck and persistence a manage to tell Ty about my small time blog and he came for a chat with a lot of fans ... let me tell you super swell and friendly guy and nothing of stardust of vanity, a true garage rocker and after i manage after being a bit of pain to get the band together for a family photo ... my wishes are that soon Ty come back to Amsterdam but for another venue more proper for these type of sound and not the small paradiso room and with some decent bands to open for him as well.

Ty's live recording
Listen | Ty Segall – Skin
Listen | Ty Segall – California Commercial
Watch | Ty Segall - Girlfriend - Live At Sonic Boom Records

Ty Segall - You Make the Sun Fry

New single from San Francisco Garage Fuzzer Ty Segall, "You Make the Sun Fry" is the fist juice from the upcoming lp "Goodbye Bread" out June 21 on Drag City.
Ty is gonna play live next saturday in Amsterdam in the spring edition of the London Calling festival.

Mp3 | Ty Segall - You Make the Sun Fry

London Calling - Amsterdam

Friday 20 May: Trophy Wife, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Cat’s Eyes, Foster The People, Holy Ghost!, Rachel Sermanni, The Fresh & Onlys, The View, Wolf People, 2:54, Rocketnumbernine, Creep, Seams, Miami Horror and Braids.

Saturday 21 May: 2:54, Wild Beasts, Twin Shadow, The Crookes, Flash Guns, Dry The River, Cults, Cloud Nothings, Ra Ra Riot, Sparrow And The Workshop, Ty Segall and Cloud Control.

The Bloody Beetroots,International Pillow Fight Day,Clara Moto,Nicoletta Ceccoli, Angus and Julia Stone,Inside Outside, Mark Linkous,The Raveonettes

After months of waiting last night finally i saw the almighty Bloody Beetroots live in the Paradiso Amsterdam , after 10 minutes of madness and a eruption of bodies smashing against each other the most bizarre happened , the bloody beetroots returned to back stage , management explained that was a power failure.
15 minutes later the guys are back on the stage and it was amazing , thrilling , an overdose of satisfactions , all the sins in a sardine can , energetic , intense , disturbing , anarchy , blood , rebellious , enthusiastic , revolution , eccentric , hell on Earth .

And the sound inside Paradiso ,OMG superb as always , loud as it should and invadind all the sences .



On the next 3rd of April in the 2010 edition of the awesome International Pillow Fight Day

In Amsterdam will be as usualy in the Dam Square and the event is start at 17.00 , next a After Party somewhere near the Dam.

For more info visit International Pillow Fight Day

Short movie from the International Pillow Fight Day in the Dam Square Amsterdam 2009 , Images that i got from my mobile during the afternon and @ the after party , video edited by Miguel Peres , Soundtrack , Blood in Your Hands by Death From Above with a great Justice Remix.

Watch | Pillow Fight Amsterdam 2009

Amsterdam | Ann Arbor | Atlanta | Belgrade | Boston | Boulder, CO | Budapest | Brazil (all cities) | Calgary | Cape Town | Caracas | Cardiff, UK | Chicago | Cologne | Denver | Detroit | Gothenburg | Györ, Hu | Houston | Kuala Lumpur | Indianapolis | Lisbon | London | Los Angeles | Miami | Miyazaki City, Jp | Montpellier, Fr | Montréal | Moscow | New York City | Northampton, UK | Padova, It | Paris | Parma, It | Philadelphia | Portland | Quebec City | Quito | Richmond, VA | São Paulo | Seattle | St. Louis | Stockholm | Sydney | Terni, It | Valencia, Ve | Vancouver | Vienna | Warsaw | Washington, DC



‘Polyamour’ is the debut album from Austrian electronic music starlet, Clara Moto; it’s a lush, emotive and startlingly mature body of work from a supremely talented young artist/producer and a superb addition the catalogue of Agoria’s much hailed Infine label.

Clara Moto (christened Clara Prettenhofer) was born in the pretty village of Graz, where she developed a love of music through playing the many instruments in her family home before finding a passion for DJing. This passion took her from sets at her local student bar to gigs at Vienna’s Elevate and Springs Festivals and onwards to Melbourne, Sonar in Barcelona and the Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada. During this global journey Clara met up with an enthusiastic French DJ going by the name of Agoria, he showed an obvious passion for nurturing fresh talent on his Infine label and instantly saw the potential in Clara’s fledgling productions.Infine

Mp3 | Clara Moto - Deer&Fox(edit)
Watch | Clara Moto - Silently





Truly amazing work of Nicoletta Ceccoli , an Italian born children’s illustrator .



New music video from Australian folk singer/songwriters Angus and Julia Stone , their new album 'Down The Way' should be out by now. Directed/Animated by Nick Murray Willis

Watch | Angus and Julia Stone - Black Crow



With just one spot of red paint between the eyes the Parisian artist ZEVS, executes the advertising industry's images of perfect humans. 'People don't think about the force of advertising,' says Zevs and continues, 'But with just one psst I remove the force. No one wants to be identified with a dead person so advertising looses its effect'. ZEVS calls his action 'Visual Attack', and he has executed billboards worth millions around Paris. At the same time, ZEVS is a respected artist who exhibits all around the world. "Inside Outside" follows ZEVS and other so-called street artists from New York, Stockholm, Copenhagen and São Paulo. They all make a living off their art, but they also have an urge to exhibit their work illegally in the streets

Watch | Inside Outside



Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone. His family has released a statement reading, "It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts. May his journey be peaceful, happy and free. There's a heaven and there's a star for you." Pitchfork

Mp3 | Sparklehorse feat Pj Harvey - Piano Fire
Mp3 | Sparklehorse feat Tom Yorke - Wish You Were Here
Watch | Sparklehorse - Saturday



The Raveonettes have released a video for their song ‘Heart of Stone’. The video is animated and is directd by Chris Do.

“A man's unexpressed agony at the loss of his lover incites a chain reaction of inner chaos and turmoil that a female character, the representation of his inner self, unsuccessfully attempts to quell. His broken heart is turned to stone.” Chris Do.

Watch | The Raveonettes - Heart of Stone

Plaza Plus Festival,Sonic Acts Festival,5 days off,Imagine Fim Festival,Art Amsterdam,Sail 2010,Amsterdam Cello Biennial,Concert Update

Hello everyone , hope you all had a great end of 2009 and wishes of a 2010 full of health and peace .

First 2010 post will focus mainly in this year upcoming events , if you ever decide to visit holland there are a lot of great events for all tastes.


PLAZAPLUS FESTIVAL
14.15.16 jan. 2010 Plaza Futura, Eindhoven
Explorations in media-art and live performance.

Live cinema, music, audiovisual performance, screenings, installations, artist talks, dance performances, lectures and more. Plazaplus is an international art festival that focusses on emerging and established artists, musicians and filmmakers. Presenting new collaborations, special projects and performances of all kinds, Plazaplus is an event that you will have to experience live!

Haushka’s Ghost Piano show in collaboration with filmmaker Jeff Desom, is a unique commisioned project by Plazaplus. Artist in Focus of this second PLAZAPLUS edition is Sophie Clements. Sophie will show her mesmerising awarded piece ‘Evensong’ and will perform live with her band. Italian artist Quayala presents STRATA2, a cinematic and surreal installation work . Natures is an audiovisual performance that explored the relation between nature and technology, performed by Quayola with Mira Calix and Oliver Coates. Recoil performs an interactive dance piece with motion-detection technology and stunning organic movements. Other curiosities such as Francien van Everdingen, Ilan Katin, Raquel Meyers& Goto80 and Culture TV are not to be missed either. Hans Beekmans will be sharing his thoughts about the history of Live Cinema, and a special screening-programme. The best of Optofonica’s live cinema is to be experienced every day in a one hour screening. Last but not least, there will be live music in the cafe every night, and the Sjansmachine will be able to let you make new friends for life!

This event is curated by Gieske Bienert & Wiepko Oosterhuis & guest-curator Olga Mink.


Festival: 25 - 28 February 2010
Exhibition: 25 February - 1 May 2010
Location: Paradiso, de Balie, NIMk, STEIM, Amsterdam

The thirteenth Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam is entirely dedicated to the exploration of space in performative and audiovisual art, film, music and architecture. Sonic Acts XIII - The Poetics of Space examines the importance of physical space in times of far-reaching technological developments, and the physical and psychological impact of spatial designs.

Researching spatiality in the arts forms the core of the festival. How is space defined by a work of art? What does a viewer or listener experience? How do technological artworks deal with the visual, auditory and psychological aspects of spatiality? How has the relationship between technology, space and architecture developed over the past few centuries? How have technological developments influenced our perception and representation of space, and how do we relate to the space that surrounds us?

The programme comprises an overview of recent works and experiments - spatial audio compositions and audiovisual installations - and includes relevant historical examples and utopian ideals and dreams of the 20th century.

Concerts / Performances / Films
Jürgen Reble & Thomas Köner, Haswell & Hecker, Fred Worden, Paul Sharits, Anthony McCall, Takashi Ito, Yann Beauvais, Bruce McClure, Optical Machines, Annea Lockwood, Jacob Kirkegaard, Barry Truax, BJ Nilsen, Eric La Casa, Gilles Aubry, Hildegard Westerkamp, a tribute to Maryanne Amacher, TeZ, Francisco López, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfland, Paul Prudence, Hans W. Koch and Yutaka Makino.



5 days off started in 2001 as a spin-off of the 10 days off festival in Ghent, Belgium and was the first multiple day indoor dance event in Holland. The last few years the festival offered a more and more various line-up, and was hereby able to show a high quality overview of the international electronic music of these days. By doing this, 5 days off build a strong reputation for itself, in Holland, but also beyond the borders. Besides music, there's an increasing amount of attention for media art in the last couple of years. 5 days off grew from being a small festival in the Amsterdam Melkweg (aka Milkyway) to a genuine cityfestival which nowadays includes locations such as Melkweg, Paradiso and the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk).

Confirmed :
Boemklatsch – Dekmantel: 3 Year Anniversary – Dixon – Dj Kutz – Floating Points – Gomes - Groove Armada – Hot Chip - Joker - Paul Kalkbrenner – Minilogue - Miss Kittin (République) – Nosaj Thing - Oi! – Pantha du Prince - Promo (live) & guests – Redshape - Rusko - The Bloody Beetroots (live) - Vitalic (dj-set)


Imagine

From April 16 to 25, the festival will see its 25th edition. An anniversary therefore, but that is not the reason we gave the AFFF a new label. So why is there a new name?

* Because the term 'fantastic' is too often confused with the more limited term 'fantasy'.
* Because we think that IMAGINE: not only sounds better, but also implies an invitation to the audience: 'Just imagine that...'
* But above all, because IMAGINE: explicitly emphasizes the adventurous, free-thinking direction of the festival, much more so than the old name.

The genres in which the festival traditionally specializes, fantasy, horror and science-fiction, lost their strict definitions a long time ago. More and more it's the margins of the film industry, where creators allow themselves larger amounts of artistic freedom, that the festival picks its selections from. Films that don't try to cater to a specific target audience by colouring neatly within the lines of 'their genre', but present themselves to the viewer on their own terms. Films that have one question to their viewers in common: 'Just imagine that...' And then they go on to tell their own story their own way, regardless of the genre or mixture of genres.



The 26th edition of Art Amsterdam will be held in the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam from 26 to 30 May 2010. Art Amsterdam is the oldest and largest exhibition of contemporary and modern art in the Netherlands. Over 130 leading galleries from the Netherlands, Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia will be present. The exhibits range from photographs, paintings and video art to sculptures, drawings and installations.



The 8th edition of SAIL 2010 will take place from 19 to 23 August 2010. For five days long, the Amsterdam IJ harbour will serve as the backdrop for a festive programme full of music, culture and nautical riches. Preparations are in full swing and the event promises once again to be an unparalled nautical spectacle which includes:

SAIL Amsterdam is the largest event in the Netherlands which is free to the public. In 2005 the event drew 1.8 million visitors, who gave SAIL Amsterdam 2005 high marks. SAIL Amsterdam 2010 will take place from Thursday 19 August to Monday 23 August 2010 on and around the IJ river.



SAIL's main attraction will be the impressive fleet of Tall Ships, sailing heritage craft, modern ships, naval ships and replicas. In addition to this, every day there will be a varying programme of all kinds of cultural and sports activities. The theme of SAIL 2010 is "a nautical encounter between the past, present and future".

The idea behind SAIL Amsterdam originated during preparations for the celebration of Amsterdam's 700 years of existence in 1975. After the huge success of SAIL Amsterdam 700, organisers decided to hold another SAIL Amsterdam in 1980. In order to effectively manage the organisation, the permanent SAIL Amsterdam Foundation (SSA) was established in 1977. Since then, the SSA has successfully organised SAIL Amsterdam in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 and is now focussing on the 8th edition of the event.



Third Amsterdam Cello Biennal
5 - 13 November 2010 , Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

After two succesfull editions in 2006 and 2008 - with 14000 and 20000 visitors - we are looking forward to the third Amsterdam Cello Biennial.

The preparations for the 2010 edition are of course already in full swing. Bach & Breakfast will remain the core of the programming, as well as the Masterclasses and the Conversations with Anner Bijlsma.
Anyone who witnessed 140 young and very young cellists occupying the stage during the second Biennal, forming the Mega Children's Cello Orchestra, will understand immediately that young musicians will again be a main focus of the festival in 2010.

And what will be new and different is the special focus on cello ensembles and the connection between the cello and the visual arts. to wet your appetite for november 2010.

Concert Update

Melkweg Amsterdam

15/01 Ltj Bukem + Fabio & Grooverider
22/01 Modeselektor
28/01 Gui Borato
30/01 Joan as Policewoman
27/02 Jaga Jazzist
03 - 07/03 5 daysoff
15/03 Hadouken
03/04 Zita Zwoon
07/04 Autchere [Live]
18/05 Broken Social Scene

Paradiso Amsterdam

21/01 Aux Raus
26/01 Sunn o)))
06/02 Air + George Pringle
17/02 Delphic
20/02 La Roux [sold out]
22/02 Florence and the Machine [sold out]
23/02 Beach House
02/03 Hockey
03-07/03 5 Days Off
17/03 Blood Red Shoes
20/03 Yeasayer
26/03 Phoenix + Two Door Cinema Club [ Sold Out]
31/03 Magnetic Fields
05/04 Balmorhea
10/04 65days of Static
23-24/04 London Calling
28/04 Lou Rhodes
08/05 Pavement
13/05 Balck Rebel Motocicle Club
19/05 Gotan Project

Junior Boys Dj Set @ Paradiso

Junior Boys dj Set @ Paradiso
Amsterdam 10 October - 24H00

Junior Boys defy any easy equation of pop or dance, joining a long tradition of sonically rich pop that unites emotionally charged songcraft with experimental genres (eg - New Order, Beach Boys). Just as Luomo redefined house, mixing dub, electronica and vocals, this is breaks new ground for electro-pop, blending heart felt vocals with a production style that owes a debt to artists as varied as Timbaland, Todd Edwards, Fennesz and the Basic Channel school. In short, it reflects early 80s pop history back through the styles of contemporary dance. They formed somewhere around 1999 in Hamilton, Canada, the same town that brought us Manitoba and Kieran '4Tet' Hebden’s text label.

Mp3 | Junior Boys - No Kinda Man
Mp3 | Junior Boys - No Kinda Man [ Chloe mix ]
Mp3 | Junior Boys - Double Shadow
Mp3 | Junior Boys - In the Morning
Mp3 | Junior Boys - In the Morning [ Alex Smoke mix ]
Mp3 | Junior Boys - The Equalizer [ Morgan Geist Graphic mix ]


" Body Language Six " - Get Physical - 2008
Electro / House

A most agreeable mix from Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus, finding them stretching beyond the cosy confines of their electronic pop universe, setting foot firmly in club land. On the heels of M.A.N.D.Y. and Chateau Flight the duo deliver a selection of mostly contemporary tracks from artists like Supermayer, Kelley Polar, Chloe and Matthew Dear. As is the law nowadays, the mix begins with some advanced disco revisions, on this occasion from Prins Thomas, who remixes Sorcerer's 'Surfing At Midnight', a lightly funky guitar and synth jam which sets things off trepidatiously, setting a course for a slow linear build-up that finally swells into a solid electropop thump by the time we reach DJ Hell's remix of Chelonis R. Jones' 'Deer In The Headlights'. After some synth-heavy workouts from Kelley Polar ('Rosenband' as remixed by Magic Tim) and Steadycam ('In The Moog For Love') Radio Slave's 'Screaming Hands' (as remixed by Cosmo Vitelli) reveals itself as an outright mid-set highlight, with a sophisticated spacious mix. The disc's final quarter gets under way with an exclusive new Junior Boys cut, 'No Kinda Man', which takes the duo's pop sensibilities into a slightly darker, more pensive realm than you might ordinarily expect. Great stuff though. Parisian DJ favourite Chloe crops up twice before the end of the mix, first remixing Rework's 'Love Love Love Yeah' into a dark, roomy spook fest, only to be further represented by the lovely, noir-tinged 'Be Kind To Me', lifted from her The Waiting Room LP. A fine selection indeed. Boomkat

Mp3 | Body Language Six - Mixed by Junior Boys

Digitalism, MSTRKRFT, Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra, kozyndan, Michael J. Schumacher, Nine Inch Nails, Yoon Lee, The Spirit, A Pug's Life,

"Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi aka Digitalism , Maison Kitsune masters , are coming to Amsterdam for a live concert on the 22nd of May @ Paradiso

Mp3 | Digitalism - Pogo [ Digitalism's Pogo Robotic Remix ]
[ Moshi Moshi Ep 2008 ]
Mp3 | Digitalism - Idealistic
[ Idealism 2007 ]

Mp3 | Text Icicles - Whats ur Damage [ Digitalism mix ]
Mp3 | Cut Copy - Going Nowhere [ Digitalism mix ]
Mp3 | Tiga - Far from Home [ Digitalism mix ]

Mp3 | Digitalism Live @ Pukkelpop



Speaking about visits to Amsterdam , the mighty MSTRKRFT are one of the confirmed names for these year 5DAYSOFF Festival in Amsterdam , they will be playing @ Paradiso on the 2nd of July.

MSTRKRFT (pronounced Master Craft) is the pet project of Toronto musician Jesse F. Keeler ( Death From Above 1979 ) and studio wizard Al-P.

Enter MSTRKRFT, a package of house, hip-hop, grime, punk, and all kinds of electronic experimentation rolled into one. In a little over a year they have developed a cult following of dance fans around the world and have remixed just about everyone including The Kills, Annie and Wolfmother’s track “Woman” for which they have been nominated for a Grammy for Best Remix.

Mp3 | MSTRKRFT - Paris
Mp3 | Wolfmother - Woman [ MSTRKRFT mix ]
Mp3 | Para One - Dudun Dun [ MSTRKRFT mix ]
Mp3 | Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results [ MSTRKRFT Edition ]

"Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra "
Get Physical - 2008
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra sees Raz’s potential fully realized - a taut, coherent suite of eleven songs at once world-weary and full of wonder, given wings by the subtle embellishments of The Odd Orchestra – aka Raz’s friend and collaborator Oliver Doerell. Oliver has released albums as Dictaphone and Swod on highly respected electronica imprint City Centre Offices, and has toured the world with both these projects. For Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra, he and Raz exchanged song-sketches over a long period of time to hone the album’s unique sound. This album will appeal not just to those who value classy production and electronics, but also those with a penchant for sophisticated, original and timeless pop music.

Mp3 | Raz Ohara & The Odd Ochestra - kisses
Mp3 | Raz Ohara & The Odd Ochestra - Kisses [ Pantha du Prince Remix ]
Mp3 | Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Where he at [ Apparat Remix ]

As a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via Nine Inch Nails

The music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

For those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. details coming soon.

we encourage you to Remix it ,
share it with your friends,post it on your blog,play it on your podcast,
give it to strangers, etc

Mp3 | Nine Inch Nails - Discipline

The revered pioneers of low-brow pop surrealism will exhibit in Amsterdam for the very first time, celebrating the launch of Maxalot new Amsterdam venue.
Enjoying a cult-like following all over the world, L.A-based kozyndan are adored for their irresistible, digitally painted renditions of contemporary urban cityscapes and whimsical re-interpretions of Japanese ukiyo-e prints, which reflect their “unease and love of the modern world.”
BENEATH THE SURFACE will introduce two brand new editions of their trademark panoramics, a large-scale wallpaper cityscape, plus a series of one-off paintings and limited editions prints of never-before seen works, exclusively for Maxalot.
For the opening night, Maxalot Amsterdam will play host to a live DJ set by Ninja Tune’ Californian electro demi-God Daedelus.

Mp3 | Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
Mp3 | Daedelus - Purged Lips Reply
Mp3 | Eliot Lipp - Glasspipe [ Daedelus Mix ]

Exhibition opening dates and hours;
May 30th through June 14th,
thursdays to sundays,
12.00 to 20.00hrs

Location: Map
Lutmastraat 191K
1074 TV Amsterdam
+31624504540



Michael J. Schumacher is a composer, performer and installation artist based in New York City.

He works predominantly with electronic and digital media, specializing in computer generated sound environments which evolve continuously for long time periods. He imbues these self-creating structures with an abundance of sonic material, resulting in forms that flow through a wide range of moods, timbral combinations and textural densities. In their realization, Schumacher uses multiple speaker configurations which relate the sounds of the installation to the architecture of the exhibition space. Architectural and acoustical considerations thereby become basic structural elements.

Schumacher’s sound installations have been heard at Art in General, Apex Art, PS 1, the Queens Museum and The Kitchen and Sculpture Center in New York City, CCNOA in Brussels, the Technical University and Podewil in Berlin, the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt , the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, Triskel Arts Center in Cork, Ireland, Transmissions Festival in Chicago, SFIFEM in Sante Fe, the Waveform Festival in Sydney, Via 7 Festival in Paris, )toon Festival in Haarlem, and others.

Watch | Michael J. Schumacher and Metamkine @ Superfici Sonore Florence



All that shiny, glossy stuff - so large, so speedy, so colorful, so alluring, and so deceitful and unfulfilling. Not just post-Pollock in their computer splatter approach, Yoon Lee paintings also possess a postpop cynicism about advertising imagery and consumer culture even if it isnt immediately apparent or spelled out through helpful text. How do graffiti and urban architecture figure as influences within Lees work? Placed next to each other, are these acrylic polymer and pigment monuments powerful or numbing? Lee's new show, "Verve Syntheses," at the ever great Luggage Store - recently given a deserved deluxe interview profile in ANP Quarterly - should provide some answers. Yoon Lee Selected reviews

Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again.
Adapted from the legendary comic book series created by Will Eisner, "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance written for the screen and directed by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of "300" and "Sin City"). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality.

Watch The Spirit



A tale of cuteness, love and loss between a pug and a girl. Or, how nice dogs finish last. Pedro Eboli

Watch | A Pug's Life

Ane Brun @ Paradiso 17 April

Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist originally from Norway. Since 2000 she has lived in Stockholm, Sweden, where she started her own independent record label DetErMine Records together with The Tiny´s leadsinger Ellekari Larsson in 2002.

Her debutalbum “Spending time with morgan” was the first to be released on their label, and it got great reviews and was released all over Europe in 2003. It was nominated in the Swedish Independent music awards “Manifest” 2003.
Her second album “A Temporary dive” was released in Europe, the US and in Japan. The album got wonderful reviews all over the world, and it gave her a Norwegian Grammy for best Female Artist 2005. She was nominated as best Norwegian Act on European MTV Music Awards 2005, best Norwegian song of the century (Norwegian National Radio) and best Swedish Female Pop Artist at the Grammis.

In November 2005 she released “Duets” which is an album consisting of 10 duets with 10 wonderful artists. The single “lift me” with Norwegian band Madrugada became a radio favorite, and gave her another Norwegian Grammy. The album “Duets” consists of songs feat. Teitur, Tobias Fröberg, Liv Widell, Wendy McNeill, Ron Sexsmith, Syd Matters, Tingsek, Ellekari Larsson from The Tiny, Madrugada and Lars Bygden.

The last few years Ane Brun has been touring all over the world. After a tour with the DMF String Quintet, Staffan Johansson and Nina Kinert around Scandinavia in 2006, she released her first live album ”Live in Scandinavia”, winter 2007. The album is a collection of the songs from Ane’s 3 three albums, but this time dressed up in new arrangements for strings.

Ane’s fifth album, and third studio album, ”Changing of the Seasons” will be released in 2008. The album is produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Björk, Sigur Ros, Múm, Bonnie Prince Billy, Coco Rosie, Maps, and more).



Changing of the Seasons - DetErMine - 2008

Mp3 | Ane Brun - Changing of the Seasons
Mp3 | Ane Brun - My Star





Spending Time With Morgan - DetErMine - 2003

Mp3 | Ane Brun - Drowning In Those Eyes
Mp3 | Ane Brun - Are They Saying Goodbye



Video | Ane Brun - The Dancer ( Pj Harvey Cover )
Video | Ane Brun - Temporary Dive


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