Scion and Freestyle Sessions Presents: 2 on 2 U.S. Bboy Battle
Multiple Venues across the city - Cincinnati, OH
10/23/08 - 10/26/08
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Freestyle Session will be hosting a 2 on 2 at one of the largest Hip Hop Festivals in the US. Scribble Jam has had a long legacy of throwing one of the illest grassroots events and we are honored to celebrated our 5th year of teaming up with them to bring you the bboy portion of the festivities →

Lets Go! Spider (2000)
Big Beat Records (UK Reissue)

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Ever since my neighbor got bit by a Brown Recluse, I’ve begrudgingly killed every spider in sight. And although a healthy chunk of flesh had to be amputated from my neighbor’s thigh, she healed up nicely and moved far away; leaving us with our new anxiety.  Due to the impending heat, many unwanted spiders cast shadows on my bedroom walls. If the cats don’t catch them, I most certainly will. Really the only group of arachnids welcomed in my home these days are the 60’s Japanese band, the Spiders. This song, “No No Boy”, in my opinion →

Last month’s TV on the Radio music video deserves another spin on EM for its electrifying 80’s pop-art visuals that stimulate the retinas and a dance anthem that packs more punch in their signature sound.  Even after the umpteenth view, their hit track, “Dancing Choose” off their recent release, Dear Science (on Interscope records) never ceases to impress.  Infectious and sweat-inducing dance beats compliment Tunde Adebimpe’s powerful rap vocals →

This Friday, October 24th, Webster Hall and Milkcrate records presents Delicious Gutter.  Featuring the artists: AARON LACRATE / MR VEGAS / MASTA ACE / DEBONAIR SAMIR / MIKE MUMBLEZ / ILLA J
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$10 advance tickets available at www.websterhall.com

The Hammer Presents: An Evening with Michel Gondry
The Hammer Museum - Santa Monica, CA
10/21/08
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The world would not be quite as lively and colorful, had Michel Gondry not graced us with his innovative filmmaking.  His singular dreamscape is one that is occupied by rainbow colored hues, stop-motion animation, fiber-ops and clever temporal shifts. Gondry went on to create groundbreaking music videos, feature-length films, and won the French Academy Award.  At the Hammer Museum, he will discuss with the audience his own technical and conceptual process →

Luaka Bop’s CMJ Party 2008
Santos Party House - Manhattan, NY
10/24/08
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Luaka Bop’s Three Inches of Music Series contains a solid assortment of the most interesting music. The 3 Inches on 5 inch discs will be sold separately, each in their own crystal clear jewel boxes showcasing equal measures of psychedelic sing-alongs (Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt), soulful samba (Marcio Local), and the sweet sad musings of a suicidal sixteen year-old (Yonlu) →

Mia Zapata’s live energy and raw emotion on the mic, had earned The Gits a coveted place in rock history as the early pioneers of Seattle’s grunge movement. It was during the fall of ‘86 when Matt Dresdner, Andy Kessler and Steve Moriarty formed the band around Mia’s fiery stage presence.  Her powerful vocals belted out the brash idealism and revolutionary ideals that resonated deeply with the youth movement →

Streaming Museum presents “ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT” and part one of the exhibition will be on view from October 3rd to December 3rd in cyberspace and public spaces on seven continents. Streaming Museum, TED Prize and Urban Screens Melbourne ‘08 will collaborate in a global launch from Time Warner Center, New York City, on Friday, October 3 at 8 PM.  Streaming Museum is a new hybrid Museum that presents real-time exhibitions →

The Odditorium, the Dandy Warhols’ famed studio in their hometown of Portland, OR, is more than simply one band’s space. The band has always striven to build and promote a community for musicians, and in 2007, the Dandys began inviting other bands to participate in a collective project called Breathe Easy.  Artists would come in on their own time to record new ideas over tracks others had already laid down →

Fiesta de la Merce - Catalan, Barcelona
Date: 9/22/08
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It’s always nice to witness an artist onstage whose prolific musical output pushed him safely past that point in his career path that some like to call “making it”. Only this time around, Jose James is cruising down that path at two miles per hour, so everybody can take note as his stereo pumps out the smoothest shit produced in the industry. He arrived at the annual Fiesta de la Merce, for the weeklong party →