Live Shows
BBC coverage of Sonar 2010 – Includes DJ sets (Joy Orbison!), songs, interviews
Thursday, June 24th, 2010The Sonar festival in Barcelona has become a vital part of the European festival circuit. And by far the most important to the exposure of new electronic-based music. Billed as a festival of “Advanced Music and Multimedia Art”, the booking ranges far and wide (ie. it’s not just banging house and trance, or even just [...]
MAH, FlyLo, Roska, Joy Orbison – Sonar 2010 – Video
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The Beeb has just posted a quick 8 minute video with Mary Anne Hobbs talking to the cats she brought with her to the Sonar Festival in Barcelona – Joy Orbison, Roska and Flying Lotus. Includes footage from the stage also. Of note: Flying Lotus making a point of mentioning the importance, to him, of [...]
Bassface @ Coachella – A heavy duty lineup indeed
Thursday, April 15th, 2010PoOP-associated live music shows coming up in the Hudson Valley
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009A long-standing PoOPster, Mike J, is curating/putting together/hyping/ slaving over a series of interesting looking shows at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon NY. We’ll push an update closer to each of the shows, but here are the details in case you wanna get a jump. Seating is limited, so it might be a good [...]
The Guardian’s twittering Glastonbury
Saturday, June 27th, 2009Glastonbury 2009: Follow our Twitter updates throughout the festival | Music | guardian.co.uk .
Sonic Youths
Monday, June 22nd, 2009SFJ with a Lee Renaldo memoir of seeing/hearing/experiencing Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Trio for the first time: Sonic Youths
Live review: #majorlazer at SOB’s June 13 2009 – Qualified Bangin’
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I have had a chance to think a bit more about the Major Lazer show. My initial reaction still stands, but I figured I’d try to tease out a little more. I haven’t seen any other reviews of the show yet, so I’ll write this and then go looking. SOB’s was sold out. The crowd [...]
NOW! Major Lazer streaming new CD
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009At their MySpace page: Major Lazer on MySpace Music (sorry for the Myspace link, but what can one do ;=) NYC headz note live show at SOBs Saturday June 13th 2009
Must read: “What your favorite Dead song says about you”
Thursday, April 30th, 2009What your favorite Dead song says about you (Slate Magazine) Hilarious, and too close to the mark for some (including a whole bunch of my contemporaries at “a small liberal arts college in upstate NY”). I’ll admit that I never “got” the Dead. And possibly never got over having to explain that a radio [...]
Gig of the year?? – Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Zomby & Martyn
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Possibly the gig of the year: New York Voice Choices – Brainfeeder NYC Presents Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Zomby & Martyn If you are going, please make sure to tell us about it…