Nujabes is a Japanese hip-hop and Jazz musician, DJ, producuer, he passed away at a young age of 36, in a car accident in Tokyo.
Nujabes created a buzz about Japanese [...]

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The Fanfare and the Fanfarlo
No doubt about it, London-based Fanfarlo has the kind of music chops and technical expertise (on a crazy array instruments, no less) that make the most [...]

Tags: Austin, Band, Beirut, Cathy Lucas, Concert Review, curmudgeon, dancing, Easter, Fanfarlo, Flannel, Hipsters, London, Mandolin, Molly Wardlaw, Music, Neutral Milk Hotel, New York Times, Pastels, Pictures, review, Simon Balthazar, South By Southwest, Swedish', SXSW, Texas, The Arcade Fire, The Decembrists, Violin, Weddings
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…Now there’s a combination you don’t often see together!
So I’ve come to realize that very often the recipe for a great night out involves the following:
1. A good vibe
2. LIVE [...]

Tags: Abhay Deol, Aer, Akon, Alien Chutney, Anushka Jagtiani, Bandana Tewari, Besos, Blue Frog, Brinda Parekh, Celebrities, Celebs, Chetan Kapoor, Dev D, Dimples, DJ Shaan, Film, Gauri Khan, Kalki Koechlin, Kareena Kapoor, Lionel Richie, Macarius Deniz, Mafatlal, Mallaika Arora Khan, Music, Party, Ravi Shastri, Rukhsana Eisa, Shaan Bhavnani, Swati Shah, The Twilight players, Tote, Vir Das
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Previously, we’ve gotten excited over the news that the Polyphonic Spree and Yeasayer will travel to Uganda this summer under the wings of the charity, Invisible Children. The non profit [...]

Tags: Charity, Child Soldiers, Civil War, Human Rights, Invisible Children, La Blogotheque, Lykke Li, Music, non-profit, social change, the Polyphonic Spree, Yeasayer
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OK Go’s music video, “This Too Shall Pass” is hot on the internet last week in Japan (and on MTV Iggy, who wrote all about it, of course!). Their music [...]

Tags: Indie, J-Pop, Japan, Music, music videos, New Music, OK Go, Pop, This Too Shall Pass, Treadmills, Video, YouTube
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I have a weakness for people capable of reinventing themselves into something newer and bigger than they ever were, and using that manipulation of image to almost artistic effect — [...]

Tags: Damon Albarn, gamer news, Gamer Review, Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett, Music, online games
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Nevil & Sahil Timbadia hosted ‘Airport’ (the awesome new band I told you about) at Bonobo on Sunday amid the glitterati which included Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Sapna Bhavnani, [...]

Tags: @MissMalini, Airport, Amit Ahuja, Arijit Datta, Band, Bonobo, Cute boys, glitterati, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Jonathan Paul, Kunal Khemu, Live Music, Manjari Phadnis, Music, Nevil Timbadia, Raghu Ram, Rajeev Laxman, Renuka Kunzru, Sahil Timbadia, Sapna Bhavnani, Sidd Coutto, Soha Ali Khan, Space Cadets, Susan Laxman, Vinay Lobo
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We brought you Summer festival news on everything from Portugal’s Optimus Alive! line-up to the UK’s raunchy “Bestival” to the 1800 acts performing at America’s SXSW fest. But how on [...]

Tags: 10-Feet, Acidman, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Bigmama, Boom Boom Satellites, Jun Kano, Kick it Out, May, Music, music video, New Music, NICO Touches the Walls, Rocks Tokyo, Summer, Summer Festival, Sunny Day Service, The Mirraz, the telephones, Totalfat, Wakasu
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I was gonna wait till tomorrow to post this but I can’t. Simply because the trip is so vivid in my memory and I want to share before I forget [...]

Tags: @MissMalini, Aazin Printer, Ankur Tewari and the Ghalat Family, dancing, Food, Ginger, Goa, India, Music, Nasik, Paradise, Shaan Bhavnani, Something Relevant, Sula Fest, Sula Vineyards, Tiger Hills Resort, VIP, Wine
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Ahead of America’s biggest Asian American Film Fest, organizers doled out pocket-change to cutting-edge filmmakers, teamed them with local Asian-fronted bands, and asked them to come up with a DIY [...]

Tags: Asian American, Bands, Bantercut, Director, DIY, Folk, Golda + The Guns, Hopie Spitshard, Indie, Jenn Grinels, Mandeep Sethi, Melvin, Michel Gondry, Music, music videos, New Music, Punk, San Francisco, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, The Invisible Cities, Toyota, Young, youth
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It was my last day at Sundance, and the last screening of The Taqwacores. The bands had all left, most of cast had left, the punk rock house was clean again, and really just a condo again. I wore my bootleg praying man shirt, and walked with Dominic Rains, who wore his Jehangir green laced boots, and Bobby Naderi to the theatre.

Tags: Cast, Film, Friends, Islam, Memories, Movie, Music, Muslim, Muslim Punk, Punk, Q&A, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed, taqwacore, the taqwacores
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Al Thawra’s set that night was an explosive end to a long tour full on with Marwan getting hoisted up as he sang and a roll on the ground where all the guys jumped in on.

Tags: Al Thawara, Music, Salt Lake City, Show, SLC, Star Bar, Tanzila Ahmed, taqwacore, the kominas
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Out of Greenland, comes a beautiful movie about a man coming to terms with being deathly ill. The lead character Malik (played by Lars Rosing) goes out on a boating trip that goes wrong, and he finds himself on a journey where he has to grapple with mortality

Tags: Boating, Greenland, Indie Music, interview, Lars Rosing, Movie Review, Music, Nive Nielsen, Nuummioq, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed
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2PM wasn’t content to just do an ad — they did a 15-minute special, with a full narrative, sponsored by … a beer company. And though sure, it’s a melodrama [...]

Tags: 2PM, Cass Beer, Crazy Fans, Fan Culture, fans, Jaebeom, K-Pop, Melodrama, Music, music video, New Music, Nichkun, Tik Tok
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The Star Bar had a stack of flyers still leftover for the Monday night premiere party show featuring The Kominas, Al Thawra and Filmstrip and the doors opened in a couple of hours. We’d have to flyer punk rock style. We didn’t have any tape, and there were only a couple of places on Main Street where Sundance folks were legally allowed to flyer.

Tags: Aamir Khan, Advertising, Al Thawra, Arjun, Basim, boston, Celebs, Chris Maag, Documentary, Elijah Wood, Epic, Filmstrip, Flyers, Live Show, Main Street, Marwan, Mosh, Moshpit, Music, Omar Majeed, Punk, Star Bar, Sundance, taqwacore, the kominas, the taqwacores
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Richard Bona sang everyone into a melodic high (especially his Bona-fied fans) at Blue Frog for his album launch – Ten Shades of Blue, presented by Carslberg last week. I [...]

Tags: @MissMalini, Album Launch, Blue Frog, live performance, Mumbai, Music, Richard Bona
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By this point, we’re used to gender-switching videos. (Our most-recent obsession was the cover of Shakira’s “She Wolf” performed as “He Wolf” by dedicated fans.) But we never thought the [...]

Tags: Boy Covers, Cover, Covers, Girl Groups, He Wolf, K-Pop, Korea, Music, Nobody, Parody, Pop, She Wolf, Videos, Vietnam, Viral Video, Vu Ha, YouTube
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You thought the Grammys had hot outfits? I don’t THINK there were any all-girl groups wearing cheerleading costumes or CAT SUITS (yes, cat suits) jaunting up onstage to take home [...]

Tags: After School, Baek-Ji-Young, Brown Eyed Girls, Catsuits, Cheerleaders, Fashion, Grammy, K-Pop, KARA, Korea, Kpop, Music, Music Awards, Red Carpet, Seoul, Seoul Music Awards, SNSD, Son Dambi, Style, T-ara
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Read our coverage of the fashion madness on the Grammy’s redcarpet here. But now the show is starting…
Host Stephen Colbert is uncomfortable looking. Not many laughs at his opening [...]

Tags: 21 Guns, Best Album, Best New Artist, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Ciara, Elton John, Fergie, Fifth Element, Fleetwood Mac, Grammy, Grammys, Green Day, If I Were a Girl, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Jennifer Hudson, Jon Bon Jovi, Keri Hilson, Lady GaGa, Lea Michel, Leonard Cohen, Lionel Richie, Live Show, Live-blogging, Liveblog, Liveblogging, Living on a Prayer, MGMT, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Tribute, Music, Performances, pink, Rhiannon, Robert Downey Jr, Silversun Pickups, Smokey RObinson, Stephen Colbert, Stevie Nicks, Sugarland, T-Pain, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift Wins, Wine, You Belong With Me, Zac Brown Band
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Some would say that karaoke brings friends and strangers together, and takes them on a magical ride through cheesiness and sheer awesomeness…and some would be correct. Last night Steve, Jim and I went to a karaoke bar in San Jose, CA.

Tags: Beach, coffee, Karaoke, Music, San Fransisco, The Beach, Tim Be Told, Tour, TV
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