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MIXTAPE: SIAN ALICE GROUP

September 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments

christine hale Download: Sian Alice Group Mixtape for L.A. RECORD [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The glamourous hobos of England’s Sian Alice Group—interviewed about Latvian strippers here—will be playing our co-presented Leslie and the Badgers show tonight at the Echo with Best Coast and Paperplanes and managed to squeeze out this selection of [...]

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THE BUDOS BAND: IT STINKS LIKE THE REST OF US

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The Budos Band are an eleven-piece (and sometimes larger) instrumental funk-soul-Ethiopiques-style band from Shaolin—Staten Island—who recently had a song appear on Wale’s Mixtape About Nothing and who name all their albums in numerical sequence, although they are considering skipping III just to torture people. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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VIDEO: ARTHUR VEROCAI 'SERIADO' (LIVE)

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LVj7Elh7Z8] ArtDontSleep and Mochilla present this video of Arthur Verocai and orchestra performing “Seriado” (from his self-titled 1972 album reissued on Luv ‘n’ Haight) on Sunday at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex as part of the Timeless series. Check out other videos from earlier performances by Mulatu Astatke as well as the debut of the [...]

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ISSUE 12 RELEASE PARTY AT CHA CHA!

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

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