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- Club Roundup: Union South ready for punk rock
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Album Reviews – Music – CD Review – The Stranger Seattle’s nly…
TheStranger.com – Jan 30, 2008
fficially Fabric rejected the mix because it’s too short at 44minutes but Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay in an interview with aNorwegian newspaper (translated on Pitchfork) claimed “Wedidn’t want to do just another boring mix so we put together aselection of tunes we absolutely love mainly weird disco tracks andFrench novelty acts. But Fabric turned it down. They weren’t ready forsomething like this. Maybe we’ll put the mix out ourselves.
A few Facts About Anthony Pappa
Skiddle.com – Jan 30, 2008
Anthony graced the cover of DJ magazine in 2000 part of the famed Nu Breed that also included Craig Richards Lee Burridge and Steve Lawler. Riding that Zeitgeist at the time when progressive house really was pushing the envelope for electronic music the exposure helped to cement his place as one of the key players in the house scene. Ask him what he plays now and he replies with a healthy disregard for genres “just good music” he smiles”. Since those days Pappa has kept things progressing himself evolving his career and honing his skills behind the decks. And they were pretty sharp to start with. Anthony Pappa is a DJ who came to worldwide attention purely on the basis of his mixing and skills at the decks which is quite something in an age of celebrity DJs and wannabe jocks.
Club Roundup: Union South ready for punk rock
madison.com – Jan 30, 2008
Live electronic music often needs the proper environment and there is none better than the notched hardwood and exposed brick of Cafe Montmartre 127 E. Sax-fronted Alkatronica and Trio Elektriko ply their soothing and cerebral beats beginning at 9:30 p.
Chloe Thevenin’s album debuts; glimpse of greatness
Texas A&M The Battalion – Jan 30, 2008
“Around the Clock” is another crowd pleaser; sedate and sexy featuring intermittent bursts of saxophone and trombone that verge on free jazz. Thevenin does what few others in the welter of avant-pop artists have been able to do: incorporating elements of instrumental and electronic music without seeming like some dry academic exercise in technique. Instead she flaunts convention obeys her instincts as a songwriter and intends to tap into our feelings of restlessness and alienation in this chilling debut. Though “The Waiting Room” is not her masterpiece it is nonetheless a glimpse of greatness. Page 1 of 1 Article Tools Share:.
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The Age – Jan 30, 2008
Dressed in an elaborate gold outfit and backed by amohawk-sporting 10-piece female horn section Icelandic princessBjork produced a memorable dazzling set that veered from herrecent eco-friendly hit Earth Intruders to the decade-oldArmy of Me. Symphonic Canadian rock band Arcade Fire was a highlight on themain stage. The band lived up to three years of hyperbolic praisefrom the international music press with a hectic strenuous andconstantly thrilling performance that included the euphoric anthemWake Up and No Cars Go. Silverchair continued the operatic theme by employing a brasssection and a trio of female backing vocalists. Singer-guitaristDaniel Johns’ love-hate relationship with Melbourne continued withsome verbal sparring with the crowd marring the set. The frontman’sgarter also raised eyebrows. For much of the day fans were forced to seek refuge at thesmaller stages where local bands such as Little Red and Blue KingBrown impressed with their soothing groove-laden summery tunes… For most of the set she remained stationed behind herkeyboard but Billy Bragg’s guest cameo broke up the setnicely. Melbourne indie sensations the Midnight Juggernauts battled theelements; the sun and dust were at their most insufferable duringtheir mid-afternoon set. The trio began slowly but won over thecrowd with the Daft Punk-influenced electro pop gemTombstone. Local stalwarts Augie March thrilled on one of the smallerstages but the heat drove most of the crowd under shade instead ofout front. Cold Acre had power but it was the hit ne CrowdedHour that soared. A smoke machine spluttered into life duringthe song – which won the 2006 Triple J Hottest 100 poll – but thetheatrics weren’t needed as the driving drums combined with GlennRichards’ climbing vocals. Hilltop Hoods showed why they are the most popular hip-hop groupin Australia locking and rocking a monster crowd on the mainstage.