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Jen has been a contributor since 2002 and penned URB cover stories on Kid Sister/Flosstradamus (Next 100, 2007), Derrick Carter/Mark Farina (2003) and features on the Cool Kids, High Contrast, Roni Size and others. She has a long history of electronic music and indie rap coverage in the Midwest and is currently an editor for Village Voice Media in Minneapolis (where there is indeed life beyond Atmosphere).
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As the American leg of Chromeo’s Business Casual tour winds down and the boys get ready to serenade the UK with their synthtastic electro jams, we’re keeping up the momentum with a big giveaway. Included in the prize pack are the following goodies:
+ Signed and numbered lithograph
+ Black pair of Converse Chuck Taylors in your size
+ Business Casual CD and full length vinyl
+ Chromeo T-Shirt
How to win:
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DJ Shadow talks to URB backstage at Wireless Festival in London, England
There are concerts and then there are those unforgettable concert moments cemented in a small chunk of time shared by thousands of people who are all sure they’ve just experienced something big together. They carry the images and sounds back to their homes and offices in their brains, phones and laptops and share with anyone who will listen: I was there, I was a part of this. All music lovers store away these moments, that “top 5″ we can whip out when things get dull around the bar. This past weekend a moment or two …
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This year’s Glastonbury festival in England was a legendary one for two reasons: First, it was the 40th year Worthy Farm has hosted what’s become the largest festival in the world, and secondly, it didn’t rain. Not one single drop. The heat beat down on more than 200,000 heads this past weekend as temperatures climbed to a humid 80 degrees, but that didn’t stop fans of artists like Dizzee Rascal, Snoop Dogg, Parliament Funkadelic, The XX, Kelis, Muse and more from coming out and showing their Glasto love. See the pics in the link below, as well as a few videos capturing two great moments : Dizzee Rascal’s energetic performance of “Heavy” (while wearing an England futball tee) on Friday and Subfocus’ remix of Rusko’s Hold On going completely OFF at The Glade Stage on Saturday.
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