TAG: craze

Mar02

GOOD (GREEN) VIBRATIONS FESTIVAL WRAP UP: Kid Cudi, Gym Class Heroes, Busta, and more!

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The Good Vibrations Festival is a yearly week long festival, February 12th-21st, that takes place during Australia’s summer in the following cities: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth. The artists for this years show were carefully handpicked and notably varied across the spectrum, ensuring a good time for a diverse crowd of all ages; where old school met its new school counterpart. This years festival was host to The Killers, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Salt-N-Pepa, Friendly Fries, Busta Rhymes, Z-Trip, Kid Cudi, Naughty By Nature, Plump DJs, Gym Class Heroes, Chase and Status, Craze, Dave Seaman, Chuckie, Art vs. Science, BlueJuice, Spinderella, Bass Kleph, Sam Obernik, KillaQueenz & Sydney Local Artists, all hosted my SlimKid3.

Creator of GVF, Justin Hemmes, made sure that there was never a dull moment for the concert goers or more honestly labeled – addicts of good music.The festival took place from early afternoon to late evening providing Aussies and tourists alike with an entire day filled with musical acts housed under five different tents, good food, and of course good drink! And this year in particular – good environmental initiative. …MORE

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Oct08

Grandmaster Roc Raida Tribute and Benefit

A tribute to the late, great Grandmaster DJ Roc Raida and a benefit for his wife and children will take place at BB Kings underground in Times Square, New York City, on Oct 22nd. Featuring performances by the X-men / X-ecutioners (Rob Swift, DJ Precision, Total Eclipse), Boogie Blind, Beat Junkies (Babu, J-Rocc, Rhettmatic, Shortkut), Craze, A-Trak, Z-trip, DJ Scratch, Roli Rho, I Dee, and more including a special MC performance by the Diggin In The Crates crew (DITC).

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Aug21

A Trak x Craze x Tony Vegas DMC Interview (It’s our fault. Turntabilism is dead!)

25 YEARS after Disco Mix Club started their annual DJ competition, URB talks to three of the greatest DMC champions—A-Trak, DJ Craze and Tony Vegas.

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Jun11

New Boyz – You’re a Jerk (Official Music Video) [HQ]

“Start rockin’ clothes from zumiez, tight jeans, buy some Vans or Alifes and get yourself hella Geek’d Up and Jerk!” [youtube]

This is the new dance craze out west (a la Soulja Boy dance).

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May31

10 Ways To Twitter Music

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We’ve all gotten a little Twitter crazed around these parts. Join us @ twitter.com/urbmag. Here’s a nice list of music applications that go right along with the latest social netwrok hulahoop.

10 Ways To Twitter Music

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Mar05

Rock Band Fab Four Edition

Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games unveiled today their plans for a Beatles edition of the video game craze Rock Band, marking the first time the Beatles’ tracks will be available in the digital realm. Available on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, “The Beatles: Rock Band” will showcase the Liverpool foursome’s classic tracks. The game can be played with all of the previous peripheral intsruments, however a limited edition premium bundle including replicas of McCartney’s bass, Lennon and Harrison’s guitars, and Starr’s drum kit will be avilable for $249.99. A rather optimistic Paul McCartney shared his thoughts on the game, saying “it will feature different periods of the band — you get early days, Liverpool, then psychedelic, and on from there. It’s very cool. And I like the idea that the game introduces kids …

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