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What better way to get to SXSW then a road trip with some friends? Well, we’ll be doing just that! This Friday, URB hits the road with the New York City dance band Cubic Zirconia as they take on the midwest. Come along for the ride.
Tour dates and Cubic Zirconia’s video for the new single Josephine after the jump…
| Mar | 10 |
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Promoters Paxahau announced the nearly complete line-up for the 10th annual Movement Electronic Music Festival. Headliners for this year’s event—the fourth booked by Paxahau—is notable for it’s unique live performances by Detroit techno legends under various guises—Richie Hawtin (Plastikman), Model 500 (Juan Atkins) and Inner City (Inner CIty). What’s also notable is the absence of the more mainstream dance acts that Paxahau has invited in the past in an attempt to open up the festival to a wider audience. There is no sign of a Benny Bennaci, Moby or Deadmau5 type performer. The closest thing to a crossover might be DJ-A-Trak and Kid Sister, but 2010 clearly marks a return to the purist roots of the original DEMF.
Full line-up after the jump…
For nearly two decade, Curtis Jones has been one of dance music’s most commanding and intriguing personas. First as Cajmere and then Green Velvet, the Chicago jock has produced cross genre hits from 1992’s smash “The Percolator” to 2007’s hipster anthem “Shake & Pop.” Most recently, Jones released “Everybody Wants” with Kid Sister, just one of the new generation of artist who owe much of their sound to Jones original jackin’ style. But Green Velvet is still the king o the dance floor as this exclusive one-hour mix for URB proves.
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When we heard Kid Sister was featured in a new PETA ad, we aimed our cursors straight for what we though would certainly be the rapstress in a typical “I’d rather go naked” stage of undress. But Melissa Young is aiming her anti-fur message at a younger audience through the PETA2 campaign, so the clothing stays on. Sorry fan boys.
| Dec | 21 |
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I played Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” in groups of six, saw Wilco back-to-back at The Wiltern, put my right-hand high with Kid Sister, blew a kiss to Ben Gibbard as Hollywood Bowl exploded with fireworks, chilled with A Place to Bury Strangers, worked-out to Miike Snow, beatboxed with Matis, moved to Silver Lake, boogied down at Nightmares on Wax, got blinded by Mandy’s rock, took my clothes off at Phoenix…
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A couple years ago, Heineken presented Amsterjam, a day long live mash-up festival in NYC that featured huge acts like Snoop Dogg, Garbage and 311 performing together in various configurations. The event was widely panned, but apparently it was simply before it’s time. Red Bull has taken the concept and run with it, adding the twist of an old school Jamaican soundclash where the artists actually perform on opposing stages, with the audience pulling 180s mid-song. Last night brough Moving Units and Kid Sister together. They went back and forth on several MU and KS cuts, before finally joining for a version of the Human League classic “Don’t You Want Me” (thank STS for the vid).
Kid Sister vs. Moving Units “Don’t You Want Me…
TSS X Trackstar The DJ Present From Marcy To Madison St. (Jay-Z Vs. Lupe Fiasco)
G.O.O.D. Music, Nah Right and Universal Motown Present Consequence – Movies On Demand
Devendra Banhart “Baby” with GZA, MGMT, The Strokes Drummer
Chilean Earthquake Benefit Album “Fuerza Chile”
Nefew – Wedding Crashers ft. Seven
Uh Oh: Little Boots Cancels US Gigs Post-Coachella
SNL’s Andy Samberg “Boombox” feat. Julian Casablancas
TSS X Trackstar The DJ Present From Marcy To Madison St. (Jay-Z Vs. Lupe Fiasco)
G.O.O.D. Music, Nah Right and Universal Motown Present Consequence – Movies On Demand
Nefew – Wedding Crashers ft. Seven
Donnis “Meet Me At the Solution” + Backstage Interview
K’Naan “Wavin’ Flag” + Young Artists for Haiti
Freelance Whales: Ghost Hunting Melody Makers
We Stole The Show – Free World
Devendra Banhart “Baby” with GZA, MGMT, The Strokes Drummer
Chilean Earthquake Benefit Album “Fuerza Chile”
SNL’s Andy Samberg “Boombox” feat. Julian Casablancas
Cubic Zirconia Tour Day Two: Chicago
Donnis “Meet Me At the Solution” + Backstage Interview
K’Naan “Wavin’ Flag” + Young Artists for Haiti
Cubic Zirconia Tour Day One: Cleveland
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