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2009 surprise hit makers Miike Snow are back with their first new recording in two years. “Devil’s Work” has all of the elements that made the group’s debut a sleeper smash—cinematic sweep, heartfelt vocals that are never overwrought, and hook after hook after hook.
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Now I know that I’ve already given my loyal readers (reader….hi mom!) a dose of my predictions for 2011’s musical creme de la creme, but there is a specific genre’s future that I hold near and dear to my heart: Dance! The kind of euro-pop, vocal-heavy club music that was my guiltiest pleasure in high school, to be specific. But times have changed since my freshman gym class, and recently dance music has quickly fist-pumped its way into the mainstream: The MTV audience has grown extremely fond of DJ-Producers like Tiesto, David Guetta, Deadmau5, and even the most heavyweight of pop stars (Usher, …
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On a cold November night in New York City, promotional gurus HARD made sure to turn up the heat for its freezing attendees at Terminal 5 for a post-Thanksgiving party. And with an impressive bill that would surely pack the venue, I made sure not to miss out on the action.
As my photographer and I entered the venue, the Alabamian rapper, Yelawolf took the stage. Without any real knowledge of the rapper, other than that his album, Trunk Muzik 0-60’s recent release and his buzz (and the fact that Shaq is a fan), I was set on giving him a fair shot on making me a fan and he did not disappoint. What was perhaps the most intriguing part of his performance was his ability to control and engage the audience without fillers from a hypeman.
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While Miike Snow should be familiar to you, URB reader, I was very surprised to see that it was also familiar to the rest of the hipster-mainstream hybrid subculture—that is, the sometimes-overbearing Hollywood scene. Going to this show, I expected to be greeted with a different kind of crowd (not sure exactly which) but I was greeted with people ready for the club (there were also some on the margins ready for the rave as well). While this by no means had an effect on Miike Snow’s performance, it’s an interesting point of note as it describes the atmosphere of the venue, pointing out the secondary effects of the experience of live music in a shared environment with a particular slice of the Southern California population. It also works well as a provocative introduction.
While I did not pay very much …
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The Øya Festival is a festival put together by music lovers, for music lovers, and with a focus on presenting a cutting-edge bill with a big, Scandinavian heart. The festival is held in what is called the Medieval Park in Oslo, Norway – a beautiful spot surrounded by white, sandy beaches, the Oslo Fjord to the south, and the Oslo skyline to the west. The Medieval Park is also the site on which the capital of Norway was founded a thousand years ago which is located in Gamlebyen– and it’s only a short walk to the city center of Oslo, which creates an exciting rendezvous between nature and culture. It is committed to become one of the most environmentally responsible festivals in Europe, and give the audience the experience of a truly eco-friendly festival. It is being called the greenest …
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