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| CATASTROPHIC WEBSITE FAILURE | 12/2009 | Yikes!!!!! We have had a catastrophic website failure. Although we now have most of the site now back on-line, while we are finishing it up, some parts of the site will be non-functional or missing. In the mean time, please visit our myspace, youtube, or twitter pages. You can also download a FREE copy of our Ten Year Anniversary mix by Thavius Beck.
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| Thavius Beck European Dates | 12/2009 | Thavius Beck will be travelling to Europe for a series of dates to mark the release of his latest LP Dialogue, which Big Dada has licensed for the European market. He will be sharing the stage with fellow Big Dada-ites Anti-Pop Consortium for the first leg of the tour, and then with French fellow-genre masher Debmaster for the tour dates in... well... France.
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| Lymbyc Systym Wrap Up 2009 | 12/2009 | Lymbyc Systym's album Shutter Release was reviewed by the Skeleton Crew Quarterly on the ocassion of its release, and in time with the review, the SCQ profiled the brothers Bell, asking about what they saw as the nest music of 2009. They also discussed some of the high- and low-points of 2009 in a profile with Big Shot Magazine. Mike Bell picked his favorite 2009 release (and a few runners-up) at The End Of Irony. Shutter Release was chosen as one of the Best Albums of 2009 by Dylan Peterson at Total Darkness Vs. Blinding Light and by the East Bay Express.
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| Lymbyc Systym "Ghost Clock" Clip | 12/2009 | "Ghost Clock" from Lymbyc Systym's latest LP Shutter Release has been video-fied. The clip, which features some heavy nautical themes shifting between a surreal restatement of the Noah's Ark tale, and a choppy beach-blanket dance-off, was directed by Jeff Kolar.
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| Lymbyc Systym In The Marketplace | 11/2009 | Lymbyc Systym's track "Ghost Clock" was used as music for the Nov. 11, 2009 episode of PRI's Marketplace, which runs on NPR affiliates nationwide.
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| Deru Performing With Blockhead | 11/2009 | Deru will be playing a live show with Ninja Tune artist's Blockhead and Yppah, as well as Amplive of Zion I, at the Echo in Los Angeles. All pertinent information has been added.
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| Thavius Beck In Performing Musician | 11/2009 | Thavius Beck has spoken with Performing Musician magazine leading up to his European tour. The profile features some advice for Thavius to upcoming musicians and a look into how his stage setup has evolved through the years.
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| Bibio Press Cavalcade | 10/2009 | Bibio's latest release, Ambivalence Avenue out now on Warp Records, has been earning him huge accolades in the press. Also, in a great majority of the press, there too have been mentions of his latest Mush release, Vignetting The Compost. We've collected a sample of these features and added them to the press page. Check out Part One and Part Two of a profile in Filter, as well as profiles in Pitchfork, The Guardian UK, Strangeglue, Caught By The River, The Line Of Best Fit, Olive Music, two related pieces in Model Art and Model Blog, and a video profile in 405.
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| Mush Records Among The Best | 10/2009 | Mush Records has been selected by AudioGraphic as one of indie hip-hop's premiere labels. Sharing the honor are New York's Def Jux and fellow Angelinos Stones Throw. Check out why these three labels have been branded as the Best Indie Hip-Hop Labels.
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| Busdriver On Tour In Europe | 10/2009 | Busdriver will be appearing in Europe to play a selection of shows in support of his latest full-length, Jhelli Beam. All venue and tour date information can be found on our site.
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| Busdriver Press Deluge | 10/2009 | Busdriver has gotten a tremendous press push for his latest Anti- release, Jhelli Beam. We've managed to compile a bunch of his latest features. Check out print features from the LA Weekly, EQ Magazine, Urb, and the Washington Post. There was also online press, including Part One, Part Two, and Part Three from a Filter trilogy, LA Record, SF Weekly, a Profile and a Q&A in Westword, College Times, and Baeble. We've also added a great show review of a concert Busdriver played with Os Mutantes at LA's El Rey theatre called "Ave Mutantes."
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| Clue To Kalo To Play Melbourne Festival | 10/2009 | Clue To Kalo will be performing at the Beck's Rumpus Room venue for this year's Melbourne Arts Festival. Mark Mitchell - the mastermind behind Clue To Kalo - will also be splitting a DJ set with partner Alan Beverley as Treasure Island. The festival has been added to our shows page.
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| Thavius Beck In The Music Fix | 10/2009 | The Music Fix, a UK-based online music magazine, has taken some time to consider Thavius Beck and his new album, Dialogue. There's a heavy influence on Beck's process and what went in to creating the latest album in profile that makes it a great read.
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| Thavius Beck Track On Clash | 10/2009 | Thavius Beck's track "Away (Flying Lotus Remix)" has been selected by Clash Magazine as their Track Of The Day for October 28, 2009. The piece features streaming audio of the track, as well as a few graphs about the song and the album that spawned it, Dialogue.
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| Open Mike Eagle US Tour Dates | 10/2009 | Not letting any moss gather, Open Mike Eagle is going back on the road for ten West Coast tour dates to create hype for his upcoming release, Unapologetic Art Rap. If you caught him on Busdriver's Jhelli Beam tour, you know this man can rock a show; if you didn't catch him, now's your chance. Joining Mike are fellow indie MCs Mestizo and Robust.
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| Yeezy Blogs Peanut Butter & Patience | 10/2009 | Further demonstrating his penchant for electronic music, Kanye West has posted Peanut Butter & Patience on his blog, KanyeUniverseCity.
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| Bibio DJ Tour | 10/2009 | Bibio has been experiencing overwhelming success with his phenomenal latest full-length, Ambivalence Avenue on Warp Records. He has compiled a DJ set that he will be taking on the road on 15+ gigs throughout Europe and South America in support of the album. City and venue info has been added to our shows page.
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| K-The-I??? Tours Europe
| 10/2009 | K-The-I??? returns to Europe this October, this time teaming up with Walter Gross as Youth:Kill. If you haven't seen K-The-I??? command a stage before, be sure to hunt him down. We've added all 10+ gigs to our shows page.
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| Deru Music Video | 10/2009 | Deru has submitted a phenomenal video for his track "Peanut Butter & Patience" from Say Goodbye To Useless. The clip was directed by Howie Shia of the PFF House, and animated by Shia with Pasquale La Montagna.
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| Thavius Beck Dialogue Plays Two Low End Theories | 10/2009 | If you're in Los Angeles on October 7, make it down to the Low End Theory for a special show by Thavius Beck to celebrate the European music release of Dialogue on Big Dada. The US version will be released by Mush in January 2010. Then in early November, Thavius will again be featured at the Low End Theory, this time for the Novation Launchpad sponsored event.
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| Clue To Kalo Screening At Indie Music Video Festival | 10/2009 | Clue To Kalo's "Inifnite Orphan" music video will be screening along with 18 other clips by artists on independent labels as part of the Indie Music Video Festival which travels the world, playing in 11 cities. Some other artists included in the festival are Neko Case, Roots Manuva, and D.O.A. Check it out when it comes to a city near you.
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| Daedelus Back To Europe | 10/2009 | Daedelus is heading back to Europe for another string of 20 fantastic shows, but before he leaves he's helping Dublab celebrate their 10 Year Anniversary by appearing at a Monome meet-up back east. For fans of Daedelus, details of the live performances have already been added.
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| Deru Scores For Paris Opera Ballet | 10/2009 | Deru recently hooked up with Joby Talbot to score a eight-part musical compostion for a ballet by Wayne McGregor titled Genus. It is based on Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution and is being performed at the Paris Opera Ballet. To commemorate the project, they've hand-made 100 CDs that include all of the music. If you happen to be in Paris, the ballet will be performed in November, and if you're interested in the music, check out Deru's webstore.
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| Lymbyc Systym Returns To Miami | 09/2009 | Lymbyc Systym's track "Rest Easy/Age Kindly" has been licensed a second time to CBS' CSI: Miami. The song will appear in Episode 802, entitled "Hostile Takeover," which is set to air on September 28, 2009.
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| Lymbyc Systym Live Reviews | 09/2009 | We've found a couple of reviews of Lymbyc Systym's live show from theit tour with the Books. Check out what the Riverfront Times and Eleven Magazine had to say about their set.
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| Lymbyc Systym To Tour With The Books | 09/2009 | Lymbyc Systym will be touring the East Coast and partially the Midwest with the Books, into autumn and the release of their next full length, Shutter. approaches. There are seven tour dates and one festival gig, for which information is now available.
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| Octavius Music Used For WITNESS | 09/2009 | Octavius' "Artificial Sparks Of The Electric Stripping" is being used by the international human rights organization, WITNESS for a film exposing the plight of sex workers in Macedonia. WITNESS is a facinating project doing some great work. Please check out their website to learn all about them.
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| Head Like A Kite At Bumbershoot And More | 09/2009 | Head Like A Kite has posted five live tour dates in their home state of Washington coming up including a feature spot at the Bumbershoot festival.
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| Thavius Beck Ableton Workshops | 09/2009 | Thavius Beck continues his relationship with Ableton with two free workshops in Los Angeles in October. Check Thavius' Myspace page for more details.
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| Her Space Holiday To Support Conor Oberst | 08/2009 | Her Space Holiday will be playing with Conor Oberst's new project, Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band, in San Francisco. This will be the first time the two have shared the stage in a few years, and should be quite a special evening. We've added this event to our shows page.
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| Busdriver Touring The United States | 08/2009 | Busdriver will be hitting the road this fall in support of his latest Epitaph release, Jhelli Beam. As usual, he'll have Antimc in tow as backup artist. Los Angeles hip-hop godfather Abstract Rude will be playing the support slot for the entire tour and, new Mush signing, Open Mike Eagle will be opening the tour through Chicago. For information regarding all 30+ gigs, visit our shows page.
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| Curse Ov Dialect Bi-Continental Tour | 08/2009 | Curse Ov Dialect will be releasing their next album, Crisis Tales, solo. To gear up for the release, the Melbourne performance art-rappers will be crossing Eurasia to build hype. If you are in Europe or Japan, make a note of the 20+ tour dates, this is an unmissable live show.
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| Thirsty Fish And Open Mike Eagle Sign To Mush Records | 08/2009 | Los Angeles trio Thirsty Fish have signed to Mush Records for the release of their next full-length. The three MCs - DumbFounDead, Psychosiz, and Open Mike Eagle - have been making a name for themselves at battles and clubs around the United States for some time, and are ready to hit the national stage running. Prior to the release of their full-length, Mush has also picked up Open Mike Eagle's solo record, Unapologetic Art Rap, for release. The album features OME's updated take on the hook-laden, melodic rap style that made LA Underground rap so intriguing in the past, over knocking production from some of LA's finest beatsmiths. Look for the Mike Eagle album early 2010, to be followed by the Thirsty Fish full-length.
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| Another Qua Clip | 08/2009 | Qua has submitted a second video for his upcoming release Q&A, this time for the track "Goodmorning Sun." Continuing in the playful path blazed by his previous clips, the clip prefectly captures the whimsical nature of Qua's music.
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| Her Space Holiday On Suicide Girl Radio Show | 07/2009 | Marc Bianchi will be speaking live with the ladies from Suicide Girl Radio on Indie 103, this Sunday night, July 26, from 10pm-midnight. Check out the show, streaming live from the Suicide Girls' page on Indie 103's website.
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| Lymbyc Systym Whiskey Dregs Profile | 07/2009 | Mike Bell, the percussive portion of Lymbyc Systym, spoke with William Helms of the Whiskey Dregs for a profile of the band. The piece follows the band's development from the beginning, and even unearths the origin of their unique name.
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| Labtekwon Press Roundup | 07/2009 | Labtekwon has stayed busy since his Mush release, Song Of The Sovereign, releasing three full-lengths, numerous videos, and accumulating a good amount of press. We've collected his features from the last handful of years including a print feature, a web feature ("Space Is The Place"), and a video feature from XLR8R, a piece by Jesse Serwer, a profile in the Village Voice's Status Ain't Hood section, a Metromix Baltimore profile, and an interview with Baltimore's Bag Hat Vinyl. Congratulations to Lab for his ongoing success.
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| Lymbyc Systym United States Summer Tour | 07/2009 | Lymbyc Systym will be touring the United States this Summer in the lead up to the release of their second Mush Records full-length, Shutter Release. Check out tour/album previews from Pop Matters and Spacelab, as well as preview features from NOW Toronto and Metromix. Venue and city info for the 20+ gigs have been added to our shows page.
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| Her Space Holiday Butters Up | 07/2009 | Her Space Holiday's track "Sleepy Tigers" has been licensed by Portugal's Vaquiero Butter. The spot's fun vibe fits perfectly with Bianchi's track, or is it vice versa. Check out the spot here.
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