Artist: The Middle East

Music Event of the Week TONIGHT AT THE MIDDLE EAST Langhorne Slim & The Law Ha Ha Tonka Kingsley Flood 18+ $15 We were raining accolades down on Langhorne Slim long before it was a popular thing to do so or prior to him becoming the star on the national indie landscape that he [...]

Summer has officially started. The most-coveted compilation of the year has dropped. Yes, the mix that started out as a playlist that made its way onto a CD without be particularly being assigned to a month, but generally had a Summer aura, has not become the most successful compilation series we have ever created. Not only is it in the third year running, but it has become a saga with followers all by itself and the playlist for shops across the Middle East. The recipe is simple. We always loved electronic music, but we thought that when played as [...]

Photographic Evidence images by Anne Cook The Scene: The Middle East Cambridge, MA - 5/4/12 The Mellow Bravo CD Release the RSL STREAMING PHOTO [...]

Geo·dissonance: the metal movement is proliferating to all corners of the globe. In its relentless display of vitriolic truths and the ugliest questions of existence, we can hear the resounding riffs of heavy metal in the most conservative pockets of society. As your Punjabi, riff-worshiping correspondent, I've created Geodissonance to report the controversy: as metal ...

Moments in Music Songs Locked in Time Recently back off their national tour, I coaxed The Wandas back on to a stage this week at The Middle East to play RSL's " Ocho de Mayo " lineup. Boy are we ever glad they did. Watch as guitarist Brent Battey grabs the mick and sings " Abandon Ship " and literally all hell breaks loose! One of this [...]

A warm melodic debut from Melbourne's Husky, Forever So is a cohesive chunk of soothing tunes in the vein of Fleet Foxes and The Middle East.

Thoughts on Shows by Julie Stoller Photographic Evidence by Chris March The Scene: The Middle East - 4/27/12 w/ Pipe + Hundred Visions At the risk of seeming over-sentimental, I have to say I feel honored to have been at this rare and special family reunion. Archers of Loaf's two-night-stand at The Middle East was [...]

It's that time of the year where we cast back at the last 12 months and recognise those bands in Queensland who are the best and most innovative songwriters and musicians. There are eleven genre categories to enter, including rock, jazz, urban and a new category this year being Children's Songs. In previous years, the QMA have recognised such acts as DZ Deathrays, Emma Louise, Kate Miller-Heidke, Amity Affliction, Ben Salter, The Middle East to name a few. These acts have showcased there talents across the world, playing at [...]

Good times for us here at LOFT965.com . The Middle East edition of Esquire magazine has featured us. It's cute that we got two pages! The reason being partially our founding of this blog, among other things. This is our dapper look, which we rarely do as we are lovers of everything casual. At any rate, keep an eye out for us in the May 2012 issue of Esquire ! Filed under: Blog Related Tagged: esquire , middle east , nasser alqatami , new

There's something very tragic about the music of Australian indie band The Middle East . Formed in 2005, The Middle East released three EPs and two full-length albums before cutting their career short in 2011 for what can only be referred to as unknown personal reasons. With a strong fanbase who are pulling for their return to the indie music scene, all that we can do is hope that this talented band will re-group and continue to make amazing music together someday. Until then, we are lucky [...]

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Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fleet Foxes, Local Natives, Boy and Bear, Belles Will Ring Song: Tin Sparrow - My Own [download here ] [...]

The Middle East is a perpetual presence in world affairs - at the time of writing, the ceasefire between Syria's government and rebel forces rests on a knife edge , Egypt's first truly free presidential elections in decades is already mired in controversy , and the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran continue to prove inconclusive . It's against this background of uprising and upheaval that Jon Kerr offers up this week's Spotify Slaylist as a "horns-up" to all our Middle Eastern metal brethren. While many metal bands originating from the [...]

As you might know id you regularly follow this blog, we have been chosen as one of the Middle Eastern ambassadors for Puma. Our friend, Tareq from the House Of Kookeejeejoh , has been chosen to and we are set to fly out next week to Puma's flagship to design our jackets along with the third ambassador, the lovely Ansam815 . Now, we are ready to design the new jacket and keep you in the loop of how we do it. Cheers! Related articles [...]

Someone must really love what we do over here at LOFT965.com , because we were picked as one of the Middle East Ambassadors for PUMA. Yes, we get to design our own jacket and take part in a unique new experience over the month of April. Over the course of the month we will take you on a trip with us through this experience. Also, we hear the closing summit will have interesting musical acts. So, we will keep you posted! Filed under: Blog Related [...]

Click here to view the embedded video. 'Oberon' is the new record by Sydney band Snakeface featuring cool music people making sweet sea shanties about their hopes and dreams. The Digital release will be available on the 1st April and Vinyl/Documentary released in May out on Arrest Records. The doco trailer is quite boring but I like the mood and think it might channel something of the Metallica 'some kind of monster' project. Let's keep our ears peeled. Taste test here - Oberon by SnakeFace [...]

When we heard that Kelis was going to come to the Middle East we were very excited to see her. Not only have we been reeling off of her records since we saw her blue-fro on "Good Stuff," but we can safely say we have every single recording she put out ever. She is one of the few artists that have continued to keep us entertained and dancing no matter what turn she takes. Kaleidoscope, Wanderland, Tasty, Kelis Was Here and Flesh Tone where all classics in our book. This was not a [...]

M.I.A., who I've decided is the most badass "pop" artist alive right now, released a video on the creation of her latest video for "Bad Girls". It's definitely worth a viewing, check it out above and find out why the video was made as well as what inspired M.I.A. and director Romain Gavras to profile the Saudi drifting scene...

Customs has been and mess and a half, but we finally got our Righteous Babe paraphernalia. We wanted to get some of the new merchandise all the way from Buffalo, NY tro Kuwait City. This includes a personalized message from the mistress of merch because a water bottle was out of stock and the new album Which Side Are You On? Filed under: Beats , Clip , Womyn Tagged: ani difranco , Buffalo New York , Kuwait City , middle east , Pete Seeger , righteous babe [...]

Last Friday night, we were lucky enough to link up with Neon Gold Records to co-host the Boston leg of their Neon Gold Tour, headlined by The Knocks. The buzzing St. Lucia was locked in as the opening act, and a local act by the name of Magic Man kicked things off before that. Our resident DJ B-Rob was on site, keeping legs moving by mixing things up on the decks in between acts. Hit "Read More" to read the full recap. A couple things to note right off the bat. St. Lucia. This crew is most definitely not a [...]

Kelis is heading to the Middle East. The lovely R&B-turned-Dance singer is playing during the opening of the world-renowned Blue Marlin Ibiza in the UAE. We hear it sold out quick! Along with a number of headliners Kelis will grace the stage at the event. The performers will be: 16th of March Axwell P Brothers Danny Avila Bruce Hill Frederick Stone 17th of March Kelis Jean-Claude Ades Fonsi NIeto Bruce Hill Frederick Stone Jean B [...]