
On Saturday, Nov. 12, in conjunction with Projekt Records , the Middle East Downstairs will be host to the first darkwave/steampunk/cabaret music festival in the Boston area. PROJEKTFEST '11 will feature three national headliners from the Projekt Records label - WEEP (featuring Doc Hammer of "The Venture Brothers" fame); Black Tape for a Blue Girl (pictured above, the brainchild of Projekt Records founder Sam Rosenthal), and Voltaire (who has a massive cult following in the world of sci-fi conventions, comic book fandom, and is known for "The Grim [...]

Images of The Black Angels by Tom Gilmore from their recent stop at the Middle East downstairs... Alexandra Valenti The Black Angels , Dead Meadow , and Spindrift Wednesday, October 26 at Middle East Downstairs The Black Angels - Telephone Photos by Tom Gilmore [...]

Images of Spindrift by Tom Gilmore from their Middle East Downstairs performance... The Black Angels , Dead Meadow , and Spindrift Wednesday, October 26 at Middle East Downstairs Spindrift - Theme From Confusion Range Photos by Tom Gilmore [...]

Images of Dead Meadow by Tom Gilmore from their recent Middle East Downstairs show... The Black Angels , Dead Meadow , and Spindrift Wednesday, October 26 at Middle East Downstairs Dead Meadow - What Needs Must Be Dead Meadow - I'm Gone Photos by [...]
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Here's number 19. Only three more re-posts 'til we hit our destination, volume 22. Enjoy, and remember to get it while you can! Tracklist-Blogophilia 19 Songs from Blogs May 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010 Ripped @ 320 kbps VBR Download all files in one zip 01 Intro 02 Month of May – Arcade Fire 03 [...]

The queen of smooth is heading to the Middle East. Sade and her band are going to perform live in the ever-so-visited Yas Island on Friday the 16th of December, 2011. This is her first time in the city and she will undoubtedly put on a good show as she has previously been known for. The tour has been launched to promote her new last album Soldier Of Love. Get your tickets from here right now ! It will be put together buy the people who brought you Janet Jackson and Britney Spears this year, Think Flash. [...]

Yesterday Editor-in-chief Simon Broughton reviewed two London performances of two of the biggest music stars from the Middle East, which you can read here . We hope you enjoy our photo gallery from the two performances courtesy of photographers Borna Izadpanah (Shajarian) and Rii Schroer (Sezen Aksu). Mohammad Reza Shajarian singing with his daughter Mojgan Orchestra leader Majid Derakhshani (playing kereshmeh) Mohammad Reza Shajarian takes a [...]

Allegedly, an upcoming tour dates rooster from the Madonna camp has leaked onto the internet. The list contains the entire dates and locations of the tour and it includes Abu Dhabi's Yas Island as one of the dates. The concert was tentatively listed as happening on June 6th, 2012. There were previous rumors that Madonna was going to visit the UAE, but this is the first official mention, if that list is real. We will keep you updated. Click below for the list of the tentative dates. [...]

Photographic Evidence by Chris March We Take You There... The Middle East Cambridge, MA - 7.20.11 Best New Sound of 2011 - Mississippi's Young Buffalo (Fat Possum) [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Boy and Bear, the Middle East "Tin Sparrow - Fool's Gold" What's so good? Macquarie University, hidden away in Sydney suburbia, is not a place where you'd expect to find a hotbed of music talent. Over the past few years however, a number of acts have emerged from this [...]

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Janet Jackson is bringing her Up Close & Personal tour down to the Middle East. The singer is set to appear in Yas Island on October 13th, 2011. The tour was launched to chronicle her greatest hits and impressive catalogue. Janet Jackson will be making her way to Abu Dhabi before she embarks on the Australian leg of the tour. There are some offers floating around for it. We will keep you posted if we receive more news. Click here for the official concert page. Who's Going? Related articles [...]
The last time we wrote about The Middle East back at the beginning of 2010 we envisaged great things for them. Just as we were getting excited by the prospect of the release of the Australian's full-length debut 'I Want That You Are Always Happy' we found out they had decided to call it quits. [...]
We've followed Reham's career for a while now and we are constantly reminded of how beautiful her lullabies are and how poignant and timely her lyrics are. When we originally listened to this track we knew it was written about Kuwait , but the video treatment for the song takes place in Dubai's metro system and it's quite lovely. It propels the song to a different level and brings it back to life for us. Watch for yourself! Buy this song here! Filed under: Beats , Clip , [...]

As you may know, Blu will be performing at The Middle East Upstairs this Thursday, 9/22. To support, you can purchase tickets here . If you're cheap, be the 25th person to e-mail leedznews@gmail.com with your full (real) name, and win a pair of tix.

Going Out Tonight Boston: FULL SHOW PREVIEW: HERE AM & Shawn Lee - City Boy AM & Shawn Lee Web / [...]

Nantasket Surf in Hull, MA Photo credit: Tracey H-W Catching up on our mix series, we have promotional tracks available from mid June to early July. Favorites include Lazy Bones by the Wooden Shjips, Romance by Wild Flag, Crystalline by Björk , FFunny Frends by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and Good To Me by Dennis Hopper Choppers. As always, this baby is gapless and ripped at 320 kbps. ENJOY! Blogophilia 30 Download all tracks in one zip file [...]

Local folk-punk act OTP headlined the Middle East upstairs last Friday night to celebrate the release of their new record, Where/We're/Found , and regaled the surprisingly visceral crowd with some shiny new material. The album features 100 different album covers which were all colored in by mentally challenged adults, and was mixed and recorded by Luke Sullivan of Left Hand Does . The band shared the bill with Jay Knox Sherman, City of Squares, Adam and the Waxmen and Trebek, playing to a [...]

Going Out Cambridge rslblog.com presents 09/19 Probably the best part of having my own music blog is that I get to introduce people to amazing music. And the best part of being a promoter of those songs is that I get to bring those acts together and put on hella cool showcases at great venues - offering up taste-making adventures for our readers. Today's post is about all those things. [...]