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Without any knowledge of history or topography, one would think that a city with as much filth and poverty as New Orleans would have a stronger hollowed-out basement scene. But unlike our blighted correlatives all the way up in Detroit, we don't live the basement life, which is a shame considering our ballooning numbers of gutter punks and the infinite uses they'd find for a dark, abandoned underground hideaway. But as it so happens, the low-lying-bowl abnormality that caused New Orleans to disastrously flood half a decade ago is the same reason that her residents are forced to keep their [...]

• Tom Waits - Goin' out west

Due le occasione per i fans degli Smashig Pumkins di gustarsi on stage "le zucche" del rock americano . Billy Corgan (voce e chitarra), Jeff Schroeder (chitarra), Mike Byrne (batteria) e Nicole Fiorentino (basso) suoneranno infatti domani, lunedì 28 dicembre, al Forum di Assago a Milano e martedì 29 al Palafabris di Padova. Gli Smashing Pumpkins, pur con qualche ombra, restano pur sempre una delle band fondamentali degli ultimi vent'anni. Continua a leggere Smashing Pumpkins in Italia: lunedì 28 novembre a Milano e martedi 29 [...]

It should have been artlessly apparent to anyone who attended Siberia's Saturday, October 15 showcase of California supergroup Off! and Brooklyn newcomers Cerebral Ballzy - bands who overwhelmingly appear to represent the heart of a new wave of tradition-burning and norm-ducking hard edged music - that it was a categorical smash success for every party involved. For Siberia, a venue barely out of its infancy, the show represented not just the revelrous one year anniversary that it indeed was, but also the coming out of one of New Orleans' greatest overnight successes. Twelve months of day-in-day-out work on [...]

Foo Fighters Photos of Foo Fighters, Cage the Elephant, and Mariachi El Bronx on October 13th, 2011 by Lindsey Best . Setlist: 1) Bridge Burning 2) Rope 3) The Pretender 4) My Hero 5) Learn To Fly 6) White Limo 7) Arlandria Breakout 9) Cold Day in the Sun 10) Stacked Actors 11) Walk 12) Monkey Wrench 13) Let It Die 14) These Days 15) Skin and Bones 16) This is a Call [...]

That the 2011 Voodoo Music Experience dispatched the second Le Ritual Stage to expand the electro-focused Le Plur area and add an additional DJ venue should come as no surprise to anyone who made it out to City Park last Halloween or attended literally any other weekend music festival in the last 12-18 months. Last year's return of the electronic tent was greeted by the most remarkably determined and enthusiastic fans I'd ever observed at a multi-day event, as the thousands-deep crowd of dub-step, techno and house fans consistently on hand each afternoon as the gates opened swelled ten-fold by [...]

Last Friday saw Modeselektor bring the noise at The Forum in Kentish Town alongside Siriusmo, Boy 8-Bit and Cooly G as Lovebox presented their nightclub sessions, Bang The Box. We arrived part-way... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Melbourne Dubstep pioneers Heavy Innit are celebrating their third birthday this friday and are throwing one hell of a party! To celebrate this milestone they have decided to keep it in the family and have invited 15 of the best dubstep & bass music producers in Australia for one massive line up. This is the first time this many aussie based dubstep producers have all been on the same bill, so be prepared for a hugh night of home grown bass music. It all takes place at Roxanne Parlour, Melbourne this friday [...]

• Heavy Innit - Heavy Innit Third Birthday Mix

Next month Chicago's ghetto house pioneer DJ Funk hits Melbourne and will be performing at the Strobe party at billboards. The dudes over at Strobe has given us a Free double pass to give away to one lucky person but you must me a member of the Scatterblog forum to win. For your chance to win this free double pass head over to the Scattermusic forum now and be the first person to answer this question... In DJ Funk's remix of "Let There Be [...]

With a Webster's Dictionary definition like "of or relating to an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts, especially in the arts", it's no wonder so many musicians get blindly lost in the unavoidable pretention of being "avant-garde". Some musicians spend their entire lives attempting to meet the aims of that definition, and are accountable for the merits, importance, detractions and drawback of such a paradoxically narrow-minded approach to music-making. More interesting though are the artists who – though generally working within the confines of mainstream music – take the occasional mental and intellectual vacation with an overly-indulgent avant-garde side [...]

• Loose Fur - The Ruling Class (Jeff Tweedy Vocals)

With a Webster's Dictionary definition like "of or relating to an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts, especially in the arts", it's no wonder so many musicians get blindly lost in the unavoidable pretention of being "avant-garde". Some musicians spend their entire lives attempting to meet the aims of that definition, and are accountable for the merits, importance, detractions and drawback of such a paradoxically narrow-minded approach to music-making. More interesting though are the artists who – though generally working within the confines of mainstream music – take the occasional mental and intellectual vacation with an overly-indulgent avant-garde side [...]

To get everyone ready for the Scattermusic Launch party we are going to giveaway some music from all the artists every couple of days through the new forum . Look out for some originals/remixes/blends from Mat Cant, Bosstone, Congo Tardis #1, Lucid, Scattermish, 1 Fish Two Fish, Lewis Cancut and Cumbia Cosmonauts. To start it off head over to the forum and grab the the first giveaway now! FREE DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE HERE Watch the forum or the Scattermusic facebook page for updates of [...]

Over the last few weeks you may have noticed our posts slow down quiet a bit, its not because we have been lazy but because we have been working flat out on a new and improved Scatterblog that we will be launching in late July! The new site will have some extra features including a Forum that we are opening to the public NOW so go check it out and register and become a part of the Scattermusic community. To celebrate the release of Bosstone's Jova EP that is released today and the opening of the [...]

Didn't get your fill of the Foo Fighters during their string of secret Los Angeles shows? We hope not because they have just scheduled two local shows in support of their latest release "Wasting Light". You can catch the Foo Fighters for a two night run at The Forum in Inglewood on Thursday, October 13th and Friday, October 14th. Tickets for both shows will go on sale Friday, June 17th at 10am through Ticketmaster . Ticket prices will range between $53.05 - $75.45 including all service fees. KROQ will have a [...]

Photos by G. Prince In case you didn't know, I am a die-hard Prince fan. I've seen him in concert in excess of 50 times in multiple cities across the United States. In recent years, I have started to fall out of love with him primarily because of his religious beliefs. In the late 1990s, he became a Jehovah's Witness. His music which had formerly been so open-minded became preachy and intolerant of any belief system that varied from his own, which is contrary to some [...]

Click The Image To Go To The Forums CLICK TO GO TO FEATURED TOPIC A bit of thought provoking from BeNeVoLeNcE (who you might recognise; his albums got featured on WIB after he dropped em on our forums ) on what is generally a pretty personal and touchy subject, and one which is really easy to become arrogant about: Alright, a lot of listeners are attracted to the idea of artists having a [...]

Click The Image To Go To The Forums CLICK TO GO TO FEATURED TOPIC First off just to let you know since we haven't had no posts for a while so maybe you never caught it the first time round, but WIB's always lookin for ideas from the community and that include's the Word Is Bond Collab; J wants to know who you'd like to see featured . As he says, we'll try and do [...]

You know what we think about Skindred by now. You know what every sane person who has ever seen them thinks about them live as well. Or if you don't, you really need to find out. Because they still kick the living shit out of practically every live band in Britain right now. Six things [...]

Click The Image To Go To The Forums So, two pretty big news items come out this week in the world of Hip Hop sure to stir up some controversy. First up, you mighta heard through Dono on our forums or J's article up yesterday , or some place else, that there's a bit of uproar about Common performing poetry at the White House tonight. Some Conservative media and politicians like Fox News and Palin have cottoned on that Common's lyrics are sometimes not so flattering when it comes to politics and making [...]

Click to Watch the Video to 'I Do Work', Track 3 From My Universe Download 'My Universe' From Bandcamp After asking for and getting responses here's another one from the 'Local Cats' topic on the forums, our boy praverb dropped this nice tune of a cat round his way called Cane. It's a track off his free tape, 'My Universe', which is described on Bandcamp as follows... My Universe is Cane's third release. It [...]

Click the Image to go to the Forums Click To Go To The Featured Topic Sup y'all, just another gentle push towards the forums. If you been reading the blog and want to get involved don't be shy, head over and say hello , drop a song/video/gig we mighta missed, especially if it's one of your own, and share your opinions and experiences on all aspects of Hip Hop, from favourite tunes to how you produce . Remember you can [...]