The Scene

Paid Dues Festival 2012 Final Lineup Announced

February 15, 2012 By Mark Noisiri Leave a Comment

Independent Hip Hop festival Paid Dues has announced it's final lineup of over 20 acts slated to go down on April 7th, 2012. This year places an emphasis on crews and collectives that have caused major influential impact on the scene over the years such as Wu-Tang Clan, Odd Future, Dipset, Three-6-Mafia, Living Legends, Hieroglyphics, Boot Camp Clik, Doomtree, LA Symphony, Swim Team, and Surf Club while featuring high profile solo acts such as Mac Miller, Kendrick Lamar, and more. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Music Content, Festivals, Los Angeles, Music, Music, News, The Scene Tagged With: 2012, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Odd Future, Paid Dues, wu-tang clan

Where to be in London this February

February 11, 2012 By Will Donelson Leave a Comment

Saturday the 12th BRAND NEW play the Roundhouse, Camden, 7:30 Thursday the 16th Silver Tongue Recommends: M83 play Shepherd's Bush Empire, 7:00 Monday the 20th THE BIG PINK play The Garage for the NME Awards, 7:00 Wednesday the 23rd PULLED APART BY HORSES, TENEBROUS LIAR and THE COMPUTERS play The Electric Ballroom, Camden, 8:00 Friday the 24th THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND play The Village Underground at 9:00. Sunday the 26th IMOGEN HEAP plays The Roundhouse, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, London, Music, The Scene Tagged With: Brand New, Brixton Academy, Fanfarlo, imogen heap, M83, Pulled Apart by Horses, The Big Pink, The Garage, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Roundhouse

EVENT: Johnny Got A Lighter? at Dim Mak Studios 2/16/12

February 8, 2012 By Mark Noisiri Leave a Comment

As announced via their official blog, up and coming Los Angeles ska/blues/rock band Johnny Got A Lighter? will be performing at Steve Aoki's Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood, CA on February 16th. The venue and Aoki himself are heralded for jump starting the careers of notable acts such as Bloc Party, The Kills, Klaxons, MSTRKFT among others, so this is quite the big night for the band. The cover charge is only $6 and will also feature garage band Siddartha, bass-music artist ASHTROBOT, alt-punk pop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Los Angeles, The Scene Tagged With: Concert, dim mak, JGAL, Johnny Got A Lighter?, STEVE AOKI

Fame Rocks Fashion Week Event 2012

February 7, 2012 By Courtnay Glatter Leave a Comment

The New York Fame and Music Unites Foundation will present its 2nd annual Fashion Week event for one night only this February. The event celebrates New York Fashion Week and hosts upcoming designers and musical artists. The gala will take place on February 15th at the Manhattan Center Studios (West 34th Street ) in New York City. Red carpet arrivals start at 4pm followed by a VIP Gala Reception that lasts until 6pm. The main event starts at 7 pm with musical performances and the fashion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion, New York Tagged With: events, New York Fame and Music Unites Foundation, New York Fashion Week

Red Bull Music Academy 2012 New York Now Taking Applications

February 2, 2012 By Mark Noisiri Leave a Comment

Since 1998, Red Bull Music Academy has brought up and coming producers, vocalists, DJs and various other artists together to learn and evolve their tools of the trade. Over the years, this international music festival/workshop has become a sought after opportunity with their annual meetings in locations such as Berlin, London, Melbourne, Toronto, Barcelona and Rome just to name a few. Last year's RBMA (which took place in Madrid due to the earthquake in it's initial location, Tokyo), featured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Content, Music, New York, News, The Scene Tagged With: 2012, new york city, Red Bull Music Academy

Final Line-Up Announced For Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival 2012

February 1, 2012 By Mark Noisiri Leave a Comment

With music's biggest congregating events such as SXSW, Coachella, and Paid Dues just around the corner, add Guerilla Union's Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival, one of the longest-running musical festivals (since 1998) to the list as well. This multi-genre music festival and medical marijuana expo will feature headlining acts Sublime, Korn and founding group Cypress Hill along with veteran NY hip hop group Mobb Deep, weed connoisseur rappers Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y, buzzing west coast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Content, Festivals, Los Angeles, Music, News, The Scene Tagged With: 2012, Curren$y, Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival, Danny Brown, Fashawn, Guerilla Union, Low End Theory, Mobb Deep, NIPSEY HUSSLE, ScHoolboy Q, Wiz Khalifa

The Big Chill Festival Cancelled Due to the London Olympics

January 24, 2012 By MHartfield Leave a Comment

The 2012 Big Chill Festival has been cancelled. Since 1994, The Big Chill has been taking place on the grounds of Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. Last year the festival was headlined by The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, and Rodrigo y Gabriela. The London Olympics have hindered some artists 'availability' to attend this special event causing the Herefordshire weekender to be postponed this year. Festival director Melvin Benn was quoted saying, "Confirmations we were achieving led me to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Festivals, London, Music, News Tagged With: Kanye West, London olympics, My chemical brothers, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Big Chill

Salina @ Arlene’s Grocery Friday + Free Download

January 24, 2012 By Janey Criss Leave a Comment

Salina Sias has a voice that is soothing and smooth. She creates mood and dynamic particularly naturally, weaving stories on top of melodies that rise and flow with careful words. If her self-titled, 10-track debut record (released September 2011 on Eclectic Muse) is any indication, a tastefully crafted show at Arlene’s this Friday is one you don’t want to miss. Salina moved to New York from Texas at the age of 17 to study acting, having lost her voice, literally, at a classical singing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Downloads, New York Tagged With: Arlene's Grocery, Eclectic Muse, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Salina Sias, tom waits