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Colombians Play Songs for Haiti in Bogota

"Canciones por Haití" (Songs for Haiti) was a concert night created by people from the Colombian music industry in order to stimulate donations for the Haitian victims of the earthquake. Watch the cool music vibe generated by these bands and an interview

Colombians Play Songs for Haiti in Bogota

Ben Harper Tells It Like It Is

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Ben Harper Tells It Like It Is

TRIPPING: Paul Avion Visits Kibera, Kenya

Musician Paul Avion reports from one of the world's largest and most impoverished regions.

TRIPPING: Paul Avion Visits Kibera, Kenya

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NORTH AMERICA Noise Pop San Francisco, CA, Feb 23-28 In it's 18th year, Noise Pop has a longstanding tradition of bringing indie rock acts to San Francisco. Having multiple venues and a week-long format allow festivalgoers to not only see a maximum ...

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Global Tour Diaries: YACHT in São Paulo Part Two

SAO PAULO, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Feb 09, 2010 by switzer

Global Tour Diaries: YACHT in São Paulo Part Two

Lets see.... Brazil.... Well it was definitely a whirlwind little tour; we only had four days to see São Paulo, but we certainly made the best of it....

Lucky 12: Our Favorite Tracks by Up and Coming ...

SAN FRANCISCO, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Feb 05, 2010 by lazarus

Lucky 12: Our Favorite Tracks by Up and Coming Bands

The Boom Bang "Spies Like Us" Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma This four piece of southern hipsters plays tight, indie surf punk to match its memb...

Tea with Joan as Police Woman in Budapest

BUDAPEST, POP, Feb 04, 2010 by gysomogyi

Tea with Joan as Police Woman in Budapest

First time in Budapest to kick off Trafó House of Contemporaray Arts' new campaign "Voices", Joan Wasser and her band soothed and thrilled, respectively...

Phoenix Rises at Mexico's Tour Kick Off

MEXICO CITY, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Feb 03, 2010 by tonifrancois

Phoenix Rises at Mexico's Tour Kick Off

Phoenix is huge in Mexico; they sold out two 3,000 people shows in less than an hour. This was a much-awaited concert and their fans were not disappoint...

Datarock Cools Off, Interview At Sunset Sounds

BRISBANE, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Feb 01, 2010 by benrobinson

Datarock Cools Off, Interview At Sunset Sounds

Datarock played a short-n-sweet set at this year's Sunset Sounds festival, in Brisbane, but it was definitely a wild show—as to be expected this time of...

Owl City Plays "Fireflies" and Takes Nest In Ok...

ATLANTA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 28, 2010 by poppe

Owl City Plays "Fireflies" and Takes Nest In Oklahoma

A concert crowd can make or break a show. "on." visited a recent Owl City gig and shot it from the audience's point of view. Enjoy. Owl City Website ...

Exclusive! RX Bandits Premier "Hope Is A Butter...

LOS ANGELES, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 27, 2010 by colors

Exclusive! RX Bandits Premier "Hope Is A Butterfly, No Net Its Captor" Video

True to their name, the boys of RX Bandits bag their heads and ransack the neighborhood for what seem to be giant pharmaceuticals. Or maybe that's not t...

Black Lips Are At It Again

SAN FRANCISCO, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 27, 2010 by domingo

Black Lips Are At It Again

Black Lips took a much-needed break toward the tail end of 2009, but they still managed to kept busy, writing and recording a few things here and there....

Exclusive Interview With Hanoi Rocks' Michael M...

LOS ANGELES, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 26, 2010 by mayradiasgomes

Exclusive Interview With Hanoi Rocks' Michael Monroe

Hanoi Rocks' frontman, Michael Monroe, sits down with correspondent Mayra Dias Gomes for an interview in Hollywood. Michael's new band, which unveiled j...

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Dressing Up in Guadalajara

GUADALAJARA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 27, 2010 by tonifrancois

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Dressing Up in Guadalajara

The first time the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed in Mexico it was in 2006. In their 2010 trip to the country besides their usual stop in Mexico City, they ...

LIVE AND LOCAL: The Lonely H Perform "The River...

SAN FRANCISCO, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 26, 2010 by waltphoto

LIVE AND LOCAL: The Lonely H Perform "The River" In San Francisco

Nobody told The Lonely H that it's not 1973...and thank god. Long haired, blue jeaned, Budweiser belt buckled and jewelry adorned, these guys rock it li...

Shara's Brightest Diamond Glows On Rome

ROME, POP, Jan 26, 2010 by simonesecci

Shara's Brightest Diamond Glows On Rome

Meet one of the "brightest" voices of today's pop music miss Shara Worden aka My Brightest Diamond. A Mix of the vocal excellence of Kate Bush and the e...

Jau Live at Summer Festival 2010 in Salvador, B...

SAO PAULO, CULTURAL/HERITAGE, Jan 25, 2010 by kent

Jau Live at Summer Festival 2010 in Salvador, Bahia

Jauperi, or just JAU, like many call him, is one of the biggest music composers in Salvador, capital of Bahia, and a well-known musician in Brazil a...

Cold War Kids Behave Themselves In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 25, 2010 by darlene

Cold War Kids Behave Themselves In San Francisco

The Cold War Kids are playing only four shows in support of their January 19th EP release, Behave Yourself, and and the crowd at the Fillmore in San Fr...

Oi Va Voi Swings By Barby In Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV, , Jan 22, 2010 by orit_pnini

Oi Va Voi Swings By Barby In Tel Aviv

OI VA VOI played tonight at Barby Club for the first time. The show was great, and guess what?? Tomorrow there's another one! Oi Va Voi Myspace

FESTIVALS: Festival Au Desert Rocks Southern Sa...

BAMAKO, , Jan 21, 2010 by colors

FESTIVALS: Festival Au Desert Rocks Southern Sahara Photos By tOine

Presenting traditional Toareg music as well as a variety of acts from around the world, the massive gathering went off with a bang earlier this month. C...

Fighting Words: The Flobots Voice Revolution

DENVER, , Jan 20, 2010 by geoffrey.dobbins

Fighting Words: The Flobots Voice Revolution

Denver political hip-hop/rock collective the Flobots are poised to become the voice of their generation. The racially diverse six-person ensemble’s musi...

The Best of Adelaide 2009 / Part Eight

ADELAIDE, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jan 19, 2010 by spoz

The Best of Adelaide 2009 / Part Eight

Hi everyone and welcome to my whizz-bang "Best Of The Adelaide Scene" retrospective for 2009! Presented in a series of whimsical installments: relive th...

DJ Legend Armin Van Buuren Talks With Infusion

DUBAI, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Jan 19, 2010 by infusion

DJ Legend Armin Van Buuren Talks With Infusion

Armin van Buuren: “Trance music remains fresh and innovative.” World’s #1 DJ, Armin van Buuren, chats to Infusion about the longevity of trance, daily ...

Reykjavik's Fusing Whale Watching Tour

REYKJAVIK, EXPERIMENTAL/NOISE, Jan 14, 2010 by lofi_dot_tv

Reykjavik's Fusing Whale Watching Tour

In the fall of 2009, four musicians from Reykjavik's Bedroom Community record label took their combined shows on the road for the first time, and mixed ...

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