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February 29, 2008 | Music News
February 28, 2008 | Music Features
February 28, 2008 | Music News
February 28, 2008 | Reviews: Concerts
February 27, 2008 | Art
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February 26, 2008 | Reviews: Concerts
February 26, 2008 | Art
Andrew Schoultz, who has been a huge supporter of ALARM in the past, and was featured on the cover of ALARM #17, has a new solo exhibition in New York. Andrew Schoultz:
February 26, 2008 | Art
Laurie Lipton Laurie Lipton was born in New York. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honors). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France and has made her home in London since 1986. Laurie Lipton has had numerous one woman shows in England, Belgium, Holland and America. She was previously represented by the prestigious Vorpal Gallery, and has had her work exhibited in both New York & San Francisco. She recently had a major retrospective show at the Chamber of Pop Culture. Lipton has had three fine art books published on her work and was recently featured in the show “High on Life” at the American Visionary Art Museum. Read more
February 26, 2008 | Columns
But Jammie Thomas, 30, a single mother from Brainerd, Minnesota, says she was wrongfully targeted by SafeNet, the RIAA’s net detective that patrols the Internet for illegal file sharing. Read more
February 26, 2008 | Columns
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Denver gypsie outfit DeVotchKa is headed into a busy spring with a bevy of shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the March 18th release of the their second album A Mad and Faithful Telling (Anti-, 2008), the band will hit the road with shows at SXSW in Texas and Coachella in California. A European tour succeeds the North American showcase and tickets are beginning to sell out. 
Following eight months of online riff-swapping, the scattered Midwesterners of Able Baker Fox rehearsed only once before recording their upcoming debut, Voices, in less than a week at the studio of engineer/producer Ed Rose (Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, Reggie and the Full Effect). Merging old tour buddies and collaborators from melodic post-hardcore groups Small Brown Bike and The Casket Lottery, its members say a combination of history and distance made the record “effortless.” 
Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo are at it again… Separate they are just mild mannered musicians, but when their powers combine they become the chart toppling force of hip-pop, Gnarls Barkley. Kicking off their second bout of outrageous antics is the video for the first single “Run”. Directed by Guy Shelmerdane and Richard Farmer, the video is centered around a 90’s public access show called City Vibin’ 
The pairing of heavy rock instrumentalists Russian Circles and experimental hip-hop duo Dälek might seem to be a mismatched live bill for genre purists. However, since both groups are known for their intense live shows and for pushing the boundaries of their respective genres, it is more of a meeting of musical kindred spirits. Last Tuesday was the kick-off of a touring cycle that brings the two groups together on tour (along with energetic noise-rockers Young Widows) for series of shows until March 2. 
You may have heard about the RIAA’s recent major victory in court. Although over 20,000 lawsuits have been filed by the RIAA against people who file share music, only one, so far, has made it to a court room. Everyone else had the good sense to settle out of court for a few grand.
I wanted to go on the Sex Workers’ Art Show Tour this year, as I did last year, but I withdrew my application because I also wanted to stay and work on the new space for the School of Burlesque. It was a tough choice because SWAS means more than a lot to me, but I’ve been getting lots of calls and messages from the road that make me feel almost like I’m in two places at once. Love is good stuff. I can’t be there now so I’m really putting myself into this blog post to establish my undying affection and solidarity for my peeps on the road.