Koala">Kid Koala “Space Cadet Headphone Experience” Irondale Center; Brooklyn, NY [04-04-2012] by Nat Towsen on 05-15-2012 It is unclear if the show has started yet. The audience wanders a U-shaped balcony full of carnival games (“Turn your face into an asteroid and win!”) and articles of interest (sculptures of plants from a fictional planet). The walls are lined with covers of old science fiction records with names like Bobby and Betty go to the Moon and etchings from Space Cadet , the graphic novel/album around which this “immersive experience” is centered. Beneath the balcony lies an auditorium, its floor ...

Corner Gas set fuels tourism dream – Edmonton Journal Koala">Kid Koala’s Space Cadet Headphone Experience – NOW Magazine 5 reasons to see Dawud Wharnsby: Not your average folk singer. – CBC.ca The Death of Adam Yauch, Two Hours Traffic’s Summer Plans and the Flaming Lips’ Blood-Filled Records Lead This Week’s News Roundup Digest powered by [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , RPM , Q + A Ninja Tune Koala">Kid Koala , the Canadian DJ and cartoonist otherwise known as Eric San, no longer quite fits his nom de turntable. Though he started out young -- self-distributing his demo mixtape way back in 1996 on audio cassette -- the Ninja Tunes turntablist is now in his late-30s and has a kid of his own. Over these years he's refined his unique cut-up musical style and quirky illustrations to the point where he has arrived at current triumph Space Cadet , a wordless and wonderful graphic novel with an equally wordless and wonderful ...

Barcelona's Hivern Discs , a label piloted by mysterious producer John Talabot , is taking a unique approach to promoting its latest act, Mistakes Are OK . read more

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse than Kings of Leon getting shit on by a bunch of bats. Fuse : Even though the week’s only half over, the Internet already has a winner for grossest/most amazing thing of the week: A 3-year-old koala bear named Kat has urinated on Liam Payne and Harry Styles, two members of British boy band One Direction, and may have given them chlamydia, colloquially known as “the clap.” According to The Sun , 80% of Australian Koala bears are carrying the infertility-causing disease, which is actually wiping out the population. The ...

As Melbourne's International Comedy Festival comes to an end, Sydney's kicks off with an opening gala event across two key locations this year. The Opera House and The Metro Theatre, where Comedy Central hosted a night of some of this countries finest and great international comedy stars. The one thing I liked coming in was the shroud of secrecy behind who the comics were for the evening. It allowed for surprises and it also allowed me to not go in with any preconceived perceptions of some of the comics. Our host was New York stand up comedian whose ...

Posted on andPOP : Yikes. On tour in Australia a few days ago, the boys of One Direction got to cuddle with a koala in Brisbane. But while they held the furry creature backstage, Harry and Liam got urinated on. Of course they didn’t … Continue reading → Read more at andPOP . andPOP - POP Culture with Substance

During their visit to Australia for Supafest, Kelly Rowland and T-Pain snuck in some time to explore Wild Life Sydney. The “Motivation” singer tried not to disturb a koala named Samara, gently petting her as she slept. The two also got up close with Rex, the zoo’s 16-foot saltwater crocodile, and encountered other animals including [...]

photos by Amanda Hatfield DOWNLOAD: Emily Wells - "Passenger" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Emily Wells - "Passenger (Koala">Kid Koala remix)" (MP3) Emily Wells @ Hotel Vegan It may only be an opening DJ set, but it will still be interesting to see...

I posted this a couple of years ago, but I guess it got lost in the move from our old WordPress hosted site. It’s Koala">Kid Koala‘s live set on BBC Breezeblock (aired in 2001), as hosted by the legendary Marry Anne … Continue reading →

We were last talking about singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells towards the end of February when Koala">Kid Koala

The American debut of Koala">Kid Koala's "Space Cadet Headphone Experience," held in Brooklyn's Irondale theater, was a triumph of whimsy and trust. "Whimsy" because half the show meant milling through the DJ's please-touch science fair where you could marvel at sculptures of colorful comic-book fauna and skritch-scratch around on his personal collection of vintage musical equipment...

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 MITTEN @ BIG SNOW 89 Varet St Brooklyn, NY 11206 $7, 8PM We thought we were going to have to recommended another night of The Magnetic Fields before we noticed that Mitten is playing in Brooklyn tonight. Honeyhoney @ Union Hall Koala">Kid Koala @ Irondale Center Mike Wexler @ Manhattan Inn Colossal Mantis @ Cameo Gallery Fenster & Daytona @ Knitting Factory Purity Ring & Com Truise @ Public Assembly Tree of Life Infinite Roots @ Shea Stadium Hunx and His Punx & Heavy Cream @ Mercury Lounge The Magnetic Fields & Devotchka @ Beacon Theater Pomegranates & Ewert and The Two Dragons @ Pianos Walk The Moon & We ...

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 THE MAGNETIC FIELDS @ BEACON THEATER 2124 Broadway New York, NY 10023 $35, 7PM Funny how The Magnetic Fields concert tonight coincides so closely with the mention of a New York concert on last night's Gossip Girl , eh? Regardless of the strange coincidence on a hip teen show, this is worthwhile. Citizen Cope @ City Winery Koala">Kid Koala @ Irondale Center Van Hunt @ Knitting Factory Cirque du Soleil @ Madison Square Garden The Depaysement, Uzuki, & ZZZs @ XPO 929 The Magnetic Fields & Devotchka @ Beacon Theater Now, Now, Lightyear, & Field Mouse @ Cameo Gallery SBTRKT, Willis Earl Beal, & Sepalcure ...

“The album’s 90 percent done.” So said Muscles of second album Manhood in an infamous M+N interview with Ben Lee in 2009. Now we can finally reveal it’s 100 percent done. Described as a “prelude” to debut album Guns Babes Lemonade (2007), Manhood will be out through Modular – the label he tried to sue – on June 15. A “no holds barred, electronic post-punk, euro-dance, camp, masculine, pop album that balances itself in its extremity”, Manhood will feature reworked versions of tracks from 2010 EP Young and Immature including ‘Girl Crazy Go’ and new single ‘Ready for A ...