Don’t envy the sloth – sweat it out. DUTTY ARTZ SWEAT LODGE Isa GT *LIVE/DJ* from Colombia via UK DJs: DJ /Rupture Geko Jones Matt Shadetek Friday Feb. 10th 10PM-4AM FREE ADMISSION at The Cove, 108 N. 6th St, Brooklyn NY. Take the L train to Bedford or G to Lorimer and walk. Let the [...]

Black Mystery Month begins today! And by Kindly Kosmic Koincidence, friends & I are throwing an event in Brooklyn: AFRO-SPECTACLE. Come join us, *tonight*, Wednesday February 1st for: info: On Wednesday February 1st, at 7pm, DJ Rupture and Lamin Fofana will host a special 2-hour live radio show from south Williambsburg’s Spectacle Theater, with guests [...]

I always had a hard time understanding the "dub" in dubstep. However, when you go back to the right places, there it is, staring at you in its dubbed out glory. This is a fun little split in that it's neither really dub nor dubstep, but whatever it is, it's fun. The first half, The Bug vs. Rootsman is heavy, distorted, noisy and furious. If you don't know The Bug already, his tracks on this split are pretty indicative of what he would go on to do. Ferocious overdriven electronic snarls, backed by broken dancehall riddims. The ...

by Matthew Wuethrich The Shining in Dubai. The idea sounds like a Kickstarter campaign, and almost as ridiculous as Stephen King's forthcoming sequel to his best novel . DJ /rupture (a.k.a. Jace Clayton) came up with the concept after seeing some of the many palatial hotels of Dubai, thinking they would make a... Read More

Tickets to the sixth annual Golden Plains music festival in Victoria have now officially sold out. All 8900 tickets were snapped up by Wednesday (December 28), making it the swiftest sell-out in Golden Plains’ history. There will be no last gasp “super mega” ballots, online exchange programs or tickets found under Aunty Meredith’s couch. (Although the M+N forums are generally a good place to frequent a week prior to the festival.) Golden Plains will take place, as always, over the Labour Day long weekend (March 10-12) at the Supernatural Amphitheatre in Meredith, Victoria. Acts performing include Bon Iver ...

Over one magical Long Weekend the coming autumn (10-12 March, 2012) Golden Plains Sixxx once again takes place. The festival is beautifully staged at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre in Meredith, Victoria. The lineup is explained as to be “a Six-Sensory Sonic Smorgasbord, an Exxxtravaganza, a show. Sixxx has a beginning, a middle and a finale. Quality, quality, quality. Fun fun fun fun. Legendary legends. Iconic kingpins. Giants. Dreamweavers, Tour Guides, Partystarters. Islands. Pirates. Lifers. Special Ones. Hit-makers. Fun-makers.” Playing during the weekend is: BON IVER at Sunset CHIC feat NILE RODGERS ROKY ERICKSON BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY feat The Cairo Gang BLACK ...

In a show of solidarity for the Occupy Wall Street movement, a sizable number of musicians have created Occupy Musicians . The likes of Lou Reed, Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, Jello Biafra, tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus, Tom Morello, Amanda Palmer, Talib Kweli, and Saul Williams have voiced their support for the Occupy protests happening around the world, not to mention more TMT-leaning folks like Dan Deacon, Drew Daniel, Evan Parker, Jamie Stewart, John Zorn, DJ /rupture, Matana Roberts, Mirah, Sharon Van Etten, Slim Moon, and Yuka Honda. Joining the ranks of Occupy Film Makers and Occupy Writers , the site will serve ...

After being dealt a Low blow earlier this month – a “previously unconfirmed overseas commitment” meant the Minnesota three-piece had to postpone their Australian tour – Golden Plains have sought to consolidate their already strong line-up with two new acts. New Jersey’s Real Estate and Melbourne’s Total Control have been added to a bill that already includes CHIC (featuring the legendary Nile Rodgers), Urge Overkill, Black Lips, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Roky Erickson, Harmony and Bon Iver. Full line-up below. Making their first trip to Australia, Real Estate are cut from the same hammock-pop cloth as their Underwater Peoples ...

Helado Negro is currently undergoing a short but sweet minitour of Mexico. Last week he played at Festival Norte Sonoro en Monterrey, alongside DJ Rupture, White Rainbow, Grupo Esencias, and many others. You can see the tour poster and more info on that here . If you missed him, you can catch Helado Negro this Friday, the 25th. He’ll be playing in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico at Caradura , as part of Nuestras Noches de Arts & Crafts México.  More details are here . For those of you that are in Mexico, make sure you run by Starbucks. You might able to pick up a ...

Manshines, Fauna ZZK Records, Argentina Rating: 76 by Pierre Lestruhaut If you happened to undergo your teen years as an indie rock fan (with most of your friends being roughly into the same kind of music) in Latin America somewhere around 2005, then you probably were the kind of kid staying as far away as possible from all the dem bow and cumbia rhythms that could be emanating from any speakers. Yet six years after suffering at every possible reggaetón- and cumbia-infused party, indie rock fans like me now see ourselves facing weird looks for having Calle 13 on our ...

I'm no minimalism expert, but know when it when I hear it. Daniel Blumin played "Kungo Sogoni" by N. Hawa Doumbi. Listen to how the track feeds off a repetitive instrumental motif. Steve Reich, played on Mudd Up! With DJ/Rupture,...

Congrats to WFMU's DJ/Rupture, who recently landed on the Wire magazine's front cover! Be sure to check out Rupture's Negrophonic site and subscribe to his Mudd Up podcast. DJ/Rupture will also be giving a short talk at WFMU's RadioVision Festival...

After announcing its first two acts for 2012 a couple weeks ago, organisers of the sixth annual Golden Plains festival in Victoria have wasted no time in unveiling the entire bill. Joining Bon Iver and Roky Erickson are: CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy featuring The Cairo Gang Black Lips Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Charles Bradley Roots Manuva Urge Overkill Wild Flag First Aid Kit Seekae Low Kisstroyer The Celibate Rifles Naysayer and Gilsun Harmony Lanie Lane Endless Boogie Lost Animal DJ /rupture Canyons This Thing Hunting Grounds Dexter Golden Plains The Sixth will take place from March ...

DUTTY ARTZ SWEAT LODGE : FridayOctober 14th 10PM- 4AM FREE The Cove 108 N. 6th St, Brooklyn. DJs: DJ Rupture, Matt Shadetek, Geko Jones, Chief Boima, Taliesin. then next Friday, Karnival in Montreal with Poirier!: