The N.O.M.A.D.S. There is a burgundy motif at Club Fais Do-Do -- burgundy curtains, burgundy tablecloths. The eastern wall is also painted a dark red hue but seems to have other colors beneath that seep through from the past.
It's been almost two years since Isis brought the goods with Panopticon , and while they've tided fans over between albums with live shows and a remix/reinterpretation record, it's clear the Isis-worshipping hordes are getting restless. But no longer!
Two music projects offer views of Sierra Leone's civil war through the eyes of some of the people who experienced it. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, already the subject of an award-winning documentary this year and a U.S. summer tour, released Living Like a Refugee this week.
American diva Beyonce won top honors at the U.K.'s MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Awards, picking up the international female prize as well as song and video nods for "Deja Vu," featuring Jay Z. Corinne Bailey Rae was a double winner at the awards, whose name is an acronym for "music of black origin," picking up the U.K. newcomer and U.K. female awards.
From cub scouts to swan-angels to cheerleaders to...butterflies? Sufjan Steven 's most ambitious tour to date set up shop at Austin, Texas' Paramount Theater this weekend for the second of two packed shows.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform during an outdoor concert on the Commons in Halifax, N.S. on Saturday. (CP/Andrew Vaughan)
HALIFAX (CP) - At least 50,000 fans soaked up loud music and a lot of rain Saturday as the Rolling Stones headlined the largest rock concert ever held in Halifax.
Summer never sticks around as long as you hope, and by late August-- though it always seems much too early-- signs of seasonal change have begun to set in.
Lucky Austinites were treated to a last-minute show from Joanna Newsom and Smog last night at the Parish, after Newsom was able to borrow a harp. She played a mix of tracks from Ys and The Milk-Eyed Mender for the packed crowd, most of which exited after her opening set.
Last year, where Kanye West, P Diddy and Andre 3000 led, the world of hip-hop followed. Gentleman chic ruled and the Brookes Brothers look was everywhere.