Photos by our one and only Orly Kotick.Yeah yeah yeahs show at Ramat Gan opening for Depeche Mode.

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Tour dates for The Dodos – must catch them in a venue near you:9/26 – Henry Miller Library – Big Sur, CA
9/27 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
9/28 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
9/29 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
9/30 – Modified – Phoenix, AZ
10/2 – House of Blues, Pontiac Garage – Dallas, TX
10/3 – The Orange Show – Houston, TX
10/4 – Austin City Limits Festival – Austin, TX
10/6 – Club Downunder – Tallahassee, FL
10/7 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
10/8 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
10/9 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington DC
10/10 – Talking Head – Baltimore, MD
10/12 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
10/13 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
10/14 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
10/15 – Middle East Downstairs – Cambridge, MA
10/16 – La Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC
10/17 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
10/19 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
10/20 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
10/22 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
10/24 – Neurolux – Boise, ID
10/25 – Aladdin Theatre – Portland, OR
10/26 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC

Potographed by our favorite one and only Orly Kotick, rock concert photographer and artist from up north. These photos are from the world refugees day concert in Tel Aviv with artists like Keren Ann, Asaf Avidan & the Mojos and Alma Zohar. Check it out

Bibio is the recording name of the British music producer Stephen Wilkinson. Stephen Wilkinson has been experimenting with acoustic and electronic music since graduating from Middlesex University in London, where he studied “sonic arts”.These are samples of his new album on Wrap records

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This band`s bio is fascinating so I`ll let them speak for themselves. Check out the Hispanic answer to the Beatles.
…”There’s a part of me that doesn’t want our bio left up to the label or some writer’s imagination because I don’t like being misrepresented, and because maybe there’s some kid out there who’s just genuinely curious about our band, and would like to hear stuff straight from the asshole’s mouth. That said, where we’re from has a lot to do with our approach to our music, and with who we are. We’re all from the South Bay in Los Angeles. That’s our bond. ( Read the entire article )

Listen to Dios

Back in the days, NYC, CBGB`S, Black rock coalition, the days of black funk rock soul pop mixed together. Living color is a great example – part of the black rock coalition -a movement of blacks in NYC, black people that rocked. Check out black rocker Vernon Reis – the guitarist of Living color. Living color with a new album Due September 15th .

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This is nice – “Sunday Morning” – Beck covers Nico and the Velvets song

Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Sunday Morning’ from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Toumani Diabaté is one of the most important musicians in Africa. Toumani plays the kora, a harp unique to West Africa with 21 strings; and more than any other kora player it is Toumani who is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world. He is a performer of truly exceptional virtuosity and creativity – someone who shows that the kora can rival the world’s greatest instruments. Listen to this incredible piece called “Elyne road”

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Bon Iver meets Lennon -That`s how Brian Olive sounds to me – simple and hypnotic

Listen to  “There is love”

Maturity. This is what Hombre Lobo is about. This song by Mark Oliver Everett Has made me so jealous. All my lifeI have been trying to simplify things. But I guess it is not me. I have a tendency of over doing, over producing, over overdubbing. I guess it is insecurity. It is a feeling that it is never enough. But M. O. Everrett or The Eels as most of you know him doesn’t think that way. The proof: His wonderful mature new lofi recording project titled Hombre Lobo. This is an incredible collection of small simple wonderful songs with bare, minmal simple arrangements and choice of instruments. Just wonderful. I have chosen to embed a video clip of this great song called “That look you give that guy” – this is from someone who doesnt have to prove nothing to no one