March 19th, 2010Posted in Listen to

For the new Listen To series, we’ll write some recommendations from our lands of origin and from our own private worlds. Basically, this is about the music we share in the mp3 zone. My first one is one of my favorite bands ever. In my world Argentinean rock ROCKS the best! And Soda Stereo is one of the classics from the end of the world.
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tags: Argentina - Latin Rock - Soda Stereo
March 19th, 2010Posted in Articles, Live Music Reviews

The latest in a cavalcade of American artists dropping by our sleepy little backwater town, St. Vincent played a set on Saturday night at YuYinTang as part of the JUE Festival.
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tags: Boys Climbing Ropes - St. Vincent - YuYinTang
March 19th, 2010Posted in Live Music Reviews

This was exactly one week ago. It was a very nice show. If you were not there, this is to tell you that you just missed a good one. If you were there, then to remind you what’s good. By Miss Emma.
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tags: Hanggai - Jue Festival - Mongolia - Shanghai - Split Works
Reviews

Danger Mouse and James Mercer Bring Forth “Broken Bells”
Broken Bells, a collaboration between The Shins' James Mercer and Brian Burton (AKA Danger Mouse), came out on March 9th. To my ears, it is the best release of 2010 thus far.

St. Vincent’s “Actor”
She's definitely been written about before, but since St. Vincent is coming to YuYinTang this Saturday I will try my hand at defining her.

DJ Vadim’s “U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun”
1999 was a long time ago, but it doesn’t really feel that way, does it? Maybe this is because The Aughts Decade never really spawned a true zeitgeist identity, but it undermines the fact that a decade has passed, a long time to continue to show and prove in the hip hop game.