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Flavorpill CHI | NYC | SF | LA | LONDON April 10 - 16, 2007

 
 Undoboy   
Cultural Stimuli in CHI
Issue 134: used flavor

It's commonly acknowledged that the latest trends to come around have already been around. Twice, actually. But there's nothing wrong with a little creative recycling, and this week is a bit of a swap meet for cultural crate-diggers. Obscure, awful, and awesome film clips long thought — or perhaps hoped — to be lost resurface at the Best of the Found Footage Festival; that limited-edition Japanese-import green vinyl 7-inch you're looking for is lurking somewhere in the stacks of wax for sale at the WLUW Record Fair; Rhona Hoffman Gallery continues its 30-year retrospective with work from the '80s; and after serving as the blueprint for every damaged rock act, the reformed Stooges return to stage-diving. Elsewhere, A-Trak works the turntables, corporate cut-ups the Yes Men stick it to the Man, and MC Frontalot brings his hardcore nerd-rap to the Abbey Pub. Enjoy everything old that's new again — and spread it.

- Quanah Humphreys, Managing Editor

 

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 Table of Contents TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
art Commemorating 30 Years; Group Show; Amy Mayfield; You Winsome, You Lose Some; Inflorescence
arts & craftsDEPART-ment
dance Hubbard Street Dance; My Name Is a Blackbird
discussion The Yes Men
dj A-Trak w/ Flosstradamus
fair WLUW Record Fair
film Best of the Found Footage Festival; Notes on the Death of Kodachrome; Black Book
improv Our Feature Presentation: The Movie
music Blonde Redhead; Low; The Gossip; Peeping Tom w/ Pigeon John; Gowns; Plaid; MC Frontalot w/ MC Lars; Black Angels w/ Vietnam; Shellac and The Stooges; Klaxons
FEAT your daily dose Poets.org's Poem-A-Day; dvd review Screaming Masterpiece; streams WMC Miami




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Tuesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


IMPROV
Our Feature Presentation: The Movie

when: Tue 4.10 (8pm)
where: i.O. Theater (3541 N Clark, 773.880.0199) map
price: $12
links: Event Info

In a world of predictable comedy, finding new genres of fresh funny is about as easy as deciphering a subtitle-free Fellini film. Not to worry, because Our Feature Presentation: The Movie at i.O. brings on hilarity with an inspired outlook. With enough wit to appeal to even the most jaded of film snobs, this "movie" — complete with overhead and close-up shots — takes on the medium and brings about a cohesive and, at times, transcendent experience. The company of actors thrives under the direction of Jason R. Chin, a talent in improvisational theatre whose Halloween Show is a Chicago cult classic. So fork over one more buck than you'd pay for some ordinary flick and see The Movie. (JA)



MUSIC: Geek Hop
MC Frontalot w/ MC Lars and Optimus Rhyme

when: Tue 4.10 (9pm)
where: Abbey Pub (3420 W Grace St, 773.478.4408) map
price: $12
links: Event Info | MC Frontalot | MC Lars | Optimus Rhyme

As the hip-hop king — or court jester, really — of the burgeoning "nerdcore" movement, San Francisco-based rapper MC Frontalot (né Damian Hess) first made a name for himself on 2005's self-released Nerdcore Rising, where the computer-obsessed dork unabashedly celebrated his geeksta lifestyle of argyle socks, double-taped glasses, and pocket protectors. Busting rhymes on TIFF files, goth-girl crushes, and Star Wars lore, Frontalot's flows with an impressive OED-like lexicon, and his braggadocio and satire-heavy material elicit guffaws and cringes aplenty. Tonight, the self-proclaimed "world's 579th greatest rapper" hits Chicago in support of his new sophomore effort, Secrets from the Future, a smart-ass ode to Asperger's disease, comic books, and Internet fetish porn. (SN)

  What has MC Frontalot named his tour van? Two randomly drawn correct responses each receive a pair of tickets to this show. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



MUSIC: Multimedia
Abstract Science Tenth Anniversary Celebration feat. Plaid

when: Tue 4.10 (9:30pm)
where: The Empty Bottle (1035 N Western Ave, 773.276.3600) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | Plaid

English electronic duo Plaid may be forever associated with the early-'90s IDM scene, but their forays into proto-drum 'n bass rhythms are more than merely cerebral entertainment. Recently, video has been thrown into the mix, both as inspiration for their recent anime soundtrack and as a guiding force for their multimedia performances. Previously shown at London's Royal Festival Hall, tonight's program pairs Bob Jaroc's video of kaleidoscopic images with moody and grandiose electronic compositions. It's a fitting anniversary show for the local jocks and scene supporters at WLUW's Abstract Science. (PS)

  Before Plaid, which other music-related act was the duo in? Two randomly drawn correct responses each receive a pair of tickets to this show. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



Wednesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DANCE
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

when: Wed 4.11 - Sun 4.15 (schedule)
where: Harris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E Randolph Dr, 312.334.7777) map
price: $20-59
links: Event Info | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

The relentlessly touring Hubbard Street brings home some newborns. Marguerite Donlon's Strokes Through the Tail, the most mature piece on the program at 17 months, plays to Mozart's Symphony No. 40 while imbedding sight gags in a fashionably fresh vocabulary. This pairs well with Toru Shimazaki's Bardo, which is also of the moment, but persistently substantial and challenging. The world premiere of Cryptoglyph, by Lar Lubovitch, goes for something less trendy: a Crayola-colored dance among giant hanging letters set to the vocal stylings of Meredith Monk. (ZW)

  What did Native Americans call Gurdon Hubbard, 19th-century Chicagoan and fur trader? Two randomly drawn correct responses each receive a pair of tickets to this performance. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



Thursday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
Notes on the Death of Kodachrome

when: Thur 4.12 (6pm)
where: Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N State St, 312.846.2600) map
price: $9
links: Event Info

Sure, a documentary about Kodachrome, the discontinued Super 8 film stock, doesn't sound exciting, but this beloved filmmaking medium serves as a nice catalyst for delving into more personal subjects in Notes on the Death of Kodachrome. Director Jennifer Montgomery tracks down three old friends — writer Joe Westmoreland and directors Lisa Cholodenko and Todd Haynes — who borrowed but never returned her equipment. As the story unfolds, the character of the filmmaking and the director's own personal reckoning are both revealed. Montgomery is on hand for the screening, which includes Age 12: Love with a Little L (1990), an adolescent account of sexuality and lesbian identity. (AY)



DANCE
Molly Shanahan / Mad Shak: My Name Is a Blackbird

when: Thur 4.12 - Sun 4.15 (8pm)
where: The Building Stage (412 N Carpenter St, 312.491.1369) map
price: $15
links: Event Info

Given her patience with process and profound understanding of internal logic, Molly Shanahan's oeuvre is best understood as a lifelong expedition presented in installments. For Shanahan, the relationship between dancer and audience is an "alchemical process" and heavily informs the choreographer's own research. My Name Is a Blackbird takes mutation as its subject, and, not surprisingly, has brought about an exciting reorganization of Shanahan's trademark organicism. Seven esteemed artists were tapped for the creation of this premiere work, including violinist and chamber-pop hero, Andrew Bird, and notable dramaturge Leslie Danzig. (ZW)

Note: Performances continue Thur 4.19 - Sun 4.22 (8pm) and Thur 4.26 - Sun 4.29 (8pm).

  Where did Shanahan preview My Name Is a Blackbird for morning commuters? One randomly drawn correct response receives a pair of tickets to this show and a CD of the original score. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



MUSIC: Punk-Pop
The Gossip

when: Thur 4.12 (9pm)
where: Abbey Pub (3420 W Grace St, 773.478.4408) map
price: $12
links: Event Info | The Gossip

Olympia's the Gossip have been steadily proving that guitars are no impediment to a packed dance floor. With almost too much raw power to handle, their amped-up but stripped-down punk sound is all jagged hooks backed by a pulsing rhythm section. Best of all, frontwoman Beth Ditto has certified diva pipes — for proof, check their addictive lead single "Standing in the Way of Control," or their beguiling cover of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody". This show promises to have the kids bouncing off the walls, so get there early for a prime spot. (TW)



Friday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


ART: Opening
Commemorating 30 Years, part two: 1980-1990

when: Fri 4.13 (5-7:30pm)
where: Rhona Hoffman Gallery (118 N Peoria St, 312.455.1990) map
price:
links: Event Info

If Commemorating 30 Years: 1976-1980 left you hungering for more, you're in luck. In 1980-1990, Rhona Hoffman lays out more big names, including Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Nauman, and Annette Lemieux. SAIC MFA graduate Tony Tasset, who stormed the art world in the '80s, parodies minimalist sculpture in his 1986 piece Sculpture Bench, in which an unobtrusive bench is encased in a Plexiglas box. Jenny Holzer is represented by six LED signs called "truisms," often displayed in public spaces to mimic advertisement, which scroll inverted adages such as "it is in your self interest to be tender." One of Cindy Sherman's famous film stills, Untitled #151 (1982), is also in Hoffman's collection of wonders. (AE)

Note: This exhibition continues through Sat 5.12 (Tue-Fri: 10am-5:30pm / Sat: 11am-5:30 pm).



MUSIC: Folk Pop
Gowns

when: Fri 4.13 (8pm)
where: South Union Arts (1352 S Union Ave) map
price: $10 suggested
links: Event Info | Gowns | Thin Hymns | Rollin Hunt

From the ashes of West Coast spazz combo the Mae Shi and legendary woodworking noiseniks Amps for Christ has emerged a Frankenstein assembly of minimal percussion, a cappella harmonizing, and raw folk melodies christened Gowns. Erika Anderson and Ezra Buchla have married personal, intelligent lyrics and homemade bent electronics to create remarkably haunting drone-pop masterpieces. Their whispered vocals mingle with hushed instrumentation, only to collide, explode, and slowly burn a hole in your frontal lobe by the night's end. Locals Rollin Hunt and Thin Hymns open the evening. (JL)



MUSIC: Slowcore
Low

when: Fri 4.13 (9pm)
where: Metro (3730 N Clark St, 773.549.0203) map
price: $18
links: Event Info | Low

Since their inception in 1993, seminal slowcore trio Low had nurtured a little-changed but much-beloved signature sound: their luminous vocal harmonies, stripped-down instrumentation, and glacial melodic structures were as hauntingly gorgeous as they were breathtakingly dreamy. But with the release of 2005's The Great Destroyer, long time fans of the lithe and lovely outfit were left perplexed at the decidedly more energetic, rousing songs. Tonight, Low returns to Chicago in support of the newly released Guns and Drums, confirming that their new sound represents not a one-off experiment but a hard-wrought paradigm shift for the long-running outfit. (SN)

  What's been the lowest point of 2007? The two saddest tales in 50 words or less each win a pair of tickets to this show. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



DJ
CANCELLED: A-Trak w/ Flosstradamus

when: Fri 4.13 (10pm)
where: Metro (3730 N Clark St, 773.549.0203) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | A-Trak | Flosstradamus

The lore surrounding media-friendly DJ A-Trak and the Midwest duo Flosstradamus can only grow with yet another double booking. Although notably seen performing behind Kanye West, DJ A-Trak has been doing a lot on his own these days, including the recent christening of his own label Fools Gold. Flosstradamus have also been keeping busy: after being juiced on MTV and snagging the cover of URB, these eclectic DJs effortlessly bring a well-choreographed dance party to the club. With unflaggingly youthful sensibilities, sets range from hip-hop and electronic or pop. (VG)

Note: This event was cancelled after Flavorpill published on Tuesday. To find out about ticket redemption, please call the Metro box office at 773.549.0203.



ALSO ON FRI

ART
You Winsome, You Lose Some
Fri 4.13 (6-10pm) GARDENfresh (119 N Peoria St, #3D, 312.235.2246) map

Event Info
 
How does one cope with the art world's "unbearable tendency" towards cuteness? Fight cute with more cute, as evidenced by the winsome, wickedly smart paintings and drawings by Trish Grantham, Elisa Harkins, and Lisa Kuppinger. (AMM)

Note: This exhibition continues through Sat 5.12 (Thur-Sat: 12-6pm).



ARTS & CRAFTS
DEPART-ment
Fri 4.13 (7pm) Open-End Gallery (2000 W Fulton, 312.738.2140) map

Event Info
 
At DEPART-ment, Chicago solidifies its reputation as a city on the make. This DIY market features the best of cottage manufacturing — everything is owned and organized by the crafters, so expect a whole mishmash of awesome goods. (CB)



Saturday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FAIR
WLUW Record Fair

when: Sat 4.14 (10am-6pm)
where: Pulaski Park Fieldhouse (1419 W Blackhawk St, 773.508.8076) map
price: $7
links: Event Info | WLUW

Today, as Chicago's favorite indie radio station kicks off its fifth annual record fair, diehard collectors — a hardy, indefatigable breed — descend on Pulaski Park with their trusty Rare Record Price Guide in hand to sift through thousands of scarce, out-of-print, and collectible records. Welcoming audiophiles of every ilk, this weekend's veritable drool-inducing cornucopia of music hosts record labels Criminal IQ, Polyvinyl, and Sub Pop, as well as zine-makers and independent vendors offering aisle after aisle of vinyl, CDs, and other music memorabilia. Local DJs are on hand to create a happy, groovin' vibe, while Heartland Cafe keeps the energy level high with carbo-loading yummies and coffee. (SN)

Note: A $25 pre-admission fee buys collectors two hours with the merchandise before the plebes roll in.

  Describe a record that's so rare, it doesn't even exist. Our favorite response in 50 words or less wins a pair of tickets to this event, a t-shirt, and a tote bag. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



FILM
Best of the Found Footage Festival

when: Sat 4.14 (7:30pm)
where: The Empty Bottle (1035 N Western Ave, 773.276.3600) map
price: $8
links: Event Info | Found Footage Festival

Liberated from dusty thrift-store shelves, plucked from Dumpsters, and rescued from garage sales, the clips screened tonight provide a priceless peek into the bewildering world of obscure and discarded videos. A voyeuristic delight, the beloved touring festival showcases unintentionally hilarious corporate-training videos, horrifyingly embarrassing family movies, and creepy but awesome student films. Curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher provide running commentary over their favorite objets trouvés — from young men air-drumming along to their favorite Metallica song to a boisterous family reunion in the deep South. The uproarious collection of film oddities celebrates the best and worst in resurrected cinema. (SN)

  Which video artist sets decaying footage to symphonic works? Two randomly drawn correct responses each receive a pair of tickets to this screening. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



MUSIC: Indie Rock
Blonde Redhead

when: Sat 4.14 (9pm)
where: Metro (3730 N Clark St, 773.549.0203) map
price: $21
links: Event Info | Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead's similarities to noise-pop pioneers Sonic Youth have never been particularly detrimental to the band; after all, Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley had the group signed to his Smells Like label until the band jumped to Touch and Go in '97. But connections aside, these avant indiekin have developed a sound all their own, banging in and out of willfully obtuse pop structures and dissonant melodies. They are currently touring in support of their new album, 23, and still turn out live with blistering force. (PHS/AP)



MUSIC: Drone Rock
The Black Angels w/ Vietnam

when: Sat 4.14 (10pm)
where: The Empty Bottle (1035 N Western Ave, 773.276.3600) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | The Black Angels | Vietnam

With their debut full-length, Passover, the Austin-based Black Angels (named after an Edvard Munch quote) bring psychedelic drone rock to a dark place. Ragged and raging, frontman Alex Maas' Morrison-inflected vocals suggest more than a hint of political ire, their fire-and-brimstone urgency sung over tribal drums and looping organs to create an unrelenting, end-of-an-era rush. When Maas sings, "Don't stop moving, they're right behind you," the musical and literary references become more than mere allegory, crossing over into an imperative, tune-in-drone-out plea. New York's boys Vietnam open with a more subdued brand of psych rock. (JMS)

  Which band do the Black Angels consider to be the forefathers of the Austin music scene? Two randomly drawn correct responses each receive a pair of tickets to this show. Entries close 6pm CST on Tue 4.10.



Sunday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Art Pop
Peeping Tom w/ Pigeon John

when: Sun 4.15 (7:30pm)
where: Park West (322 W Armitage Ave, 773.929.5959) map
price: $20
links: Event Info | Peeping Tom | Pigeon John

Vocal eccentric and former Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton applies his experimental bent to pop music for the Peeping Tom project. Years in the making, this musical caboodle of collaborators, from Dan the Automator to a swearing Norah Jones, is an inspired mess of genres grounded in hip-hop beats. Consider Pigeon John wry, but not watered-down, comic relief before the serious musical deconstruction. A hilarious storyteller who favors breezy beats, the underground LA rapper is often self-effacing and always clever and animated, sharing the same low-key humor and perspective as De La Soul. (PS)



ALSO ON SUN

MUSIC: Post-Punk
Klaxons
Sun 4.15 (5pm) Urban Outfitters (1521 N Milwaukee Ave, 773.772.8550)

 
Still want to flash your glow sticks next to Pynchon-quoting, hyped-up Brit band the Klaxons but don't have tickets to the sold-out Schubas show? Check out this free in-store performance, which benefits non-commercial radio. (PS)



ALSO ON SUN

MUSIC: Proto-Punk
Shellac and the Stooges
Sun 4.15 (7pm) Congress Theater (2135 N Milwaukee Ave, 773.252.4000) map $38

Event Info | The Stooges
 
Stage-dive innovator Iggy Pop reunited with his proto-punk cronies at SXSW with a vigor that put the kids to shame. Now all three Stooges have taken the show on the road to put the rock back in punk. Just pray they stick to the classics. Shellac opens, headed up by Nirvana and Stooges producer Steve Albini. (IB)



Monday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DISCUSSION
The Yes Men

when: Mon 4.16 (6:30pm)
where: Loyola University, Galvin Auditorium (6400 N Sheridan Rd) map
price:
links: Event Info | The Yes Men

These days, mocking big business and high-ranking politicians is the cool thing to do. In this vein, social activists the Yes Men pose as spokespersons for major corporations (McDonalds, Dow Chemical) and use phony authority to expose organizations flouting public interests. Their gutsy pranks are funny — in that deadpan Stephen Colbert way of looking someone in the eye while publicly mocking them. Andy Bichlbaum, half of the Yes Men, will screen footage of recent accomplishments (read: practical jokes), with a discussion to follow. (CN)



Ongoing / Upcoming TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
Black Book

when: Opens Fri 4.13
where: Music Box Theatre (3733 N Southport Ave, 773.871.6604) map
price: $9.25
links: Event Info

With Black Book's twisting paean to World War II resistance in the Netherlands, director Paul Verhoeven validates the theories that his previous ventures (and serious cult classics) Showgirls (1995) and Starship Troopers (1997) were subversions of the capitalistic machines that he now more overtly tackles. Which is not to say he's scrapped his penchant for high stylization: taking his cues from the Jewish heroine, Rachel, who meticulously bleaches all her hair in order to infiltrate a Nazi inner circle as an Aryan cabaret singer, Verhoeven relishes the meticulous detailing of '40s glamour — all seamed stockings, smartly creased uniforms, and rat-a-tat dialogue — but never sacrifices its function to the form. (LR)



ART
12 x 12: Amy Mayfield

when: Now through Sun 4.29 (Tue: 10am-8pm / Wed-Sun: 10am-5pm)
where: Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E Chicago Ave, 312.280.2660) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Amy Mayfield

Twenty feet across and more than four feet high, Amy Mayfield's singularly massive painting Curdled Sour Marzipan and Hidden Leakage (actually four canvases hung together) is a fantastic panorama that evokes children's book illustrations, undersea terrain, and, as she "utilizes the canvas as a daily diary," geography of the mind. Mayfield populates her fairytale, jewel-like landscape with surreal, sinister creatures and vegetation, her delicate ink renderings enhanced by decadent, self-possessed splotches of paint. (AMM)

Note: Admission is free on Tuesdays.



ART
Group Show

when: Now through Sat 5.19 (Tue-Sat: 10am-5:30pm)
where: Zg Gallery (300 W Superior St, 312.654.9900) map
price:
links: Event Info

This exhibition highlights work by Zg's extraordinary roster of artists, displaying black-and-white, photorealistic paintings of ominous modern landscapes by Bill Frederick and melancholy oil paintings on collectible patches by Regin Igloria. Mark Murphy's "puzzle collages" transform everyday imagery into witty, poppy iconography, and photographs by Suzy Poling depict overgrown, abandoned theme parks. On view in the office are new paintings by Molly Briggs, looking up tree-lined North Avenue in glamorous but restrained hot pinks and cool grays. (AMM)



ALSO ONGOING/UPCOMING

ART
Inflorescence
Now through Sat 5.5 (Tue-Fri: 10am-5:30pm / Sat: 10am-4pm) David Weinberg Collection (300 W Superior St, Suite 203, 312.529.5090) map

Event Info
 
This group show features glimmering still-life photography of Mylar flowers by David Weinberg, Meghan Q. Cook's blown-glass sculptures housing live flora, and revealing time-lapse videos by plant biologist Roger Hangarter — one in which the eight-day life span of a tulip is compressed into less than a minute. (AMM)



Features TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


  YOUR DAILY DOSE: Poets.org's Poem-A-Day  

American publishers may fête National Poetry Month because assigned reading from coast-to-coast boosts sales, but the Academy of American Poets, which initiated the annual celebration of metered prose 11 years ago, continues to honor wordsmiths for their craft. Poets.org's Poem-A-Day emails deliver inspired verses, but unlike other similar services, send selections from forthcoming spring collections. Throughout April, daily compositions include new works from Noah Eli Gordon and New York's former Poet Laureate John Ashbery as well as contributions from nonprofit houses such as CavanKerry Press and indie poetry publishers Wave Books and Four Way Books. For those moved to experience odes in person, the site also lists reading throughout NYC, including the city's fifth Poem in Your Pocket Day at Bryant Park. (IB)



 


  DVD REVIEW: Screaming Masterpiece  

Milan Records
Released March 2007
$16.99 (Amazon)

Director Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon's chronicle of "1000 Years of Icelandic Popular Music" unveils commentary and performances from a host of Icelandic notables, including Sigur Rós, Múm, Bang Gang, Mugison, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, Slowblow, and, of course, Björk, as well as the 800-year-old poem "Odin's Raven Magic." The film is well-shot, well-lit, and uniformly fascinating as it alternates between music footage and the stunning natural scenery of the land at-large, with its black beaches, precipitous cliff-sides, and cathedrals seemingly carved out of the ice itself. The big revelation for the world mediascape, which often overlooks the vast Nordic nation, is that it’s populated by a passionate, boundlessly creative people inspired, not inhibited, by their geographic isolation from the surrounding world. (DMC)

This review originally appeared in our sister publication Earplug.


 


  STREAMS: WMC Miami  

Having survived the chaos, hedonism, and — above all — diverse sounds of Miami's Winter Music Conference, Flavorpill emerges this week with some of the event's standout DJ sets and live performances in hand. Thanks to the kind cooperation of Spectral Sound, Stones Throw, Aquabooty, Sonar Kollektiv, and M-Audio and help from our tech-savvy friends at imeem, our blog is bubbling over with live recordings and videos from the massive music-industry event. Check our WMC '07 Miami Guide for all the info, as well as exclusive recordings of Stones Throw artists like Peanut Butter Wolf and A-Trak. Be sure to also listen as Spectral Sound's Pär Grindvik and Seth Troxler hold things down poolside, and, on the jazzier tip, London's Bugz in the Attic going up against Berlin's Jazzanova, dropping the future sounds of soul. (CJN)



 


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