In its quest to to infiltrate the minds of those crazy indie kids, MTV's URGE network has inked a deal to release exclusive goods from legendary techno label Planet E, as well as Paris-based Ed Banger Records. As of today, the corporate giant gets first dibs on brand new songs and never-before-heard tracks and albums from both imprints.
XLR8R's Ken Taylor and Roy Dank (a.k.a. The Dankman) returned to Vegas scope out the latest tech gadgetry at this year's Consumer Electronics tradeshow, which ran from January 8 - 11, 2006 and featured everything from the sensible (cell phones and cameras) to the deliciously indulgent (metallic iPod faces and digital photo frames). Let these guys school you on the hottest gear slated for 2007.
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Vintage reggae is making a comeback, and XLR8R is here to document the reissues, t-shirts, books, and of course, the 7" label designs. The latter is a significant but often overlooked aspect of reggae culture, and we're showcasing a few of our favorites now.
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Not brand new but definitely worth checking out for those of you who haven't is Stones Throw's Chrome Children compilation, released in 2006 and featuring the likes of Madlib, MF Doom, J Dilla, Oh No, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, and many more of the label's stars.
For the last decade, London's Photographic Youth Musical Culture Archive (PYMCA) gallery has documented global youth cultures from the 60's to the present, focusing on the music and fashion that has shaped these movements. For its latest exhibition, Hair Today...Gone Tomorrow, the trendy gallery turns to another element of such cultures, namely hairstyles. Beginning this month Londoners can witness the changing do's of the world's youth culture, from 60's mod styles to mohawks.
Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller reverted to being a duo with last year's departure of Samuel Consiglio, a change that's evident in their fourth longplayer Why Bother? It's not that we ever had anything against Consiglio, or 2005's Gimmie Trouble. But the band's latest effort feels, as a whole, like a more cohesive unit of work, and emblematic of the duo's quirky personalities.
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