Mos Def's Grammy nominated album, The Ecstatic, is available for only $5 in the Amazon MP3 store for the entire month! Don't miss this amazing deal and check out these great shots of photographer Cognito's Mos Def photo exhibit, ECSTATIC MOMENTS, in L.A., open to all through Feb 6th.
Check out some great pics from the opening night of LA's Frolab photo exhibition entitled MOS DEF: ECSTATIC MOMENTS where photographer Cognito is showcasing rare performance and behind-the-scenes images captured during the two year journey of making and supporting Mos Def's release of The Ecstatic (iTunes)
Check the pics here
Brett Dennen, Colbie Caillat, Meiko and more are performing on 2/4 at West Hollywood's House Of Blues and on 2/13 at The Fillmore in San Francisco with %100 of the ticket price donated to The Real Medicine Foundation which provides humanitarian support to people living in disaster, post-war, and poverty stricken areas. Get your tickets here.
Brett will also open up 3 dates for the Dave Matthews Band this summer! DMB Warehouse members can get tix from 01/28 to 02/08 (on sale to the general public 02/26).
w/ Dave Matthews Band
08/17 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheatre - tix 08/20 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - tix 08/21 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - tix
HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Union LA & Frolab present a photo exhibition entitled MOS DEF: ECSTATIC MOMENTS. Photographer, filmmaker, visionist Cognito showcases rare performance and behind-the-scenes images captured during the two year journey of making and supporting the June 2009 release of The Ecstatic (iTunes) This special one-week exhibition features candid photographs of Mos Def, including images from visits to the Cape of Great Hope, South Africa, performing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a powerful series of US Summer Tour “end-of-the-night posse shots” featuring such artists as Jay Electronica, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, and even a surprise guest appearance by the legendary Shuggie Otis.
The exhibition will be open to the public from January 30, 2010 through February 6, 2010
at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, located at 661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles CA.
RSVP here for 01/29 VIP opening reception (7-11pm)
Philly's female Rap sensation Amanda Blank is kicking off the new decade with a string of US tour-dates including shows in NYC, LA and Miami, promoting her debut album I Love You now available on iTunes.
Tour details, music, videos and news on AmandaBlank.com.
David Gray's deluxe version of his latest release Draw The Line is currently on sale at Amazon.com for only $8.99 (digital only - CDon sale for $13.99)! That's David's latest album plus 8 bonus live songs including career highlight's "Babylon," "Sail Away" and "Nightblindness." Purchase yours today and for fans in/near Kansas City, MO, enter here to win 2 free tickets for David's March 17th show. Full list of tour dates on David's MySpace.
Major Lazer, the cartoon musical machination of Diplo and Switch and Jamaican zombie-slaying renegade who we all learned to love in 2009, is teaching us an important lesson early in 2010: Lazers Never Die. There’s no better way to prove this than by bringing their bass-thumping parties across the continent for a full US tour this Spring, starting March 27th! From Miami to San Francisco, Diplo and Switch will blast their futuristic dance hall sounds into the hearts and heads of old and new fans alike.
Hurry and buy your tickets today! Major Lazer's debut album, Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do! is out now on iTunes
TOUR DATES: 3/27/10 - Ultra Music Festival - Miami, FL
3/28/10 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
3/30/10 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro, NC
3/31/10 - Bourbon St - Balitmore, MD
4/2/10 - Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA
4/3/10 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
4/4/10 - Middle East - Cambride, MA
4/6/10 - BoMa - Columbus, OH
4/7/10 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
4/8/10 - The Vogue - Indianapolis, IN
4/9/10 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
4/10/10 - Metro - Chicago, IL
4/11/10 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
4/13/10 - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom - Denver, CO
4/15/10 - The Knitting Factory - Reno, NV
4/16/10 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
4/17/10 - Coachella - Indio, CA
For "Audience", a video that tackles the topic of relationships, Cold War Kids bandmates and their respective girlfriends spent time lounging by the Pacific Ocean. As frontman Nathan Willet notes, "It's theatrical -- sort of Cassavates style." "The 'Audience' video is superior to any other video done by a sweet rock band in some time."
Have a look at the video, directed by their friend Vern Moen, on AOL Music/Spinner and purchase the just-released Behave Yourself EP on CD, Vinyl, Mp3 or Music Tee
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