Captain Planet, he's our hero gonna take pollution down to zero

If you DIDN'T see Nas last night,
you should have went to?
THROWBACK
THROWBACK
THROWBACK

If you looked for me last night, you would have found me at Republic for the best Friday party in New Orleans. Its started off with a concert/eco-friendly fashion show. IN Exchange ran the Ethical Fashion Show, and Soul Capital and Dee-1 (both who performed the previous night at Tulane's Lupe concert) brought in a hip-hop vibe while Tulane and Loyola students modeled their fair-trade clothing. Then the bluesy rock group, The Revivalists performed their own songs and covers. I was really vibing with the distinctive voice of Dave Shaw, who was wearing one of my favorite American Apparel shirts so that was a plus. The proceeds went to IN Exchange's work in the Tibetan Settlements in India. Also, Defend New Orleans sold their cool clothing and episodes of Captain Planet played in the background. After the fashion show was over, the stage quickly detached. From that point on there was nothing to be heard but but great 80's and 90's new wave, pop, rock, hip-hop, and new indie, electro and hip-hop over DJ Damion Yancy's danceable beats and record scratches. As a self proclaimed music enthusiast, I was really pleased to hear Justice's 'D.A.N.C.E.', Justice & Simian's 'We Are Your Friends', Kings of Leon's 'Sex On Fire', Kid Cudi's 'Day n Night' and electro bangers from Rye Rye, Daft Punk and M.I.A. Throwback is unquestionably the only place (I know of) in New Orleans that plays my favorite hip-hop, indie and electro music. Last night DJ Jive (one half of the the DJ duo Force Feed Radio) also touched a little vinyl and some of the Team Robot crew came out. I even made a request to hear a song by Uffie, which created a smirk on DJ Jive's face... I guess he was surprised to hear a request for an artist on the Ed Banger record label. I'm glad I'm part of New Orleans' music scene, i don't even care about how dirty my shoes got.

The Revivalists (Thanks for the pic Chinyelu)

Dj Damion Yancy

DJ Jive

Earlier my crew and I strolled down to Handsome Willy's for the Friday Funk n CRAWFISH Crunk Super Jam. Everyone seemed like they were in grad school, but it was fun. They had free hotdogs and crawfish for $3. DJs Scoob and Justin Thomas played fun music and air smelled liked hot dogs, crawfish and Abita, which means it is offically springtime NOLA.

I'm glad I'm in New Orleans, but if I wasn't here I would be in
AUSTIN
AUSTIN
AUSTIN

If you are not aware SXSW (South by Southwest) is currently going on in Austin, Texas. It is a music and film festival that takes place every year at this time. This year it will be from March 13th to March 22nd. Music of all genres will be performed on several stages and 108 films will be shown. Without a doubt I think this the only place where the best of djs, hip-hop, electro, rock and everything else comes together, but hey it's the live music capital of the world.
Here's a list of some of my favorite artists that will be performing at this years SXSW: Alesana, Steve Aoki, A Skylit Drive, Backseat Goodbye, Amanda Blank, Blaqstarr, Blu, B.o.B., Boys Noize, Bring Me The Horizon, Calvin Harris, Camera Obscura, Camp Lo, Cobra Krames, Cold War Kids, Cursive, Dance Gavin Dance, Datarock, Deadmau5, Dead Prez, The Death Set, Designer Drugs, The Devil Wears Prada, DEVO, Amanda Diva, Enter Shikari, Mickey Factz, Felix Cartal, Flosstradamus, Fool's Gold, Freeway, Gallows, Gravey Train!!!, HEALTH, HEARTSREVOLUTION, Hollywood Holt, Japanther, J*DaVeY, Willy Joy, Kid Cudi, Kid Sister, Kidz In The Hall, Klever, K'nann, The Knux, Lady Hawke, Lady Sovereign, Late Of The Pier, Manchester Orchestra, Matt & Kim, MC Lars, MSTRKRFT, N.A.S.A., Ninjasonik, No Kids, Okkervil River, Craig Owens, Pacific Division, Peter Bjorn and John, P.O.S., Radioclit, Razorlight, Asher Roth, Rye Rye, Shiny Toy Guns, Shwayze, Steed Lord, 3oh!3, Tittsworth, U-N-I, The Used, The Van Pelt.

Song of the Day: Freshaholic-G-Eazy feat. Cypher

Picture of the Day: I don't see enough well dressed black men these days a.k.a. guys in skinny jeans and leather jackets.
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Videos of the day:
Forget about Gym Class Heroes....Travis McCoy is sooooo sick. He is hip-hop.


and I'm so excited for the release of The Cool Kids' album 'When Fish Ride Bicycles'. Here's a newly released video they made featuring Chuck Inglish, Mikey Rocks, Rich Parry, AB, Tennille, and JP.



WHATS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND:
Soundclash- Saturday March 14 @ Blue Nile (Upstairs) 9pm

DJ Damion Yancy- Saturday March 14 @ Republic 11pm

Poetry Slam- Sunday March 14 @ Dragon's Den (Downstairs) 10 pm

Jana Fleet's 20th Birthday-Sunday March 14

Upcoming Shows:
(New Orleans shows)

Ninjasonik, The Death Set, Team Robespierre, Totally Michael, and Cerebral Ballzy--Wednesday March 18 @ Saturn Bar

Alternative Media Expo 2009-Saturday March 21 @ Contemporary Arts Center $5 12-6pm

Throwback (w/G-EAZY)- Friday March 27 @ Republic 10pm

Ratatat--Thursday April 9 @ House of Blues New Orleans

Raw Dizzy, Dee-1, Kourtney Heart, Soul Capital, Team Robot (Wally & Cypher), Dappa-April 17 @ Tipitina's $8 GA/$5 with college ID

Death Cab For Cutie--Saturday May 2 @ Contemporary Arts Center exactly $51.40

Coldplay-June 9th @ New Orleans Arena (Tickets on sale 3/21 at 10 am)

(Chicago shows)
Diplo-May 9 @ Smartbar

Kills, Horrors- May 9 @ Metro

No Doubt & Paramore- July 11 @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater

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