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Kanye West announces Big Day Out sideshows
He’s rewritten the rulebook of music and had more impact on the world of hip-hop in the 2000s than any other rapper or producer. A controversial, outspoken, acclaimed visionary: the man is Kanye West, and the only place to see him in Australia is as part of the 2012 Big Day Out .“This is pop music as theatre, boundary-pushing hip-hop as spectacle.” (Rave Magazine, August 2011)Stronger, Jesus Walks, Touch the Sky, Gold Digger, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Hey Mama, Heartless…Kanye West drops immortal singles like clocks drop minutes. Just when the world thought he couldn’t get much higher, in 2010 he delivered the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, home to singles All of the Lights, Monster and Runaway. “Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes for all of it, all the time,” Rolling Stone said of the album. “Ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past...
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Ligeia guitarist releases statement
Ligeia guitarist Ryan Ober has released a statement which comments on the band's cancelation of all upcoming shows, the actions of front man Keith Holuk in which he drank too much and ruined the band's recent show in Providence, Rhode Island, and the current status of the band.Ober posted:"First of all, I'd just like to apologize for not writing anything sooner but our frontman's actions have once again thrown me into a horrible spot in my life. I've basically been bouncing around Western Massachusetts (I live 5 hours away in PA) since the ordeal in Providence, tying up the loose ends of this current hiatus making sure noone else feels like they're about to get screwed along with the rest of us. So, with that being said, please understand that my main focus has been on finding a place to sleep and keep warm, not how I can get on Facebook or Lambgoat to TALK about a problem I'm too busy actually dealing with.It really makes me/us sick to see the comments left by those who once loved ...