Jojo Kuo Afrobeat Experiment plays Le Grand Dakar weekly

REPUBLIC hosted the Gisimba Orphanage Fundraiser at La Grand Dakar back in May 2009 and recently a few members have been making their way back to the African restaurant to enjoy chef Pierre Thaim's amazing cuisine along with some awesome African Jazz music.

The world famous Jojo Kuo Afrobeat Experiment is scheduled to be the Monday night performer through 2010 and into 2011, so you should make your way any or every week. If you check out some of his influential music at MySpace, you'll be hooked.

10 for $10 @ Terminal 5, NYC-Drew Kassl

Yes, It's a recesion folks, but our good friends over at indiemerchstore, Facedown Records, Century Media Records, Pitchfork Hardwear, Bridge Nine Records, Peta2, Black N Blue Productions, Hollywood Music TV, Ferret Music, and The Agency Group present the 10 for $10 tour.

Ten quality bands for ten dollars, headlined by Poison The Well, who will be performing on every date, and on separate legs of the tour headline spots from Madball, Bane and Vision Of Disorder. Also appearing will be established bands with rabid followings such as Terror, Death Before Dishonor, War Of Ages, Crime In Stereo, Trapped Under Ice, The Mongoloids, The Ghost Inside, This Is Hell and Vision.

Speaking on the creation of the tour booking guru Tim Borror of The Agency Group said, “This tour is important because hardcore music is a lifestyle and has been an inspiration to the people who get involved and know what the movement and music is all about. In the last few years the crowds have been a bit smaller than what they should be and we hope an idea like this where kids are getting an opportunity to check out a lot of bands for cheap will inspire some new kids to come out, get involved and become a part of this scene to help it grow.”

Echoing the sentiment Freddy Cricien of Madball said, “This 10 for 10 tour concept is way overdue in my opinion. I'm glad and thankful, that the people involved, stepped up to actually make something like this happen! Our genre (Hardcore) in the states, is in a "strange" place right now. There is somewhat of a lack of appreciation for this "sub-culture". A lot of people want to say they know certain bands, or are affiliated with this underground scene,etc,etc... Because it gives them some credibility, it sounds cool! Well, this is everyone's chance to re-introduce themselves, and actually get involved with a very unique and authentic genre/movement. It's also a chance for all of us, the bands, to show our stuff as well!”

Poison The Well's guitarist, Ryan Primack, says, "This tour is really exciting to us as it shows some massive diversity that occurs in the hardcore scene. I think it's really amazing that Tim put this group of bands together. Some of bands on this tour have really shaped the good things that are happening in hardcore right now. Without some of the bands on this tour I doubt we would even be a band. Were honored and privileged to be sharing the stage with them." Poison The Well's new album, The Tropic Rot, will be released via Ferret Music July 7th.

Come out and Support.

US Tourdates:
7.09 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
7.10 New York, NY Terminal 5
7.11 Baltimore, MD Sonar
7.12 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
7.13 Knoxville, TN Valarium
7.14 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
7.15 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
7.16 New Orleans, LA The Hanger
7.17 Houston, TX Java Jazz
7.18 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
7.19 Dallas, TX The Max
7.21 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
7.22 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
7.23 San Francisco, CA The Grand Ballroom
7.24 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues
7.25 Chico, CA Senator Theater
7.26 Seattle, WA King Cat Theater
7.28 Edmonton, AB Starlite
7.29 Calgary, AB Warehouse
7.31 St. Paul, MN Station 4
8.01 Kansas City, KS Midland Theater
8.02 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
8.04 Chicago, IL Metro
8.05 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
8.07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
8.08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
8.09 Worcester, MA Palladium
8.10 Montreal, QC Fou Founes
8.11 Toronto, ON Opera House
8.12 Detroit, MI The Majestic
8.13 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
8.14 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheels

TODAY: BODY POLITIC PART 2

REPUBLIC Brooklyn and Brooklyn Art Collective is re-presenting The Body Politic TODAY, June 17! We were lucky enough to keep JUNGLE for the week so we thought, "Why not have a mid-week rock-electronica-hip-hop-ART-party?" In keeping the same spirit as the opening, there will be three awesome bands: Deaf Judges, Pegasuses-XL, and Scorpio Rising. Deaf Judges is bringing the hip-hop flavor, while Pegasuses-XL is going to get the gallery dancing with electronica-experimental; and Scorpio Rising mixes rock and disco house together for your entertainment.

If you didn't make it to The Body Politic on June 13, this is a great chance to see the exhibit and get your groove on mid-week. If you did make it to the opening there's no reason to not come through again because the energy is still to the rafters.

It's $10 to enter at 8 until midnight. Take the L to Montrose and walk around the corner to 286 Meserole Street--look for the green door.

Can't wait to see you all there.

Save The Date: June 13 for BODY POLITIC

The Brooklyn Art Collective and REPUBLIC are pleased to present The Body Politic, a group exhibition, curated by BKAC co-directors Tyler Wriston and Ian McGillivray, along with independent curator, Christine Spangler.

The Body Politic will open at Jungle on June 13, 2009 and will feature live performance art as well as musical performances by:
Anamanaguchi, Buke & Gass, and ASARansom;
Dj sets by Neon Coyote, and Dj C-lo

Doors open at 6pm. After Party starts at 9 $7
Bands at 9:30
Plus FREE bracelets from Wrecords by Monkey for 1rst 40 people.

In a contemporary climate of conceptualism, art making can often appear wrought with intellectual, philosophical or technological demands. The Body Politic presents a tangible and universal anchor through which artists are able to examine their own consciousness and culture: the human body. The phrase "body politic" has historically served as an analogy in which the human body is used to represent a larger political, philosophical or social whole. In this group exhibition, artists survey the anatomy, physicality, biology, and substance of the human body; its functions and failings, its fervor and vivacity, in order to further extrapolate this idea.

Participating artists include Michael Alan, Matt Brennan, Kate Burnet & Dan Woerner, Bill Durgin, Jason Ferguson, Lisa Kellner, Ryan Ketchum, Ian McGillivray, Jennifer Mills,Leemour Pelli, Matthew Purdy, Diana Schmertz, Mireille Vautier, and Bohyun Yoon.

Jungle is located at 286 Meserole Street, Brookyln, NY 11206 L Train to Montrose Ave.

Trash Talk: Now On Tour With The Bronx - Drew

East of Eden Ep Out Now: Featuring Keith Morris of Circle Jerks Fame.


Trash Talk is the next great hope, poised to become the next chapter
in essential fast punk/hardcore scene.

They smashed into the scene in 2005, with a seven song demo cassette, released on the Sell Our Souls label from Spain. In 2006, the band
released their debut 7"EP on the same label, as well as a split 7"EP
with Steel Trap on the Spiderghost Pressgang label.

In early 2007, Trash Talk blew minds with the release of their
"Walking Disease" 7"EP/CDEP on the Rumble and Six Feet Under labels.
"Walking Disease" showcased Trash Talk as their most musically frantic
and lyrically dark band to date. They’re taking their hi-speed intensity to awe-inducing levels and conjuring the ghosts of Negative Approach, The Suicide File, early Agnostic Front, and more.

Trash Talk released their 7"EP, "Plagues" on Malfunction in early
2008. A CD version featuring their classic, "Walking Disease" EP and
"Plagues" EP titled, "Plagues...Walking Disease" was released a short
time later. The band now releases these recordings and future
recordings under their Trash Talk Collective label.



4/16/09 - Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room w/ The Bronx
4/17/09 - Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar w/ The Bronx
4/18/09 - Edison, NJ @ Stelton Baptist Church w/ Let Down, Swamp Thing and Disaster*
4/19/09 - West Chester, PA @ The Note w/ The Bronx
4/20/09 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom w/ The Bronx
4/21/09 - Dix Hills, NY @ The Doghouse w/ Thieves and Assassins*
4/22/09 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s w/ The Bronx
4/23/09 - Boston, MA @ The Great Scott w/ The Bronx
4/24/09 - Providence, RI @ Jerky’s w/ The Bronx

Tillie’s of Brooklyn presents: Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble - Jay

In the small brightly lit Clinton Hill coffee shop, Tillie's, last Friday night, close to thirty people were moved by the equally bright live sounds of this African rhythm influence percussion group. Indoda Entsha, with their organic and almost improve style, jammed out for almost two hours. There was never a dull moment in the set that included some spoken word and some ad-lib native dancing from one of the three polyrhythmic dance members of the group. The performance finale was a head to head djembe battle between two members. Check out their Myspace for an MP3, it’s killer and makes you want to move. I look forward to having them perform at Le Grand Dakar for REPUBLIC’s Reaching Out: Orphans of Rwanda on May 29th.

Napalm Death and other extreme metal bands hit Blender - Drew Kassl

Napalm Death
Kataklysm
Toxic Holocaust
Coliseum
Trap Them

Saturday, April 11th at 8pm for $21 (16 and over)

Blender Theatre at Gramercy
127 E 23RD ST
212-777-6800

They’re faster than a dive-bombing Superman clichè, more powerful than Slumdog Millionaire, and they’re able to scale lofty political thesis in a single belch। They’re...Napalm Death. Sure, Birmingham, England's finest extreme-metal ensemble hasn't changed too much, sonically, since inventing grind-core on their 1987 debut, Scum—other than the 14 musicians who have passed through their ranks. Front man, Barney Greenway's snarky between-song banter ("You gotta watch for it," he said last year after the band played the one-second song, "You Suffer") and the group's caffeinated rhythm section make for a seriously entertaining gig. Also playing with Napalm Death on Saturday, April 11 is Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Coliseum, and Trap Them. It’s a 16 and over show for $21 and the Blender Theatre doors open at 8.