It's irrelevant what you may think of Steve Aoki…. Fanatic or foe, what you cannot deny is how instrumental Steve has been in helping define the emerging music and nightlife culture in the US today. By blurring the lines that once separated hoards of indie kids from the urban or electro fans, and divided the , what this man has created under the guise of a DJ/Party enthusiast is a lifestyle and media empire for youth today.

Dim Mak, his LA based record label has signed and released EP's & LP's for a fine feast of bands including Bloc Party, The Mystery Jets, Klaxons, The Rakes, Scann...

The members of the British group Editors are on a journey of discovery in America. Supporting their second release, 2007's An End Has A Start, the band is still somewhat unknown. It's surprising, considering they have sharp lyrics, driving drums, and a soaring guitar. Singer Tom Smith stays on the low end vocally, complementing the high driving guitar sound. The goal of their journey is for America to discover them. After a 2006 tour in support of their first release, The Back Room, Editors are back to prove that their multi-platinum success was not a fluke.

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Over the past month, HD, available on all major cable systems around the country. This holiday program will contain the most popular concert performances from this season's shows in groundbreaking state-of-the-art high definition, 1080i picture and 5.1 sound. London Live New Year's Eve Countdown, hosted by celebrated BBC1 radio and television personality Sara Cox, will serve as a soundtrack and visual focus for fans' high-energy New Year's Eve celebrations.

The winning selections, as voted by London Live fans, are (in order of votes): The Killers ("Bones"); Amy Winehouse ("Reha...

On January 29, 2008, Louis XIV will release their second full-length album Slick Dogs and Ponies on Atlantic Records. It's been almost three years since their debut The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, and on their self-produced follow-up the San Diego quartet explore new sonic terrain.

The lush, grandiose collection includes string arrangements by world renowned composer David Campbell (as in Beck's dad...I know, right??). What results is a record that demonstrates a devotion to artistic growth, blending classical sensibility with their rock and roll roots.

The debut single, "G...

British rockers Editors' London gig on Wednesday has been thrown into chaos, because frontman Tom Smith has a bad cold. The band are due to perform at the BBC Electric Proms alongside Mark Ronson and Jamie Cullum - but may have to back out if Smith fails to recover in time.

Bassist Russell Leetch says, "He came down with a stinking cold over the weekend and now we're all starting to feel it.

"Tom's doing everything he can to protect his voice. He's taking lots of vitamin B and C supplements and drinking honey and lemon."

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Editors guitarist Chris Urbonowicz is so scared of the constant terror threat posed to the U.K, he has become a recluse.

The British rocker admits he seldom goes out in London, preferring to stay in the safety of his own home.

He says, "England is not a great place to be at the moment. I retreated high up in my flat. I tried to avoid everything that has happened."

Britain remains under threat of a terrorist attack following the London bombings on July 7 in 2005 and the failed bombing attempts two weeks later.

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R&B singer Rihanna is in seventh heaven after continuing her reign atop of the U.K. singles chart with summer hit "Umbrella." The 19-year-old held off stiff competition from singer/songwriter Kate Nash who debuted at two with "Foundations." It's the seventh week Rihanna has topped the charts.

Rockers The Enemy join Nash as new entries in the top five, with festival favorite "Had Enough" reaching number four.

The album chart sees Kelly Clarkson cement her transatlantic success with a number two placing, behind the Editors' top spot with "An End Has A Start." Icky Thump, the White...

British band the Editors' gig in Germany last night was cut short after armed police stormed the venue demanding they stopped playing. The rising guitar stars were performing an encore at the Kulturkirche venue in Cologne, when armed officers stormed the stage "due to them being excessively loud".

Bassist Russell Leetch says, "The venue was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set, they called the police to complain about the noise. The first we knew about it was when the police turned up just as we were starting our encore and told our tour manager to s...

New York, NY—The new Editors album, An End Has A Start, is set for release through Epic/Fader Records on July 17. Recorded in Ireland at Grouse Lodge with the acclaimed Garrett 'Jacknife' Lee (Snow Patrol, Bloc Party), An End Has A Start reinforces the visceral power of Editors' music and emphasizes the band's desire to stretch themselves musically, lyrically, and conceptually.

While their debut album, The Back Room, seethed with claustrophobic menace and icy grandeur, An End Has A Start sees lead singer and lyricist Tom Smith more focused on the power of redemption and the human nece...

Vega 4's latest single, "Life is Beautiful" will be featured on the November 2 episode of Grey's Anatomy and will also be available online October 31 for digital download.

The Track is taken from the UK band's new album, "You And Others," and was produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee (Bloc Party, Editors, U2, Snow Patrol).

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Long before its black velvet and pale skin fashions crept into American malls, Goth music represented an underground movement led by fans who favored songs that tapped into the antisocial energy of punk but celebrated dark introspection, tempestuous atmospherics and visual panache. Rhino brings together influential bands that rarely or never participate in Gothic music compilations to create a fascinating cross-section of all matters pertaining to Goth with "A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box"his four-disc boxed set-three CDs and one DVD-will be available September 19.

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The Editors frontman Tom Smith is baffled to find himself compared to Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, because he's never even heard the band play.

At 25, Smith wasn't even born when Curtis committed suicide in 1980, so the band find being nicknamed "Boy Division" by the music press frustrating.

The singer insists, "It annoys me when people use it as a way of dismissing our music because we take what we do very seriously. "To be honest, I've never even seen live footage of Ian Curtis performing, but from what I understand his performance was governed by some sort of illness."
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