Mann's World around the world!

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During my recent trip to Europe, I decided to document a couple of the shows I saw over there. First up are two clips from a show on Friday, Sept. 7, at Roadrunner's Paradise, my favorite club in Berlin.

The first clip is from an English band called Steranko, whose frontman looked like a punk rock Borat and had a penchant for running around the club wildly. We spoke to him afterward, and he was actually a really nice, cool guy.




Next up was Poolstar from Berlin, who reminded me of Green Day, and whose members all wore matching white shirts and ties.



Finally, the next Friday, Sept. 14, we saw a French band called the Naive New Beaters at The Rock Cafe in Prague. They were sort of electro-pop with hip-hop tendencies, and a decidedly 1980s sense of style. Seriously, I haven't seen so many raglan-sleeved sweaters in one place since high school. I don't know how popular they actually are in Czech Republic, but there was actually a TV crew there to film them.

Catching up on MusicSPARK

I'm back from vacation, but was still a little too out of it to make it out to SparkCon's first two nights. But I fully intend to be at Lincoln Theater tonight for the big finale.

I admit I'm not that familiar with Apples in Stereo, but this video is pretty catchy.


Here's another song, "Can You Feel It."




Here's the full line up of events for tonight

Sep 22: 9pm
Experimental Film + Music Show @ Downtown Event Center $5
Roger Flake's Films with music by:
Left Outlet
Odd International w/ Crowmeat Bob
Odd international w/ B-Nice
Sep 22: 7 pm
Indie/alt country/pop @ Lincoln Theater $12
Loners
Apples in Stereo
Moaners
Regina Hexaphone [Record Release]
The Never
Kennebec

Sep 22: 10pm
House Music @ Riviera $5
Q-Burns Abstract Message
DJ Sleazy McQueen
Sep 23: 1pm
Classically in the Park @ Moore Square
NC Symphony and the Opera Company of NC
Sep 23: 4pm
Blues Barbeque @ Berkeley Café $10
Annual Triangle Blues Society Blues BBQ
Josh Preslar

Want to know where I've been the past week?

Take a look here.

Hatchetfest needs you!

hat is, it needs you if you're in a band. This year's fest, sponsored by The Raleigh Hatchet, is set to take place at Hell with The Monologue Bombs, Jews and Catholics and Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan. Think your band can hold its own on that bill? E-mail Music Editor Amanda Becom to let her know.

Go see Midlake for me

This week Cat's Cradle is hosting two shows I would love to go see -- if I wasn't going to be out of town. You already know about The National (Sept. 7), but you may not be familiar with Midlake, who, honestly, are pretty new to me too. They'll be at the Cradle on Sept. 5. Check them out and let me know what I missed.