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Electric Zoo Festival: While this may sound like an animatronic wonderland of motorized animals, Electric Zoo is the new Labor Day weekend gathering of electronic musicians at the 24-acre Randall's Island Park on the East River between Manhattan and Queens.

Released by San Francisco groove merchants Ubiquity almost a decade ago, Puracane's debut Things You Should Leave Alone was an interesting if oddly timed proposition.

The eclectic nature of 1980's British pop was so all-encompassing that just about every musical genre enjoyed a mini-revival. From psychedelia to funk to rockabilly, bands as diverse as the Teardrop Explodes, the Gang of Four, and the Polecats found appreciative audiences.

Hosted and Produced by Tereza Coraggio tereza@retrometro.com Production and Editing by Skidmark Bob Music: Pink Martini, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Everything but the Girl, Snow Patrol Notes: Includes the poem "A Message from Space" by William Stafford.

" Walls of guitars, thumping drums, driving bass, hooky melodies. " UK indie pop/rock band Slashed Seat Affair are a female fronted 4-piece. Taking their name from The Jam's 'That's Entertainment', singer and ...

So begin with the quintessential Trip Hop collective and pair it with the very soothing and female-friendly voice of Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn.

Remember The Baggie jean trend of '79? Well, the Manhattan denim company responsible for that hit - Les Halles - has staged a comeback, and it's calling it the Boy Jean.

Dec. 6: Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is 88. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 67. Singer Frankie Beverly of Maze is 62.

Actress Lindsay Price attends the 2nd annual H.E.L.P. Malawi fundraising event at BCBG Max Azria on November 11, 2008 in New York City.