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When hip-pop acts the likes of these industry contenders come together, it is almost always a loud, colorful and beautiful thing. Janelle Monae jump-started Wednesday night’s performance at The Tabernacle with her signature antics and stomach-humming voice. N.E.R.D. followed it up with so much jumping around that, between them and the also height-achieving crowd, the floor rarely stopped shaking.

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(Photos by Tara-Lynne Pixley)

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The two bands rocked The Tabernacle Thurs., Oct. 2.

The Kills

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The Raconteurs

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(Photos by Perry Julien)

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A pair of Aussie bands bearing electro-rock, and synthesized punk-pop plowed through two-and-a-half hours of music at The Masquerade Saturday night.

The Presets, a Sydney-based due made up of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, played a pounding set, with Moyes alternating between the effects programming and drum set.

The Melbourne-based, 5-piece Cut Copy mellowed things (just a tad bit), playing pretty much everything in their repertoire, including songs from their most recent album, In Ghost Colours. Though they played a very energized set, it would’ve been that much more riveting had they played through one or two (or three) song changes (like the album suggests) instead of stopping after each one. Regardless, it was a smashing show.

The Presets and Cut Copy at The Masquerade, Sep. 25, 2008

(Photographs by Alejandro A. Leal)

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David Byrne, lead singer and songwriter of the Talking Heads, performed at Chastain Park Saturday night. He played songs from his Talking Heads days that he co-wrote with Brian Eno and introduced new songs from his recently released solo album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.

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The Star Bar hosted Performer magazine’s line-up of acts who’ve recently graced its cover during this past weekend’s Atlantis Music Conference.

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(Photos by Tara-Lynne S. Pixley)

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Tommy Hilfiger is promoting his recent partnering with Macy’s by holding signings at three Macy’s in America and bringing heartthrob crooner Gavin DeGraw along for the ride. The two appeared at the Lenox Mall Macy’s Sat., Sept. 13 to sign autographs, smile a lot and then sing for the adoring mass of tweens, teens and mommies.

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