LIVE: Afghan Raiders @ Beauty Bar Las Vegas

Last friday the Badical Beats artist Afghan Raiders played their first show ever to a raging crowd at Beauty Bar in Las Vegas. The gig was in support for Broken Spindles, and LA's XrayOK shared the bill as well. XrayOK put on a great show full of swagger and electric rock that really loosened up the crowd. Joel Petersen of Broken Spindles pulled off his set single handedly, playing keys, guitar, and singing with a laptop backing him up. It was a very intimate and intense performance. The closing set was by Afghan Raiders whose energy really set the crowd off. Beach balls, solid gold balloons, flying confetti and crazy stage antics (see Bean's tambourine on head dance sesh) were just part of the set, while Mikey's vocals and movements were non stop bliss. You can see all the pics of the show at Robot Report and Mojo Republik.

AFGHAN RAIDERS

BROKEN SPINDLES

XRAYOK

AFGHAN RAIDERS LIVE @ BEAUTY BAR LV

TONIGHT... if you're in Vegas, Badical Beats' artist AFGHAN RAIDERS will be performing live at BEAUTY BAR (517 Fremont St). They will be going on at 1am, right after BROKEN SPINDLES (Joel Petersen of THE FAINT). Come show Afghan Raiders some love and come prepared to dance your little heiney's off.

LIVE: Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Slim's Bar in San Francisco

This past weekend, UK's newest electro punks DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? performed an opening gig for the hip hop duo YO MAJESTY! The show took place at Slim's bar in downtown San Francisco. You probably weren't there. Luckily, Badical Beats was there, and took some pics of the madness that is DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?! Fresh out of the Coachella desert, the SF stop was just the 4th date on the 20+ date tour. The opening slot only allowed for a 7 song set, but DIOYY? proved to make the best of their time banging out hits "Battle Royale", "Let's Make Out", "Doomed Now", and "We Are Rockstars"(during which kids mobbed the stage and danced, leaving the band with very little room to play). DIOYY? also killed it with an unreleased track that is a steady player in their live repertoire. The trek with YO MAJESTY finishes up May 17th, then its off to Europe for some festival appearances, back to the states at the end of July for a handful of shows supporting BLOC PARTY, two dates in Tokyo at Summer Sonic, then four dates with NIN! We're not offended, but we certainly are jealous!

***PHOTOS and FEATURE written by BEANS***

VIDEO: Radiohead - "House of Cards" (Live on Conan O' Brien)

ARTIST: Radiohead
TRACK: "House of Cards" (Live on Conan O' Brien)
ALBUM: In Rainbows
NOTES: Recorded from a studio in London for the Conan O' Brien show on April 23, 2008, in order to help promote environmental friendliness.