Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London-based Japanese band BO NINGEN AKA Taigen, Yuki, Kohei and Mon-chan. We took this shot in the beer garden late night just after they played a full set as a full band inside a tiny upstairs room of a pub in Manchester! Smallest room we have ever seen a band perform in. The room next door was the bathroom, occupied by the night’s DJs. Radical…

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Artists supporting the Free Pussy Riot campaign.  Used as the launch video for the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September, 2012. Thank you to all the artists and Pussy Riot legal team. Continue reading ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT video →

Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London band NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT, represented here by lead singer Yin Ly and guitarist David Desantos. The band are playing a live set at the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September 2012.

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Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is London new wave band NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, represented by lead singer Tahita Bulmer and guitarist/producer Andy Spence. The band are playing a DJ set at the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON fundraiser concert on 9 September 2012.

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Next up in our ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT photo campaign is Toronto electro band AUSTRA.  With lead singer Katie Stelmanis heading the now tremendous 6-piece setup including arguably one of the best drummers out there Maya Postepski, this band is one of the coolest and most eclectic yet down-to-earth bands on the international circuit.

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Here at SHATTERJAPAN, we are launching today a new photo campaign called ARTISTS SAY FREE PUSSY RIOT. We give all the musicians and artists we come across a chance to voice their thoughts and feelings about the imprisonment of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (“Nadya”), Yekaterina Samutsevich (“Katya”) and Maria Alyokhina (“Masha”) of Russian group Pussy Riot. We will post all the photos we receive one by one, right here on SHATTERJAPAN’s dedicated PUSSY RIOT blog.

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This Sunday 9 September, the UK will see a Free Pussy Riot benefit concert take place in central London. Events kick off at 530pm at the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen with a DJ set from Zoetrope, with main proceedings beginning shortly after 6pm.

LINE-UP: Zoetrope (DJ), Lisa Gornick (Speaker), Vuvuvultures (DJ), Kerry McCarthy MP (Speaker), SKINNY GIRL DIET (live), Night Works (DJ), Pratibha Parmar (Speaker), NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT (live), Novella (DJ), GAGGLE (live), Esben And The Witch (DJ), PEGGY SUE (live), New Young Pony Club (DJ), Karin Park (DJ)    * See FB events page for set times

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Walking past the long box office queue outside Manchester’s Academy, one woman is shouting, “I LOVE Patti – Hurry up, will ya!?” The touts are out in force, because this is one hot gig and on-the-door sales are moving fast. There’s a curious energy in the air – that of enigma and history, indescribable yet palpable. Edging my way to the front side of stage, all gazes are on the glowing ear-to-ear smile and twinkling eyes of the one and only Patti Smith, who looks like she wouldn’t dream of being anywhere else on the planet. We suddenly find ourselves in the Patti Smith living room, leaving our cares at the door. We have a 2-hour set before us, no support, just pure Patti and her phenomenal band. Continue reading PATTI SMITH brings her love to Manchester and to Pussy Riot →