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Ex-Throbbing Gristle Leading SKIF Lineup
18 May 12
Avant-garde musician Genesis P-Orridge — of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame — will headline SKIF, or the Sergei Kuryokhin International Festival, St. Petersburg's leading experimental and avant-garde music event.
National Anti-Gay Bill Submitted to Duma
30 March 12
A controversial bill banning the "promotion of homosexuality" to minors was introduced into the State Duma on Thursday, two weeks after similar legislation came into force in St. Petersburg.
Voina's New Year Gift for Police
12 January 12
Police have filed a new criminal case against the award-winning Voina art group for setting fire to an armored police truck on New Year's Eve.
Society Is Changing, Veteran Rocker Says
15 December 11
Mikhail Borzykin — the frontman of Televizor, a St. Petersburg band that has been performing protest rock songs since the perestroika days of 1987 — sang one of his Putin-era songs during a rally in St. Petersburg against electoral fraud.
Nouvelle Vague's Lubich Launches Solo Career
07 December 11
Jenia Lubich, a St. Petersburg indie pop singer-songwriter, who made a name for herself with a French band that performs unlikely bossa nova covers, will play Dom Muzyki as she promotes her debut album.
Voina Cleared of Police Stunt
21 October 11
A criminal case against the art group Voina over a stunt where they overturned police cars has been dropped by investigators.
New Graphic Novel Looks at 'Forbidden Art' Trial
10 October 11
"Forbidden Art" (Zapretnoye Iskusstvo), a 158-page documentary graphic novel published by Boomkniga Publishers in St. Petersburg earlier this month, deals with a situation in which the state and church joined forces to suppress dissent in present-day Russia.
Photo Series Draws Attention to Political Prisoners
04 October 11
Vladimir Telegin, a local photographer best known for his black-and-white photographs of art group Voina, and Maxim Gromov, founder of the rights group Prisoners Union, have come up with a new series of photographs depicting DDT frontman Yury Shevchuk with the 5-year-old daughter of an imprisoned political activist.
Gay Rights Festival to Start in St. Pete
15 September 11
The consulates of Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden are supporting a major gay rights cultural event that opens in St. Petersburg this week, as national statistics show that homophobic attitudes are on the rise in Russia.
Awards Spark Hope For New Good Music
07 July 11
The Steppenwolf Awards, co-founded by the beleaguered Moscow-based music critic and producer Artyom Troitsky with the aim of promoting talented, innovative and independent music, will be held Thursday in St. Petersburg.
'Narkotiki,' the Pop Group Banned in St. Petersburg
25 May 11
Prosecutors have forced a St. Petersburg club to cancel a pop concert because of the band's name, the local prosecutor's office said on its web site Monday.
'Blacklisted' Band Drops Tour
07 April 11
Belarussian band Lyapis Trubetskoi has called off a tour in their home country after sold-out concerts were canceled at short notice for alleged fire safety reasons — or for no reason.
Voina Not Giving Up Despite Detention
15 March 11
Guerrilla art collective Voina, whose drawing of a large penis on a St. Petersburg bridge was nominated and then excluded from a government arts award, will still have their work included in an exhibit devoted to the nominations at Moscow's National Center for Contemporary Arts, according to a statement on the center's web site.
Tequilajazzz Reborn as 'Art Rock' Zorge
11 February 11
Musician Yevgeny Fyodorov, who disbanded his celebrated rock band Tequilajazzz last year, returns with a new band, not unlike his former one, despite the new name and new members.
Electro-Punk Barto Is a Band With an Ideology
07 December 10
At a recent concert, electro-punk group Barto did not have a single copy of its new album “Intelligence, Conscience and Honor” — not because of a promotion failure, but rather a police investigation into one of the band’s songs for “signs of extremism” in its lyrics, a measure that pushed back the album’s release.
St. Pete Preservationists Urge Store Boycott
14 July 10
Preservationist activists in St. Petersburg have called for a boycott of Stockmann Nevsky Center, the Finnish supermarket store, saying it has radically altered a precious city view. One activist claims the glass architecture overshadows even the spiraling Admiralty on Nevsky Prospekt.
Bubble-Blowing Teens Attacked in Gay Mix-Up
21 April 10
Some 500 people stood blowing bubbles as part of a flash mob on the steps of St. Petersburg's Gorkovskaya metro station and in the surrounding Alexandrovsky Park when about 30 men ran up and started beating them and firing rubber bullets.
No-Prisoner Pop
12 December 08
Raucous duo Chicks on Speed comes to Winzavod for an atypical DJ set.
See 'Nutcracker,' Johanson December in St. Petersburg
01 December 08
With Christmastime approaching, what besides back-to-back-to-back performances of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" should you expect to find in St. Petersburg's cultural venues?
Guitarist on Percussion
14 November 08
Versatile Israeli musician Yoav Sadan brings his diverse sound to Moscow.
Mixing Up Revolution
07 November 08
Cerebral British electronic group Stereo MCs bring their political beats to B1.
Nyman Returns
31 October 08
Michael Nyman performs his last two works at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.
Jay-Jay Changes His Tune
17 October 08
Swedish crooner Jay-Jay Johanson will perform at B1 this Thursday.
The Five Stooges
19 September 08
Iggy Pop and The Stooges are back in Moscow and will play at B1 on Wednesday.
Politics From Preachers
18 July 08
The Manic Street Preachers perform in Moscow for the first time on Wednesday at B1 Maximum.
