Siouxsie's New Album - Mantaray

High-Priestess of Punk Siouxsie Sioux has a brand new album, Mantaray, coming out on October 02. This is Siouxsie's first solo album though she had participated in many individual projects before, away from The Banshees and The Creatures. Recently she contributed on Basement Jaxx's album Kish Kash, with the title song, as singer and composer. She is considered one of the most influential singers of her era, with an unique singing style and looks to match.

Siouxsie brings back many great memories of the mid 80's when I was dancing to her songs at Crepusculo de Cubatao, in Rio, wrapped in dark clothing and believing I was soooo cool.

You can listen to song samples and get pre-order info at Amazon.

Her new single "Into a Swan" promo video is also here for you:

Ipanema @ 3 AM

Big Nectar Juices, open 24 hours.

False Alarm, theater affiche on a news stand.

New subway station construction site.

Bus stop shelter.

Very eerie medical convention ad.

Ultra Nate @ The Week Rio

The Baltimore-native singer Ultra Nate will be performing at Rio de Janeiro's new mega club The Week tomorrow night, Saturday September 01. She will be singing tracks from her 5Th album "Grime, Silk & Thunder". Her new single "Automatic" is a cover from the 1984 Pointer Sisters dance smash hit. The original song reached #5 in the Billboard charts by the way. Ultra is known for her huge dance-floor classics like "Free", "Found a Cure", "Joy" and "Desire", and anyone that has been to a decent club in the 16 years will recognize them within the first accords.

To watch the steamy homoerotic promo video (that you won't see at your local MTV), with a cameo of a very Leigh Bowery-looking being, click here.

Chilling out in Dubai

Dubai has just inaugurated CHILLOUT, it's first ice bar. All walls, plates, glasses and furniture, including sofas and chairs are made of solid ice. Though the weather outside is in the usually above 100 degrees Fahrenheit the bar is kept cool enough so it's furnishings will not melt.