Girls Against Boys have spent 20 years touring the globe with the biggest names in indie rock — and Gina Gershon. element caught up with lead singer Scott McCloud ahead of their gig at Ikra on Feb. 20 to talk about life on the road. Read full story
On Feb. 12 James Blunt lands at B1Maximum as part of his world tour to promote his second album “All the Lost Souls.” element caught up with him to chat about the world’s obsession with celebrity, life in the army and people who really make a difference. Read full story
Apparently the fact that someone’s dancing doesn’t only have to mean that they’ve had too much to drink. And that’s exactly what the TsEKh Dance Agency are out to prove from Dec. 11-17 at their eighth annual Russian Dance Theater Festival. Read full story
Internet sensation Santogold headlines this year’s Nokia Trends Lab at Gaudi Arena alongside Tiga and Shitdisco. element’s Nathan Hayflick caught up with the songstress and grilled her on bad music, the digital limelight and Russia’s love of fur. Read full story
Is it a bar? Is it a gallery? No, it’s Electrosvet!, the new project from the teams behind the Paperworks Gallery, Suzy Wong Bar and Keks. With works by Russia’s most prominent artists surrounding Moscow’s longest bar, art has never been so much fun. Read full story
As the breakthrough performer of 2008, Tanya Zykina carries the weight of public expectation every time she’s on stage. Ahead of her gig at B2 on Nov. 27, she told element abou?t crap gigs, Russian pop, and the future of the music business. Read full story
The subtle beauty of J.M.W. Turner’s light-fantastic watercolors are coming to Moscow for the first major exhibition in decades, but their arrival has been sponsored by a tough-as-nails oligarch. Emma Jenkinson follows the paint trails to the Pushkin. Read full story
The Rozamira Cross-Cultural Forum is one of the biggest cultural events of the year. Featuring art, cinema and music from artists from all the nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, there’s something for everyone. And then some. Read full story
Slipknot arrive in Moscow for the first time ever just in time to slip nicely into our Halloween special. Sure they’re loud, they swear, the authorities hate them and the costumes and masks they wear are pretty scary, but are they any good? Read full story
Zeigeist have been making waves in the world of electro since they burst onto the scene combining fashion, synth-pop and outrageous live performances. We chatted with singer Princess to learn what we can expect at their gig at 16 Tons on Oct. 24. Read full story
Despite the preeminence of dodgy pop in post-socialist Russian society, Moscow’s theater scene remains one of the last bastions for artistic theatrical endeavor in the world. Andy Potts walks us through this season’s major theater premieres. Read full story
She was a middle-class Catholic girl who grew up to be an Oscar-winning Hitchcock Blonde. With Hollywood at her feet she gave it all up to become Princess of Monaco before a car accident brought the fairytale to an abrupt and tragic end. Read full story
In a time when America’s reputation in the world is at an all-time low, the American Film Festival hopes to provide a little redemption by showing there’s more to American movies than guns and violence. Apparently they make good films too. Read full story
It’s time to learn about something you’ve never even heard about, but only after a bit of word association. Emma Jenkinson discovers there’s a whole world of Dutch design at “The New Dutch Show” at the M’ARS Center for Contemporary Arts. Read full story
Red Snapper remain one of the most unapologetically genre-defying bands in the business. After a summer on the festival circuit, they return to the capital for a concert at B1Maximum on Sept. 18. Andy Potts thinks we should expect the unexpected. Read full story
No longer content being known as Abramovich’s girlfriend, Dasha Zhukova is taking on the modern art world. Her brand new gallery space, the Garazh Center for Contemporary Culture, is hosting part of the Moscow-wide Kabakov retrospective. Read full story
With Anglo-Russo relations at an all-time low, what better time than now to hold an exhibition of the history of British fashion inside the walls of Kremlin? element clobber correspondent Emma Jenkinson explains why it’s about more than just clothes. Read full story
In a bid to keep up morale before their inevitable thumping by the Americans at the Olympics, the Russian basketball team will be bullying its neighbors in the four-team Mechel Cup tournament at the TsSKA Sports Complex on July 24-26. Read full story
Alexander Povetkin is the latest Eastern European boxing talent tipped to dominate the global boxing scene. This week he’ll be pummeling Taurus “The Bull” Sykes to prepare for his upcoming bout with world champion Wladimir Klitschko. Read full story
As if the streets of the capital weren’t dangerous enough already, Moscow City Racing, a day-long celebration of motoring madness, will see Porches and Formula One cars from Williams and Red Bull Racing burn rubber around the center of the city. Read full story
