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Beth Ditto, the lead singer of the indie dance punk band, was arrested in Portland, Ore., on Saturday for disorderly conduct after allegedly being involved in a drunken incident outside a bar.

Founded in 1993 on the principles of diversity, solidarity, and openness, Divers/Cité is one of the most beloved of Montreal’s forty annual festivals, a multi-day LGBT music and arts festival with more than fifty hours of free music and performance.

As the locals like to joke, Montreal is a city of two seasons: festivals - and winter. Fortunately, the city hosts more than forty annual festivals, including Divers/Cite, the weeklong summer music festival - and Black & Blue, now celebrating 21 years.

DJ Randy Bettis brings us up to speed on the season’s music and artists that should on our playlists as he raises the heat on the circuit scene!

Rave is pretty much dead in the United States, and it’s not much better off elsewhere. Tammy L. Anderson tells us why from a sociological perspective in "Rave Culture."