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Ryanair Magazine 
November/December 2010

First Orders: 5 Karaoke Bars

Anti-Karaoke at Apolo

Hosted by US comic Rachel Arieff, this legendary Monday night at the Apolo club involves patrons getting up on stage dressed as rock stars to create three hours of madness.

It's karaoke, rock gig and Broadway musical all rolled into one!  See review page


EasyJet Inflight Magazine 
January 2009

Monday nights in Barcelona mean one thing: Anti-Karaoke....

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Time Out Barcelona

12-18 December 2008

The Best  --  # 1 -

Up until now we've been talking about dance floors, but depending on the day and time, the music and atmosphere in the clubs can change drastically. Here's our selection of the best sessions in Barcelona.

ANTI-KARAOKE

Mondays are rough because they begin the work week. For this reason, any Monday session must have a special charisma to succeed.

Rachel Arieff abounds in charm and therefore her Anti-Karaoke resembles more a performance where the audience is the star.

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Playboy  November 2008

The North American comedian tells us that before becoming a show-woman, she worked as a secretary in the World Trade Center. Immediately, one imagines her as the ingenue/bad girl protagonist in the movie Secretary...

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Metro  April 2, 2008

Would you like to turn into Janis Joplin and croon Piece of My Heart onstage? Have you ever dreamt of being like Axl Rose singing Welcome to the Jungle to the wild cheers of the audience? O perhaps you prefer to see yourself as Shirley Bassey dragging herself across the stage and singing Goldfinger?

Well, be advised that if you want to, you can. Really.   Read article



Público  February 26, 2008

For those that have experienced Anti-Karaoke in the flesh, the show and its mistress of ceremonies, Rachel Arieff, need no further introduction.

For those that haven't, I have just one recommendation: go! The public has a new opportunity tomorrow in Madrid...   

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Time Out Barcelona  
February 21, 2008

Who could be capable of converting Mondays -- the worst day to put on a show -- into the night to go out? Who could transform something as stale as karaoke into the must-see event of the week?

No one else but Rachel Arieff, the most entertaining woman in Barcelona....  
 
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20 Minutos  31 de enero 2008

Provocando la complicidad de sus fans en el Anti-Karaoke, o directamente provocando la carcajada en su show de comedia, Rachel Arieff se ha destapado en los últimos meses como una de las alternativas más estimulantes e inteligentes al tiempo de ocio español...   Leer artículo




20 Minutos    15 de diciembre 2007

Una letal Rachel Arieff derrocha sarcasmo, incorrección y talento en su show cómico
Había curiosidad por ver a Rachel Arieff fuera de su explosivo Anti-Karaoke y desplegando ella solita su show cómico...
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20 Minutos    29 de noviembre 2007
La sala El Sol, una vez más, fue el perfecto marco para que esta sarcástica artista, de la que ya hablamos en profundidad en Calle 20, deleitara a sus fans y brindara a los asistentes menos pudorosos la posibilidad de interpretar sus temas favoritos, y desde luego ayer, durante más de dos horas de intensísimo y pasional show, hubo interpretaciones para el recuerdo... Leer todo




20 Minutos    28 de noviembre 2007
Como todos los lunes en Barcelona, y una vez al mes en Madrid, el huracán Rachel Arieff vuelve a desatarse en nuestro país... Leer todo




Metropoli  la revista de El Mundo    Junio 2007
Suena uno de los riffs de guitarra más conocidos de la Historia. Arriba, sobre la tarima, humo y dos chicos con pelo largo que se desmelenan guitarra (hinchable) en mano; abajo, en la platea o a pie de pista, un público de lo más entregado que grita y hace coros como si le fuera la vida en ello... Leer todo





Calle 20  la revista de 20 Minutos  Junio 2007
Sidecar, la popular sala de la Plaza Reial de Barcelona, está petada. Aunque sea lunes, buena parte de los que están en la cola no podrán entrar.... Leer todo






Calle 20 video  Interview with Rachel during Anti-Karaoke Madrid, plus performances by participants from that city.






El País  (On Madrid)  May 25th, 2007
One year, 50 personalities. On Madrid celebrates its anniversary by blowing out the candles with the movers and shakers that have defined the nightlife in this increasingly modern, dynamic and cosmopolitan city... More

40 Principales  April 29, 2007
Mis piernas han dejado de temblar. Estoy con la lengua llena de sangre y cantando con la cara pintada como un demonio sobre el escenario de una repleta Sala El Sol, de Madrid. Mi misión: cantar en el primer Anti-Karaoke de Madrid celebrado el pasado 14 de febrero, ha llegado al momento álgido.... Leer todo

El País  (On Madrid)  March 9th, 2007
In 2004, a humorist-actress-singer from Milwaukee swaps New York for Barcelona. With Spanish worse than Michael Robinson's, Rachel Arieff decides to do monologues. Meanwhile, she creates a karaoke that smashes the preconceived ideas of bachelorette parties singing Corazón partío... More

El Pais (EP3)  19 de Febrero 2007
¿Quieres algo divertido? A partir de ahora ya tienes la otra cara de la moneda, el lado oscuro de los karaokes, el Antikaraoke, una propuesta que llega a Madrid tras haber cosechado un gran éxito en Barcelona... More

El Mundo   16 de Febrero 2007
Conducido por la cómica Rachel Arieff, el antikaraoke, versión guitarrera del 'show', llega a Madrid avalado por su éxito en Barcelona.   More

Shanguide  29/1/2007
Arriving to Madrid is one of the wildest parties that Barcelona has given us this past last year: Anti-Karaoke...
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La Vanguardia (Què Fem)  8 December 2006
The Most Memorable Monday Nights, at Sidecar

Normally Mondays are difficult. The weekend respite ends and, no matter how brief the pause, it's always hard to get back into the swing of the work week. But what if there were one special event with the capacity to alter this dynamic? Ladies and gentlemen, the remedy is called Anti-Karaoke, a dream come true for the dreary weeknight...  More  

Primera Línea   September 2006 - Hot Names: Rachel Arieff
The “antikaraoke” that this North American produces at Barcelona's Sidecar has become a huge success. The repertory is based on the rock-n-roll of Guns ‘n’ Roses and The Ramones, and the hostess parodies Madonna and Michael Jackson... More

24K         September 2006 - How to Be Happy in an Anti-Karaoke
Extra quality and added fun have been on the agenda since Rachel Arieff arrived in Barcelona two years ago. The American's satirical, cabaret-style stand-up comedy and crazy karaoke have brought a previously unseen style of entertainment to the city's listings.
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El Pais    July 21, 2006 - 'Freakiness' with night life
An American living in Barcelona, Rachel Arieff is now a classic of the local alternative weekend scene. Every Monday at Sidecar, she presents Anti-Karaoke, an underground celebration of the great Japanese invention... More

Metropolitan    July 2006 - Anti Karaoke
Monday night in Ciutat Vella: tourists meander, touts hand out flyers, bums drink wine from cartons. In a basement club on Plaça Reial, four young men bellow into a shared microphone, to rapturous response from a rocky, up-for-it audience... More

ADN    May 15, 2006 - "Revival" of the singing enthusiast
This has been the winter of karaoke in Barcelona. And it doesn't seem likely to subside by summertime... More

El Periódico    February 24, 2006 - Surreal Karaoke
The matchless Californian comedian Rachel Arieff has converted Monday nights in the Sidecar Club into an authentic orgy of rock-n-roll mimicry. There she acts as mistress of ceremonies in a hilarious show, open to the crowd members that reinvent the old formula of classic karaoke... More

Guía del Ocio   Feb. 17 to 23, 2006 - ¡Rokandrollallnite!
¿Se está labrando el rock and roll un nicho en la escena clubera de la ciudad? Sí, a juzgar por el éxito de Nasty Mondays y el caso que nos ocupa, el Anti-Karaoke, que ha asentado sus posaderas en el sótano del Sidecar. En muy poco tiempo se ha creado una pequeña legión de gañanes que sienten el rock en sus venas... More

Avui    February 9, 2006 - Les dues modalitats
A priori, els karaokes semblen el loc ideal per apropar-nos a la sensació de sentir-nos artistes per un día: a) públic conegut i benevolent; b) sales insonoritzades. Però la realitat és una altra..." More

El Pais    February 3, 2006 - Karaokear a Coldplay en BCN
Te gusta dar el cante pero Julio Iglesias no te acaba de poner. No te preocupes, el noble arte menor del karaoke está pasando de ser un reducto kitsch para convertirse en el pasatiempo favorito de la modernidad... More

20 Minutos  1-16-2006 - El karaoke alternatiu pren la Sala Sidecar Música: Sense pantalles, només amb el faristol, una fórmula diferent de cantar que traspassa els límits de la disbauxa... More

Popular 1     Jan. 2006 - Las noches salvajes del Anti-Karaoke
Hasta hace poco era imposible imaginar un karaoke cool y rockero en España... More

Popular 1    Feb. 2006 - El pasado 9 de enero, el show de Rachel Arieff Anti-Karaoke contó con un invitado de excepción: nada menos que Nicky Whitley de Cherry Valence... More

National coverage of Anti-Karaoke on Spain's Cuatro News,
October 2010.
National coverage of Anti-Karaoke on Spain's TeleCinco News,
May 2010.
Ana Boyero of La Sexta Noticias interviews Rachel about Anti-Karaoke and her comedy show, October 2008.
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Usun Yoon interviews Rachel and reports on Anti-Karaoke for El Intermedio, June 2008.
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Els Nous Catalans of TVE profiles Rachel in July 2008.

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Entrelínies, a documentary-style program, profiles Anti-Karaoke in May 2008.
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La Vía Láctia (8tv) arrives at Anti-Karaoke in March 2008.
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A surprisingly good segment on Anti-Karaoke by students at EMAV in 2008.
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Television Española's Don't Shoot the Piano Player covers Anti-Karaoke in July 2007.
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Rachel talks about Anti-Karaoke on the program Basico for TeleMadrid,
January 2008.

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BTV series 18 i + does a piece on Anti-Karaoke.
January 2008.

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Televisión Española's Zoom tendencias captures the essence of Anti-Karaoke in the summer of 2006.
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Rachel talks to TV Catalunya about AK for the program Silenci.
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Rachel anti-karaokes with construction workers in Silenci.
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Rachel / Jacko explains to Channel 52 how A-K benefits humankind.
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 ANTI-KARAOKE in BARCELONA:
 Every Monday from 9:30 pm - 1 am
 Sidecar Club -- Plaza Reial 7, BCN


 
Anti-Karaoke - MADRID
 The first Wednesday of every month:
Wednesday October 6
 October 6, 2010
 November 3
 December 1 
 January 5 (Reyes) 2011
 February 2
 March 2
 April 6 
 May 4
 June 1 
 July 6 2011
 El Sol, C/ Jardines 3, Madrid

10 pm - 1 am