Blog: BrooklynVegan

Kurt Vile at Coachella 2013  ( more by Dana (distortion) Yavin ) No Joy @ Chicago's Lincoln Hall, 5/12/2013 ( more by James Richards IV ) today in NYC * Jack Grace @ Barbes * Lifelike @ Cameo Gallery * Erin Markey @ Joe's Pub * CollegeHumor Live @ UCB * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * The [...]

by Fred Pessaro Om at Bowery Ballroom, 2012 ( more by Fred Pessaro ) The Temple of Dendur at the Met ( via Ulla ) Hold on to your seats Om fans, the band have announced a return to NYC to play an absolute jaw-dropper of a show. The trio have announced that they will play  a version of the track "At Giza" from their excellent [...]

We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of Franz Ferdinand 's first single, "Darts of Pleasure," and the band have just announced details of their fourth studio album. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action will be out on Domino on August 23 (a Friday, not your normal release day). What can we expect? "The Intellect Vs The Soul, played out by some dumb band," says frontman Alex Kapranos. The band's last LP was 2009's Tonight: Franz Ferdinand . While no tracks have been released from the new record, you [...]

Anamanaguchi is a boy band made up of hackers and producers born & raised on the Internet, currently living in New York City. On May 14th, they [released] Endless Fantasy through their own brand new label, dream.hax - their first album since soundtracking Scott Pilgrim vs. The World in 2010. The "boy band" will celebrate that album with possibly one of their biggest headlining shows to date in their "current" home of NYC at Irving Plaza THIS Friday (5/16) with Pictureplane and Hot Sugar . [...]

• Anamanaguchi - Meow
• Anamanaguchi - Planet (from ENDLESS FANTASY out MAY 14th)
• Anamanaguchi - Space Wax America (from ENDLESS FANTASY out May 14th)

Jamie Lidell at Glasslands last month ( more by Kyle Dean Reinford ) In addition to the previously discussed FREE Jamie Lidell  show scheduled to take over Prospect Park on August 2  with co-headliner Dan Deacon , the dance-y Englishman has scheduled another, far more intimate show the day prior at  Le Poisson Rouge on August 1 . Tickets are on sale. The show is one of a few select dates for Lidell, all of which are [...]

by Fred Pessaro Youth Code @ Nothing Changes, 5/15/2013 Los Angeles duo Youth Code played Nothing Changes at Home Sweet Home last night (5/15), their only show in the NYC area. Employing harder than hard EBM that reminded me of Ministry and Nitzer Ebb, the duo danced around their rigs and screamed into microphones while cranking out tunes from their latest demo cassette and their forthcoming LP on DAIS. Hardcore clearly runs through [...]

The Flaming Lips , who continue their NYC-area adventure with a show at Wellmont Theater in NJ tonight (5/16) followed by an early Friday gig for GoogaMooga in Prospect Park, played Fallon last night. Watch the performance that aired, the web exclusive (a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes"), and Wayne Coyne playing Pictionary with Jimmy, Julie Bowen, and Demi Lovato, below... Continue reading "watch Flaming Lips cover Bowie on Fallon, Wayne Coyne play Pictionary (videos)" at brooklynvegan

Kool & the Gang (not a recent picture) Bummer news from GoogaMooga : We regret to share the news but due to an urgent family matter, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are unable to perform as scheduled this weekend. Sharon and the Dap-Kings are all tremendously disappointed they are unable to appear at GoogaMooga and trust fans will understand. They hope to see everyone at another show soon. While GoogaMooga will miss Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and wishes them all the best, we [...]

Pictureplane will still open for Anamanaguchi at Irving Plaza on Friday, but his show with San Jose rapper Antwon scheduled for tonight, Thursday, 5/16 at Santos Party House has been cancelled. Pictureplane will hook up with Antwon later in the month though for a series of dates in California. They're all listed below. Antwon, who was actually just in NY for Downtown Music Fest instead (where " he seemed a little too angry "), also [...]

Crocodiles at 4 Knotts 2012  ( more by Chris La Putt ) Crocodiles will spend the bulk of next month on tour with Japandroids and that will include their sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 7 , which is one of the Governors Ball afterparties . If you'd like to catch them somewhere smaller, Crocodiles will headline their own show at Union Pool the next night (6/8). Opening is drag show Chez Deep and tickets [...]

(via @ bonbonoiseau Instgagram) Tickets to see Odd Future and Meek Mill at Williamsburg Park for Peter Rosenberg's 2nd Annual Birthday Show go on venue presale today at 10 AM. Tickets to see Pinback and Deathfix at venue go on LiveNation and Music Geeks presale today at 10 AM (Music Geeks password is always "musicgeeks"). Tickets [...]

When, Diddy announced via Twitter yesterday that he was a "series regular" on Downton Abbey and PBS denied it, we wondered if it might be for a Funny or Die video? Turned out that's indeed what it was. Sean Combs let us know that despite producers announcing they'd just cast their first black character on the popular PBS/BBC melodrama, he had in fact already been on the show as Lord Wolcott, "the new owner of Down Town Abbey," despite being ignored by the rest of the cast. See how it all plays [...]

Kanye West @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/15/2013 ( virgilabloh ) Kanye West @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/15/2013 ( lacreated ) As mentioned , Kanye West played a private show for Adult Swim Wednesday night at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, ahead of his SNL appearance. New songs were played, in a Daft Punk-less tent pyramid thing. Watch a few videos below... Continue reading "VIDEO: Kanye West played new songs @ Roseland Ballroom in NYC (in a [...]

The last of the "all-home-recordings albums" by the Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail West Texas was originally released as a free-standing compact disc on the late, lamented Emperor Jones. That was about a decade ago. The songs were originally transferred from the cassettes onto which they were recorded to 1/4" reels at Tiny Telephone by Alex Newport, who also played in Fudge Tunnel. John got really excited when he realized his tapes were being EQ'd by the guy from Fudge Tunnel. Remastered from those reels, along with 7 [...]

• The Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional to the Heart

Kanye West 's style advisor Virgil Abloh just Intagrammed the above picture with this message: "So it begins. Pop-up show NYC. Somewhere at 10:30 pm. Tonight." He may or may not be referring to the private "Upfront" show Kanye is playing for Adult Swim at Roseland . If it is the same show, then it is unclear why he used the term "Pop-Up". We'll find out soon! Continue reading "Kanye West playing Roseland & a pop up show in NY tonight?" at brooklynvegan

The producers of extremely popular Masterpiece Theatre soap opera Downton Abbey told fans they were adding their first black character for the show's fourth season. If Diddy's tweet is to be believed, he'll be playing that role, a jazz musician Jack Ross. Apart from the promised "sneak preview," you're still going to have to wait a while, as Season Four won't premiere until season which will premiere January 5, 2014 when it will be back for eight episodes. Continue reading "Downton Abbey adds Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy aka Diddy [...]

photos by  Sarah Frankie Linder Patti Smith @ Stubb's, Austin, 4/30/13 Patti Smith will play Bowery Ballroom on June 5 . Tickets to the Bowery show go on sale Friday (5/17). The show is part of the celebration of the Federico Garcia Lorca Birthday Celebration which has been going on since early April and continues through July with events thoughout the city : Lorca in New York: [...]

As discussed , Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey have joined forces for a fascinating show called "YOU'RE CAUSING QUITE A DISTURBANCE": A collaboration with four-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and 2012-2013 Brooklyn Phil Artist-in-Residence ERYKAH BADU and 2011-2012 Brooklyn Phil Artist-in-Residence YASIIN BEY (Mos Def) Featuring new arrangements from Badu's 2008 album New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War by Brooklyn composer TED HEARNE (plus original music by Hearne) as well as the legendary arrangements of Yasiin Bey's songs by composer DEREK BERMEL (plus original music by Bermel) The  June 8 show at BAM Howard Gilman Opera [...]

Eric Avery with Garbage @ Webster Hall in 2012 ( more by Dana (distortion) Yavin ) Eric Avery posted the following message today: its with very mixed emotions i tell you all that im pulling out of NIN. i know. its been a tough call and i don't know if its the right one. but i really want to focus on my musical life here in la, on film work in particular. as the tour dates kept growing... i just got overwhelmed. i just got home from a year [...]

by Fred Pessaro // BBG Youth Code , which features a member of Carry On, will play their first show away from their native West Coast tonight (5/15) at Nothing Changes party at Home Sweet Home . There the band, who crosses caustic processed vocals a la Ministry with synth-driven industrial malevolence, will join DJ sets from Becka Diamond and Ryan Martin for a night of gothic-industrial greatness. $7 gets you in. Look for a new Youth Code LP this summer [...]