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by Bill Pearis We haven't had a new album from onetime Miracle Legion and Polaris frontman Mark Mulcahy since 2005's In Pursuit of Your Happiness (one of my favorites of that year ). (He unfortunately had to deal with some personal tragedies .) That is too long to be away from one of the great voices in music. That will change next month when the singer releases Dear Mark J Mulcahy I Love You [...]

• Mark Mulcahy - Let The Fireflies Fly Away
• Mark Mulcahy - She Makes The World Turn Backwards

by Fred Pessaro Queens of the Stone Age have posted the video " My God is the Sun ," the latest single from ...Like Clockwork and one of several videos/snippets released by the band. Check that out below and order yours via Matador . QOTSA have a limited number of US dates scheduled thus far, but will play Made in America , Austin City Limits and select [...]

It's Black Friday at The Village Voice : The planned layoffs at the Village Voice , which caused its brand-new editor-in-chief and deputy to quit in protest , went down this morning regardless, Gawker reports, and included legendary gossip columnist Michael Musto and veteran theater critic Michael Feingold , both of whom had already filed forthcoming pieces for the paper. Food critic Robert Sietsema was also let go. "So many people have come out to offer their love (and opportunities)," Musto told Hamilton Nolan. "My brand will be [...]

Converge at Decibel, 2013 ( more by Shaun Regan ) Converge will team with Meek Is Murder , Trenchfoot and Dead Serious at Saint Vitus on May 25 and tickets are on sale. The show is part of a weekend that will see the Massachusetts hardcore quartet also head toward an appearance at Maryland Deathfest , joining names like Bolt Thrower , Infest , and more. All dates [...]

As mentioned , Kylesa will release their new LP Ultraviolet on May 28, another expansion on their already ever-changing sound. Begin their new chapter by streaming the LP in full below care of Metal Hammer . Kylesa are currently in the midst of a US tour with Blood Ceremony , White Hills and Lazer/Wulf that will hit Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 14th ( tickets ). All other dates are listed, along with [...]

by Fred Pessaro George Michael sustained a head injury in a car accident in his native UK yesterday, requiring the ex-Wham! vocalist to be air-lifted to a local hospital: According to the singer's rep, Michael was a passenger in a Range Rover that crashed on the M1 motorway (a huge freeway) at around 5:50 PM local time. The rep says no vehicles were involved in the crash. It's unclear exactly what caused the collision... Michael's spokesperson says the singer only [...]

by Dominick Mastrangelo The Flaming Lips @ Wellmont Theatre, 5/16/2013 The Flaming Lips played the first of two New York-area shows last night (5/16) at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey. It was near-sensory overload -- as all Flaming Lips shows have been since The Soft Bulletin tour -- as strobes and lasers flashed all about the theater. Wayne Coyne ascended a pile of [...]

In addition to the previously discussed lineup of Pusha T , Redman and Dizzy Wright , Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest expands with the addition of EPMD , Soul Understated and a tribute to the late great MCA (Adam Yauch): On the Final Day of the Festival, July 13th, The Festival will stop for a moment of silence for Yauch and then launch into a tribute curated by [BHF Executive Director Wes] Jackson and Bodega DJ, RawBeatz. Brooklyn Bodega will also release an exclusive mix of Beastie songs [...]

Looks like we have openers for Vampire Weekend 's show at Barclays Center in September. That's a double dose of Dev Hynes associated pop. Tickets are still available. Continue reading "Solange & Sky playing with Vampire Weekend at Barclays" at brooklynvegan

The Lemonheads @ Mohawk in Austin, 2012 ( more by Tim Griffin ) The Lemonheads will be going on a short Northeast jaunt in July and those dates include a couple in the NY area: Knitting Factory on July 24 and The Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, NJ the day before (7/23). Tickets for the Knit show just went on sale, as did tickets for the Wonder Bar. All [...]

Tickets  to see  Baroness  and  Royal Thunder  at  Irving Plaza  go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets  to see  FLAG  at  Irving Plaza  go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets  to see  Pinback  and  Deathfix  at  venue  go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets  to see  The Cult  at  Roseland Ballroom  go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets [...]

Is Tim Dog still among us? Video news story and more info below... Continue reading "Is Tim Dog alive? (watch the WREG report)" at brooklynvegan

Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd , who picked up two Juno Awards this year (including R&B Album of the Year for Trilogy ), is getting read to release a new album, Kiss Land . There isn't a release date or any other details yet, but you can stream the record's title track, all seven minutes of it, below. Continue reading "stream the title track from The Weeknd's new LP, 'Kiss Land'" at brooklynvegan

Hot on the heels of that horrible NY Times article "How I Became A Hipster", Huffington Post got a panel of experts together to discuss the concept of "Hipster". Watch below... Continue reading "watch 4 experts debate Hipsters" at brooklynvegan

In addition to playing drums (and other things) for The Decemberists, John Moen has also logged time with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Elliott Smith, and Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships. Revise Your Maps is the title of John's second solo album under the Perhapst moniker, his first in five years . Out June 25 on Jealous Butcher Records , the record's got a dusty, Laurel Canyon vibe and isn't miles away from the groups he's played with. Hear for yourself, we've got the premiere of the ebullient cut "Ramble Scramble" in this [...]

• Perhapst (PR) - Ramble Scramble

photos by Sachyn Mital Matthew E White @ Bowery Ballroom, 5/13/2013 Last night at the Bowery Ballroom, he was given a lot more space, but he brought a much smaller band along for the ride. Opening with the soft, aching "Will You Love Me," it was quickly apparent that this wasn't going to be a night of horn-and-string-filled chamber pop. Instead, White and his band ripped into the louder sections of the song with a gnarled guitar part and a country-tinged swagger. [...]

Deradoorian @ Our Heart Ached for Syria SXSW 2013 benefit ( more by Tim Griffin ) As mentioned , Nightlands tour will hit NYC at the end of the month for a show at Mercury Lounge on May 29 . The night has become more enticing as Deradoorian will be opening and promises to debut a few new songs. Tickets are still available. Her only other show at the moment is opening for Animal [...]

There's another new megaclub coming to Williamsburg: Verboten (German for "forbidden") -- a popular dance party company that throws techno and house DJ events around the city -- is applying for a liquor license for its soon-to-open nightclub on North 11th Street that will hold more than 700 people, company representative Jen Schiffer said at a public meeting this week. "It attracts a discerning crowd of music fans, Europeans, hipsters, freaks, party girls and industry types," the company's website explains of its "techno programming." Schiffer said the [...]

photos by Amanda Hatfield Foxygen @ Knitting Factory 5/13/2013 Foxygen just wrapped up a three-night NYC run , that began with the BrooklynVegan-curated Red Bull Sound Select show at Knitting Factory on Monday (5/13) and a second night there (5/14) and finished last night (5/15) at Mercury Lounge. Anybody hit the second Knit or Mercury Lounge show? Anyone go to all three? We've got a second set of photos from the RBSS [...]