Real Estate @ Crest Hardware, Dec. 2012 ( more by Fred Pessaro ) As mentioned , the closing night concert of the Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge Festival is happening May 19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Phillip Glass , Van Dyke Parks and Friends . To make the evening even more tempting, Real Estate (playing a stripped-down set) have now been added to bill. Tickets for that show are still available. [...]
Killing Joke at Irving Plaza last month ( more by Fred Pessaro ) Killing Joke , who recently completed a set of US dates that included a stop at Irving Plaza in April , have released a new video for "Corporate Elect," the latest from the band's most recent LP MMXII and new compilation The Singles Collection 1979-2012 . The clip features puppets, paranoia and the intense gaze of Jaz Coleman. Check out the video below. [...]
Pusha T of Clipse has released a video for his new burner "Numbers on the Boards," from the forthcoming My Name Is My Name due in July. The track, produced by Don Cannon and Kanye West , features Mr Kardashian as well as Chief Keef for brief appearances in the video. Check that out below. Pusha T recently played BB King's , but will return to NYC to play Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest in July . [...]
Savages @ MHOW in March ( more by Wyatt Marshall ) As mentioned , you can watch a live Savages concert from London club Ministry of Sound today at 5 PM EDT. (Opener Johnny Hostile is on at 4:15 PM EDT.) Stream it below or here . And you can see them live in person when the band come back to NYC playing Webster Hall on July 11. Tickets are currently on AmEx presale with the general on-sale happening Friday [...]
by Bill Pearis Mean Lady at Pianos, CMJ 2013 ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) Charming Delaware duo Mean Lady , who we caught at CMJ last year , have signed with Fat Possum who will release their new album, Love Now , on July 23. A single , "Bop Bop," is out now and the band have posted its the b-side, "Far Away," for streaming. A mix of crate-digger samples and live instrumentation, it's playful and lush. Nice music [...]
Elias of Var with Iceage at Bowery Ballroom last month ( more by Fred Pessaro ) Iceage offshoot Var have released a second single from their forthcoming LP No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers . Stream both "Into Distance" (the new one) and "The World Fell" below. As mentioned , Var will team with Pharmakon to play a show at on May 25 at The Rink . Tickets are still available for this, the only [...]
by Andrew Sacher Smoke DZA - 'Ringside' EP Riiiiiiiiight. Prolific Harlem rapper Smoke DZA has put out a number of solid releases in the last few years, and he returned last month with another free release, the Ringside EP. Ringside was produced entirely by 183rd and intentionally came out on the same day as Wrestlemania (4/8), hence its title. It's a short release (5 songs), and a solid addition to his [...]
by Bill Pearis As mentioned , San Francisco quartet The Mantles are releasing Long Enough to Leave via Slumberland on June 18. If you dig '60s garage pop, keep an eye out for this one. The band have just released a second track, "Hello," which you can stream alongside the previously-released "Brown Balloon" below. We also knew that The Mantles were playing Cake Shop on July 13 which is with Piano Movers [...]
Weedeater at Saint Vitus, 2012 ( more by Samantha Marble ) Weed metal gods and sizzurp connoisseurs Weedater are playing Maryland Deathfest during Memorial Day Weekend, but recently announced a set of dates in conjunction with that trek. The shows include stops throughout the Northeast in the days leading up to and following the massive Baltimore appearance, including Saint Vitus at May 29th ( tickets ). Tour dates are below. Dixie Dave of [...]
Deerhunter at Austin Psych Fest 2013 ( more by Tim Griffin ) Governors Ball is less than a month away, and the fest has now released the daily schedule. They've done a pretty good job with not too many giant conflicts -- though there's a few like Grizzly Bear vs Beirut, Bloc Party vs The xx, Erykah Badu vs Beach House, and Nas vs Guns N Roses. Check out the daily line-ups across their four stages below. Continue reading "Governors Ball [...]
by Andrew Sacher Say what you will about Courtney Love 's solo material or the current state of Hole (not counting their surprise classic lineup reunion at Public Assembly last year), but the first two Hole records are 90s alt-rock classics, and if the lead singer of those albums is heading out on a solo tour, it's at least as notable as Billy Corgan's version of the Smashing Pumpkins touring. We briefly mentioned that Courtney would [...]
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Brian Eno @ Cooper Union, 5/6/2013 The irony of seeing Brian Eno's An Illustrated Talk during the Red Bull Music Academy: his microphone didn't work properly. Can you imagine being the tech guy for this event and experiencing horrific sound feedback from the sound amplification device for one of the most innovative producers in music history? "Feel free to experiment with the sound," Eno told the packed crowd at Cooper's Union in [...]
Coliseum 's Sister Faith is clearly too big to be contained in a single release. As such, the new album (out now via TRL) has spawned a companion piece in Sister Chance , a new 7" available from No Idea or via the band driectly. Stream the b-side, a cover of the Pere Ubu favorite "Final Solution" (also famously covered by The Dead Boys), below for the first time. Speaking of, Pere Ubu play NYC in September . As mentioned , Coliseum is on the road [...]
by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Evian Christ - "Duga-3" (MP3) For this year's Record Store Day , UK producer Evian Christ pressed the Duga-3 Mix that he made last year onto limited edition vinyl via Tri Angle Records. If you wanted one and didn't get a chance to pick it up, Boomkat is now selling some copies. You can also download it for free above. It's [...]
Andy Warhol and Taylor Mead Writer, actor, and performer Taylor Mead has passed at the age of 88. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Mead appeared in Ron Rice's beat classic The Flower Thief (1960), in which he "traipses with an elfin glee through a lost San Francisco of smoke-stuffed North Beach cafes..." Film critic P. Adams Sitney called The Flower Thief "the purest expression of the Beat sensibility in cinema." Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman called Mead "the first underground movie star." -[ Wiki ] [...]
Marijuana Deathsquads , the psychedelic and experimental Minneapolis supergroup led by Gayngs' Ryan Olson , have remixed the entirety of POS ' 2012 album, We Dont' Even Live Here . (POS still hasn't gotten that needed kidney transplant but is doing better ) Titled POS WDELH MDS RMX , the record features Lizzo, Doomtree collaborator SIMS, new verses from POS and more. It will be a free download available in June via Rhymeslayers but you can stream "Piano Hits" from it below. After a May residency at [...]
Roger Miret w/ Agnostic Front at Power of the Riff 2012 ( more by Greg Cristman ) We were just talking about Brooklyn's The So So Glos , who released their pop punk-y new album, Blowout , performed on Letterman , and are currently on tour with Titus Andronicus . That tour doesn't hit NYC (Titus plays a free NYC show in August though), but we said it probably wouldn't be long before The So So [...]
DIIV at Apollo last month ( more by Dana (distortion) Yavin ) Austin festival Chaos in Tejas further expands their lineup with the addition of some notable names across many different genres. Among those announced today: Wolf Eyes , Morbosidad , Antwon, Deep Time , DIIV , Roc Marciano , Meyhem Lauren , and many many more. Full listing of artists is below, and tickets are still available for the fest and individual shows. Continue reading [...]
Palma Violets @ Pianos, January 2013 ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Youth Lagoon @ Coachella 2013 (more by Wie Shi) today in NYC * Baby Soda @ Barbes * Snakeoil @ The Stone * Deva Mahal @ Union Pool * Stephane Wrembel @ Joe's Pub * The Colbert Report Writers @ UCB * Califone @ [...]
by Andrew Sacher Canadian singer/songwriter Daniel Romano used to front the band Attack in Black, and around the time of that band's breakup, he formed You've Changed Records with Steve Lambke of the Constantines and released a collaborative album with Julie Doiron (Eric's Trip) and Frederick Squire , who had both collaborated the year prior on Mount Eerie's Lost Wisdom . Daniel followed that collaboration with his [...]
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