Last year, Kid Koala released the graphic novel Space Cadet and an accompanying score. He premiered the piece with a multimedia headphone concert and gallery in Europe and is now debuting it in the US with two NYC shows this April. If you'e wondering what the "headphone concert" will be like, a press release writes...

Space Cadet is a unique immersive headphone concert experience. The audience sits in inflatable "space pods", listening to the show through individual headphone systems as Kid Koala brings the Space Cadet score to life on a piano and several turntables. Part music, part storytelling, Kid Koala invites you into the world of the Space Cadet graphic novel in a show suitable for all ages.

The flier for the shows, more info and trailer videos for both the headphone concert and the book are below...

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The Electric Daisy Carnival, the dance music festival which drew over 250,000 attendees to its three-day Las Vegas event last year, will hit New York on May 19-20, 2012, at a soon-to-be-announced location....

"I'm really excited to be working with Pacha to bring our touring experience of Electric Daisy Carnival to New York," Pasquale Rotella, founder and CEO of Insomniac Events, told Billboard exclusively. "The entire Insomniac staff is looking forward to this upcoming EDC weekend on the East Coast." -[Billboard]

As you might know, much like the similarly themed HARD, EDC started in California (in 1997), but moved to Vegas last year. This NYC outing is their first venture to the East Coast.

With the announcement of EDC, NYC suddenly has a growing number festivals on our hands, many of which are electro-heavy, such as the similar Electric Zoo which happens on Randall's Island over Labor Day Weekend (pics from 2011), and the slightly more mixed Governors Ball which is now on Radall's Island too, and which is the same weekend as Orion in Atlantic City. Last summer also introduced Escape 2 NY to the Hamptons (which is planning to return). Hopefully these new fests fare better than 2011 Hamptons non-fest Music To Know.

Check out a video trailer from the Las Vegas show below.

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Bummed you didn't get Kraftwerk tickets? Maybe this video, as seen in the comments, if it doesn't bring back painful memories, will cheer you up. Watch below...

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Simian Mobile Disco at PS1 in 2011 (more by Erez Avissar)

Simian Mobile Disco will release their next album, Unpatterns, on May 15 via Wichita Recordings. The tracklist and album artwork are below.

The duo will be touring internationally in the next few months before the album's release. That tour includes a few North American shows including a DJ set at the FIXED show happening at Le Poisson Rouge on March 18 which John Talabot unfortunately dropped off of. Talabot's Permanent Vacation labelmate Tensnake is still on the bill, along with FIXED regulars JDH & Dave P. Tickets are still on sale.

All dates, album art and tracklist below...

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If I were throwing a rave in Brooklyn, Grand Prospect Hall (you know, the place where all your dreams will come true), would definitely be my first venue choice. The place is amazing for so many reasons. Unfortunately though, despite what Drop the Lime's own website says, they are not playing there tonight (2/19).

What Drop the Lime are actually playing, along with Star Eyes, Jubilee, Soulslinger, Vinny From the Bronx (I just like his name), and MANY other artists, in addition to a "video Game Truck featuring every video game and system imaginable", a "Moon Bounce decorated with UV paintings and crazy lights", and "Free Fresh Fruit by NYCR", is Glow Naughty Neon 2 which is taking place at The Cultural Performing Arts Center of Brooklyn (1020 E 48TH ST). 8pm-4am. "16 to glow, 21 to get naughty."

Drop the Lime are also on the lineup of Filter's SXSW events this year (along with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, YACHT, Miike Snow, and many more).

The Rapture at CMJ 2011 (more by Bryan Bruchman)

As mentioned, The Rapture are heading out on an international tour this month with the only US dates being the Coachellas in April. They've since added a few more US shows surrounding the festival including two in their hometown of NYC at Bowery Ballroom on April 6 and Music Hall of WIlliamsburg on April 7. Tickets for both shows go on sale Friday, 2/24 at noon with an AmEx presale beginning Wednesday (2/22) at noon. All currently known dates are listed below.

The Rapture head out to Japan at the end of the month, but before they do so, you can catch them TONIGHT (2/17) when they DJ the Museum of Natural History with Prefuse 73. Tickets for tonight's show are still available.

All dates below...

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by Andrew Sacher

Bonobo

Bonobo (aka Simon Green) released Black Sands Remixed, a remix album of his 2010 LP, yesterday (2/13) in Europe via Ninja Tune, and will release it next Tuesday (2/21) in North America. The album features remixes by Machinedrum, FaltyDL, Mike Slott, Mark Pritchard, and others. Check out the video for Machinedrum's remix of "Eyesdown" below, along with the album art and tracklist.

Bonobo is about to kick off a run of DJ dates in the US (none in NYC), followed by live dates in Australia this March, before returning to the US at the end of that month to present "A Night of Black: 'Black Sands Remixed' Album Launch" at Le Poisson Rouge on March 29, where Bonobo will DJ along with appearances by album remixers Machinedrum, FaltyDL, and Mike Slott. Tickets are on sale now.

You can catch Mike Slott at LPR even sooner when he opens Four Tet's sold out LPR show on 3/10.

You can also catch FaltyDL, who has a DC show coming up with Four Tet, in NYC TONIGHT (2/15) at Cameo when he DJs along with Loefah, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Dave Q, and J-Kush. The flier for this show is below.

FaltyDl's soundcloud page also lists that he opens for Matthew Dear at Bowery Ballroom (3/2) with Blondes (live) and Helado Negro, but that is NOT TRUE. Regardless, tickets for that show are still available.

Speaking of that Matthew Dear show though, there will be an official after party taking place at Glasslands (3/2) with Dabrye and Jonwayne. Tickets for that afterparty are on sale now.

All dates, video, and flier below...

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Kraftwerk will kick off a "Kraftwerk-Restrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7" residency at The Museum of Modern Art from April 10-17, playing an album in full each night. They'll play 1974's Autobahn on 4/10, 1975's Radio-Activity on 4/11, 1977's Trans Europe Express on 4/12, 1978's The Man-Machine on 4/13, 1981's Computer World on 4/14, 1986's Techno Pop (aka Electric Cafe) on 4/15, 1991's The Mix on 4/16, and 2003's Tour de France Soundtracks on 4/17. According to a press release:

Each evening will consist of a live performance, in the Museum's Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, of works from one of the group's eight albums, created over four decades, followed by a selection of original compositions from their catalogue adapted specifically for this exhibition's format, to showcase both Kraftwerk's historical contributions and contemporary influences on sound and image culture.

The press release also notes that "presentation of Kraftwerk's historical audio and visual material" will be on view at The Performance Dome at MoMA PS1 from April 10 - May - 14 in Long Island City, Queens.

Kraftwerk are also playing Ultra Music Festival in Miami this March. All dates and some videos below...

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"Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7 - 10 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2012 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets for the event will go on sale on this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 12 noon EST exclusively at bonnaroo.com."

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Damn. The show we just posted about yesterday is no longer with its headliner:

"Due to visa issues, John Talabot has just canceled his upcoming US dates, including FIXED Le Poisson Rouge on March 18th, but Tensnake is still on!"