Four Tet / Dead Skeletons

today in NYC
* Snakeoil @ The Stone
* Redfoot @ Tammany Hall
* Four Tet, Koreless @ Webster Hall
* Dessa, Brick + Mortar @ Union Hall
* Molly Ringwald @ Iridium Jazz Club
* Califone @ Secret Manhattan Venue
* Doldrums, Empress Of @ Mercury Lounge
* Big Terrific Comedy Show @ Cameo Gallery
* Corita, Big Quiet, All Forces, Luff @ Cake Shop
* New Atlantic Youth, The Split @ Cameo Gallery
* The Presets, Dragonette, Slassixx @ Terminal 5
* Dana Falconberry, Paperbird @ Mercury Lounge
* Drowners, Tweens, Total Slacker, LODRO @ Pianos
* XNY, Don Ryan, Those Clever Foxes @ Knitting Factory
* Dead Skeletons, Night Beats, Cosmonauts @ Glasslands
* Todd Barry, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Kelly @ The Stand
* Twenty One Pilots, New Politics, Five Knives @ Bowery Ballroom
* Father Figures, Cuddle Magic, Leverage Models @ Death By Audio
* Steve Earle and the Dukes, The Mastersons @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Elizabeth and the Catapult, Antennas Up, Johnny Miller @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Colin Stetson, Rafiq Bhatia, Sarah Neufeld (of Arcade Fire) @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Alan Roche, Real Live Tigers, Dead Elephant Bicycles, Gabrielle Herbst @ Silent Barn
* The Tablets, Dead Sexy Shelia, The Adventures of Silver Spaceman @ The Rock Shop
* Ask Me Another with Daniel Okrent (creator of Fantasy Baseball) @ The Bell House
* Big Mean Sound Machine, Thunder Body, Fire Paint & The Love Divine, Revi Roza, DJ Jack Tripper @ Brooklyn Bowl

Wanna check out some up-and-coming bands for free? Pianos has Drowners, Tweens, Total Slacker, and LODRO tonight on the early side (starting at 7 PM) at no cost to you, the live music lover.

Icelandic psych band Dead Skeletons are in town this week, playing with Night Beats tonight at Glasslands (tickets) and tomorrow (5/9) at Mercury Lounge with Heliotropes and Mone (tickets). Check out their dark and groovy single "Kundalini Eyes" below.

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The recently-reformed Last Splash lineup of The Breeders were on The Late SHow with Jimmy Fallon last night, playing their hit "Cannonball" which you can watch, along with a web-only performance of their country-ish "Drivin' on Nine," below.

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Danny Brown at Knitting Factory in March (more by Fred Pessaro)

Peter Murphy @ The Belmont in Austin in April (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
* Q-Tip @ Cielo
* Snakeoil @ The Stone
* Owen Cohen @ Pianos
* The Tony Show @ UCB East
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Sinkane (DJ) @ Union Pool
* John Hodgman @ Union Hall
* Ronnie Spector @ City Winery
* Danny Brown, Kitty @ Irving Plaza
* James Blake, FaltyDL @ Terminal 5
* The Veils, Lantern @ Bowery Ballroom
* L.A. Guns, Splinter @ Bowery Electric
* Rihanna, A$AP Rocky @ Barclays Center
* Jadakiss, AZ, Smif N Wessun @ Stage 48
* Lazurite, Picastro, Max Alper @ Big Snow
* Spin Doctors, James Maddock @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Brazos, Companion, Cat Martino @ Cameo Gallery
* Japanther, Tweens, Grand Rapids @ Shea Stadium
* Implodes, The Phantom Family Halo @ Death By Audio
* Arum Mae, The Binary Sea, Celine Du Terte @ Maxwell's
* Boris, Stephen Brodsky, Amen Dunes @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Peter Murphy plays Bauhaus, Ours, Loudboy @ Webster Hall
* Nat Osborne Band, Rocket and the Ghost @ Mercury Lounge
* The Nepotist, Katie Buchanan, Roofer's Union @ Cake Shop
* Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch, Noveller @ Mercury Lounge
* Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan, David Huntsberger @ The Bell House
* Little Boots, Avan Lava, Feathers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* "Beginnings" w/ Sam Seder, JJ Sedelmaier, Parquet Courts, Dan Friel @ UCB East
* Wakey! Wakey!, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Mia Dyson @ Rockwood Music Hall
* R.A. the The Rugged Man, Havoc (of Mobb Deep), Julian Rhine @ Highline Ballroom
* Belle Mare, Andy Schuman & Darkhorse, Idgy Dean, Precious Bones, Colleen Sturtevant @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Mykki Blanco, LE1F, Laurel Halo, Venus X, Spank DJs, The Peronists, Crazy Bitch In A Cave, papercutz @ Glasslands

Tonight at UCB East is a live taping of the "Beginnings" podcast where comedians and musicians talk about how they got their start. Appearing tonight are Sam Seder (Bob's Burgers), J.J. Sedelmaier (Beavis & Butthead) Parquet Courts and musical guest Dan Friel.

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Kirin J Callinan just released a video for his new track "Embracism," which leads you through his morning routine. You can watch the NSFW clip below.

Thundercat released another song from his upcoming LP, Apocalypse, called "Oh Sheit It's X," which was co-produced by Flying Lotus. FlyLo and Thundercat both just played Terminal 5 last night (5/6) and the night before that. Listen to the new song below.

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Youth Lagoon at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Jonathon Bernstein)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Quadron @ Le Baron
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Implodes @ Cake Shop
* TEEN (DJ) @ Ace Hotel
* Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall
* Ronnie Spector @ City Winery
* Serena Ryder @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Breeders, Tweens @ Webster Hall
* Kid Ink, Bryant Dope @ Gramercy Theatre
* Youth Lagoon, Majical Cloudz @ Maxwell's
* Peter Case, Gasoline Silver @ Knitting Factory
* Little Boots, Alex English @ Diesel Store- SoHo
* Stornoway, Field Report @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Boris, Young Widows, Ornament @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Brian Eno" An Illustrated Talk @ Cooper Union - The Great Hall
* Wyatt Cenac, Kevin Allison, Streeter Seidell @ Littlefield
* Cold Ones, Young Ladies, Morning Fuzz @ Grand Victory
* Flying Lotus, Ultraista, Thundercat, DJ Rafik @ Terminal 5
* Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Wild Leaves, Paloma Gill, The Wives, AmeriGo-Go @ Pianos
* Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, CALEB, Andrew Ripp @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Purmamarca, The End Men, Four Visions, All the Parts of the Buffalo @ Glasslands
* Petra Glynt, Sasha Desree, Fin, Champagne Sequins, Dillon James Rego @ Silent Barn
* Blondes, Mike Simonetti, Rudi Zygadlo, Astroboyz, CABAAL, Ale Hop, Yodashe, Harald Bjork, Alitrec, Mungo Park, Seretan, Ada Kaleh @ Cameo Gallery

Rachel Zeffira was to have played The Slipper Room tonight but that show is canceled. The venue's website says "Visa issues" but she performed on WNYC last week, so we're not sure what happened. Hopefully she'll come back soon.

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Moonface in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
* Little King @ Barbes
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes
* Denitia and Sene @ Ace Hotel
* Villalobos Brothers @ Joe's Pub
* Moonface, Saltland @ Littlefield
* Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory
* Justin Timberlake @ Roseland Ballroom
* Rihanna, A$AP Rocky @ Barclays Center
* Cyro Baptista & Ikue Mori Duo @ The Stone
* Talib Kweli, Coal, Swag, Sandino @ Union Hall
* Free Energy, Deap Vally, Leda @ Bowery Ballroom
* Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of The Spirits @ The Stone
* Christian Finnegan, MadDog @ Eastville Comedy Club
* Silversun Pickups, Bad Books @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Nile Rodgers, Tony Visconti, Ken Scott @ New Museum
* Flying Lotus, Ultraista, Thundercat, En2ak @ Terminal 5
* Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Hubble @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Body Language, Pegasus Warning, #1 Kid @ Glasslands
* Sweethearts, Infinity Hotel, Birthwater, Liz Hogg @ Pianos
* The National (playing "Sorrow" for 6 hours) @ MoMA PS1
* End.User, Edgey, Compactor, Valvegod @ Public Assembly
* Grand Resort, Belle Mare, Angie Atkinson @ Tammany Hall
* Various Cruelties, Sky-Pony, Silas Fermoy @ Mercury Lounge
* Easter Island, Bear Language, Small Houses @ Cameo Gallery
* Dam-Funk (DJ), James Pants (DJ), Sinkane (DJ) @ Knitting Factory
* Oren Ambarchi, Marco Fusinato, Long Distance Poison, Millions @ Silent Barn
* Tootsie Bellittera, Rachel Easterly, Nervous Breakdowns, The Jean Marie @ Cake Shop
* Inky Jack, Keyke, Kevo Star, Roxiny, The Labiancas, The Flies, Danul Kostin, Johnny Mex and The Fat Man @ Bowery Electric

Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and Ultraista play their first of two Terminal 5 shows tonight. Both shows are part of the ongoing Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency.

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Vampire Weekend recently stopped by Later... with Jools Holland to perform "Diane Young," "Step," and "Unbelievers" from their upcoming album, Modern Vampires of the City. Check out a video of that performance, along with the lyric video for their new single, "Ya Hey," below.

VW just played Roseland Ballroom and will play another NYC show this September at Barclays Center (tickets).

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Foals @ Coachella 2013 (more by Wei Shi)

Besnard Lakes @ SXSW 2013 (more by Sara Pieper)

today in NYC
* Discipline @ Acheron
* Stornoway @ Maxwell's
* Brian Eno @ Cafe Rouge
* Guy Klucevsek @ Barbes
* Jay Brannan @ Joe's Pub
* Paula Cole @ City Winery
* Earth, Wind & Fire @ NJPAC
* Chia's Dance Party @ Barbes
* The Young Lions @ The Stone
* Atlas Genius @ Original Penguin
* Foals, Surfer Blood, Blondfire @ Terminal 5
* No Regular Play, Justin Miller @ Cameo Gallery
* Johnny Marr, Alamar @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Rush Midnight, Rioux, Candide @ Mercury Lounge
* Not Blood Paint, SWIMM, O Paradiso @ Glasslands
* Xenia Rubinos, Railbird, Leapling @ Cameo Gallery
* Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite @ Beacon Theatre
* Lockets, Breakfast In Fur, Daytona @ Shea Stadium
* Alexi Delano, Matthew Dear, Alejandro Sab @ Output
* Masters at Work, Suzanne Kraft, Jolly Mare @ Le Bain
* A Giant Dog, Neighbors, A. Rex & J. Rex @ Don Pedro
* Gun Outfit, Pampers, Big Ups, Ornament @ Union Pool
* Gramatik, Cherub, heRobust, Alex English @ Webster Hall
* Kastle (live set), Knxledge, Morri$, Peter Fonda @ 285 Kent
* Shannon F. of Light Asylum (DJ), SSION (DJ) @ Glasslands
* Black Taxi, Easter Island, Emily King @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Nails, Xibalba, Early Graves, White Widows @ Saint Vitus Bar
* Crazy Pills, Auto Bonfire, Stereo Off, DJ KGB @ The Rock Shop
* The Besnard Lakes, Gem Club, Weeknight @ Bowery Ballroom
* Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill, Forbidden Planet NYC @ UCB East
* Knox, QuietDust, August Rosenbaum, Jimi Nxir @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Special Guest, The Snails, Moss Of Aura, Alle Alle @ Death By Audio
* John Legend, Salome Chamber Orchestra, Ryan Leslie @ United Palace Theatre
* Eric Copeland (of Black Dice), Blues Control, Son of Dad, Liz Ber (DJ) @ Silent Barn
* Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg, Andrew W.K. (special vocal guest) @ Santos Party House
* Wax Idols, TV Ghost, The Laurels, Far Out Fangtooth, RITUAL (DJ Sets) @ Cake Shop
* Alex Vans & the Hide Away, Dig For Honey, Heels on Fire, Betty Who, Steven Roth @ Pianos
* Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Christian Finnegan, MadDog @ Eastville Comedy Club
* Martin Dosh, Aaron Parks, Chris Morrissey, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Aaron Parks @ Shapeshifter Lab
* Ken Boothe, Crazy Baldhead, Deadly Dragon Sound System, Grace of Spades, Dig Deeper, Mr. Robinson, DJ H @ Littlefield
* French Horn Rebellion (Party Ensemble), Auto Body, JD Samson (of Le Tigre), Ernesto (of Penguin Prison), The Dirty Grand (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl

Night Slugs DJ Morri$ has been announced as the "secret guest" for tonight's Kastle and Knxwledge show at 285 Kent. Peter Fonda is on the bill too, and tickets are still available.

Lovers of sweeping guitar rock should consider hitting Bowery Ballroom tonight for Montreal's Besnard Lakes who are touring in support of their soaring new album, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO. Gem Club and Weeknight are also on the bill and tickets are still available.

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Flaming Lips have a new video for The Terror track "You Lust," and unsurprisingly at this point, it's extremely NSFW. It's also not safe for people who aren't comfortable seeing electrodes attached to people's gentalia. (NSFPWACSEATPG) So, you've been warned, it's below if you wanna watch.

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Clutch in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
* Surfer Blood @ Ace Hotel
* The Blue Vipers @ Barbes
* Rachelle Garniez @ Barbes
* Pagode Roots @ The Stone
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Viceroy, Alex English @ WIP
* El Vez, Corn Mo @ Maxwell's
* Johnny Marr, Alamar @ Irving Plaza
* Gun Outfit, Piano Movers @ Cake Shop
* Clutch, The Sword, Lionize @ Terminal 5
* Amy Helm, Connor Kennedy @ City Winery
* Fear Factory, Hate Eternal @ Gramercy Theatre
* Marriage, Zula, LODRO, Bueno @ Shea Stadium
* Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of the Spirits @ The Stone
* Tom Odell, Jeremy Messersmith @ Bowery Ballroom
* Tera Melos, TTNG, Infinity Shred @ The Knitting Factory
* Ghost Beach, Magic Man, Wardell @ Santos Party House
* Oberhofer, Celestial Shore, Life Size Maps @ Glasslands
* Volbeat, All That Remains, Eye Empire @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Fred Falke, Foals (DJ), Chrome Sparks, Jorge Bonjour @ Output
* Belle Mare, Cherokee Red, Adam Rubenstein @ Mercury Lounge
* Marques Toliver & the Sometimes, Sophie Auster @ Mercury Lounge
* Cosmic Boogieman, Sioux Lion, Sheare, Ariana & The Rose @ Pianos
* Los Jamones, The Stags, The Mess Around, Runny @ The Grand Victory
* Starlight Girls, Dangeous Ponies, Slutever, The Suzan @ Death By Audio
* Janeane Garofalo, Christian Finnegan, MadDog @ Eastville Comedy Club
* TKTTSM, Bright Future, The Veda Rays, Eastern Hollows @ Bowery Electric
* Blood Red Shoes, Portmanteaux, Cosmonaut @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Young Mothers, Instrument Thieves, Cowboy Indian Bear, Medals @ Cameo Gallery
* SWIMM, The Ludlow Thieves, Vandaveer, Rachel Brown, Ben Lovett @ Rockwood Music Hall
* VJ Lady Firefly, Paul Amitai, VisualHornHonkinG, The Driver, Nimbostratus, Firefly Moon @ Big Snow
* Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" @ Skirball Center For The Performing Arts
* The Sweater Songs (performing Weezer's "Blue Album" and songs from "Pinkerton"), Jared Schraff, Allison Weiss @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Alan Hampton (of Andrew Bird's band), Mike Block and Pete Hale (of Here We Go Magic), Theo Blackmann @ Shapeshifter Lab
* Pharamakon, Stephen O' Malley, KTL, Body/Head, Purient, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, Oren Ambarchi, Alan Licht, Vatican Shadow, Pete Swanson, Mick Barr, Kid Millions/Jim Sauter Duo, Alberich, Noveller, grassmass, Hiram Martinez @ Knockdown Center

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The Jay Z-curated soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby is available to stream via NPR. It features Beyonce, Andre 3000, The xx, Jack White, and many more.

The XXL 2013 Freshman Class, who all play a show at Best Buy Theater (5/21), have put out a mixtape, which includes new music from Angel Haze, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$ and others. You can stream/download it below. One of Angel Haze's contributions, "Lofticries," which samples the Purity Ring song of the same name, can also be streamed separate from the rest of the mixtape, below.

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Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago 2012 (more by Sara Pieper)

Andrew W.K.'s Super Bowl 2013 halftime show (more by Dan Bracaglia)

today in NYC
* Black Lamp @ The Stone
* Goo Goo Dolls @ MLB Fan Cave
* Dessa, Aby Wolf @ Mercury Lounge
* Daughter, Wilsen @ Bowery Ballroom
* Coastgaard, Hints @ Mercury Lounge
* The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* Matt Holman's Diversion Ensemble @ Barbes
* Sunny's Benefit @ The Bell House
* The Big Terrific Comedy Show @ Cameo Gallery
* Cyro Baptista, Billy Martin, Amir Ziv @ The Stone
* Sam Goodwill, Heaven's Jail, Porches @ Cake Shop
* Genghis Hans, Love and Radiation @ Cameo Gallery
* Inside Joke w/ Dick Cavett @ UCB
* Phony Ppl, Allan Kingdom, Roofeeo @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Forgetters, 79.5, DJ Chris Lager/O.C.D. @ Union Hall
* Rain Machine, Lone Wolf and Cub, The Juggs @ Union Pool
* The Laurels, Prince Rupert's Drops, Bluffing @ Death By Audio
* Taurus, Eksi Ekso, Knights On Earth, American Echoes @ Pianos
* Bad Credit No Credit, Hardbodies, Bueno, Ichicuts @ Shea Stadium
* The Kominas, You Bred Raptors?, Appomattox, Wojcik @ Glasslands
* Derek Cruz, Derek Dunivan, Old Soul Revival Band @ Bowery Electric
* Archie Powell & The Exports, Janet Labelle, The Tin Man @ The Rock Shop
* Questlove, Andrew Bird, Andrew W.K., Kim Gordon, James, Chance, Dosh, Glenn Kotche (of Wilco), Bernie Worrell, Erik, Friedlander, Julia Holter, Thundercat (Red Bull Music Academy) @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple

Tonight's event in the Red Bull Music Academy takeover of NYC happens at Brooklyn Masonic Temple featuring "a series of round-robin duets" featuring the likes of Kim Gordon, Andrews WK and Bird, James Chance, Questlove, Andrew WK, Glenn Kotche and more. Sold out.

Happy May Day. Be on the lookout or join Occupy Guitarmy.

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Mac Demarco, who will be here for the Northside Festival, just released a video for "My Kind of Woman" which puts a spin on the title for the clip's conceit. Watch it below.

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Captain Murphy's Steven Ellison in FlyLo formation, 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Daughter @ CMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

today in NYC
* Paris Combo @ Joe's Pub
* Lukas Graham @ S.O.B.'s
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* The English Beat @ City Winery
* Yngwie Malmsteen @ Irving Plaza
* Marika Hughes & Friends @ Barbes
* Daughter, Wilsen @ Bowery Ballroom
* Ward White, Josh Joplin @ Mercury Lounge
* Daniel Bachmann, Don Bikoff @ Union Pool
* Josh Rouse, Eleni Mandell @ The Bell House
* Arvid Noe, Ovlov, Flagland @ Death By Audio
* Slum Village, Mick Boogie @ Santos Party House
* Tigga Calore, Kool A.D., Kassa Overall @ Glasslands
* Atlas Genius, Wild Club @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Wet Petals, My America, Weird Womb @ Saint Vitus Bar
* The Teen Age, Mainland, Supercute! @ Mercury Lounge
* John Hodgman and David Rees (DJ Set) @ Union Hall
* Brazos, ARMS, The Relatives, Cooper Formant @ Cameo Gallery
* Ava Luna, Modern Rivals, The Ugly Club, Vensaire @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Rudy Stoned Band, No Kill, Deaf Echo, Octo Puce @ Muchmore's
* Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of The Spirits, Jorge Continentino @ The Stone
* The Fleeting Ends, Alicia Witt, Bill Popp & The Tapes @ The Living Room
* Les Sans Culottes, Bradley Dean & The Terminals, Los Jamones @ Cake Shop
* The Guggenheim Grotto, Christina Courtin, Michael Daves @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Oberhofer , LODRO, Cowboy Indian Bear, Paint, Dirty River, Night Vision @ Pianos
* Stereo Crowd, Hermajesty, Of The Opera, Jean Fight, Jeremy Current @ Bowery Electric
* Erykah Badu (playing as DJ Low Down Loretta Brown), The Underachievers, Captain Murphy, Teebs, Azizi Gibson, PBDY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Flying Lotus makes his NYC debut as Captain Murphy tonight at Music Hall of Williamsburg as part of the month-long Red Bull Music Academy residency here in the city. The MHOW show also has Erykah Badu DJing as Low Down Loretta Brown, plus performances from The Underachievers, Teebs, Azizi Gibson, and PBDY. Sold out.

Tonight is also the last night of Oberhofer's Pianos residency, and the show aslo has LODRO and Cowboy Indian Bear on the bill. Tickets are still available.

Daughter play their first of two sold out NYC shows tonight. Did you hear their cover of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"? If not, you can stream it below.

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Empire of the Sun have released the video for their new single, "Alive," from their forthcoming album Ice on the Dune. Like most of their videos it's slightly over the top. You can watch it below.

Kelis, who has always been one of the more adventurous artists in popular R&B, is set to release her next album, FOOD, this September. The album was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and it will come out on his Federal Prism label. The first single, "Jerk Ribs" (which surfaced a few days ago, but was mislabeled as "Call on Me") sees Kelis soaring over a clattering beat and some anthemic horns, and it's one of her strongest singles in years. You can stream/download it below. - Andrew

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Cold Specks in Chicago earlier this month (more by James Richards IV)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Leslie Kritzer @ Joe's Pub
* Lizz Winstead @ The Bell House
* Jim James, Cold Specks @ Webster Hall
* Liam Finn, Rohypnotize @ Knitting Factory
* Opeth, Katatonia @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* How to destroy angels_, DIIV @ Apollo Theater
* Frank Londons Shekhina Big Band @ The Stone
* The Neighbourhood, Wardell @ Bowery Ballroom
* Wyatt Cenac, Dan St. Germain, Ian Kamel @ Littlefield
* Cold Specks, Prince of Innocence, Hey Anna @ Pianos
* Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Animal Tropical, Harvey Eyeballs, Oscar Adams @ Cake Shop
* Cru The Dynamic, Hints, We Can't Enjoy Ourselves @ Glasslands
* Ex Caves (Yonatan of Monotonix), Laura Ortman @ Mercury Lounge
* Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, Ramming Speed @ Saint Vitus
* Filmmatic- An Evening of Rare Hip Hop Documentaries @ Landmark Sunshine Cinema
* DJ Bobbito Garcia, Amir Abdullah, Chairman Mao, DISTAL, Monotropics @ Bowery Electric

UPDATE: Cass McCombs, Scott Metzger, Joe Russo and friends are playing at Bar 4 tonight.

The Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency continues tonight and runs through May 31 with tons of cool events. More details HERE and HERE.

Jim James and Cold Specks tour into NYC tonight for a sold out show at Webster Hall. Check out pictures from the Chicago show on BV Chicago.

Cold Specks also plays her own show, which is not sold out, at Pianos later tonight. Want a free pair of tickets? Tweet "Give me tickets to see Cold Specks at Pianos tonight @BrooklynVegan" for a chance to win.

Jim James also plays Prospect Park this summer.

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Chance the Rapper is releasing his new mixtape, Acid Rap, this week (4/30), and he just put out the video for the track "Smoke Again," which features Black Hippy member Ab-Soul. Check it out below.

Speaking of awesome rap collaborations, Clams Casino and (MF) DOOM just put out a song together called "Bookfiend." Stream that below too.

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Vampire Weekend at an ACL taping in March (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
* J Rome @ Joe's Pub
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Olivier Manchon @ Barbes
* Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes
* Tower of Power @ BB King's
* Cheap Trick @ John Varvatos
* Jonathan Toubin @ Glasslands
* Kendra Morris @ The Ace Hotel
* Les Claypool @ Gramercy Theatre
* Lee Ranaldo Band, VBA @ Union Pool
* Vampire Weekend @ Roseland Ballroom
* The Rascals @ Richard Rodgers Theatre
* Rihanna, A$AP Rocky @ Prudential Center
* Steve Coleman and Five Elements @ The Stone
* JDH & Dave P (FIXED), Turbotax @ Secret Location
* Paul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons @ Joe's Pub
* How To Destroy Angels, DIIV @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Lovely Little Girls, Infantphant, BBIGPIGG @ Cake Shop
* BFA, Toddlers, Leverage Models, Nightdogs @ Mercury Lounge
* Pile, Fat History Month, Porches, Bennio Qwerty @ Death By Audio
* Ruwa, Hans Tammen, Matt O'Hare, Your Friends and Neighbors @ Cameo Gallery
* Dot Wiggin Band, Aye Aye Rabbit, Last Car, Supercute! @ The Bowery Electric
* Turn To Crime, Lone Wolf and Cub, Firecracker Firecracker, Polygamyst @ Secret Project Robot
* Sweat Lodge, Byron Westbrook, Che Chen of True Primes, Matteah Baim, Meg Rorison @ Silent Barn

The huge Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency kicks off tonight with a FIXED party at a TBA location. The residency runs through May 31 with tons of cool events. More details HERE and HERE.

If you don't have tickets to tonight's Vampire Weekend show, you can still watch the live broadcast, which is being directed by Steve Buscemi and starts at 9 PM. You can also see that broadcast on the big screens at Brooklyn Bowl.

As a commenter just pointed out, Iggy and the Stooges will be playing Le Poisson Rouge today at 5 PM for a Soundcheck/NPR-presented performance of their new album, Ready to Die, plus classic favorites. RSVP is full, but you can watch the show streaming live on NPR. NPR is also still hosting the stream of Ready to Die.

A$AP Rocky opens for Rihanna at Prudential Center tonight, but does not play Highline Ballroom afterwards. The Rihanna tour hits Brooklyn on May 4 and 5 at Barclays, and Rocky goes on another tour which hits the NYC-area for a few shows in August with Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$$, Smoke DZA, and others.

If you're going to Death by Audio tonight for the Pile, Fat History Month, and Porches show, it's worth getting there early for local openers Bennio Qwerty. You can stream their recently released EP below and download it (name your price) at bandcamp.

Bennio Qwerty also return to Death by Audio on May 4 to open the previously discussed Bass Drum of Death and The Beets show. And though we didn't make the connection at the time, Austin's A Giant Dog (mems. OBN IIIs) are on that show too.

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Norwegian riffers Kvelertak made a video for the song "Kvelertak" off their pulverizing new album, Meir. Check it out below and catch the band in NYC on their tour with Cancer Bats and Black Tusk this May.

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