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by Fred Pessaro

Bolt Thrower at MDF 2013

Maryland Deathfest 2013 kicked off yesterday (5/23) with a rare appearance from the legendary death metal band Bolt Thrower (on tour), along with Cobalt (also on tour, recently interviewed on IO on EVR), Japan's Abigail (part of a string of dates), Pallbearer, and local thrash favorites Noisem. The single stage event expands to four today, keep up with it all on the InvisibleOranges Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Pictures from the first day of Maryland Deathfest are also at InvisibleOranges.

DIIV @ Kidrockers, Brooklyn Bowl (more by Jessica Amaya)

Impresario Peter Shapiro -- owner of Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg and the former boss of Wetlands in Tribeca -- has picked a quiet pocket in the industrial neighborhood of Gowanus for a new "child-friendly" venture.
The 40-year-old father of two is turning an empty warehouse at 280 Bond St. into The Rock and Roll Playhouse, housing classes for the day-care crowd, a bar and a live-music theater...

...The Playhouse, slated to open this winter, will teach tots about music during the days in classes such as "Beatles for Babies," and "Drawing Rock and Roll," according to the project's website. - [NY Daily News]

Wolvhammer @ Union Pool, 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)

YACHT @ T5, 2012 (more by Diana Wong)

today in NYC
* Lemuria @ Maxwell's
* Lettuce @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Fierce Bad Rabbit @ Joe's Pub
* Canellakis-Brown Duo @ Barbes
* Mariah Carey @ Rumsey Playfield
* Rob Curto's Forro All Star @ Barbes
* fun. @ Seaside Heights Boardwalk
* Skream, Mala, Plastician, Hatcha @ SRB
* Glorior Belli, Wolvhammer @ Union Pool
* The Westerlies Play Horvitz @ The Stone
* Pass This On: Robyn Gets Weird @ The Bell House
* Journalism, Ocean View, Weird Womb @ Cake Shop
* Napoleon, Grand Resort, Night Dogs @ Cameo Gallery
* Seasick Mama, I Am Lightyear, Loveskills @ Glasslands
* Trabajo, Wei Zhongle, NUD, Shenzhen @ Ran Tea House
* Laura Stevenson, Owen, Field Mouse @ Bowery Ballroom
* Historics, The Heaven's Jail Band, 1-800-BAND @ The Flat
* Butter The Children, Big Muff, Roses, Ceramics @ Big Snow
* DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Soulja Man, Durban, TCJ @ 285 Kent
* Elijah Ocean, North of Nashville, Juniper Rising @ Union Hall
* Alkaline Trio, Bayside, Off With Their Heads @ Best Buy Theater
* Sage Francis, Prolyphic, B. Dolan, Metermaids @ Knitting Factory
* Deformity, Thee Nodes, Missionary, Nerv, Sucia @ Death By Audio
* Fresh Daily, Gizmo, Mariami, C-Sick, Elevation Theory @ Paper Box
* Gesaffeistein, Brodinski, LOUISAHHH!!!, Alex English @ Webster Hall
* The Vandelles, Secret Colours, Bird Call, Companion, Hikashu @ Pianos
* Yacht, Prinzhorn Dance School, Larry Gus, DFA Kris (DJ) @ Shea Stadium
* Macronympha, Oscillating Innards, Kilt, Long Distance Poison @ Silent Barn
* Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble @ The Stone
* Frances Cone, The Score, Jake Lewis and The Clergy @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Paper Route, Sugar Glyder, Minnie Dee, John Bell @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Richard Lloyd (of Television), 2 Teens Kill 4, Steve Almaas @ The Bowery Electric
* The Living Kills, Twin Guns, Madam Robot and The Lust Brigade @ Mercury Lounge
* New Atlantic Youth, Incorporated Village of Ghost, Clownface, Dead Guy @ The Rock Shop
* Escort, Lady Miss Kier, Tippy Toes, Leverage Models, JKriv (DJ) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders, Damon & Naomi, Brother Danielson, Eugene Mimran @ City Winery
* Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa, Aye Aye Rabbit, Many Mansions, The Drunken Foreigner Band @ Secret Project Robot
* Sons of an Illustrious Father, The Great American Novel, The Harmonica Lewinskies, The Jean Jackets, The Gradients @ Muchmore's

UK duo Prinzhorn Dance School make their U.S. live debut at Shea Stadium tonight, opening for YACHT. Tickets are still available. They'll both play tomorrow at the sold out DFA Records 12th Anniversary Party.

Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of the summer movie season, and this week's blockbusters include Fast & Furious 6, The Hangover Part III and animated flick, Epic. On the smaller side, there's Before Midnight, the third in Richard Linklater's indie romance series with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; and Greta Gerwig in Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha.

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Charlie XCX just released the video for True Romance single "Take My Hand" and you can watch that below. You can also see her for free in NYC on May 30 at Urban Outfitters on Broadway. Maybe she'll cover the Backstreet Boys.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

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by Andrew Sacher

Julio Bashmore

Bristol, UK house producer Julio Bashmore has released some singles and EPs over the past few years, like "Au Seve," the first release on his own Boardwalk label, and earlier this year he provided the dancefloor-ready beat to Jessie Ware's "Imagine It Was Us" single (and some of her Devotion LP). He also released a collaborative single with Kowton called "Mirror Song" this month via Boardwalk, which was backed by Kowton's new track, "And What?." You can check out the video for "Mirror Song" and a stream of "And What?" below.

Julio is set to come to North America for a tour here this August. That tour includes his opening slot at the previously discussed Disclosure/TNGHT co-headlining show at Central Park Summerstage on August 6 (tickets), and his appearance at the just-announced Warm Up summer series at MoMA PS1. Julio plays Warm Up on August 10 with Detroit techno vets Octave One (live), Hyetal, and DJ Dodger Stadium (aka Jerome LOL and Samo Sound Boy). Tickets for all Warm Up shows go on sale June 5 at noon.

Hyetal, who also hails from Bristol, makes UK-style dubstep under his own name, and is also part of the duo Velour with Julio Bashmore. Earlier this year, Velour released the dancey single "Speedway" b/w "Dial," which you can stream both tracks from below. Hyetal's new solo album, Modern Worship, comes out on June 4 via True Panther, and you can stream two tracks from that album below too. His appearance at Warm Up is his only currently announced North American date.

All Julio Bashmore dates are listed, along with the tour flyer and streams/videos, below...

Continue reading "Jessie Ware collaborator Julio Bashmore announces North American tour; Hyetal releasing a new LP on True Panther"

(via @robotsvsghosts Instagram)

Tickets for the Scout Niblett and Dope Body show at Saint Vitus are on sale now.

Sky Ferreira is playing Maxwell's on June 17. Tickets to that show go on sale today at noon.

Iggy Azalea sold out her previously mentioned Bowery Ballroom show (6/17), and added another one happening a day earlier (6/16) at the same venue. Tickets for the newly-added show are on sale now.

Mike Birbiglia's final performance of his one-man-show, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, happens at Carnegie Hall on June 2. Tickets are still available

Wale, who also plays Summer Jam, is playing Best Buy Theater on June 24. Tickets to that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Trail of Dead and Ume show at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Kisses at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Week of Wonders, Chalk And Numbers, and Pale Lights at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation and Natalia Clavier are playing S.O.B.'s on June 4. Tickets to that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Drowners and Skaters show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Ghost at Webster Hall earlier this month (more by Greg Cristman)

Sweden's favorite Satan-loving rockers Ghost B.C., who recently toured North America in support of their new album, Infestissumam, released one of that album's Japan-only bonus tracks onto the internet this week. The bonus track is a very Ghost-ian cover of Depeche Mode's "Waiting For The Night" from their Violator album. It's not the first time Ghost covered an entirely non-metal song.

Check it out below...

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Trail of Dead at BV-SXSW 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck)

This summer, Austin indie rock vets ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead will be heading out on a tour with Austin indie rock newcomers Ume surrounding Trail of Dead's appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival. That tour hits the NYC-area for a show on July 23 at Maxwell's. Tickets for that show go on sale today (5/24) at noon.

All dates are listed, along with the video for the title track of Trail of Dead's 2012 LP, Lost Songs, below...

Continue reading "Trail of Dead touring with Ume this summer (dates)"

Tonight (5/23) at 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT, Queens of the Stone Age will perform their entire new album ...Like Clockwork live from the The Wiltern in Los Angeles, streaming at NPR.

Meanwhile watch their recent performance on Jools Holland, below...

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Photos by Greg Cristman

The Pere Ubu and Eddie Money-covering Coliseum toured throuch NYC this week and played a show at Kniting Factory in Brooklyn with Red Hare (mems. Swiz, Bluetip, Garden Variety) and Pampers on Tuesday night (5/21). Here are some pictures. They continue below...

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TGI Fridays, you give bars a bad name, a bad name...

"State authorities this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants across New Jersey on suspicion that they have been re-filling empty bottles of their most expensive liquors with cheaper alcohol.

Dubbed "Operation Swill," the year-long investigation found the establishments fooled customers so they could charge higher prices and bolster their profits, according to a statement released by the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control." [NJ.COM]

Continue reading "Cops raid TGI Fridays, Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday & other NJ bars for selling cheap alcohol as 'top shelf'"