Majical Cloudz at Von in April (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Coliseum at Union Pool in 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

today in NYC
* Q-Tip @ Cielo
* Alex Meixner @ Barbes
* The Tony Show @ UCB East
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Alkaline Trio, Bayside @ Irving Plaza
* Majical Cloudz, Gobby @ Glasslands
* Sub X, Whiskey Bitches @ Cake Shop
* Prima, Eleanor, Cave Lighting @ Muchmore's
* Sri, Nature Cruise, Sorry, Dry @ Cameo Gallery
* Coliseum, Red Hare, Pampers @ Knitting Factory
* Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Beacon Theater
* Bridget Everett & The Tender Moments @ Joe's Pub
* Mad Juana, Mars Bonfire, Eric Frisch @ Bowery Electric
* Weed Hounds, Psychic Blood, Softspot, Bueno @ Silent Barn
* Jonathan Batiste and The Stay Human Band @ McKittrick Hotel
* Ingrowing, Gride, Ahumado, Granujo, Mother Brain @ Saint Vitus
* Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, DJ Romes @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Wakey!Wakey!, Leif Vollebekk, Michael Daves @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Shooter Jennings, Daniel Romano, East River Bandits @ Bowery Ballroom
* Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble @ The Stone
* UV Race, Warthog, Scott & Charlene's Wedding, Household @ Death By Audio
* Onra, DJ Spinna, Maxmillion Dunbar, Terekke, DJ Thanksgiving Brown @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Brenmar, Nick Hook, Sinjin Hawke, Julien Love, Carrot Green, Andre Laos, Pleasure Cruiser @ Tammany Hall
* French Montana, Funkmaster Flex, Cipha Sounds, Bobby Trends, DJ Spynfo, Young Chow, DJ Kulcha @ Webster Hall
* Janeane Garofalo, David Wain, Peter Grosz, Natasha Rothwell, Steve Heisler, Steve Jacobs, Margaret Lyons @ Union Hall
* Blondes (DJ), Teengirl Fantasy (DJ), Shams, Bruno Coviello (of Light Asylum), Mr. Ad Hoc, Tom Hawking, Angelina Dreem @ The DL
* Schoolboy Q, Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott, Dizzy Wright, Angel Haze @ Best Buy Theater

Action Bronson, who plays the XXL Freshmen Show at Best Buy Theater tonight with Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Angel Haze, and others, made a video for his Harry Fraud-produced song "Strictly 4 My Jeeps." The video features Riff Raff, and you can watch it below.

Majical Cloudz play a record release party for their debut LP, Impersonator, which came out today via Matador, at Glasslands tonight with Gobby and a "Special Guest." If you haven't heard the album yet, you can listen at Pitchfork.

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Vacation released the track "Candy Waves" from their forthcoming LP of the same name, which is due out on June 18 via Don Giovanni. Stream the new track below.

The full version of Beyonce's new single "Grown Woman," which will presumably appear on her new album, surfaced on the internet last night. Not positive if it's an official release, but check out a stream of the track below.

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"XXL has revealed their Freshman Class cover for 2013. The cover features ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Action Bronson, among others. They join a list of emcees to be on the Freshman Class list over the years that includes Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller and more." [HipHopDX (via)]

Many of the rappers featured in this year's Freshman Class were just down at SXSW including Angel Haze who we just posted some pictures of on BV Austin, and Action Bronson who we caught at Viceland and at a Warner showcase.

photos by Dylan Johnson

Snoop Lion / Action Bronson / Flatbush Zombies

VICELAND was the center of the universe for a great deal of awesome hip hop, and as such our photographer captured quite a few sets from the venue. Check out some amazing photos of Snoop Lion (on 3/14), A$AP Ferg, Action Bronson, Danny Brown and Flatbush Zombies (all on 3/15) at the space during the week of SXSW. More pics are below.

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by Fred Pessaro // BBG

RJ Ober w/ Magrudergrind at Warsaw in June (more by Joe McCabe)

Much like in years prior, in addition my own favorites list of 2012 I sought out lists from some of my favorite artists as well including members of Loss, Coke Bust, Witch Mountain, Magrudergrind, and much much more. We already posted lists by Eugene Robinson of Oxbow and Curran Reynolds of Today Is The Day, and we posted Trevor De Bruaw of Pelican on BV Chicago. Check out more lists of the best of 2012 according to select metal/punk/hardcore bands below.

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Action Bronson at Bamboozle 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

today in NYC
* Las Rositas @ Barbes
* Eric Roberson @ SOB's
* Ensemble 212 @ The Stone
* Strawberry Fields @ BB King's
* Disco Biscuits @ Best Buy Theater
* The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* Esther Venrooy with Lander Gyselinck @ The Stone
* The White Panda, Huey Mack, Cash Cash @ Webster Hall
* Action Bronson, A$AP FERG, Meyhem Lauren @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Modern Colour, Ula Ruth, AM Aesthetic, Poor Old Shine @ Mercury Lounge
* Solid Liquid, Rimar, Radio Brovold, Octo Octa, D. Gookin (DJ Set) @ Glasslands
* Degreaser, MJ Halloran & The Sinners, Brian Henry Hooper Band @ Cake Shop
* The Bouncing Souls, Paint It Black, The Curse, Go! for the Throat @ The Stone Pony

The Bouncing Souls play their first of four annual holiday shows at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park tonight.

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A$AP Rocky made a video for the title track off his upcoming LP, Long.Live.A$AP (due out 1/15). Check it out below.

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Other Lives @ Rock Werchter 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

Sky Ferreira @ BVCMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

today in NYC
* Build @ The Stone
* Big Terrific @ Cameo
* Eyehategod @ Saint Vitus
* Camp Lo @ Knitting Factory
* Dear Comrade, Hints @ Cameo
* Aaron Neville @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Mount Eerie @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Cypress Hill @ Best Buy Theatre
* Curtis MacDonald Group @ Barbes
* Other Lives, Indians @ Bowery Ballroom
* Justin Bieber @ Madison Square Garden
* Jack Ingram & Radney Foster @ Joe's Pub
* Harry Fraud, DJ Getlive @ Public Assembly
* Sky Ferreira, Acrylics, Rumors @ Glasslands
* Future Shuttle, Holy God, Long Vera @ Zebulon
* Pegasus Warning, Vernous @ The Bowery Electric
* The Moog, Oh Halo, EUSH, Madison Cano @ Pianos
* American Darlings, Robin Electric, Giftshop @ Cake Shop
* Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
* Youth Group, Nick Zinner (DJ), MNDR (DJ), Musa (DJ) @ Le Bain
* Benzos, Happy People, Dinowalrus, Inky Jack @ Mercury Lounge
* The Gaslight Anthem, Matthew Ryan, Laura Stevenson & The Cans @ Terminal 5
* School of Seven Bells, Twin Sister, Moon King @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Big Ups, Youth & The Drug Explosion, The Black Black, Fuck 666, Stryk9 @ Party XPO
* Ancient Ocean, Afterlife, Long Distance Poison, Hex Breaker Quartet @ Death By Audio
* EMEFE, Swift Technique, Mokaad, The Bailen Brothers Band, Jake Pinto & the Yeahtones @ Paper Box

Neil Young, who played MSG last night, is on the Daily Show tonight.

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Action Bronson at MHOW in August (more by Ryan Muir)

As mentioned, Action Bronson is on tour with Cypress Hill and was supposed to hit NYC on November 28 at Best Buy Theater (rescheduled from 10/30). However, Action Bronson dropped off that show and was replaced by STS. For those still interested in attending, tickets are still available.

Action Bronson will continue to do a ton of touring until the end of this year and into 2013, and if you were planning on seeing him at the Cypress Hill show, you'll have another chance to catch the rapper in NYC on December 26 at Brooklyn Bowl. Tickets for that show go on sale today (11/21) at noon.

Action Bronson just released his Alchemist-produced album, Rare Chandeliers, which you can download for free. Updated dates are listed below.

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Action Bronson - Rare Chandeliers

Action Bronson was supposed to play Best Buy Theater last week (10/30) with Cypress Hill, but as mentioned, that show was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. The new date for that show has been set and will happen on November 28 at Best Buy Theater. Tickets are still available if you don't already have one.

When we discussed that show being postponed, we also mentioned that Action Bronson was going to play a free show which was set to happen today (11/7) with Harry Fraud & friends and DJ Getlive! at Public Assembly. That show was also just rescheduled and will instead also happen on November 28 at Public Assembly, but probably due to the Cypress Hill show, Action Bronson is no longer listed on the event page or the show flyer. RSVP is still open and the flyer is below.

In related news, Action Bronson will release a free album titled Rare Chandeliers on November 15. The album was produced entirely by The Alchemist, whose album, Russian Roulette, Bronson appeared on. That album will feature the track "The Symbol," which you can watch the video for with the full album tracklist below. That's the fancy cover art above.

Video, cover art, tracklist, show flyer, and a list of all dates below...

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Cat Power at Central Park Summerstage in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* Tim Eriksen @ Barbes
* Barnaby Bright @ Joe's Pub
* Diamond Terrifer @ Zebulon
* Louis CK @ New York City Center
* Antibalas, Ted Leo @ World Financial Center
* Cherub, Glitter Freeze @ The Rock Shop
* Jenny Besetzt, Rifle Recoil @ Cake Shop
* The Cabin Down Below Band @ Webster Hall
* Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan @ BB King's
* Flobots, Astronautalis @ Highline Ballroom
* Ex-Cops, Historics, Young Boys @ Glasslands
* Damien Jurado, Psychic Twin @ Mercury Lounge
* Naomi Watanabe/Daniel Jodocy Duo @ The Stone
* El Ten Eleven, Michna, Beacon @ Bowery Ballroom
* Double King, Careful, Tica Douglas @ Cameo Gallery
* Old 97's, Salim Nourallah, Rhett Miller @ Webster Hall
* Miike Snow, Niki & the Dove @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Sinkane, Zongo Junction, Pegasus Warning @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Counting Crows, Tender Mercies, Mean Creek @ The Capitol Theatre
* Cat Power, Willis Earl Beal, Xray Eyeballs @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on Broadway @ Broadway Theatre
* Margot and The Nuclear So & So's, Gentleman Caller @ Mercury Lounge
* Father John Misty, La Sera, Jeffertitti's Nile @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Oddisee, Tanya Morgan, Mr. Mag, Gotham Green, The Doppelgangaz @ Public Assembly

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Action Bronson made a video for his new single, "The Symbol." Check it out below.

Aesop Rock made a video for "Homemade Mummy." Check it out below.

Diamond Rings made a video for "Runaway Love." Check it out below.

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New Order @ Hyde Park, August 2012 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)

Robert Ellis @ Mercury Lounge, April 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)

* Nneka @ Joe's Pub
* Frankie Rose (DJ set) @ Drom
* New Order @ Roseland Ballroom
* Jemeel Moondoc Quartet @ The Stone
* The Walkmen, Dum Dum Girls @ Terminal 5
* Araabmuzik, Chromeo DJ set, MNDR DJ set @ 87 Lafayette
* Sinkane of Yeasayer, Superhuman Happiness @ Zebulon
* Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Joey Bada$$ @ SOBs
* GZA, Sweet Valley, Killer Mike, Bear Hands @ Irving Plaza
* Araabmuzik, Chromeo DJ set, MNDR DJ set @ 87 Lafayette St
* Big K.R.I.T., Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, LE1F @ Webster Hall
* MNDR, MS MR, Deap Vally, io Echo, Sky Ferreira @ Bowery Ballroom
* Pig Destroyer, Ken Mode, Early Graves, Encrust @ Public Assembly
* Toys That Kill, Night Birds, Nude Beach, The Shrine @ Acheron
* DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Thieves Like Us, Dignan Porch @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Body Language, Opossom, Devin, Donora, Echo-Friendly, Night Panther @ Matchless
* Casey Veggies, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Travis Scott, Nemo Achida @ SOB's
* The Intelligence, Parquet Courts, Viva L'American Death Ray Music @ Death By Audio
* Mirror Mirror, Regal Degal, Kirin J Callinan, New Look @ Shea Stadium
* Maria Minerva, Wild Yaks, Tjutjuna, True Womanhood, US, Mr Frank, Glazz @ Trip House
* Pissed Jeans, King Tuff, Metz, Poor Moon, Daughn Gibson, Debo Band @ Knitting Factory
* Blackbird Blackbird, Rioux, Rimar, Maria Minerva, AIMES, Heathered Pearls @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Prince Rama, Young Magic, Dent May, Popstrangers, Dog Bite, Montag, Adventure @ Cameo Gallery
* Kilo Kish, DIANA, Ryan Hemsworth, Flume, TOPS, ForteBowie, Sam Flax, Empress Of @ 285 Kent
* Green Paper, The Toothaches, Kink Ador, Dirty Names, Great Caesar, Fishdoctor, French Camp, Soho Kings @ Arlene's Grocery
* Action Bronson, The Alchemist, Ratking, Spaceghostpurrp, Savages, Savoir Adore @ House of Vans
* Computer Magic, Slowdance, Miracles of Modern Science, Alyson Greenfield, SORNE, Hard Nips @ Spike Hill
* Supreme Cuts, Haleek Maul, Main Attrakionz, Cities Aviv, Aston Matthews @ Mishika
* Hey Marseilles, Choir of Young Believers, Brainstorm, Joy Kills Sorrow @ The Ace Hotel
* Dinowalrus, Twin Tigers, Mean Creek, Turf War, You Won't, Lost Boy?, Your Youth, Fantasy Rainbow @ Pianos
* Kiven, Dead Stars, Sea Wolf, Filligar, The Last Royals, JJAMZ, Rah Rah, The TonTons, Twin Berlin, Midnight Spin @ Bowery Electric
* Weekend, Friend Roulette, Fan-Tan, KNTRLR, Heaven, Lou-is, Life Size Maps, Sun Ladders, The Flag @ The Gutter
* Unicorn Kid, Tokimonsta, Mt Eden, Stratus, Da Mouth, Chemical Monkeys, 831 @ Union Square Ballroom
* Love as Laughter, Unstoppable Death Machines, Wild Yaks, Filthy Savage, ZZZ's @ Secret Project Robot
* Hundred Waters, Hooray For Earth, Mac DeMarco, Bloksberg, Jensen Sportag DJ set, YVYNYL DJ set @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Granfather Child, Robert Ellis, Technicolor Hearts, Wild Child, The TonTons, New York City Queens, Shakey Graves, Josiah Hall @ Rebel NYC
* Chrome Canyon DJ set, Young Magic DJ set, Teen Daze DJ set, Mister Lies DJ set, DJ Tokyo Sex Man, Carles @ Glasslands
* Icona Pop, Capital Cities, JJAMZ, Sky Ferreira, Morning Parade, Blondfire, Strange Talk, Pacific Air @ Santos Party House
* Zomby, Mykki Blanco, Arca, Gobby, Kuhrye-oo, Aquarian, Anthony Naples, Eddie Mars @ Autumn Bowl
* Hurray for the Riff-Raff, Heliotropes, Hans Chew, Jo Schornikow, Mount Moriah, Port St. Willow, Lightning Love @ Cake Shop
* King L, Indians, Unicorn Kid, Sinkane of Yeasayer, Children Of The Night, Citizens!, Physical Therapy DJ set, Cory Arcangel DJ set @ Fader at Converse Rubber Tracks
* Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids, Vault Boys (Heroes & Villains), Ninjasonik, MopTop, Chase N. Cashe, ASAP TyY, GDP, Vyle, Blvckalfred, Curtains @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Reigning Sound, Telekinesis, Mount Moriah, Eleanor Friedberger, Mac McCaughan, William Tyler of Silver Jews @ The Mercury Lounge
* Kiven, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Wildlife Control, Dinosaur Feathers, Conveyor, Il Abanico & more @ The Delancey
* Francisco The Man, Chad Valley, Unicorn Kid, Hundred Waters, You Won't, Levek, Sam Flax, Field Mouse, Gracie, Night Panther, Murals, Conveyor @ Pianos

Our sister site BV Austin, is co-presenting the FREE, official CMJ Texas Takeover Party tonight at Rebel NYC with performances from Granfather Child, Robert Ellis, Wild Child, The TonTons, New York City Queens, Shakey Graves, Josiah Hall and Technicolor Hearts. Doors are at 5 PM, music starts at 6 PM and goes all night. Check out the schedule and more details here.

Don't forget that the first of two free not-CMJ day parties at Public Assembly is Friday (10/19) that go from noon- 6 PM. Savages, METZ, The Intelligence, The Orwells, Braids and more play. The other is Saturday (10/20), same time. Come on down!

Not a CMJ show, but Manchester legends New Order play the first of their two-night stand at Roseland Ballroom. No Peter Hook, but Gillian Gilbert is back in the line-up for the first time in over ten years.

What CMJ shows are you checking out tonight? Follow @bvcmj on Twitter for more CMJ coverage.

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Dum Dum Girls at Sasquatch 2012 (more by Chris Graham)

Doldrums at NXNE 2012 (more by David Andrako)

today in NYC
* Plank Theory @ The Stone
* The Intelligence @ Maxwell's
* Fiona Apple, Blake Mills @ Terminal 5
* Crosby, Stills and Nash @ Beacon Theater
* Umphrey's McGee, Conspirator @ Capitol Theatre
* Bridget Everett & The Tender Moments @ Joe's Pub
* Rosenkopf, Cult of Youth, Slug Guts @ Home Sweet Home
* Julie Klausner, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ The Bell House
* METZ, Die! Die! Die!, Roomrunner @ Death By Audio
* The Jezabels, Hey Rosetta!, Yukon Blonde @ Webster Hall
* Blackbird Blackbird, Maus Haus, TOPS, Motion Studies @ Shea Stadium
* Blondfire, Sky Ferriera, Ghost Beach, Capital Cities, Gabriel Bruce @ Union Hall
* Regal Degal, Ian Drennan, Lame Drivers, So Cow, Squarehead @ Big Snow
* Physical Therapy, Maria Minerva, Von Haze, Arca, Forma, Tempers
* My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Left Spine Down @ Gramercy Theatre
* Flying Lotus, Death Grips, Buke and Gase, Ali Shaheed Muhammed @ (le) poisson rouge
* AM Fire Talk, Woodsman, Tjutjuna, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk @ Zebulon
* Tomorrow's World, Housse de Racket, Lescop, Citizens! @ Highline Ballroom
* Trixie Whitley, GOLD FIELDS, Duologue, People vs. Larsen @ McKittrick Hotel
* Gunfight, Backwords, Quiet Loudly, Indian Rebound, Sharkmuffin @ Muchmore's
* Local Natives, SKATERS, San Cisco, Pacific Air, Solid Gold @ Bowery Ballroom
* Native Eloquence, Cemeteries, Headaches, M. Sage, Foxes in Fiction @ La Sala
* Dead Leaf Echo, Andre Obin, Some Ember, Rarechild, Treasure Teeth @ Tandem Bar
* Electrical Umbilical Cord, Brusque Twins, Silent Em, Some Ember, Excuses, Eraas @ Cameo Gallery
* Matthew E. White, Opossom, Twin Tigers, Fantasmas, Grape Soda, Koko Beware @ Union Pool
* Dum Dum Girls, Guards, Savages, Icona Pop (DJ Set), Port St. Willow, IO Echo @ Glasslands
* The Virgins, Unknown MOrtal Chestra, The Neighbourhood, Indians, Goldroom @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Doldrums, Strange Talk, Hundred Waters, Duologue, Mozart's Sister, High Highs, DIANA @ Mercury Lounge
* The Life & Times, The Hounds Below, Local H, Alvarez Kings, Tango in the Attic, Dignan Porch @ CMJ Union
* Gemini Club, Purple, Monsters Calling Home, Air Traffic Controller, Get People, The Lone Bellow @ Canal Room
* Lights Resolve, The Phuss, Gypsy West, Viva Mayday, Chainwave, Black Bird White Sky, Le resistance @ Matchless
* Bird Call, Vivienne Eastwood, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Phone Tag, The Oyster Murders, Yellow Red Sparks @ Legion Bar
* Nina Sky, Maluca, Anjulie, Lady Starlight, Roxy Cottontail, Chippy Nonstop, Jane Bang @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Chad Valley, Jensen Sportag, Michna, Erika Spring, Selebrities, Rush Midnight, Heathered Pearls DJ set @ Le Baron
* Thurston Moore and Loren Connors, Hubble, PC Worship, Diamond Terrifier, The Dreebs, Devin, Gary & Ross @ Public Assembly
* The Dearloves, Catch Wild, New York Funk Exchange, Paperdoll, Dangerous Ponies, The Hollows, Pine Hollows, Bottom Dollars @ Sullivan Hall
* ZZZ's, Hussle Club, I.R.O.K., Punks On Mars, Ghost Wave, Psychobuildings, Half Undressed, Communist Daughter, Blessed Feathers @ Cake Shop
* Chains of Love, Heliotropes, papercranes, Aact Rrasier, The Analog Girl, Young Girls, Baron Von Luxxury (DJ set) @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Flying Points, Fast Years, Ace Reporter, Eytan & The Embassy, The Last Royals, Motive, Mother Feather, New Beard, Raccoon Fighter @ Spike Hill
* Onili, Kosha Dillz, Wordspit the Illest, Bobby 2 Flee, Swinton Rockz, El Gant, Kiss Slash Crooked Smile, Illustrate, Zak Downtown @ Littlefield
* Flatbush Zombies, The Orwells, Children of the Night, Skaters, Bodega Bamz, Moon King, Underachievers, Team Spirit, Haleek Maul @ Santos Party House
* T.H. White, At Sea, The Blakes, Happy People, Bend Sinister, Apollo Run, Mieka Pauley, The Dawns, Old Time Machine, Maya Solovey @ The Bowery Electric
* Dangerous Ponies, Birthmark, Industries of the Blind, You Bred Raptors?, Cuddle Magic, Doe Paoro, Friend Roulette, In One Wind, DTROTBOT @ Living Room
* Archie Powell & The Exports, Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Twin Tigers, Pretty & Nice, Trapper Schoepp & The Shades, Roomrunner, Fantasy Rainbow @ The Rock Shop
* The Foreign Resort, Midnight Spin, Robbin Pain, Watermelon, Screentests, Glitter Freeze, Hidden Cities, Corita, Torches, Maybe The Welders, Starina @ Fontana's
* Main Attrakionz, Kool AD, Deniro Farrar, Supreme Cuts, Cities Aviv, Bryant Dope, Ryan Hemsworth, CBG, Heems, Sasha Go Hard, Kitty Pryde, Weekend Money, SAFE @ 285 Kent
* Kyle Rapps and Diwon, Aaron Cohen and the Inner City Kids, Danse Diamons, Tek (of Smif n Wessun), Black Dave, Cezar, El Gant, Rilgood, Maffew Ragazino @ Paper Box
* Cold Blood Club, Solid Gold, Har Mar Superstar, Me And My Arrow, American Royalty, Lightning Love, Los Encantados, Sean Anonymous w/ Dream Crusher, Enemy Planes @ The Delancey

CMJ starts to get really in the swing tonight, with lots of good options. Toronto's awesome METZ were just added to tonight's Death by Audio bill that also features Roomrunner, Die Die Die and Beasty. $7 at the door.

It's also the debut of UK act Savages tonight at Glasslands as part of Stereogum's showcase that also has Dum Dum Girls, Guards and more. You can probably still RSVP (you'll still need to pay $5 at the door) though this will be a hot show so you may want to get there early (doors at 8:15 PM). If you don't go to Glasslands tonight, Savages will play our free day party on Friday at Public Assembly.

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In non-CMJ news, Ty Segall tore it up on Conan last night. Check out his performance of "Thank God for Sinners" below.

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Swans at Music Hall of WIlliamsburg in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

today in NYC
* Big Terrific @ Cameo
* Trio Hornito @ Barbes
* Jason Collett @ Joe's Pub
* Ben Harper @ Carnegie Hall
* Ches Smith Trio @ The Stone
* Martha Wainwright @ Littlefield
* Secret Chiefs 3: UR @ The Stone
* Alice Cohen, Odo, Lauds @ Zebulon
* Luke Rathborne, Cartright @ Cameo
* Sloan (performing Twice Removed) @ Maxwell's
* Heart, Alejandro Escovedo @ The Paramount
* Swans, A Hawk and a Hacksaw @ Bowery Ballroom
* Fiona Apple, Blake Mills @ The Capitol Theatre
* Heaven, Computer Magic, Rumors @ Mercury Lounge
* Morrissey, Kristeen Young @ Radio City Music Hall
* Grooms, Royal Baths, SISU, Punks On Mars @ Glasslands
* Action Bronson, Jonwayne, Party Supplies @ Public Assembly
* Texas is the Reason, States & Kingdoms @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Blind Shake, Xaddax, Cellular Chaos, Radio Shock @ Cake Shop
* Bomb the Music Industry, The Fifth Street Band, No Way @ Death By Audio
* The Shivers, Alana Amram and The Rough Gems, Jesse Anderson Ainslie @ Union Pool
* John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Gordan Gano, Jesse Harris, TriBeCaStan, Flutterbox @ (le) poisson rouge
* "Special Guest," Gaslamp Killer, Martyn, Dorian Concept, Jeremiah Jae, Taylor McFerrin, The Underachievers @ Villain
* Pusha T, Biz Markie, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, Sicky Brett @ Bam Parking Lot (Downtown Brooklyn College Festival)

Activist and author Nick Cooney is on an 11-city "Compassionate Communities Tour" and is hosting a free workshop in Manhattan at 7pm.

Twi The Humble Feather play Manhattan Inn four Wednesdays this month including tonight.

Junip was supposed to play Le Poisson Rouge tonight but that show was cancelled.

Meanwhile, Le Poisson Rouge will host another good show tonight with John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Violent Femmes frontman Gordan Gano, and more.

Minneapolis' The Blind Shake, who were just terrific opening for Duchess Says last month, are back in town, playing Cake Shop tonight. They'll also play Death by Audio tomorrow (10/11).

Action Bronson plays two NYC shows tonight.

Swans plays Bowery Ballroom tonight with A Hawk and a Hacksaw. It's sold out but you can still get tickets to their 2 NYC shows with Devendra Banhart.

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Jack White made a video for "I'm Shakin'." Check it out below.

Sharon Van Etten made a NSFW video for "Magic Chords." Check it out below.

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Action Bronson at MHOW in August (more by Ryan Muir)

Paul Banks at FYF Fest 2012 (more by Debi Del Grande)

Complex is throwing a big, free, multi-genre, non-CMJ party during CMJ at Brooklyn's House of Vans on October 18. The show's got two stages -- a rap and a rock stage -- with the rap stage being headlined by Action Bronson and the rock stage by Interpol frontman Paul Banks. The rest of the lineup includes The Alchemist, Ratking, Ka, Spaceghostpurrp, Savages, Savoir Adore, and a surprise special guest. RSVP is required for the free show and you must be 21+. The flier is below.

Meanwhile, you can catch Action Bronson in NYC even sooner when he plays a free show at Public Assembly on October 10, and he'll also be back for a show at Highline Ballroom on October 30 with Cypress Hill.

Paul Banks, whose tour brings him to NYC for a headlining show on November 13 at Webster Hall, will also play one of the just mentioned KEXP shows in Union Square during CMJ.

We also just mentioned that Hot Charity signees Ratking have CMJ shows scheduled including free shows at Glasslands and Mercury Lounge on October 19 and a not-free show at Glasslands on October 20.

Savages have a number of CMJ shows scheduled too. They're playing Mercury Lounge on October 19 with Choir of Young Believers, Daughter, San Cisco, Emma Louise, and J. Thoven. Advance tickets for that show are sold out but you can still try to get in with your CMJ badge. They also play the Stereogum showcase with Dum Dum Girls, Guards, Port. St Willow, IO ECHO, and Icona Pop (DJ) (tickets), and it was just announced that they'll play the free Bowery Presents day party on October 20 at Pianos with The Orwells, Foxygen, Born Ruffians, Little Green Cars, Ava Luna, J. Thoven, San Cisco, Sky Ferreira, Opossom, Murals, Zulu Pearls, and Blessed Feathers.

The flier for the Complex show and an updated list of Action Bronson and Paul Banks dates are below.

Continue reading "Action Bronson, Paul Banks, Spaceghostpurrp, Savages, Alchemist & more playing House of Vans party during CMJ"

DOWNLOAD: Action Bronson - "It's Me" (MP3)

Action Bronson @ Beauty Ballroom in Austin, TX last week (more by Tim Griffin)

Queens rapper Action Bronson, who recently inked a deal with VICE Records, has a handful of upcoming US tour dates. One of those dates is a Chicago show at the Double Door on November 4, supporting Cypress Hill, which he also does in NYC on October 30. Tickets for the Chicago show go on sale this Saturday (9/29) at noon CST.

Bronson also recently shared a new song, called "It's Me," which features production from long-time collaborator Party Supplies. You can download the track at the top of this post and/or stream it below.

All known Action Bronson // Cypress Hill dates and a stream of his new track are below...

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A$AP Rocky at MHOW, August 2012 (more by Ryan Muir)

tonight in NYC
* Choro Trio @ Barbes
* Mecanica Popular @ Barbes
* Avicii @ Radio City Music Hall
* Rondi Charleston @ Joe's Pub
* Henry Grimes Trio @ The Stone
* Snoop Dogg @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Gotye, Zammuto @ Williamsburg Park
* Lips, Evil J, Saint Cecilia @ The Flat
* Burlesque Festival @ The Bell House
* Julian Velard w/ Charlene Kaye @ Joe's Pub
* Twin Shadow, Niki & The Dove @ Webster Hall
* Friends, Phone Tag, Lorna Dune @ 285 Kent Avenue
* The Milk Carton Kids, Brendan Hines @ 92YTribeca
* Artl, Man Benu, Winter Family, Sunmoon @ Zebulon
* Vacationer, Ghost Beach, Lovelife @ Cameo Gallery
* Chris Cohen, Blanche Blanche Blanche @ Glasslands
* The Corin Tucker Band, Ideal Forms @ Mercury Lounge
* Crinkles, WIN WIN, Widow, Delicate Cutters @ Pianos
* A$AP Rocky, Danny Brown & Schoolboy Q @ Roseland
* Lymbyc Systym, Spaces, Prism House @ Public Assembly
* Gossip, Magic Mouth, Bonnie Montgomery @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Riverwild, The Yes Way, The Midnight Hollow @ Union Pool
* Two Door Cinema Club, Guards @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Denzels, Half Day, Sea Monsters, Sleepies @ Shea Stadium
* John Talabot, Pional, Blondes, JDH & Dave P @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Valley Lodge, States and Kingdoms, Geoffrey Rickly @ Saint Vitus
* Judah Friedlander, Matt Koff, Andy Rocco, Mikey Roohan @ UCB East
* The Great & Terrible, Chamber Band, Colorform, Duane @ Cake Shop
* Akio Suzuki, Gozo Yoshimasu, Otomo Yoshihide @ Abrons Art Center
* Brother Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman @ Bowery Ballroom
* Future Shuttle, Sun Araw, Sinkane, Weyes Blood, Deep Magic @ Death By Audio
* Skeletonwitch, Havok, Early Graves, Mutilation Rights @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Osos Locos, Grey Sky Appeal, Hand Job Academy, & People With Teeth @ Tamany Hall

Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker, who recently played AV Fest in Chicago is on tour and playing two NYC shows this week. The first is at Mercury Lounge tonight with Ideal Forms. Tickets are still available.

Magic Mouth, on tour with the Gossip and opening for them at Brooklyn Bowl tonight, are Corin Tucker's favorite new artist. Listen to their song "Believer" below.

Tonight's Two Door Cinema Club show at Music Hall of Williamsburg will be streamed live tonight via Bowery Presents' YouTube channel.

The NY Art Book Fair begins tonight and runs through Sunday at MoMA PS1.

The DUMBO Arts Festival begins on Friday.

Das Racist's show at Irving Plaza tonight was postponed to October 15.

Gotye headlines Williamsburg Park tonight. Check out our pictures from the Radio City show.

No matter what show you end up at tonight, you can probably still catch the live set by John Talabot at LPR because doors aren't until 11pm.

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French DJ/producer (and soft rock lover) Breakbot has finally released his debut album, By Your Side, which came out this week overseas on the Because label (Metronomy, Django Django). No North American release date for it, but you can check out the stylish clip for single "One Out of Two" below.

In case you missed it, Joey Ramone (RIP) has a new video. The PR points out:

Award-winning filmmaker Greg Jardin directed the innovative, groundbreaking stop motion film, which includes over 1600 photographs taken throughout New York City, and boasts cameos by dozens of New Yorkers, including some of Joey Ramone's closest friends and family.

Watch "New York City" below.

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Action Bronson @ Beauty Ballroom - 9/21/2012

On Friday 9/21 Action Bronson came to Austin and played Beauty Ballroom. As we reported over on BrooklynVegan, he's been keeping himself busy with a new song and touring. Check out more pictures from the show below.

Continue reading "Action Bronson played Beauty Ballroom, has a new song (pics)"

DOWNLOAD: Action Bronson - "It's Me" (MP3)

Action Bronson at Music Hall of Williamsburg in August (more by Ryan Muir)

In late August, Action Bronson tweeted, "LA is gonna have a new resident soon," presumably implying that the Queens rapper has plans to move out west. We haven't heard anything about it since, but if he is leaving (or did already), he's still giving NYC plenty of chances to see him. On Friday (9/28) he's playing a Bespoke Group-presented and Hyundai-sponsored show in NYC at Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave) with RL Grime. RSVP is open. Doors are at 9 PM for this 21+ show.

Action Bronson, who just played Beauty Ballroom in Austin, will also be the opening at Cypress HIll's annual "Haunted Hill" show, which happens at Best Buy Theater on October 30, the day before Halloween. Tickets for that show are available. Other Halloween options in NYC include Wold Inferno Friendship Society at Warsaw, Smashing Pumpkins at Barclays Center, and The Misfits annual Halloween show at Highline Ballroom.

In other Action Bronson news, he recently dropped a new Party Supplies-produced song called "It's Me," which you can download above, or stream below, along with a list of all dates.

Continue reading "Action Bronson has a new song & upcoming shows (one with RL Grime and one with Cypress Hill) -- dates & MP3"

Duchess Says at CMJ 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* Lips @ The Flat
* Spank @ UCB
* Andy Statman @ Barbes
* DJ Khaled @ Webster Hall
* Five 'Til @ Joe's Pub
* DMX @ J&R Music World
* If, Bwana @ The Stone
* The Henry Girls @ Barbes
* My Brightest Diamond @ MoMA
* Lisa B Kelley @ The Stone
* Gracie, Day Joy, Magmana @ Pianos
* Stand, Von Shakes @ The Rock Shop
* BAIO (Vampire Weekend) @ Hudson Terrace
* Lukeinternet, Tubetops, Active @ 929 XPO
* Fain-Mantega Duo, Tangolandó @ Joe's Pub
* Hubble, Dream Police, White Bike @ Zebulon
* Variety Lights, Talibam!, Coxcombs @ Maxwell's
* Mary J. Blige, D'Angelo @ PNC Bank Arts Center
* Duchess Says, The Blind Shake @ Public Assembly
* Railbird, Celestial Shore, Zula @ Cameo Gallery
* The Neighbourhood, Lovelife, Rioux @ Glasslands
* Yellowbirds, Gabriel and the Hounds @ Mercury Lounge
* Margy Pepper, Soil, Tin Vulva, Flown @ Death By Audio
* Useless Eaters, Sam Coffee & The Iron Lung @ Cake Shop
* Shovels and Rope, Christopher Paul Stelling @ Mercury Lounge
* Sole, Propaganda Anonymous, N.W.S.O., Brzowski @ Knitting Factory
* Slam Donahue, Toothpaste (Tecla & Kassa), Relations @ Delinquency
* Adira Amram, Heloise (of Heloise & The Savoir Faire) @ Littlefield
* Phone Home, Life Size Maps, What Model Citizens, Ravenous @ Big Snow
* Lemonade (DJ Set), Shawn Reynaldo, Rem Koolhaus, Ron E Laybaxx @ Glasslands
* Japanther, Unstoppable Death Machines, Catacombz , Fake Hooker @ Shea Stadium
* Teengirl Fantasy, Lemonade, Mike Q and MassacooramaanR @ Rocks Off Concert Cruises
* Action Bronson, Flatbush Zombies, Meyham Lauren, Tanya Morgan @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Risk! w/ Reggie Watts, Marina Franklin, Erin Barker, Brent Sullivan, Jaqi Furback @ The Pit
* Tom Shillue's Funny Story w/ Jessi Klein, Lisa Delarios, and Trace Crutchfield @ Brooklyn Brewery
* Nite Jewel & Peanut Butter Wolf performing Krafwerk's 'Computer World', Chrome Canyon @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Two Boots 25th Anniversary Party w/ Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Mamarazzi, Odetta Hartman, The Whiskeyhickon Boys, Himalayas @ East River Amphitheater

Two Boots is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a free concert at East River Park Amphitheater featuring Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Mamarazzi, Odetta Hartman, Himalayas and The Whiskeyhickon Boys. The party goes from 5 - 9PM and will also feature free pizza.

Montreal's Duchess Says make a rare NYC appearance tonight at Public Assembly. Be prepared to get up close with singer Annie-Claude.

Next door at Music Hall of Williamsburg it's a free Converse Rubbertracks show with Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren, Flatbush Zombies, andTanya Morgan. Admission is first come, first served. Doors are at 8 PM.

Comedy options tonight include two separate shows featuring funny people telling true stories: Reggie Watts and Marina Franklin are among the guests at Kevin Allison's "live storytelling" show 'Risk!' at The Pit (tonight's theme: "So Emotional"); and over at Brooklyn Brewery it's 'Tom Shillue's Funny Story' with Jessi Klein, Lisa Delarios, and Trace Crutchfield.

Mike Birbiglia's movie Sleepwalk with Me opens at the IFC Center tonight. The midnight screening has free popcorn and soda if you wear your pajamas. Mike and co-writer Ira Glass will be there too. Trailer for the film is below.

Variety Lights, the new project from original Mercury Rev frontman David Baker, added a show tonight at Maxwell's. They'll also play Public Assembly tomorrow.

Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven screens at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

BrooklynVegan photo exhibit "480 Pixels" is up at 92YTribeca through September 6th. Stop by and check it out, the gallery is open until 8:30 PM tonight.

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Bob Mould, who plays a free show at Williamsburg Park on September 7, just
released a video for "The Descent," the first single from Silver Age, his first
album for Merge Records. You can watch it below.

The xx, who played NYC recently and will be here again in October, played live in a Tokyo highrise. Check out their performance of "Angels" below.

Deep Time have made a ghostly new video for "Gold Rush," a track which can be found on their new album. You can watch that below as well.

JJ DOOM (Jneiro Jarel and MF Doom), whose new album is streaming just made a video for one of its tracks, "GUV'NOR," which you can watch below.

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Action Bronson at Red Hook Park in June (more by Eric M. Townsend)

Queens rapper Action Bronson, who has a few great mixtapes under his belt and quickly escalated to playing large venues recently announced via twitter that he's signed with Warner Bros imprint VICE Records, making him labelmates with Black Lips, OFF!, and others. He tweeted, "Vice/Warner Bros.is the label. I promise to never make candy cane bullshit music as long as I live!!!!!!!"

As mentioned, Action Bronson will play a free Converse Rubber Tracks show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on August 23 with Meyhem Lauren, Flatbush Zombies, and Tanya Morgan. Admission is first come, first served, but we're also giving away a pair of VIP tickets which guarantee you entry and get you into the VIP balcony, plus a $250 Converse gift card. Details on how to enter and the flier for this show are below.

Before that show, Action Bronson will be heading to Chicago for their Mad Decent Block Party. He didn't play the NYC party but his associate Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire did. Bronson will also be at the Holmdel, NJ stop for Rock the Bells when it hits PNC Bank Arts Center from September 1-2. He plays on the Sunday (9/2) along with sets by Nas, Deltron 3030 Curren$y, Cheif Keef, DJ Quik, and many others. Tickets for Rock the Bells NJ are still available. Check out the full schedule HERE.

Action Bronson recently contributed his vocals to UK producer Metabeats for the song, "Hookers," off his upcoming album, Caviar Crackle. Stream that song and check out a list of all upcoming dates, and the contest details and flier for the MHOW show below.

Continue reading "Action Bronson signs to VICE; win VIP tix to his MHOW show"

photos by David Andrako

Ghost & Rae at Yonge-Dundas Square - 6/17/12

Opening things up with a blazing, pace-setting flourish, Raekwon and Ghostface let loose with a tight four-pack of Wu classics, including "Incarcerated Scarfaces," "Glaciers of Ice" and the timeless "Ice Cream." Feeling right at home in front of their adoring legions, the two seasoned vets paced around the stage like the hip-hop royalty they most certainly are, taking rap fans on a trip through countless and no doubt formative musical memories, with the Iron Man playing it cool for the most part behind a much more animated and engaging Raekwon. The Chef, for his part, took time out from the duo's own rundown of hits to show love to T.Dot compatriot and collaborator JD Era, running through their shared cuts before allowing the local MC to spotlight his own recent radio hit "Mount Olympus" to the joy of many of hometown faithful. [Exclaim]

The show happened two days before Action Bronson played a free show in Brooklyn.

You can catch Ghostface in NYC on Saturday (6/23) for a free Prospect Park Show, and again in August for a Wu-Block Party at Highline (8/8) and at Rock the Bells. The latter of those is with Raekwon, who will play his own show in NYC sooner at Best Buy Theater on July 26 with Tyler, the Creator & Earl Sweatshirt (tickets).

More pictures from the Toronto show, part of our growing collection of NXNE 2012 pics, are below...

Continue reading "Ghostface played NXNE w/ Raekwon Killer Mike, Action Bronson & more (pics), plays Prospect Park Saturday (free)"

Action Bronson at Bamboozle 2012 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)

today in NYC
* ROMA! @ Joe's Pub
* Leni Stern @ Barbes
* Paloma Faith @ Le Baron
* Aaron Novik @ The Stone
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Brian Lopez Band @ Joe's Pub
* Never Sleep Alone @ Joe's Pub
* Brazilian Girls @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Beanie Sigel @ Apple Store Soho
* Led Er Est (DJ) @ Nitehawk Cinema
* Face To Face, Nat Rufus @ Maxwell's
* Joe Purdy, Giving Tree Band @ City Winery
* Matt Marks-Shame Remixes @ The Stone
* Smashing Pumpkins @ iHeart Radio Theater
* Destroyer, Sophia Knapp @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples @ Wellmont Theatre
* Walk the Moon, Vacationer @ Mercury Lounge
* Ani DiFranco, Melissa Ferrick @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Dukes of Brooklyn, Chris Ayer @ Mercury Lounge
* Wintersleep, Jeff Beam, Soft Bullets @ Knitting Factory
* Future of the Left, Freshkills @ Generation Records
* The Tallest Man On Earth, Strand of Oaks @ Town Hall
* MMOTHS, Young Yeller, Jacob 2-2, Cult Fever @ Glasslands
* The So So Glos, Carnivores, Darlings, Big Ups @ Shea Stadium
* Anamanaguchi, Yellow Dogs, Hooray For Earth @ Tammany Hall
* Das Racist, Action Bronson, Trouble Andrew, Brenmar @ Red Hook Park
* Terrible Feelings, Death First, Plastic Cross, These Days @ Death By Audio
* The Dirty Pearls, This Good Robot, The Click Clack Boom, Dana Alexandra @ Santos
* The Pendulum Swings, Erin Barra, Mitchell Grey, Zoe Sundra, The Great Apes @ Cake Shop
* The Black Box Revelation, Ambassadors, Ghost Beach, Mannequin Party @ Gramercy Theatre
* Mr. Coconuts w/ Gabe Delahaye, Ted Leo, Michael Che, Emily Heller, Taylor Negron @ Union Hall
* Love As Laughter, This Frontier Needs Heroes, The Heaven's Jail Band, The Blank Tapes @ Union Pool
* Tell Your Friends w/ Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, Bryan Tucker, "secret famous comedian" @ Lolita
* Diamond Terrifier presents Charlie Looker, Marc Edwards & Slipstream, Time Travel, Jeananne Dara, Glockabelle, The Oracle DJ's @ Zebulon

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Liam McEneaney's long-running comedy show Tell Your Friends! is hosting its LAST-EVER show at Lolita Bar tonight. I don't know if it's the last ever 'Tell Your Friends!' but it's definitely the last one at the Manhattan bar it called home up until now. Guests tonight include Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal and her Hot Tub Partner Kurt Braunohler (who we just mentioned has an upcoming Night of the Living talk show with Amanda Palmer and Tim Heidecker), Bryan Tucker and a "SECRET FAMOUS COMEDIAN." This is not to be missed. If you can't make it to Lolia, you can also catch Kurt tonight at SWEET with Bryan Callen, Jessi Klein, and Greg Barris, plus a surprise guest.

We're giving away a pair of tickets to see Liars at Webster Hall on Wednesday, June 20. Visit our Facebook page for details.

Twin Shadow debuted his video for "Five Seconds" last night on the Jumbotron in Times Square. Now you can watch it on the tiny screen on your laptop below.

Fiona Apple was on Jimmy Fallon last night. Videos from that (including a web exclusive performance) are below.

Also below... Mr Rogers remixed! It's pretty awesome if you haven't heard it yet.

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photos by Amanda Hatfield & Tim Griffin

Okkervil River / Diamond Rugs

BrooklynVegan's Hotel Vegan, located at Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge, ended on Saturday, 3/17/2012, on three stages in partnership with Partisan Records and KF Records, and the new Young One Records who helped us put together the hip hop stage which stage headliner Action Bronson cancelled from last minute from (for medical reasons).

The day, and all four days, ended with special last minute addition Okkervil River who played after Deer Tick/Black Lips/Dead Confederate/Los Lobos super group Diamond Rugs who played after Heartless Bastards (who we already posted one set of pictures of). Other previously posted photo sets from this day include Father John Misty, Field Report, Pond and Emily Wells. Here are the rest of the pics.

Like Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we served complimentary HobNob Wines, and on Friday and Saturday we partied with The Original Moonshine, our official spirit partner.

Special thanks to our official backline providers Vox, Blackstar and Korg, and thank you to ASCAP, and to NadaMoo for supplying free vegan treats, and to Honest Tea for the tea.

More, slightly belated, pictures from all of Saturday, below...

Continue reading "#HotelVegan Day 4 pics (Okkervil River, Lucero, Diamond Rugs, MF'n eXquire, SpaceGhostPurrp, Pond, Guards & more)"

Archers of Loaf (more by Josh Darr)

today in NYC
* Anthony Jeselnik @ Caroline's
* Matt Singer @ Littlefield
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Guards, Kuroma @ Mercury Lounge
* The Bacon Brothers @ City Winery
* Urban Guerilla Orchesta @ BB King's
* The Bad Plus @ Blue Note Jazz Fest
* Punch Brothers, Jesca Hoop @ Town Hall
* Miike Snow, Penguin Prison @ Terminal 5
* Twin Shadow, Terrible Living @ Glasslands
* Ryuichi Sakamoto, Aya Nishina @ The Stone
* Now vs. Now, Third World Love @ 92YTribeca
* The Heavy Pets, Stokeswood @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Raekwon, Action Bronson, Maino & friends @ BB King's
* The Hives @ The Studio @ Webster Hall
* Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik @ Highline Ballroom
* Irene Jacob, Francis Jacob, Nass Gnawa @ Zebulon
* Young Magic, Warm Ghost, Chrome Canyon @ Eyebeam
* Here We Go Magic, Glass Ghost @ Knitting Factory
* The Sights, Nouvellas, The Nuclears @ Union Hall
* WU LYF, Willis Earl Beal @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Wombats, The Static Jacks, Flagship @ Webster Hall
* Archers of Loaf, Pipe, Hundred Visions @ Bowery Ballroom
* Clear Plastic Masks, Wild Yaks, Noa Furrier @ Union Pool
* Inquisition, Black Anvil, Woe, Trenchgrinder @ Saint Vitus
* Plumes, Animal Tropical, Jon Mizrachi, Face of Man @ Cake Shop
* Everest, Teammate, Napoleon, Maybe The Welders @ Bowery Electric
* Bowling For Soup, Patent Pending, Freshman 15, Sandlot Heroes @ Gramercy
* Vermin Supreme, The So So Glos, Devin, Fluffer, Shilpa Ray, DJ Todd P @ Shea
* Americana Pie, Bucky Hayes & the Radio, Mail the Horse, High Irons @ Rock Shop
* Marvin Berry & The New Sound, Big Eyes, Unfun, Dead Dog, Nuclear Santa Claust @ Death By Audio
* New Wilderness, Slava, Zebra Baby, Shadow Lover, Dreamboat Crusaderz, Sofa Club, Boi Toi @ Public Assembly
* Sara Benincasa, Dana Rossi, Rob Tannenbaum, Ted Travelstead, Matt Archambault, April Salazar @ Le Poisson Rouge

The Hives are playing a small show tonight at The Studio at Webster Hall, and just announced a much bigger one at Terminal 5.

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Okkervil River (more by Joshua Mellin)

now with Okkervil River....

We're excited to announce that Austin's own Okkervil River has been added to the Saturday lineup of Hotel Vegan @ Hotel Vegas (1500 East 6th St, Austin, TX)! Consider them a BV Austin-presented special set to help close us down in style. Will Sheff, who also played our Tuesday night Daniel Johnston tribute, and crew, will be the last band on our main stage and play as the final band of the day and week @bvSXSW. So now Saturday looks like this:

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Stage 1 (Hotel Vegas Outside)
12:00 Field Report
12:45 Ivan & Alyosha
1:30 Father John Misty (J Tilman, ex-Fleet Foxes)
2:15 J. Roddy Walston
3:00 Lucero
4:00 Heartless Bastards
5:00 Diamond Rugs (John McCauley of Deer Tick w/ members of Los Lobos, Black Lips & more)
6:00 Okkervil River (JUST ADDED)

Stage 2 (Hotel Vegas Inside) (hip hop stage)
12:15 - Lushlife
01:00 - Main Attrakionz
01:45 - Cadence Weapon
02:30 - Rittz
03:15 - Fat Tony
04:00 - Spaceghostpurrp
04:45 - Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
05:30 - Action Bronson

Stage 3 (Volstead)
12:00 - Patrolled By Radar
1:00 - Emily Wells
2:00 - Phantom Family Halo
2:45 - Lumerians
3:30 - Hundred Visions
4:15 - Pond (mem. of Tame Impala)
5:00 - GUARDS

Friday and Saturday flyers below....

Continue reading "#HotelVegan continues. Okkervil River added to Saturday!"

by BBG

A crazy Off! fan at Santos (more by Keith Marlowe)

It's that time of year! SXSW 2012 is upon us and as such, I have prepared a guide for all things hardcore/metal/punk/etc this year. This is by no means a definitive list, BUT I have made sure to include every single show that I know about that has even one single band I recommend. Please enjoy, and feel free to add in comments about anything I may have missed!

continued below...

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