As mentioned, UK producer Bonobo is releasing his new album, North Borders, on April 1 via Ninja Tune and supporting it with a tour. That tour comes to NYC for a previously mentioned show at Webster Hall on April 12. When we heard that show sold out we admit to being a little surprised, but apparently he's way bigger than we thought, because he'll be back in NYC this fall for a show at Terminal 5 on October 12. Tickets for the new show go on sale Friday, March 29 at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (3/27) at noon. No word on openers for that one yet but Shigeto and Nickodemus open at Webster Hall.

While Bonobo's in NYC for the Webster Hall show, he also DJs a party at Public Assembly (4/12) later that night with Nickodemus and Wiseacre. Tickets for that are still available.

Updated dates are listed, along with the video for North Borders single, "Cirrus," below.

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Tickets to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see David Byrne and St. Vincent at The Wellmont Theatre and The Capitol Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Alice Cooper at Beacon Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Clutch, The Sword and Lionize at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Stornoway at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

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

Tickets to see Steve Earle & The Dukes and The Mastersons at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at 12:36 PM.

Tickets to see Mikal Cronin at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Beach Fossils will play Brooklyn Bowl on March 20. It's a free show but you do need to RSVP.

Tickets to see Weird Al Yankovic at The Capitol Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Jonathan Toubin "play the hits" at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Chicago is playing Capitol Theatre on June 22. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see oOoOO at Glasslands are on sale now.

Ronnie Spector is playing City Winery on May 6 and 7. Tickets for both shows are on sale now.

After Bonobo's sold out Webster Hall show with Shigeto and Nickodemus on April 12, Bonobo will DJ a late show at Public Assembly, also with Nickodemus. TIckets for that show are on sale now.

Fountains of Wayne have a few shows coming up this month, including a super-intimate show in NYC on March 19 at Bowery Electric. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All of their upcoming dates are listed below.

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by Andrew Sacher

UK producer Bonobo (aka Simon Green) is finally releasing the followup to 2010's Black Sands, almost exactly three years after that album's release. The new album's called The North Borders and it will be out on April 1 via Ninja Tune. The first single from the album, "Cirrus," is a gentle downtempo cut with delicate bells and other small details sparsely placed in. You can listen to it below and watch its retro-futuristic visual clip below. The song is also available to download in exchange for your email address at Bonobo's website. That's the cover art above.

Bonobo will be supporting the new album with an international tour that hits NYC on April 12 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday, February 1 at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (1/30) at noon.

A list of all dates and that video below...

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DJ Rashad

Chicago footwork producer DJ Rashad released the excellent TEKLIFE Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi album earlier this year, and played a Brooklyn show at 285 Kent soon after with Total Freedom and J-Cush. All three of those artists will be returning this weekend for another show at 285 Kent on Sunday (9/23) with Visionist and a "surprise special guest." No word on who the guest is, but the show is the official after party for the Gang Gang Dance and Prince Rama show happening at 285 Kent earlier that night (the third of three GGD shows in NYC this weekend). Admission for this all ages party is $5 before 1 AM and $10 after.

As for LA producer Total Freedom (aka Ashland Mines), who opened on tour for Gang Gang Dance last year, he'll be landing in Brooklyn a bit earlier for a warehouse party at 110 Troutman TONIGHT (9/21) with $hayne and Rizzla. The flier for tonight's show is below.

Meanwhile, J-Cush will also be at 285 Kent on Saturday (9/22) for the previously mentioned Sasha Go Hard show. That bill also includes DJ Manny, Cedaa, and Durban. $5 at the door before 1 AM. That will be Sasha's second NYC show of this week, having played Santos with LE1F last night (9/20). How was that show? Sasha loved it.

If dancing into the wee hours of the night is your thing, those three shows are only two of the many dance options in NYC this weekend. Head below to see more...

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Teengirl Fantasy

As mentioned, Teengirl Fantasy's new album, Tracer, was released this week (stream it) -- maybe you saw them at East River Park on Monday -- and the band will play a release party on Thursday (8/23) aboard the Rocks Off Concert Cruise with their True Panther labelmates Lemonade, DJ Mike Q and Massacooramaan along for the ride. Since we last spoke, Kelela, who sings lead vocals on TF's killer single, "EFX", has been added to the bill. Tickets are still available but if you'd like to go for free, we have a few pairs to give away.

While we're on the subject of boats, Big Freedia will shake things up on a Rocks Off Cruise as well on August 29 and, as mentioned previously, LE1f (who recently played Glasslands and PS1 Warm-up) has just been added to the bill. Tickets are still available and we have pairs to give away as well.

Both those shows are aboard The Harbor Lights which departs from East 23rd / FDR. Details on how to enter for both Rocks Off shows are below but please note these shows are 21+. We're also giving away tickets to the Teengirl Fantasy show on Facebook.

Other interesting Rocks Off shows coming up include '90s-era glam rockers Spacehog with Endless Boogie (who play Summerscreen tonight [8/22] with Daniel Higgs and Highlife) aboard The Jewel on Saturday 8/25 (tix); and Riverboat Gamblers, Cobra Skulls, and Fresh Kills aboard The Jewel on October 13 (tix).

As previously mentioned, Lagwagon plays a Fat Wreck Chords Rocks Off Cruise on October 20 with Dead to Me and others (tickets). Bonobo and Gibby Hanes also DJ a Rocks Off cruise on September 21 (tickets).

Contest details and a list of all Teengirl Fantasy dates are below...

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by Andrew Sacher

Squarepusher

Back in May, drill & bass master Squarepusher announced a North American tour which included a TBA NYC show set to happen on October 30. Well it turns out the NYC show will actually be on November 1 and it happens at Terminal 5 with a great list of openers; Bonobo (DJ), Holy Fuck, and Mount Kimbie. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (6/29) at noon with an AmEx presale starting today (6/27) at noon. All Squarepusher dates are listed below.

Squarepusher released his new album, Ufabulum, in May and it's a pretty solid one. It opens with "4001," which is just about the only song that sounds like classic Squarepusher, and is then followed by, "Unreal Square," which brings in a bit of brostep bass wobble. The rest of the album sees Squarepusher diving into nutty jazz fusion and unstoppable breakbeats. You can stream three of its tracks below.

Speaking of Mount Kimbie, they've signed to Warp, the label which Squarepusher also calls home, and currently at work on their second album which will be released on the label. The Terminal 5 show appears to be their only announced North American date at the moment.

Holy Fuck and Bonobo will be in NY even sooner for Camp Bisco, which goes down from July 12-14 at Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY. They'll be joining a lineup which includes Tycho, Simian Mobile Disco, Skrillex, Amon Tobin ISAM, Big Boi, Crystal Castles, Yacht, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Shigeto, FaltyDL, Thundercat, and more. Tickets for the festival are still available. The full lineup is listed below.

In related news, You can also catch Holy Fuck frontman Brian Borcherdt in NYC right after Bisco with his new project, Dusted, who play Glasslands on July 15. Tickets for that show are still available.

A list of all dates and song streams 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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Decibel Festival is returning to Seattle, WA for its eighth edition on September 28 through October 2. The festival takes place in several Seattle venues, now including The Paramont Theater, The Showbox Market, The Crcodile, and Red Wildlife Refuge, in addition to many others. Artists performing include Amon Tobin, Moby (DJ set), Bonobo (DJ set), Holy Fuck, Ladytron, Zomby, Matthewdavid, oOoOO, Araabmuzik and many others. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.

Amon Tobin will be presenting his ISAM audio/visual performance at the festival like he does on his tour that hits Brooklyn on October 25.

The last we heard from Zomby, he was playing a TBA NYC show on July 14 (tonight). He's not doing that anymore, but he is coming to NYC this month for a private event (we're working on announcing details of that soon). His myspace now lists the NYC show as October 1 which is supposedly happening too. Venue is still TBA. More dates below.

Bonobo will also DJ a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on September 16. Tickets are on sale now. More dates below.

Full Decibel lineup and all tour dates below...

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Big names and regulars aside, there are a few bands I want to highlight on the just-announced Sasquatch lineup: Wolf Parade ("indefinite hiatus" rumors be damned), The Flaming Lips (performing "The Soft Bulletin"), Death From Above 1979 (now three reunion shows total), Guided By Voices (they're not done yet), and... Archers of Loaf (!). The full lineup of the fest that goes down in Gorge, Washington in May (Memorial Day Weekend), is below...

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Avi Buffalo @ South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt)

Tickets for the !!! shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 6 and October 7 are on sale now. 2 Day Passes are also available.

Tickets are still on sale for the official BrooklynVegan CMJ showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 21st. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Blow, Yuck, Young Man, and a special guest, are all on the bill.

Tickets are on sale for the Grinderman show at Nokia Theatre.

Tickets are on sale for the Corrosion of Conformity shows at Starland Ballroom and Highline Ballroom.

Tickets are still on sale for the September 6th Sleep show at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (September 8th is sold out).

Tickets are on sale for the Unkle show at Webster Hall.

Tickets are now on sale for BOTH Man or Astroman? shows happening in NYC.

Avi Buffalo are playing The Mercury Lounge on October 13. Tickets are on sale now.

VV Brown is playing The Bowery Ballroom on October 24. Tickets are on sale now.

Mike Krum is playing The Mercury Lounge on September 23. Tickets are on sale now.

Cypress Hill is playing Nokia Theatre on August 20th. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets for the Here We Go Magic show at Bowery Ballroom are on sale now.

Bonobo is playing Webster Hall on November 8. Tickets are on sale now.

Robert Randolph and the Family Band are playing Terminal 5 on November 13. Tickets are on sale now.

Tickets for the Kate Nash shows at Terminal 5 and The Wellmont Theater are on sale.

Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang played Eagle Street on August 21st. Video from that show below...

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