ShowYouSuck

As mentioned, Chicago rapper ShowYouSuck is making his way over to NYC this weekend and will play Knitting Factory TONIGHT (5/3) with killer Bronx crew Bitches Is Crazy, in addition to Goldie Glo, D Stunna, and Hipster Rogers. Tickets for tonight's show are still available.

After that show, he'll stick around to play in Brooklyn on Saturday (5/4) at The Paper Box. That show is with Ninjasonik, Unstoppable Death Machines, Filthy Savage, and DJ Fake Money. Tickets for that show are on sale now. ShowYouSuck's only other announced date that we're currently aware of is a hometown show later this month. You can stream his recent single, "Rap Game Karate," below.

Meanwhile, Brooklyn's Ninjasonik have other hometown shows this month, including a Cinco De Mayo party at The Flat (308 Hooper St in Brooklyn) and a video premiere party at The Studio at Webster Hall on May 13 with The Skins and special guests. Tickets for that show are on sale. Flyer for the Cinco De Mayo party below.

Speaking of Chicago rappers, the Windy City's hip hop scene has been having a pretty good week with the release of two anticipated mixtapes, Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap and Rockie Fresh's The Birthday Tape. Both free (click the links to download). You can catch Rockie Fresh in the NYC-area this August on his tour with A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, and others, and for the Mad Decent Block Party in Williamsburg Park (8/10) with Major Lazer, Flosstradamus, and others (tickets).

ShowYouSuck song stream and Ninjasonik flyer below...

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by Andrew Sacher

Lil Kim in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

Lil Kim, who made a welcome return last year, is playing a NYC show TONIGHT (4/26) at Gramercy Theatre. Tickets for tonight's show are still available.

Shabazz Palaces' tour with THEESatisfaction hits NYC tonight (4/26) for a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom.

Chicago rapper ShowYouSuck is coming to NYC for a show on May 3 at Knitting Factory. That bill also includes Bronx crew B.I.C. (Bitches Is Crazy), Goldie Glo, D Stunna, and Hipster Rogers. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Bitches Is Crazy just released a free album for 4/20 (but it actually came out on 4/16), Influence. It fits right in with the recent influx of NYC weed rap we've been getting from Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers and A$AP Mob. Pretty cool stuff. Download it at bandcamp or stream it, along with the videos for "DOPM" and "Yo Soy Widdit," below.

As just mentioned, collaborators Flatbush Zombies and The Underachievers, who are currently on tour with Joey Bada$$, are playing a free show in Red Hook Park on June 4 as part of this year's Summerstage season.

Miami rapper Gunplay is set to release a new mixtape, Bogota this year (not to be confused with last year's Bogota Rich: The Prequel mixtape), and is also talking about a new album, Medellin. He recently revealed the video for "Pyrex," which will presumably appear on one of these releases. You can watch that below. Gunplay will come to NYC for a show at SOB's on June 10. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Hip hop collective Phony PPL are doing a residency at Brooklyn Bowl which includes shows on May 1, June 5, July 3, and July 31. Each show has different special guests. For the May 1 show, it will be Allan Kingdom and Roofeeo. Guests for the other three shows TBA. Tickets for all four nights are on sale now.

Casey Veggies at Bamboozle 2012 (more by Leia Jospe)

Another good Brooklyn Bowl show happens when Casey Veggies and XXL Freshman Travi$ Scott bring their tour to Brooklyn Bowl on May 19. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

You can download Casey's recent mixtape Life Changes, which features appearances by BJ the Chicago Kid, Dom Kennedy and others, and production by The Futuristiks, Harry Fraud, and others, over at DatPiff.

The Brooklyn Bowl show is two days before Travi$ Scott and the rest of the XXL Freshmen class (Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Angel Haze, and others) play the XXL Freshmen show at Best Buy Theater (5/21). Tickets for that show are still available.

Another XXL Freshman, Logic, who recently signed to Def Jam, is playing a NYC show on June 22 at Irving Plaza. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Dizzy Wright, Nitty Scott, and others are playing The Studio at Webster Hall on May 22. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Not exactly hip hop, but Kelly Rowland and The-Dream are playing Best Buy Theater on May 30. Tickets for that show go on sale today (4/26) at noon.

All streams and videos below...

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Remix gurus The Hood Internet will release their new album, FEAT, on September 18. This will be the band's first album of completely original material, free of samples. To fill sample void, the Chicago duo brought in a bevvy of guest stars for the album, including AC Newman, Class Actress, the Rosebuds, Hooray for Earth, Au Revoir Simone's Annie Hart, Cadence Weapon, Zambri, and more. Tracklist with all the guest performers is below.

Before the album comes out, The Hood Internet are going on a tour which includes a stop in NYC at Brooklyn Bowl on August 11. No on sale date has been announced yet. All tour dates are listed below along with a video teaser for FEAT and a stream of the duo's latest mixtape.

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photos by Amanda Hatfield & Tim Griffin; additional pictures by Nate "Igor" Smith

Frankie Rose & band @ Hotel Vegan (by Amanda Hatfield)

BrooklynVegan's Hotel Vegan, located at Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge, began at noon back on Wednesday, 3/14/2012, on three stages. As "bob dylan wrote propaganda songs" points out:

"...it offered the perfect setting for seeing multiple bands within an intimate setting in a short amount of time. Sure it was a long walk down Sixth Street to get there, and it may not have been the most well kempt venue (I'll be honest, it was a shit-hole), but the three stage set-up provided for prime SXSW day party viewing. I had the pleasure of seeing Chelsea Wolfe, Japandroids, Frankie Rose, Deaf Heaven, and Japandroids all within the span of a couple hours. All of these bands were on my list of bands I wanted to see, and thanks to this venue, I was able to cross more bands off my list than past years"

Deafheaven @ Hotel Vegan (by Amanda Hatfield)

Like on Friday and all four days, we served complimentary HobNob Wines all day. On Wednesday we also proudly passed out Brooklyn Brewery beer and Sailor Jerry drinks.

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

More pictures from the entire SXSW Wednesday at Hotel Vegan, below....

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Join BrooklynVegan, Brooklyn Brewery & Delta Spirit today (2/25) as we crawl Brooklyn pubs on our way to a Delta Spirit live show at Public Assembly. The crawl, where you'll get to hear the new Delta Spirit album for the first time, is free - no tickets or RSVP required. Just show up and follow along and win prizes along the way too. The live show part is also free, but requires a ticket. We gave away a whole bunch. If you didn't win, there will be more chances on the crawl. More details and itinerary HERE. See you there.

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And in Chicago: join BVChicago, Flosstradamus, rapper ShowYouSuck, and the just-added The-Drum for a free event with free music and free drinks and snacks and the opportunity to play video games on the new Playstation Vita at Chicago's Vita Hill Social Club at 7pm tonight. More details at BVChicago.

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In related news, Flosstradamus released a new EP this week on Mad Decent. You can listen to it all at Soundcloud.

Grab two mixtapes by ShowYouSuck, one which was released in December, at BV Chicago.

Delta Spirit's new self-titled album is out March 13 via Rounder Records. Watch a teaser below...

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