Teenage Cool Kids

Denton, TX indie punk outfit Teenage Cool Kids, whose members include Andrew Savage of Fergus & Geronimo, kick off a Northeast tour with their first show in the last year and a half TONIGHT (2/22) at Cake Shop in NYC. The show is part of Old Monk's residency at the venue and Little Gold is also the on the bill. The tour also includes a Brooklyn show happening on Friday (2/24) at Death by Audio with Mannequin Pussy, NT, and Priests.

All dates, tour flier, and a live video of the band from SXSW 2010 below...

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Screaming Females @ The Yard - 8/29/09 (more by Sarahana)

Screaming Females just played a show with the So So Glos on Wednesday night at The Bell House. Did you go? How was it? Earlier in the month the NJ-based band's drummer Jarrett Dougherty posted a list of his favorite albums of 2009. Check out what he wrote, below...

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Genesis w/ Throbbing Gristle @ Masonic Temple in April (more by Lori Baily)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
* Moby, Kelli Scarr @ Irving Plaza
* Rev. Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Ty Segall, The Mantles, Digital Leather @ Maxwell's
* Gojira, Burst, Zoroaster @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Rain Machine, Sharon Van Etten, Candles of Paradise @ The Bell House
* The Decemberists, Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames @ Wellmont Theatre
* Fanfarlo, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Jonsi and Alex (DJ) @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Sweet Sixteens, Teenage Cool Kids, Knight School, Beat Beat @ Silent Barn
* Small Beast w/ Anton Sword & The We Ours, Botanica, Nathan Halpern @ Delancey
* Precious Metal w/ Hallux, SubArachnoid Space, OvO, Immanent Voiceless @ Lit
* Sam Mickens & Mike Pride Duo, Jantar, Nsumi, Pepi Ginsberg, Love Like Deloreans @ Death By Audio
* Musicka Mystica Maxima w/ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Arrington De Dionyso, Larkin Grimm, more @ Santos Party House

The two-day Musicka Mystica Maxima fest happens at Santos tonight and tomorrow. Tonight's bill includes Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Thee Majesty, Amber Asylum, Arrington De Dionyso (of Old Time Relijun), fest curator Larkin Grimm and Nautical Almanac.

Despite pressure from the Cool Kids, it seems Teenage Cool Kids are still called Teenage Cool Kids. They're at Silent Barn with Knight School and others tonight.

Maximo Park were supposed to play Webster Hall tonight.

Tonight's Fanfarlo and Wildbirds & Peacedrums show at Bowery Ballroom includes DJing from Jonsi (of Sigur Ros) and Alex (aka Riceboy Sleeps). Riceboy Sleeps is not on the bill tomorrow at the Bell House.

Ty Segall plays a pre-Goner Fest show with Digital Leather and tourmates The Mantles at Maxwell's tonight. Joining him at Goner Fest will be Reigning Sound who just announced some NYC-area dates of their own.

Moby plays Irving Plaza with Kelli Scarr (of Moonraker) tonight. On Wednesday (9/23) he plays Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Rain Machine (Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio) plays The Bell House with Sharon Van Etten and Candles of Paradise.

The Decemberists and Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames did Terminal 5 on September 19th. Tonight they perform at Wellmont Theatre.

Death By Audio (& The Maze) hosts Sam Mickens & Mike Pride Duo, Jantar, Nsumi, Pepi Ginsberg and Love Like Deloreans.

Two Monday residencies continues: The Roots play Highline Ballroom and Rev. Vince Anderson & His Love Choir play Union Pool.

We posted two interviews today: Wayne Coyne and Justin K. Broadrick.

St. Vincent's new video for "Marrow" is posted below.

Yo La Tengo, who play NYC's Roseland Ballroom on Friday, did a session with La Blogotheque. See two parts of that (they cover the Troggs' "With a Girl Like You" in the first) below.

What else?

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by Black Bubblegum

The Cool Kids @ Highline Ballroom (More by Leia Jospe)

On some level, yes, perhaps this was inevitable. But after many locals realizing it for some time now, it seems that the Chicago-based hip-hop duo The Cool Kids--or more likely, the people who represent them--have finally been hipped to the fact that, here in [Dallas Forth Worth], there exists a lo-fi punk outfit by the name of the Teenage Cool Kids. And, as such, the Cool Kids' handlers have sent Teenage Cool Kids a cease and desist order, asking that the band change its name. [Dallas Observer]

In related news, The Cool Kids AND KOOL Keith (will they go after him too?) are part of the recently announced All Points West lineup. Both Cool & Kool play on Saturday Aug 1st... that's the NON-Beastie Boys / Q-Tip / Pharcyde / Organized Konfusion (!!!!!)/ Flying Lotus day (which is Friday, July 31).

Kool Keith will also appear at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on April 3rd, but this time as Dr Octagon vs Dr Doom. All dates below.

And probably the most exciting news (to me anyway) out of the APW lineup is the reformation of the mighty Organized Konfusion! The crew released their last LP in 1997, The Equinox which was proceeded by the classic self-titled and Stress: The Extinction Agenda LPs. Since then, Pharoahe Monch has been busy with his own ventures including writing rhymes for certain millionaires and showing up to support his friends The Roots at Highline Ballroom. Prince Po hasn't exactly sat idle either... his last album, The Saga Of The Simian Samurai dropped in 2007. Some videos below.

In other APW-playing, hip hop artist news, Q-Tip who always keeps busy performing (most recently on tour with the Cool Kids) and spinning, will be gettin' down at the 92nd St Y in Tribeca, James Lipton style:

Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg hosts a night of music and conversation featuring famed hip-hop musician and producer Q-Tip, a member of the legendary band A Tribe Called Quest. Rosenberg will sit down with Q-Tip for a candid discussion about the life and influences of this innovative artist, whose career has spanned over 20 years. Jazz hip-hop fusion band Igmar Thomas and The Cypher will perform throughout the night, paying tribute to Q-Tip's music.

Beastie Boys recently reissued (deluxe style) Check Your Head, and have been announcing lots of festival appearances for this summer.

And finally, Flying Lotus (the "experimental music producer, disc jockey, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California") will be in NYC before before All Points West, including two dates in the next month - April 16th and 17th. On April 16th, Flying Lotus will join Kode9, Martyn, Mike Slott, Pursuit Grooves, Ras_G, and Zomby as part of Brainfeeder NYC (Part 1) at Love, a showcase for Flying Lotus's all-digital label Brainfeeder. The next day look for Flying Lotus and Kode9 to play the American Museum of Natural History as part of The Fader Presents One Step Beyond (advance tickets are available).

All tour dates, flyers and videos below...

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by Black Bubblegum

Amebix, in a rare moment of calm? (more by Justina Villanueva)

Chaos in Tejas 2009 is on and poppin', having laid out May 21st-24th in Austin for a crust/punk/hardcore field day(s)... dig on the sick FINALIZED lineup that includes punk favorites like Amebix, Cock Sparrer, and Cro-Mags, as well as Eyehategod, The Thermals, Harvey Milk, Annihilation Time, Outlaw Order, Crude, Severed Head of State, Warcry, Ponytail, Trash Talk... the killer list goes on:

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