"And Niggas Got The AdultSwim Shit Nigguh What's Good???!" - Tyler the Creator

Syd the Kyd @ Highline Ballroom (more by Brook Bobbins)

Long rumored, but now finally realized:

Adult Swim announced it has picked up the live-action series Loiter Squad, a 15 minute live-action show that features sketches, man on the street segments, pranks and music from Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. The cast, featuring the Los Angeles collective of rappers, artists, and skateboarders, channel their multi-faceted creative talents in this Jackass-style showcase

As previously mentioned, PS1's 'Warm Up' series of parties was extended until today (9/10) due to Hurricane Irene. Tanlines, Teengirl Fantasy and Physical Therapy were supposed to play during the hurricane, but get to play today instead. MoMA have also added Brooklyn's Kenny Dope and Odd Future's Syd the Kid to the bill. Syd the Kid was supposed to DJ the series in July but cancelled last minute, so today is her makeup show too. Whether she'll bring the rest of the crew remains to seen, but Tyler has been tweeting from NYC. 'Warm Up' runs from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.

Tanlines @ SXSW 2010 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

As they promised they would try, MoMA has extended Warm Up @ PS1 one extra week to make up for this past weekend's cancellation. The remaining schedule now looks like this:

September 3 (2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Horse Meat Disco / Strut / London, UK
Midnight Magic / Midnight Sun / New York, NY
Justin Miller / DFA / New York, NY
BICEP / Throne of Blood / London, UK

September 10 (2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Tanlines / True Panther Sounds / New York, NY
Teengirl Fantasy / True Panther Sounds / Oberlin, OH
Physical Therapy (DJ Set) / Brooklyn, NY

MoMA PS1 is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

Sun Araw did play Music Hall of Williamsburg while they were here though. Teengirl Fantasy also DJ'd that show. Tanlines, who will be debuting a new set at PS1, think zucchini is no one's favorite vegetable.

Midnight Magic at Prospect Park (more by Jessica Amaya)

Nine-pierce Brooklyn disco collective Midnight Magic (who feature members of Hercules and Love Affair) have teamed with Scion A/V to bring What The Eyes Can't See, a funky new six-track EP being released for FREE via the label today (8/3). Preview that EP with "Heat", which is exclusively available now for download below (for the price of your email address) .

Midnight Magic play 'Warm Up' at PS1 on Saturday (9/3) with the updated lineup of Horse Meat Disco, Justin Miller, and BICEP. The NYC crew will then hit the road with Washed Out and Cut Copy in September, tagging Wellmont Theater on 9/13. Tickets are still available.

All dates, the download with the full EP tracklist, and some older song streams, below...

Continue reading "Midnight Magic releasing free EP (grab a track now), playing Warm Up Saturday (and other dates)"

update: Out in the Streets CANCELLED.

Despite tons of cancellations, as of Friday morning, MoMA is reporting that Saturday's PS1 Warm Up is rain or shine, and the organizers of this weekend's Out in the Streets Fest are saying the same.

Continue reading "PS1 Warm Up & Out In The Streets currently "rain or shine""

photos by Erez Avissar

Warm Up at MoMA PS1 continued last Saturday (8/20) with Juan Maclean, Blood Orange, Solange, Pictureplane, Grimes, and Ford & Lopatin. Pictures from that show are in this post.

Pictureplane will be in NYC two times next week for the previously mentioned shows at Cameo (9/1) and The Morgan (9/3). He'll also be part of the Check Yo Ponytail Tour this fall.

Blood Orange plays a free show at Mercury Lounge this Sunday with CANT who he's also going on tour with in October.

This Saturday's (8/27) upcoming Warm Up lineup includes Tanlines, Nguzunguzu, Teengirl Fantasy, Sun Araw, and Physical Therapy. The show is one day after Sun Araw and Prince Rama present the NYC debut of their joint project Prince Sunarawma at Music Hall of Williamsburg (8/26). Julianna Barwick, Pterodactyl, and Teengirl Fantasy (DJ) are also on the MHOW bill. Tickets are still available.

More PS1 pictures from last Saturday below...

Continue reading "'Warm Up' continued w/ Juan Maclean, Blood Orange, Solange, Pictureplane, Grimes, and Ford & Lopatin (pics)"

photos by Erez Avissar

Simian Mobile Disco

Warm Up at MoMA PS1 continued on Saturday (8/6) with Simian Mobile Disco, Omar S, Steve More, Beppe Loda, and Forma. It rained through Simian Mobile Disco's DJ set but a dance party ensued nevertheless.

SMD also DJ'd a FIXED party that night and Forma played The Stone.

Warm Up happens again this Saturday (8/13) with Black Dice, His Name is Alive (DJ set), oOoOO, Clams Casino, Ayshay (DJ set), and Water Borders. Meanwhile two of them play Mercury Lounge tonight (8/11).

More pictures from this past Saturday below...

Continue reading "Simian Mobile Disco, Omar S, Steve More, Beppe Loda & Forma warmed up PS1 (pics)"

SMD at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2009 (more by Bao Ngyuyen)

Simian Mobile Disco are kicking off an international tour this month which begins with a DJ set on Saturday, August 6 at Warm Up. They'll also DJ a FIXED party later that night (8/6) at Public Assembly with FIXED DJs JDH & Dave P. Tickets for the Public Assembly party are on sale now.

Simian Mobile Disco recently made a mixtape for Feel My Bicep. According to the duo, "This mix is a little bit different to our club sets - mixture of more leftfield early electronics, krautrock, ambient etc..." They've also got a new video for "Gizzard" and a trailer video for their Summer 2011 live show. Check those out along with all dates, FIXED flier, and the full PS1 lineup below...

Continue reading "Simian Mobile Disco DJing FIXED after PS1 --- 2011 tour dates (and a mixtape too)"

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Blood Diamonds - "Grins" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Blood Diamonds - "Heart" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Blood Diamonds - "Aries" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Holy Other - "Touch" (Blood Diamonds Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Apache Beat - "Another Day" (Blood Diamonds Remix) (MP3)

Tanlines at the Whitney in 2010 (more by Diana Wong)

As mentioned, Tanlines will headline Warm Up at PS1 on August 27, with other sets from Nguzunguzu, Teengirl Fantasy, Sun Araw, and Physical Therapy. According to Tanlines' facebook, the band "will be playing a new set and this will be the launch of [their] next phase, with the album coming out in the fall."

Tanlines will also DJ at Glasslands on August 26, the day before they play PS1. The Glasslands show is with fellow tropical pop producer Blood Diamonds (not to be confused with Blood Orange or Diamond Rings). Tickets are on sale now.

Blood Diamonds

The Vancouver-based producer Blood Diamonds (aka Mike Tucker) is set to release a new single "Grins" b/w "Move the Stars" this month on Transparent Records. According to Altered Zones, the single will feature a remix by Holy Other, who Blood Diamonds has also remixed. Grab "Grins" and Blood Diamonds' take on Holy Other's "Touch" above. He somehow turned Holy Other's dank swampy track into a sunny day at the beach. Should be interesting to see how Holy Other returns the favor. You can pre-order the single from Plastic in Paper. Also, grab two more older Blood Diamonds tracks and a remix he did for Apache Beat above.

All dates and another Blood Diamonds track below...

Continue reading "Tanlines to debut 'new set' @ PS1, Blood Diamonds remixing stuff, releasing a single (MP3s & dates)"

PS1 last Saturday (more by Amanda Hatfield)

The final lineup for Warm Up @ PS1 Saturday:

Prince Language / The No Comprendo / NegroClash & Stretch Armstrong / Plant Music / New York, NY
Das Racist (DJ set) / Greedhead / Brooklyn, NY
Vockah Redu / C2K Entertainment/ New Orleans, LA
Ital / 100% Silk, Lovers Rock / New York, NY
XXXY / Ten Thousand Yen / Manchester, UK

The first line of that lineup of pretty confusing, but my interpretation is: Prince language, who is a part of The No Comprendo & Negroclash, is DJing with Stretch Armstrong of Plant Music.

Das Racist will be DJing and not performing.

Vockah Redu will be performing some Bounce. We may need to fight about it, but Bill went to the other Brooklyn show and said, "i like Big Freedia, but Vockah Redu is a step up if you ask me. Great show at Glasslands."

XXXY plays Friday night at Tammany Hall before his Saturday set at PS1.

photos by Amanda Hatfield

"Crazy sweaty super awesome weekend with the most amazing girlfriend @tamaraaaah!! @lunice and @ganggangdance absolutely killed PS1!" - Teddy Kerk

"Miracles club at PS1. This is really dope." - Pictureplane

"Lunice destroying PS1 right now" - Alex Kim

"SYD OFWGKTA is not dj-ing at PS1 today. Still a great day so please come out. LUNICE will be nuts + Gang Gang Dance sound system!" - Kris Chen

"GANG GANG DANCE KILLING WITH A MOONBAHTON SET @ PS1" - khaled elsayed

"Gang Gang Dance" @ PS1

Warm Up continued at PS1 on Saturday (7/23) with the stacked lineup of Gang Gang Dance (DJ), Lunice, The Miracles Club, and Laurel Halo. Unfortunately, OFWGKTA's Syd tha Kyd never made it out, though she was originally scheduled.

The show was Lunice's second of two NYC shows last week. The first was the night before at Bowery Hotel with Pictureplane, who made it out to PS1 (tweeted above) before his own show at 285 Kent.

Gang Gang Dance will play NYC again this Saturday (7/30) at South Street Seaport for the free all ages Mad Decent Block Party.

The Miracles Club also have upcoming shows in NYC this week. On Thursday (7/28) they play Glasslands with Vockah Redu (who plays Warm Up this coming Saturday), and on Friday (7/29) they play a FIXED party at Public Assembly with Midnight Magic.

More pictures from 7/23 Warm Up below...

Continue reading "Gang Gang Dance, Lunice, The Miracles Club & Laurel Halo (but not Syd the Kid) made people dance @ PS1 (pics)"

Laurel Halo

As if it wasn't warm enough, the lineup of today's OUTDOOR PS1 Warm Up party is:

Gang Gang Dance (DJ set) / 4AD / New York, NY
Lunice / Lucky Me / Montreal, Canada
Syd tha Kyd / OFWGKTA / Los Angeles, CA
Miracles Club / Ecstacy Records / Portland, OR
Laurel Halo / Hippos in Tanks / New York, NY

How was Lunice at Bowery Hotel last night. he played with Pictureplane and Teengirl Fantasy who both DJ'd. They both play live at 285 Kent tonight where the DIY venue will [hopefully] be sporting 64000 btu-worth of new air conditioners.

UPDATE: Todd P says he isn't guaranteeing the A/C will work in time for tonight's show, or that even once installed it will work as planned. Hope for the best, but be prepared to sweat!

More details on the nighttime Brooklyn show below...

Continue reading "'Warm Up' today, air conditioning at 285 Kent tonight (maybe)"

"Wake n baked up, on route to NYC for the weekend." - Lunice

You may know Lunice from the remix he did with Diplo for Deerhunter's "Helicopter", his insane dance moves, or from his instructional cooking videos (watch/listen to all of it below). We just posted a track he did with ST 2 Lettaz of G-Side (you can also listen to it below). Over a year ago Dazed Digital wrote:

Lunice Fermin Pierre II is many things. The prolific Canadian young gun first found net celebrity with his cult YouTube dance videos, his intergalactic B-Boy stance scored by the beat pack - the discordant wave of club banging hip hop producers that include San Francisco's Lazer Sword, LuckyMe's Mike Slott and LA's Nosaj Thing. Lunice's own 80's inspired, glitchy soul thizzes across official remixes for Big Dada whilst the blog platinum bootlegs of MOP, Lil Mama and Aaliyah keep his ManyBrain.blogspot.com family in check.

He's got some upcoming dates including two this weekend in NYC: July 22 at Bowery Hotel with Pictureplane (DJ), Teengirl Fantasy (DJ), and Cool Places Soundsystem (in case you were wondering where that TBD NYC show on July 22 was going to be). Check out the flyer below, and note that RSVP may be required for the free party. Pictureplane & Teengirl Fantasy play live on July 23 at 285 Kent.

Lunice also plays Warm Up on Saturday, July 23 at PS1 with Gang Gang Dance (DJ), Syd tha Kyd, Miracles Club, and Laurel Halo.

He's also on the bill of Mad Decent Block Parties in Chicago and LA. He's not on the NYC party at South Street Seaport but Gang Gang Dance, who he shares a bill with at PS1 are. More Lunice dates below.

Speaking of Mad Decent Block Parties, Claude VonStroke was added to the NYC show and as hinted at, Curren$y was added to the Chicago date (now that he's done playing Pitchfork). Updated lineups and dates below.

All Lunice dates, videos, stream & updated Mad Decent lineups below...

Continue reading "Lunice is coming (2 NYC dates, 1 w/ Pictureplane), Mad Decent Block Parties update linueps (Lunice included)"

DOWNLOAD: YACHT - "Utopia" (Miracles Club Remix) (MP3)

The Miracles Club will play a few NYC shows this month including their previously mentioned PS1 show this Saturday (7/23) with Gang Gang Dance (DJ), Syd tha Kyd (OFWGKTA), Laurel Halo, and others. The next day (7/24), they'll play a Jelly RockBeach show with Death Grips, Bass Drum of Death, MNDR, and Night Manager. Check out a video from the first RockBeach show below.

The following week, Miracles Club will play two more NYC shows: July 28 at Glasslands with Vockah Redu and a FIXED party on July 29 at Public Assembly with Midnight Magic and Trap.Avoid. The Glasslands show is presented by MyOpenBar and tickets are on sale. You can also get advanced tickets for the Public Assembly show.

The Miracles Club also played with Midnight Magic during Northside at the DFA Showcase. YACHT, who headlined that show, was recently remixed by The Miracles Club. They put their twist on the title track of YACHT's recently released apocalyptic concept album Utopia. Grab that above.

Sissy Bounce artist Vockah Redu (pictured), who is on the Glasslands bill with The Miracles Club, also play PS1 one week later (7/30) with XXXY and Holy Other. Vanity Fair says, "Vockah's shows are elaborately choreographed and costumed, like how Ziggy Stardust would've ended up if he'd been raised in the Magnolia Houses."

All tour dates and video below...

Continue reading "The Miracles Club remixed YACHT, playing PS1, RockBeach, Glasslands & FIXED (Vockah Redu coming too) ---- MP3 & dates"

PS1 last week (more by Vincent Cornelli)

Today's Warm Up lineup:

July 16
agnès b. presents:
Audio Love by Juan + Johnny
Joakim / Tigersushi / Paris, France
Koudlam / Pan European Recordings / Paris, France
Mirror Mirror / RVNG Intl. / New York, NY

For Joakim the show is one of a handful of dates he has scheduled this summer.

Continue reading "Warm Up continues today with Joakim & more "

photos by Vincent Cornelli, words by Andrew Sacher

SBTRKT

When I walked into MoMA PS1 on Saturday (7/9) for their second Warm Up of the 2011 season, Bronze were about halfway through their set. I'd never heard the group before but they won me over with their dark, psychedelic atmospheres and pummeling drum patterns, and were an interesting contrast to the dancier acts that followed. After Bronze's set, NYC DJ FaltyDL delivered a DJ set that set the mood for the rest of day's event. Though he's from New York, his beats are well-versed in UK garage and dubstep, and fit in really well with the two UK acts that came after.

The highlight of the day for me was seeing SBTRKT, whose excellent self titled debut LP dropped two weeks ago. He played a live set with guest vocalist Sampha, who contributed vocals to the album. As anticipated, both musicians came out in tiki masks. Like many dubstep producers are starting to do, SBTRKT embraces much more of a pop feel on his album, and many of the tracks are centered pretty heavily around vocals. However, unlike some of his contemporaries, his material still translates well onto the dancefloor. SBTRKT and Sampha would focus on key melodies in the songs, and then dive into extended mixes that got the crowd moving. The majority of the set consisted of the album's Sampha-fronted cuts, though they did play a chopped up version of the Little Dragon-featured "Wildfire." Drake didn't show up to rap over the track like he did in Toronto the night before, but SBTRKT did throw his verse into the mix.

Four Tet

Directly after SBTRKT and Sampha walked off stage, blown out avant-sax lines started spurting out of the PA speakers, which meant hidden behind the massive crowd of dancers, none other than Four Tet just began DJing. After the jazzy opener, Four Tet dropped one of his heavy trademark beats and went off into a killer set that sent the crowd into more of a frenzy than they'd been in all day.

Unfortunately, Matthewdavid, who I had been looking forward to seeing, had to cancel his set. SBTRKT was also scheduled to DJ an afterparty at Coco66, but the Brooklyn venue got shut down before SBTRKT could play. Four Tet did play his afterparty set at Marcy Hotel though.

More pictures and video from the whole day at PS1, below...

Continue reading "Four Tet, SBTRKT & friends played to a packed MoMA PS1 (Saturday's Warm Up in pics & review)"

The full PS1 lineup for this Saturday, July 9th is:

Four Tet / Domino / London, UK
Falty DL / Planet Mu / New York, NY
SBTRKT / Young Turks / London, UK
Bronze / RVNG Intl / San Francisco, CA
Matthewdavid / Brainfeeder / Los Angeles, CA
TURRBOTAX® DJs / New York, NY

You can also try and catch SBTRKT later that night. Don't bother trying to see Four Tet at Marcy Hotel though. Catch him at PS1.

DOWNLOAD: How To Dress Well - "Ready for the World" (XXXY Re-Edit) (MP3)

by Andrew Sacher

Since adopting the moniker XXXY in 2009, UK producer Rupert Taylor has dropped quite a few singles on various labels. Earlier this year, he put out a 10" single for "You Always Start It" b/w "Ordinary Things" on the Ten Thousand Yen label. 350 copies were pressed and are now all sold out but you can stream the tracks on his bandcamp and below.

XXXY is back with his second single of the year, "You Gotta Do You" b/w "Open Your Eyes," which he released today (7/8) on Orca Recordings. On the new tracks XXXY goes for a slightly wonkier, bass-heavy sound, as opposed to his more chilled out offerings from earlier this year. Listen to soundcloud streams of the tracks below and pick up the 12" at Boomkat.

In addition to his singles, he's also done remixes for notable artists including Radiohead and How To Dress Well.

StompMag: The first track of yours I heard was a remix of Videotapes by Radiohead. Are you a big fan?

XXXY: Yeah, I'm a really big Radiohead fan. I haven't had the chance to get to the new album as much as I'd like to but I love everything they've done and I've been to see them a bunch of times. The remix of Videotapes just kind of came into my head and it was around the right tempo for me to work with. Normally when I'm doing remixes people approach me with an idea and if it's something I want to do and if I like the music, I'll do it. With the remix of Ready For The World, Tri Angle approached me and asked would I like to do something for How To Dress Well. And I said "definitely" because I love the album. And I think it turned out pretty good.

StompMag: Do you listen to a lot of music from the Tri Angle label?

XXXY: Yeah, I really like the stuff they're putting out. I really like OOoOO and How To Dress Well- they've got a lot of strange interesting sounds coming out. It's something different and really high quality.

XXXY has some upcoming international dates in late July and early August. Those dates include two US shows which both take place late this month in NYC. He headlines Tammany Hall on July 29 with Laurel Halo, Shlomo, Braille, and Contakt. Tickets are on sale now. The next day (7/30) he plays PS1's 'Warm Up' with Tri Angle's Holy Other and Das Racist (DJ).

All tour dates, a video for the 2010 single "Rain", streams and stuff below...

Continue reading "XXXY released another single, coming to NYC (dates)"

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Holy Other - "Touch" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Holy Other - "Touch" (Matthewdavid Remix) (MP3)

Holy Other

Tri Angle labelmates Holy Other and oOoOO recently played the Tri Angle showcase at Sonar 2011 in Spain with How To Dress Well (whose LP Love Remains was reissued on the label earlier this year). You can watch some videos from the fest below.

Holy Other and oOoOO will play together again on tour this summer with Tri Angle DJs spinning between sets. The NYC show is on August 11 at Mercury Lounge. Tickets are on sale. All dates are listed below.

Both of them also play PS1 Warm Up events, but not together. Holy Other plays what will be his first US show at PS1 on July 30. Das Racist and XXXY also DJ that day. oOoOO plays with other Tri Angle labelmates: Clams Casino, Ayshay and Water Borders, on August 13.

Holy Other released the With U EP earlier this month. Like many of his fellow Tri Angle producers, Holy Other creates floating reverbial soundscapes with bass-heavy beats. Check out the track "Touch" above which loops a trancelike vocal sample directly into your brain. Matthewdavid, who plays a Warm Up event even sooner, remixed the track. Grab that above too.

The full PS1 lineup for this Saturday, July 9th is:

Four Tet / Domino / London, UK
Falty DL / Planet Mu / New York, NY
SBTRKT / Young Turks / London, UK
Bronze / RVNG Intl / San Francisco, CA
Matthewdavid / Brainfeeder / Los Angeles, CA
TURRBOTAX® DJs / New York, NY

Videos of the Tri Angle showcase at Sonar, 'With U' artwork and tracklist, and tour dates below...

Continue reading "Holy Other & oOoOO going on a Tri Angle tour & stuff (dates)"

It looks like SBTRKT isn't the only one with post-PS1 Saturday night plans. Check out the above tweet by Four Tet (thx Hiro).

UPDATE:

More Four Tet dates below...

Continue reading "Four Tet playing Saturday night too, and other places"

SBTRKT is in North America for a few nights this week. As announced (by us anyway), it was never guaranteed that the now-sold out Glasslands show tonight (7/6) would be anything more than a DJ set and Sampha was definitely never confirmed, though apparently some thought he was (link is nsfw).

On Thursday (7/7), SBTRKT DJs again at Camp Bisco in Mariaville, NY. On Friday (7/8), he'll make his way to Toronto to perform with "Special Guests". Sampha's name was removed from the ticket listing since our last post, though maybe he'll still be there, and another special guest too.

SBTRKT returns to New York on Saturday (7/9) for his PS1 Warm UP Event with Four Tet, FaltyDL, Matthewdavid and others. If you want to see SBTRKT live, PS1 is the place to be.As mentioned, the show is billed as a live set w/ guest vocalist who will hopefully be Sampha.

Tickets are sold out for tonight's Glasslands show but are still available for the PS1 show at three different locations mentioned below (or at the door if it doesn't sell out).

As pictured above, SBTRKT tweeted that there may be an after party the night of the PS1 show (we think he's telling the truth) (no clue if it's dj or live though).

Ticket locations for the PS1 show below...

Continue reading "SBTRKT is here, playing somewhere after PS1 too"

It's July 2nd and that means the first PS1 Warm Up of the 2011 season. Today's lineup:

DJ Pierre / Afro Acid / Chicago, IL
Beautiful Swimmers / Future Times / Washington, DC
Delicate Steve / Luaka Bop / New Jersey
Protect-U / Future Times / Washington, DC
Zoovox / Lectric Sands Records / Brooklyn, NY

Two 50+ minute mixes by Beautiful Swimmers can be listened to below...

Continue reading "Warm Up begins, listen to a Beautiful Swimmers mix"

The masked UK Producer SBTRKT (pronounced 'subtract') is scheduled to play Camp Bisco (7/7) and a PS1 Warm Up event on July 9 with Four Tet, FaltyDL, Matthewdavid, and others. You don't need to head upstate or stand in the sun to see him though because he's also scheduled a Brooklyn show at Glasslands on July 6 with Shigeto and Mux Mool. Exactly what formation SBTRKT will take at the Brooklyn show (DJ, full band, some mix of both, etc) is still TBD, but Glasslands tickets are on sale now. Camp Bisco will be a DJ set and PS1 will be "live set w/guest vocalist". What does "live" look like? It looks like THIS.

His self titled debut LP comes out June 27 in the UK and June 28 in the US via XL's Young Turks imprint, and it's streaming now on Hype Machine. We posted the track "Wildfire" (feat. Little Dragon) earlier this month, which you can grab here. Drake has since remixed the track and contributed some of his own vocals to it. Check that out, along with album tracklist and all tour dates, below...

Continue reading "SBTRKT is coming (dates), album streaming now"

DOWNLOAD: Miracles Club - "Light of Love" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Miracles Club - "Light of Love" (Cut Copy Re-Vision) (MP3)

"We're not going to lie. When XLR8R first caught wind of The Miracles Club, we had our doubts. Granted, we were already fans of Honey Owens and her droney, experimental work as Valet and as a member of Nudge--we even made her the subject of an episode of XLR8R TV a couple years ago. But Honey Owens... doing house music? In Portland? And claiming classic Chicago sounds as an influence? No offense to our pals in the Pacific Northwest, but the City of Roses isn't exactly known for its love of DJ culture. Vintage stores, organic eats, and DIY noisemaking? Yes. Thumping, club-friendly beats? Not so much. So imagine our surprise when the outfit's debut EP, Light of Love, came out last year and was actually... good." [xl8r8r]

Miracles Club have a number of Northside Festival shows coming up this weekend. They play the Let's Play House Northside showcase tonight (6/17) at Cameo with Blondes, Jacques Renault and others. They also DJ at 70 N 6th Street on June 18 with Konnichiwa and open for YACHT and Midnight Magic at the DFA Northside showcase on Sunday (6/19). Tickets are still on sale for the latter.

On July 23, they'll return to NYC to play the same PS1 Warm Up event that Gang Gang Dance is DJing. OFWGKTA's Syd tha Kyd, Laurel Halo (who plays 285 Kent tonight), and Lunice are also on the bill.

If you miss Laurel Halo at 285 Kent tonight, you can also catch her at the Newtown Radio 1 Year Anniversary BBQ at Shea Stadium on Sunday, June 19 with Autre Ne Veut, Forma and others.

Miracles Club EP album art a flier for tonight's show below...

Continue reading "The Miracles Club are here (and will be back) -- Northside dates, PS1 & a Cut Copy remix MP3"

DOWNLOAD: Pictureplane - "Post Physical" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Pictureplane - "Real is a Feeling" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: S.C.U.M. - Summon the Sound (Grimes remix) (MP3)

Pictureplane on Halloween in NYC (more by Andrew St. Clair)

Speaking of Teengirl Fantasy, they're set to head out on tour with Pictureplane in late July. The tour kicks off in Boston on July 20 and hits NYC on July 22 at a TBD location and July 23 at Coco66. Gatekeeper, who also play 285 Kent with Teengirl Fantasy this Saturday night (June 18), open the tour. Tickets for the Coco66 show are on sale now.

Pictureplane will release Thee Physical on July 19 via Lovepump United. The album was produced and recorded by Egedy and mixed/co-produced by Jupiter Keyes of HEALTH. Grab the tracks "Post Physical" and "Real Is a Feeling" above. Those tracks are two of the more mildly-named tracks on the new album. Check out song titles like "Techno Fetish" and "Trancegender" on the full tracklist below.

Both Pictureplane and Teengirl Fantasy also play PS1 Warm Up events this summer in Long Island City, but on different days. As just mentioned, Teengirl Fantasy play on August 27. Pictureplane plays one week prior on August 20 with Juan Maclean (DFA), Blood Orange (Dev from Lightspeed Champion), Solange (Knowles), Grimes, and Ford & Lopatin (formerly Games).

The Juan Maclean (Juan and Nancy)

Juan Maclean has a few other DJ sets coming up this summer as well. Tonight (6/17), as mentioned, he'll transform Williamsburg's Metro Community Laundromat into the Dirty Disco Laundrette with fellow DFA DJ Justin Miller. The flier for the show is below. Tickets are still available (which is not surprising if you look at the price). Juan Maclean also DJs at Cielo Club on June 28 with Eli Escobar and Runaway. Tickets are available.

Blood Orange and Grimes open the Washed Out show at Bowery Ballroom on July 11. Blood Orange also open the previously announced The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon) free show on June 24 at South Street Seaport.

S.C.U.M.

In other Grimes news, she remixed the single "Summon The Sound" by British psychedelic punks S.C.U.M.. "Summon The Sound" is off their upcoming debut Amber Hands which comes out late summer/early fall on Mute Records. The band is named for the 1968 feminist tract S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto by Valerie Solanas. S.C.U.M. just finished up a tour with The Kills in the UK. Listen to the original and the Grimes remix (which you can also download above), below.

Grimes also has other upcoming shows with fellow Canadians Gobble Gobble and Pat Jordache. All tour dates, Pictureplane album info, and other stuff below...

Continue reading "Pictureplane LP info & dates w/ Teengirl Fantasy ++++ Grimes, Blood Orange, Juan Maclean & S.C.U.M. too"

Nguzunguzu

"Nguzunguzu first made its mark in mid-'00s Los Angeles as co-hosts of the legendary Wildness parties near MacArthur Park. Around that time the duo started making tracks and mixes and dropping them online -- frantic, tribal sounds that drew on the convergence of Brazilian baile rhythms, Chicago house and London dance music to create primal, infectious grooves. Gradually over the last three years the production team has moved up the ladder, remixing Ciara, Lazer Sword and Ratatat, among others, releasing a few solid EPs, touring as M.I.A.'s DJ and producing much of her most recent mixtape, "Vicki Leekx."" [LA Times]

Nguzunguzu are playing NYC's New Museum on June 23 with Kingdom and Total Freedom (Ashland Mines). The "five hour day-into-night performance" is a collaboration with LA performer and filmmaker Wu Tsang who is in residency at the museum. Wu Tsang's residency is an attempt to showcase different aspects of his new film and performance piece Full Body Quotation. His first film, about the "legendary" parties referenced above, Wildness (currently in post-production), was made in collaboration with Total Freedom and Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu. Check out a teaser for the movie below.

The New Museum event is free before 7 PM and $12 after. Nguzunguzu, Kingdom, and Total Freedom also play the official after party hosted by DIS Magazine at Subtonic at 11 PM with MikeQ, Venus X, and $hayne.

Nguzunguzu and Total Freedom both head out on a tour with Gang Gang Dance in July. The tour ends one day before Gang Gang Dance play a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on July 21. The Rocks off show has no openers. Tickets are still on sale for the NYC show which is two days before GGD DJ a PS1 Warm Up event.

Nguzunguzu play a PS1 Warm Up event on August 27 with Sun Araw, who they played with at Echoplex in LA last night (6/16). Tanlines, Teengirl Fantasy, and Physical Therapy are also on the PS1 bill.

Teengirl Fantasy (live) and Physical Therapy (DJ) meanwhile play a Northside Merok Records showcase on June 18 at 285 Kent with Gatekeeper, Blondes and dj Ghe20 Gothik. Teengirl Fantasy also play Sled Island in Canada at the end of the month. They tour with Pictureplane in July.

Tanlines recently made a video for the super catchy "Real Life" off their 2010 Settings EP. According to a post on their facebook page on February 17, Tanlines are "very excited that they're almost done with their record." The record will be their first full length and will presumably be released sometime this year on True Panther.

Nguzunguzu album art and soundcloud stream, the Tanlines video, and other stuff below...

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