Kingdom

DJ Pierre was a clarinet player from the Chicago suburbs. He was involved in local DJ battles, too shy to make many inroads into the Music Box crowd until his friend Spanky bought a cheap piece of gear called a Roland TB-303…

Pitchfork just posted their Top 100 Tracks of 2013. It’s got what some people might call the worst song ever, the song with the most talked-about rap verse of the year, some surprises, and some of the year’s most undeniable songs…

Black Dice were supposed to play 285 Kent tonight (9/27) with Teengirl Fantasy, but that show had to be canceled at the last minute due to a family emergency…

Wavves at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Earlier today, we mentioned that a bunch of punkish bands were added to Jay Z’s Made In America festival, which goes down at Philly’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway (8/31-9/1) this weekend…

Kingdom at Bowery Ballroom in December (more by David Andrako) As mentioned, Brooklyn producer Kingdom released his his new EP, Vertical XL, last week (5/28) via Fade to Mind…

Lee “Scratch” Perry at Coachella 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) today in NYC * Dolunay @ Barbes * Cam’ron @ S.O.B.’s * Grupo Chonta @ Barbes * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Secret Chiefs 3 @ The Stone * Charli XCX @ Urban Outfitters * Snowden, Isadora @ Mercury Lounge * Cibo Matto, Federico Aubele @ Littlefield * Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl * Groundislava, Fur, Time Wharp @ Glasslands * Kelly Rowland, The Dream @ Best Buy Theater * Dangerous Cans, The Tablets @ Death By Audio * Slowdance, Beliefs, Painted Zeros @ Shea Stadium * Aaron Neville @ New York Society For Ethical Culture * Anvil, Acrassicauda, Lords of Mercy @ Knitting Factory * The Field, Standish/Carlyon, Prism House @ Glasslands * Eats Everything, Mike Simonetti, Paul Raffaele @ Output * Breakfast In Fur, Slam Dunk, Babysitter @ The Rock Shop * Shilpa Ray, The Veda Rays, Haybaby, Waltz @ Union Pool * Devin, Lazyeyes, The Indecent, Lost Boy…

Autre Ne Veut at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Downtown Records are taking their Downtown Music Festivals to different North American cities this year, including NYC from May 10 to 11 across various LES venues, including Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, Angel Orensanz Center, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element, Capitale, Rockwood Music Hall and m…

As mentioned this past January, Williamsburg got a new, 452-capacity dance club, Output at 74 Wythe Ave by N. 12th St. We weren’t sure exactly what types of “techno, house and other EDM styles” would be booked at the venue, but we’re happy to report that they’ve already got some great shows coming up, as part of their weekly Thursday party, INPUT…

Night Slugs, one of the best current labels for left field bass music, are putting together a mini-tour with Girl Unit, Kingdom, and label co-founders Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990…

We’ve got less than a week to go and if you’re still getting your New Year’s Eve plans together, here is a number of concert options in Austin…