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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to play NPR Showcase at SXSW and Dallas on tour (dates)

Dates in Dallas and the surrounding area right around SXSW indicated it, but now we have confirmation that Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will indeed perform at the Austin festival…

NPR Music's Top 50 LPs of 2012

Japandroids at Pitchfork, July 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) NPR Music have announced their “50 favorite” albums of 2012, which includes names like Pallbearer, Andy Stott, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Death Grips, and Swans…

Dan Deacon hits Texas, playing Beauty Ballroom on eve of ACL (win tickets)

As we mentioned back in July, Dan Deacon is touring the world to support his latest LP, America, and will be playing Houston at Fitzgerald’s on Wednesday (10/10) and coming to Austin one day later for a Thursday night show at The Beauty Ballroom (10/11)…

Flying Lotus & Death Grips playing NPR/WNYC CMJ showcase (which will also stream from Le Poisson Rouge)

FlyLo (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Just a few days after we pointed out that Flying Lotus will be all over NYC in just a few days, and right after we announce that Death Grips is finally touring again and visiting NYC in November, NPR hits us with this surprise:For the first time, NPR Music and WNYC’s Soundcheck come together during the CMJ Music Marathon to present a showcase of singular artists…

Tori Amos releasing orchestral interpretations of her old songs on new LP, playing intimate show at Le Poisson Rouge (dates)

Last year, Tori Amos released Night of Hunters, an album where instead of working with the band she had for the last decade, was an orchestral pop album recorded with a variety of new musicians, including the Apollon Musagete Quartett…

KUT & BVAustin presents Dana Falconberry's 'Leelanau' Album Release Party on 10/4

We are very excited to announce Dana Falconberry‘s album release party for ‘Leelanau’ at Austin’s Scottish Rite Theater on October 4 with Marmalakes and Good Field…

What's going on Monday?

today in Chicago * Lindsey Buckingham @ City Winery * DJ Abilities, Jel, Void Pedal, Zavala, Crushcon @ Empty Bottle * Abigail Williams, Lord Mantis, Kastasyde, Anagnorisis @ Ultra Lounge * Magicks, Girl Detective, Patrick Cosmos @ Reggie’s Music Joint (Free Show) * Deep Sleep, Thin Hymns, The Daredevil Christopher Wright @ The Burlington NPR are streaming forthcoming releases from Deerhoof, Stars, Animal Collective, and Cat Power…

David Rakoff, RIP

When writer David Rakoff died Thursday at the age 47, he was barely the age he said he was always “meant” to be. In his 2010 memoir, , he wrote, “Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one’s best, then at very least one’s most authentic self…

Newport Folk Fest streaming at NPR, kicks off with Megafaun, Blitzen Trapper & Wilco (who played Terminal 5)

Nels Cline of Wilco (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The 2012 Newport Folk Festival begins in Rhode Island tonight with a concert (7:30pm), Blitzen Trapper (6pm), and Megafaun (5pm)…

The Very Best streaming 'MTMTMK,' playing Lincoln Hall

London-based duo The Very Best, whose members Johan Hugo and Esau Mwamwaya hail from Sweden and Malawi, are set to welcome their new album, MTMTMK, on July 17 via Moshi Moshi…
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