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Die Antwoord @ Riviera Theatre 6/3/14 James Richards IV shot a lot of shows for this BrooklynVegan year, mostly in Chicago, and now that the year’s almost over, he’s picked out 14 of his favorite shots of 2014 that he himself took…

As you may know, in addition to the April Record Store Day, there’s a RSD Black Friday (November 28) too, with its own exclusive releases…

Despite the late afternoon sun shining brightly into the eyes of the spectators, the Dallas native attracted thousands to hear the guitar goddess peel off insanely good riffs in between stylized vocals and strangely robotic choreography that has become her hallmark…

The second weekend of the 2014 ACL Festival is in mid-swing as we speak, and Friday night’s W2 kickoff featured sets from Beck, Outkast, Temples, Jimmy Cliff, St…

& Tim Griffin Murdoch is an effortless master of banter and was the most magnetic presence I saw on stage all day — flirting with the crowd, sitting with legs crossed on the stage’s edge, and pointing out that pretty much all songs are about sex…

Earlier this month, we sent longtime BrooklynVegan contributor Dominick Mastrangelo to the three-day 2014 Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland…

After spending three days shooting portraits and other SoundWave tent activities for us at Lollapalooza in Chicago, BrooklynVegan photographer Dominick Mastrangelo took off to Finland for this year’s Flow Festival…

Headliner OutKast took the stage with a more pertinent query: “Are you ready for the greatest rap group of all time?” It was classic rap hype, and yet as the ensuing 90 minutes proved, the recently reunited duo of Big Boi and Andre 3000 has earned the right to include itself in the ranks of the hip hop elite…

Besides Eminem on Friday, Saturday was heavy on hip-hop heavyweights. First up was Nas, who dedicated the first half of his set to his 1994 debut album “Illmatic” from start to finish…

The transition from indie darlings to stadium-rockers is rarely a painless one, although a decade on from the release of its debut album “Funeral,” Arcade Fire proved that it has at least navigated that path better than most…