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Rock the Bells expands lineup (Deltron 3030, Action Bronson, J. Cole, Wale, Big Daddy Kane, Girl Talk, Pretty Lights & more)

As mentioned, hip hop festival Rock the Bells is returning in 2013 to a few different cities including East Rutherford, NJ at the Meadowlands Racetrack from October …

Merchandise, White Lung, Parquet Courts & more playing Bottom Lounge during Pitchfork Fest weekend

Merchandise @ Schubas in January (more by Milos Markicevic) Aside from the many other great Pitchfork Festival aftershows we’ve already told you about (Savages, Waxahatchee, …

Hot Sugar produced a new Kitty (Pryde) track, playing Northside on Sunday w/ Ratking (who play Warm Up)

Kitty Pryde at 285 Kent in February (more by Amanda Hatfield) So Kitty (Pryde) may not actually be on the new Kanye album, but she did just put out her own new song, “Barbie Jeep…

MoMA PS1 Warm Up 2013 announced (Majical Cloudz, XXYYXX, Ryan Hemsworth, Liars, Mr. MFN eXquire & more)

Warm Up 2012 (more by Leia Jospe) The annual Warm Up summer concert series is returning to MoMA PS1 this year every Saturday from June 29 through September 7…

Schoolboy Q, Action Bronson (who has a new video) & more played the XXL Freshman show; Rock the Bells tix on sale

Thanks to TDE’s recent success, Q found himself as the most established performer at the Freshman show. With no one to accompany him on stage, he fared better in the larger crowd as a solo artist, breezing through tracks from and throwback collaborations with A$AP Rocky…

updated Downtown Music Festival lineup & tix info (Autre Ne Veut, Ryan Hemsworth, eXquire, Kilo Kish & more added)

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…

Earl Sweatshirt performed w/ Flying Lotus (Captain Murphy) in LA, doing it again at SXSW (dates, video)

Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt will be making his SXSW debut this year (he wasn’t there when the rest of his crew first played), and will be doing collaborative sets with Captain Murphy, aka Flying Lotus’ rap alter ego (who collaborated with him on “Between Friends”)…

Talib Kweli, A$AP Ferg, Fat Trel, Ratking, Nitty Scott, & more upcoming hip hop shows

A$AP Ferg at Brooklyn Bowl in December (more by Brook Bobbins) Talib Kweli, who just played SOB’s earlier this week, is playing two nights at Brooklyn Bowl (3/17-18) with a live band this March with Cory Mo…

Curren$y, Smoke DZA, Sean Price, Meyhem Lauren, Robert Glasper, Ratking, Wale & more upcoming hip hop shows

Curren$y has a few shows scheduled this January, including one in NYC happening on January 3 at SOB’s. No openers for this show have been announced at the …
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