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how was #RSD13? (pics from Kim's, Other Music + more)

So how did you fare on Record Store Day 2013? I was surprised that I found most of my big wants, including Ty Segall‘s Ty Rex 2 (found at Academy Annex in Williamsburg), the Trouble in Mind four-way split and Stephen-Malkmus-plays-Can 12″ (acquired at Cake Shop), the first two Orange Juice albums (Turntable Lab) and Pulp‘s “After You” 12″ (Co-Op 87 at midnight)…

a guide to NYC #RSD13 in-store performances & special events

As you are probably aware, this Saturday (4/20) is Record Store Day. We’ve already told you some of our picks from the myriad #RSD13 exclusives, but many of NYC’s record stores are having special events that day…

Downtown Music Festivals coming to LES in NYC & other cities -- lineup & tix (Black Hippy, Earl Sweatshirt, Purity Ring, Palma Violets & more)

Palma Violets at BV SXSW 2013 day party (more by Amanda Hatfield) Downtown Records are taking their Downtown Music Festivals to different North American cities this year with a lineup that includes Black Hippy (aka Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul, and Jay Rock all playing together), Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Trash Talk, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, …

San Francisco's Permanent Collection are on tour, including two NYC shows ++ Cake Shop/Loglady showcase during SXSW

San Francisco’s Permanent Collection released their debut album, Newly Wed Nearly Dead, last August on Loglady Records. Frontman Jason Hendardy, who runs the label with Lauren loPrete, used to be in Young Prisms and there’s more than a little shoegaze in PC’s sound but is definitely poppier than Hendardy’s old band…

watch Bob Mould's "Star Machine" video, directed by Jon Glaser and shot at Cake Shop; new tour dates announced

Bob Mould just debuted his new video for “Star Machine,” which is from last year’s loud and highly-enjoyable LP, The Silver Age. The video was filmed at Cake Shop and was directed who you may know from Delocated or, most recently, HBO’s Girls (he was Laird, the junkie)…

Andy Bodor from Cake Shop's "21 AMAZING EXPERIENCES" of 2012, plus a year-end mixtape

DOWNLOAD: BLURRY BITTERS – A CAKE SHOP BEST OF 2012 MIXTAPE (MP3) Eddy Current Suppression Ring @ Cake Shop, June 2010 (more by Diana Wong) One of the biggest, most genuine music fans I know is Andy from Ludlow Street indie rock club Cake Shop…

South Street Seaport flooded, looted; Lower East Side venues not likely to have power till the weekend

Lower Manhattan got it pretty good by Sandy, South Street Seaport included. The area was under multiple feet of water. The Seaport Music Festival, who put on the free shows down there, still had their stage set up…

Also: Jay-Z raises serious $$$ for Obama, Yo Gabba Gabba, Deftones, 'Ice Ice Baby' analyzed, Wilco, Neil Young & more

We already posted lots of posts today. Here’s some more, and some reminders too… Jay-Z & Beyonce raised a cool $4M for Barack Obama at their benefit last night (“Beyonce could not be a better role model for my girls,” Obama said,)…

fictional turned real band 'Brooklyn Brothers' playing Cake Shop Tuesday; the free movie screening is TONIGHT @ KF

From a year-old story on Deadline:The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best premiered in Toronto last night, and while there’s no distribution deal to report yet, writer/director and star Ryan O’Nan and Michael Weston have scored a contract that turns their fictional band into a real thing…

Airiel released 'Kid Games,' touring East Coast with Screen Vinyl Image (dates and streams)

DOWNLOAD: Airiel – Flashlight Tag (MP3) Chicago dreampop outfit Airiel are on a quick, four-date East Coast dash that hits NYC on Saturday (8/18) at Cake Shop with Screen Vinyl Image, The Stargazer Lilies, and Luxa…
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