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read part 2 of Failure's in-studio diary for 'The Heart Is A Monster' +++ tour dates announced
Failure‘s first album in 19 years, The Heart Is A Monster, comes out June 30 via INresidence (pre-order), and today we continue rolling out the band’s in-studio diary they kept of the recording process…
Failure's new album 'The Heart Is A Monster' coming this summer (check out part 1 of their studio diary & pics)
’90s spacey alt-rockers Failure reunited in early 2014, which has now resulted in a new album due out this summer. It’s called The Heart Is A Monster and is due June 30 via INresidence…
Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park 2015 lineup (Sylvan Esso, New Pornographers, Big K.R.I.T., tUnE-yArDs & more)
We’ve known about Celebrate Brooklyn!‘s summer slate of 2015 ticketed benefit shows at Prospect Park — including Modest Mouse, Interpol and Willie Nelson — for a while and now they’ve announced their free show schedule…
new label releasing films on VHS (!); titles include puppet movie by Miss Pussycat & Quintron (who are touring)
Cassettes are hip and vinyl sales are on the rise, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that a record label has spun off a new company that will release obscure soundtracks on vinyl, and…
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Bjork played 7 NY gigs (pics); WIN GOVERNORS BALL tix (with Bjork, Future Islands, SBTRKT, Little Dragon, more)
NY got SEVEN chances to see Bjork already this year, at Brooklyn’s new King’s Theatre, at Carnegie Hall, and at Manhattan’s City Center where the last show took place on April 1st…
an interview with Shlohmo (on running a label, dealing with others, Flying Lotus, Burzum, Yung Gud, Tidal & more)
LA producer Shlohmo is currently out on a headlining tour in support of his new album Dark Red. The album was a split release with the Matador Records-owned True Panther and Shlohmo’s own label WEDIDIT…
Residuels covered The Stooges, opening for Buzzcocks in NYC (win tix!)
Philly garage punks Residuels have covered The Stooges and had the cover praised by Iggy Pop himself. They just opened the Philly stop of The Sonics’ tour, and this Thursday (4/16) they’ll be in NYC to open for the Buzzcocks show at Irving…
DJ Jess, RIP
Sad news from the NYC nightlife world: DJ Jess (aka Jess Marquis aka Jesse Immler), who organized, promoted, and DJ’d at parties like TRASH…
Don't get arrested at Coachella (here are tips from a lawyer)
“The heat, the tunes and the positive energy got you yearning to go au naturel? Do so at your own risk. In general, not all nudity can get you arrested, but if the police believe that you exposed yourself for the purpose of “sexual gratification or to offend others” then you could be charged with indecent exposure under California Penal Code Section 314…
