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Puce Mary playing NY's Alright afterparty tonight, LA's Posh Isolation Fest in May +++ stream a track

Last minute Friday night plans alert: Denmark’s Puce Mary, a Posh Isolation affiliate noise artist who has plans to play that label’s LA fest in May, will play the US much sooner at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right tonight (4/18)…

stream a new track from Destruction Unit's 'Deep Trip' ++ updated tour dates

Destruction Unit at 285 Kent, June 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge) With Deep Trip due right around the corner (8/20), the Southwestern crew with the oh-so-appropriate moniker, Destruction Unit, have let loose another track from the effort…

Wolf Eyes played Saint Vitus with Hubble (pics); Foreplay & Soren, Nate Young playing Nothing Changes

Antagonistic noise gang Wolf Eyes headlined a sold-out show at Saint Vitus on Saturday (7/6), joined (Ben Greenberg, also of The Men), Foreplay (mem Warthog) and Soren (mem Rosenkopf) for a night of experimentalism and noise…

Kathleen Hanna's The Julie Ruin announce debut LP (stream a track), playing Pitchfork Northside showcase

DOWNLOAD: The Julie Ruin – “Oh Come On” (MP3) As mentioned, in December 2010 Kathleen Hanna debuted her new band, The Julie Ruin (named after Kathleen’s 1997 solo album, Julie Ruin) at the Kathleen Hanna tribute that took place at Knitting Factory Brooklyn…

Wolf Eyes touring, playing NYC after Chaos in Tejas (dates)

Noise favorites Wolf Eyes have precisions strikes set for the US thus far in celebration of their new LP, No Answer: Lower Floors, out now on De Stijl Records…

Majical Cloudz & Grimes did karaoke and played Glasslands (pics, videos)

“GRIMES SHOWED UP AT MAJICAL CLOUDZ’s RELEASE PARTY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF” – Max Kerr Montreal duo Majical Cloudz have been on a tour with Youth Lagoon, which hit the NYC-area twice earlier this month, and this week they took a couple days off from that tour to return to NYC for their own separate events…

Lust for Youth announce 'Perfect View,' playing shows (dates and stream)

Lust for Youth at Saint Vitus, 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide, better known as Lust for Youth, has announced the new LP Perfect View, due via Sacred Bones on June 11…

Pharmakon readies 'Abandon' (stream a track), adds dates, playing big RBMA show full of experimental artists (dates)

Pharmakon will release Abandon, Margaret Chardiet’s debut effort with Sacred Bones and first long-player overall. Look for it on May 14th via the label, but first check out the new track “Crawling On Bruised Knees” available for streaming below…

Raspberry Bulbs add 2013 tour dates with Salvation and Pharmakon, opening for Iceage in NYC

Raspberry Bulbs at Saint Vitus, Oct 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) The previously discussed Raspberry Bulbs / Salvation / Pharmakon show at Saint Vitus on January 13 (tickets) has expanded to an extended weekend tour…

Christopher Hansell's favorite records of 2012; Pharmakon & Soren (Rosenkopf) add West Coast dates

Warthog Christopher Hansell of Warthog (ex-The Men) has dropped off his top 10 releases of 2012, as well as other thoughts on the passing year…