Mess Kid
Sick Feeling played Baby's, add Aviv show with Le1f and Dark Blue (two upcoming NYC shows total)
NYC hardcore band Sick Feeling just keep piling on the shows. They played Baby’s All Right with Big Ups yesterday (1/14) (anyone go?), and have a tour with Obliterations hitting Saint Vitus on February 20 with Mammal and Raid (ti…
guests announced for Mykki Blanco & Le1f's year-end shows
Le1f at Afro-Punk Fest 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As discussed, one of the many New Year’s Eve concerts happening in NYC is local rapper Mykki Blanco at Gramercy Theatre, and since we last spoke, guests have been announced for that show…
Downtown Music Fest is here; Orwells, SZA & more added; Schedule updated; Ryan Hemsworth made a mix
The Orwells at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As mentioned several times, the Downtown Music Festival, which is hitting multiple cities this year, is coming through NYC tonight (5/10) and Saturday (5/11) for shows across various multiple LES venues, including Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, Angel Orensanz Center, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element, Capitale, Rockwood Music Hall and more…
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…
Flosstradamus releases free EP, get shut down on twitter, playing shows (including 285 Kent tonight)
It’s been quite an interesting week for album marketing schemes. Death Grips posted their new album for free allegedly in defiance of their label, Godspeed You…
Bass Squad hosting summer residency at Drom; Baauer, Flosstradamus & more playing kickoff party this week
DOWNLOAD: Baauer – “Harlem Shake” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Baauer – “Yaow” (MP3)
Bass Squad are hosting “On the Rocks,’ a summer residency at Drom which kicks off with an opening party on Thursday (5/31) at the Manhattan ve…
SpaceGhostPurrp on 4AD, playing May shows; Fat Tony plays Chaos in Tejas & Brooklyn in June
SpaceGhostPurrp at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Miami rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp, who played our hip hop stage at Hotel Vegan this past SXSW, is set to releases his debut commercial album, Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp, on his new label, 4AD, a label otherwise best known for their post-punk/goth/dream pop/etc output…
Rustie on Warp, playing Santos & other May dates
Scottish producer Rustie released his great debut LP, Glass Swords, last year via Warp. Rustie, like Warp labelmate Hudson Mohawke, is making some of the dancier music of the UK bass scene with tracks like “Hover Traps” that pull equally from dubstep and ’90s dance music…
Jim-E Stack streaming new EP, celebrating @ The Studio (with "$PECIAAL GUEZT APPARANCES")
The A$AP Mob is kicking off their tour this week, which brings them to NYC on February 1 at Irving Plaza. That show is now sold out.
That same night, New Orleans DJ/producerJim-E Stack (pictured above) is having a release party for his Come Between EP at The Studio at Webster Hall (2/1) with Azizaman and Mess Kid…
