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Williamsburg venue Baby’s All Right continued their one year birthday celebrations last night with a packed night of shows starting with a triple Mexican Summer-signed bill (part of a two-day celebration for the label that started Wednesday at Glasslands) that began with sets (whose new album The Innocents comes out Tuesday, and is streaming below) and Quilt who were one of the first (non-CMJ) bands to play Baby’s when it opened last year (they were terrific as usual)…

Musician, performance artist and crowdfunding genius Amanda Palmer has announced she’ll be releasing a book she wrote called “The Art of Asking or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help“…

…Khaki shirts, olive pants and rainbow neckerchiefs: the Boy Scout uniform, pride-style — a uniform that had never been seen on a group of marchers in New York City’s pride parade before…

Ejecta, the duo of Neon Indian‘s Leanne Macomber and Ford & Lopatin‘s Joel Ford, put out their debut album, Dominae, last year and now one of its singles, “Eleanor Lye,” has been given video treatment ( Leanne: I grew up in the dark room around adults who, among other things, gave me the gift of bravery…

The always-wild Mad Decent Block Party happened on Saturday (8/11) at Williamsburg Park, with Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, the occasional naked guy, and general debauchery. On…

Flaming Lips in Toronto (more by David Andrako) The Flaming Lips were planning on landing in Simsbury, CT on July 15th, but Simsbury, CT has decided Wayne Coyne and crew will need to make other plans:The town has decided against having The Flaming Lips play at the performing arts center at Simsbury Meadows this summer…

The always talented and controversial – mostly because she isn’t afraid to try new things and speak her mind (especially on Twitter), Amanda Palmer, is playing a massive New Year’s Eve show at NYC’s Terminal 5 where she and The Grand Theft Orchestra will be performing Prince’s Purple Rain in its entirety in addition to her original songs (get your tickets – regular or VIP)…

Jennefer Herrema, who is not playing as part of “Royal Trux” at Saint Vitus (or at least we don’t think so), did just appear (topless) on the pages of Purple…

Full set of NSFW pictures at BrooklynVegan.

Black Hippy member Ab-Soul released his new album, Control System, this month via Top Dawg Entertainment. Along with Kendrick Lamar’s Section…