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Red Bull Music Academy NY returns - 2015 lineup & schedule (return of the Storm Rave, GHE20G0TH1K, a Kid Millions commission & much more)

The Red Bull Music Academy will once again take over NYC this year from May 1-30 with several very cool events and various venues. This year includes a night of all African electronic artists at Villain, a GHE20G0TH1K’s biggest ever party which will happen at BK Bazaar with a big lineup including New Orleans Bounce ‘sissy rapper’ Sissy Nobby‘s first-ever NYC appearance, the premiere of a new Kid Millions (of Oneida) piece with 20 musicians, a conversation with A$AP Rocky, a PC Music showcase with all their artists and SOPHIE at BRIC House, a conversation with George Clinton, the biggest-ever Nothing Changes party at Output with Merzbow and many others, a Tri Angle Records 5th anniversary party on Wall Street with most of the label’s roster, the return of Frankie Bones’ Storm Rave party, the debut of FKA twigs’ new live show with dancers and more, an Arthur Russell tribute with Dev Hynes, Cults, Phosphorescent (UPDATE: Phosphoresent was initially listed as part of this but is no longer on the lineup), Sam Amidon, Little Scr…

Burning Spear played the BRIC House opening (pics)

Last week the folks behind Celebrate Brooklyn! opened the year-round BRIC House facility in the former Strand Theatre space on Fulton in downtown Brooklyn…

new Syl Johnson & Lee Fields shows, Budos Band & Maceo Parker dates ++ free dance parties in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Syl Johnson supporting Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s (more by Andrew St. Clair) Deep Groove soul singer Syl Johnson will return to the NYC stage to play a headlining date at The Bell House on June 24th…

The Very Best are here - playing CA, NYC & the P4K Fest

DOWNLOAD: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit – The Very Best Mixtape (ZIP) DOWNLOAD: The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa (w/ Ezra Koenig) (MP3) European producers Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya have been working together under the name The Very Best for the past two years…