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Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…

, Chris La Putt & Nate “Igor” Smith The second free 2012 BrooklynVegan not-CMJ party went down on Saturday (10/20) at Public Assembly after our Friday party, which happened at the same venue the day earl…

and Dominick Mastrangelo NYC rap crew Ratking and funky synth pop project Sinkane both played a number of CMJ shows last week, including the BrooklynVegan day party on Saturday (10/20) which they were both on…

We’re at Public Assembly in Brooklyn all day Friday (10/19) and Saturday (10/20). Here’s what Saturday looks like… BrooklynVegan SATURDAY DAY PARTY – 10/20/2012STAGE 1 (front room) 12:00 The Orwells 01:00 Hunters 01:45 Sinkane (DFA) 02:30 Eternal Summers 03:15 Hundred Waters 04:15 Miguel 05:00 Caveman STAGE 2 (back room) 12:15 Opossum 01:15 Tashaki Miyaki 02:00 Choir of Young Believers 02:45 Kitty Pryde 03:45 Ratking (XL) 04:30 Cities Aviv 05:15 Mr……

NYC rap crew Ratking, who are playing a mess of shows this week during CMJ, just remixed another King…UK artist King Krule. Their twist on his new single “Octopus” can be streamed below…

Action Bronson at MHOW in August (more by Ryan Muir) Paul Banks at FYF Fest 2012 (more by Debi Del Grande) Complex is throwing a big, free, multi-genre, non-CMJ party during CMJ at Brooklyn’s House of Vans on October 18…

NYC rap crew Ratking (aka Wiki, Hak, Sporting Life, and Ramon) have signed to XL imprint Hot Charity (making them labelmates with Willis Earl Beal) and will release their debut EP, Wiki93, on the label on November 6…

Impose Magazine will be hosting a few 10th anniversary shows in NYC like the ones they recently hosted in San Diego. One of those shows goes down at Shea Stadium on September 21 with a pretty great lineup of local rappers including Smoke DZA, Heems, Meyhem Lauren, Children of the Night, and Ratking, plus DJ sets and Tropical Pigeons…

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…

DOWNLOAD: Gunplay – “Jump Out” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kendrick Lamar – “Cartoon & Cereal” (ft. Gunplay) (MP3) Miami rapper Gunplay, who first caught my ear when he appeared on Kendrick Lamar‘s “Cartoon & Cereal,” will be in NYC TONIGHT (4/18) at Santos Party House with Bodega Bamz, Ratking, Deanie Man (DJ) and King Solomon (DJ)…