Afrika Bambaataa

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist DJ’d from Afrika Bambaataa’s collection at 2 NYC shows w/ Edan & Paten Locke (pics)

that went under the needle during Shadow and Chemist's propulsive 90-minute spree of old-school breakbeats and frenetic scratches, the disc came from Bambaataa's fabled 42,000-piece record collection...

BrooklynVegan Staff

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist expand “Renegades of Rhythm” tour, add second Irving Plaza show (updated dates)

As mentioned, turntablists DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist will soon be out on the "Renegades of Rhythm" tour where they'll be DJing exclusively from Afrika Bambaataa's personal vinyl collection...

BrooklynVegan Staff

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist using Afrika Bambaataa’s personal vinyl collection for “Renegades of Rhythm Tour” (dates)

DJ Shadow @ McCarren Pool, 2008 (more by Zach Dilgard) DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist have announced the Renegades of Rhythm Tour, marking the latest in a series of several tours the two have done together...

BrooklynVegan Staff

hip hop roundup: M.I.A. (win tix), World’s Fair, Tree, Mobb Deep, Jim Jones, Blackalicious, Homeboy Sandman & more

World's Fair at MHOW in August (more by Maclyn Bean) As always, there's a number of good hip hop shows coming up in NYC, and here's a few of those...

BrooklynVegan Staff

Egyptian Lover performing in NYC (with Big Freedia who is touring with for the Postal Service!?)

Greg Broussard, better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover, is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was an important part of the L...

BrooklynVegan Staff

Red Bull Music Academy reveals full NYC lineup (Oneohtrix, Lee Perry, Andy Stott, Laurel Halo, Skream, Le1f, Young Chop, Big Freedia, Pantha Du Prince, Congos/Sun Araw, more)

As mentioned, tickets went on sale today for the previously announced Red Bull Music Academy events, which take over NYC from April 28 to May 31...

BrooklynVegan Staff

tix on sale: Beyonce, Booka Shade, Miguel, Scott Weiland playing STP albums, & Afrika Bambaataa

Tickets for the newly-added Beyonce show at Barclays Center go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Booka Shade show at Irving Plaza go on sale today at 10 AM...

BrooklynVegan Staff

Sunday is the 2012 Atlantic Antic (schedule)

Amazing Brooklyn street fair Atlantic Antic is this Sunday (9/30). Entertainment along the way includes Brooklyn street fair regulars Les Sans Culottes at Last Exit at 1:30pm, and a DJ set at Maimonide of Brooklyn (M...

BrooklynVegan Staff

What’s going on Monday (Memorial Day)?

Afrika Bambaataa today in NYC Whiplash @ UCB Cumbrigra @ Barbes Brain Cloud @ Barbes Butch Hancock @ Joe's Pub Joy Kills Sorrow @ Joe's Pub Brother Reverend @ The Manhattan Inn Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield The Wet Look, The Shitty Pixies@ Spike Hill Matt Hartke, Sister Anne @ Mercury Lounge Fishdoctor, Mountjoy, Allison Weiss @ Pianos Bosco Delrey, The Babies, PO PO @ Brooklyn Bowl Tony Scherr w/ Anton Fier and Rob Jost@ Living Room Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool Memorial Day Dance Party @ Pier 17, South Street Seaport Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra @ The Stone Sister Spit with Michelle Tea & Justin Bond @ Issue Project Room Thunders, Youth Quake, Tight Spots, The Neighbors @ Cake Shop Cruisin USA, Weird Womb, Space Lions, The Split @ Mercury Lounge Talib Kweli, J. Pi...

BrooklynVegan Staff

What’s going on Sunday?

Neko Case @ All Points West in August (more by Chris La Putt) Shrinebuilder tonight in NYC * Suzanne Fiol Day * Holden @ Sycamore * Talibam...

BrooklynVegan Staff