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listen to Giorgio Moroder's DJ set & a Daft Punk Japanese bonus track

the new issues of Rolling Stone... Red Bull Music Academy, who hosts DFA's 12th Anniversary party this weekend, hosted Giorgio Moroder's 1st-ever live DJ set at Output in Brooklyn the other night. You can listen to the whole thing. When...

Grimes at Daytrotter Studio May 23, 2013

? Listen: Inga Copeland - Higher Powers [mixtape]

Oh Inga, Inga [pow] / Your voice like ginger [pow] / My index finger [pow] / On SoundCloud lingers [pow POW explosion] Inga Copeland, the inspiration behind my forthcoming tribute album excerpted above, has just now dropped a six-track mixtape onto SoundCloud called Higher Powers. Show More Summary

Music Review: Tree - Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out

Tree Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out [Creative Control; 2013] by Samuel Diamond Rating: Cabrini-Green-raised MC/producer Tree had already developed and begun to master a sound all his own by the time he dropped the first Sunday...Show More Summary

Mykki Blanco – Betty Rubble: The Initiation EP

Mykki Blanco is one of our favorite new rappers for a reason – her deconstructed, impossible beats, blistering flow, and fearlessly genderfucked image are, frankly, pretty peerless. Her new EP… Read more articles like "Mykki Blanco – Betty Rubble: The Initiation EP" on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing.

Beyoncé – “Grown Woman”

We’ve been hearing about Beyonce’s single “Grown Woman” for a long time – after teasing it in her Pepsi commercial and performing it on her recent world tour, she and… Read more articles like "Beyoncé – “Grown Woman”" on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing.

GoogaMooga day 2 in pics (Father John Misty, Lee Fields, Sharon Van Etten, Matt & Kim ++ more)

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Father John Misty / Lee Fields / Sharon Van Etten Saturday (5/18) at Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park was Misty both onstage and off. J. Tillman (aka Father John Misty) played mid-afternoon set as light,...

Giorgio Moroder made his first-ever NYC DJ appearance at Output (instagrams, video, vine)

"Tonight was a blast. @OutputClubBK has such a dope soundsystem. @GIORGIOMORODER_ truly "pushed it to the limit". Everybody "felt love"" - @alcalala_ "Tonight was special. Few times in my life will i get to feel that way. Thank you @GIORGIOMORODER_...

Music Review: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Daft Punk Random Access Memories [Columbia; 2013] by Sean Delanty Rating: “The first time I heard them, I saw the ‘Around the World’ video. I had sort of just gotten wind of electronic music and was hearing a lot of stuff that I’d never...Show More Summary

TVD Recommends: River Concert 2013 with Nicole Atkins, Mike Doughty, and Steve Forbert in Shark River Hills, NJ, 6/1

Page 2 doesn’t sell papers, and disasters are only “good” news for a while. When Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast last October, there were benefits and telethons and outpourings of support. For a while. When the public’s eyes turned, and winter settled in, there wasn’t much else to do but try to rebuild through a frigid Northeast winter. [...]

TVD Vinyl Giveaway: Blank Realm, Go Easy

Earlier this week we spilled quite a bit of pixel dust in praise of Blank Realm’s LP Go Easy, out now via Fire Records. As such, we thought we’d conjure up the opportunity for one of you to get your hands on the release, on glorious pink vinyl. “Blank Realm has been knocking around Brisbane, Australia [...] Advertise here with BSA

TVD Recommends: of Montreal at Flying Dog Brewery, 5/25

Flying Dog Brewery is known for its rare and experimental beers, so it is fitting that of Montreal will be taking the stage this Saturday for the first of their 2013 Summer Concert Series. Enjoy a Raging Bitch Belgian IPA with mango and habanero while taking in the Georgia band’s musical theatrics. Not sure you could [...] Advertise here with BSA

Hugh Bob and The Hustle: The TVD First Date

“I remember a very specific time as an adolescent when records, tapes and CDs all had their own sections of my local music store. Deciding between the three musical mediums was extremely confusing, and often limited to genre specifications (as if puberty wasn’t already hard enough). I was attracted to the physical size of records, [...] Advertise here with BSA

Some thoughts on the Mother’s Day second line shooting in advance of tonight’s benefit

Tonight Tipitina’s will host a benefit for the twenty people who were injured in the 7th ward shooting on Mother’s Day. Performers scheduled to appear include Bonerama, The Revivalists, The N.O. Suspects, Donald Harrison and the Congo Square Nation, the Hot 8 Brass Band, and the Stooges Brass Band. I wrote this essay last week. I have [...] Advertise here with BSA

The Single Girl: UNMAP, “When to Lead and When to Follow”

German band UNMAP seem to have arrived mysteriously out of nowhere and, boy, are they making an entrance. Their debut single “When to Lead and When to Follow” is an intriguing and promising start and one of the strongest tracks we’ve heard in 2013 so far. The track builds almost staccato-like with Mariechen Danz’s mesmerizing [...] Advertise here with BSA

Cops raid TGI Fridays, Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday & other NJ bars for selling cheep alcohol as 'top shelf'

TGI Fridays, you give bars a bad name, a bad name... "State authorities this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants across New Jersey on suspicion that they have been re-filling empty bottles of their most expensive liquors with cheaper alcohol....

Titus Andronicus playing Maxwell's before Pier 84 (dates)

Titus Andronicus at House of Vans in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir) Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus recently wrapped up their tour with The So So Glos (who have other dates), and though that tour didn't hit NYC, as mentioned, they're...

Mermaid Parade updates: Bowery benefit lineup expanded, 2013 king & queen chosen & more

As mentioned, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade is in danger of not happening this year, due to new costly regulations and restrictions (and Hurricane Sandy). We posted already that Amanda Palmer is headlining a Save the Mermaid Parade benefit...

Reach for the Dead

It’s pouring rain so hard on my old wooden roof that I can barely hear anything. The ground is soaked through and pooling. The pavement steams in the spring heat. The house is stifling and thick and filmy. And when the new surprise single from Boards of Canada plays it fits perfectly in place, like [...]

Primavera Sound 2013 underway (stream it live now)

Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival kicked off yesterday (5/22) and it's currently streaming at the festival's YouTube channel. As of this post (around 4:20 EST on 5/23), Dinosaur Jr. are currently on and will be followed by The Postal Service,...