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Show of the Weekend: Liars

Show of the Weekend: Liars

Rock anarchists Liars’ greatest asset is their distractibility. In the years since they jumped on music fans’ radar by jumping on the Brooklyn post-punk bandwagon (or did they?), they’ve experimented with no wave, queasy-sounding art rock, post-Zappa discord and most …


Top 7 Songs Not to Play On A Date

Top 7 Songs Not to Play On A Date

By Jill Di Donato

So, you finally get the girl over to your place. You’ve cleaned your bathroom, invested in quality glassware and a couple bottles of full-bodied red. Don’t wipe-out the effort with a poorly curated playlist. Nothing kills …


Show of the Week: ?uestlove @ Roseland Ballroom

Show of the Week: ?uestlove @ Roseland Ballroom

?uestlove will be taking a break from his drum sets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing this Thursday with Fool’s Gold Records, Q-Tip (Yes, Q-Tip), Max Glazer, Reggie Watts, and Que Bajo for Red Bull’s Culture Clash. For only …


This Weekend: Brooklyn Flea Record Fair

This Weekend: Brooklyn Flea Record Fair

In what is becoming a nice complement to Record Store Day at the city’s music shops each April, the semiannual Brooklyn Flea Record Fair returns today with a diverse array of vendors and exclusive releases for music obsessives. Labels like …


And Now for Something Completely Different

This is good.  Just watch it.  The goats crack me up.

Everywhere you don’t wanna be.  Oh, and the song rules, too!

 

FLAG.  Need I say more?

 

 

SHOW OF THE WEEK

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WhenSat 4/27 @ 10:30

Video of the Day: Back 2 the Wild

Video of the Day: Back 2 the Wild

The new video from British house vets Basement Jaxx is a riot of psychedelic stimuli, starring two actresses in shaggy suits and feathers cavorting with animals before a series of kaleidoscopically shifting digital landscapes. Worthy of credit are directors Mat


Show of the Week: TNGHT

Show of the Week: TNGHT

TNGHT feel like they barely need an introduction, the vowel-less producers have been making jaws drops internationally long before A-list rappers like Kanye co-signed their majestic, undulating music. After West literally did sign one half of the duo, Hudson Mohawke, …


Daft Punk + Pharrell

Daft Punk + Pharrell

ICYMI. This weekend during SNL Daft Punk released a teaser commercial for ‘Random Access Memories’ featuring Pharrell and Nile Rogers called “Get Lucky.” Just from this snippet we know we’ll all be lucky when the album is released on May …


Show of the Week(end): Gary Clark Jr.

Show of the Week(end): Gary Clark Jr.

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Call him Slowhand, call him God, or merely call him one of the most vital guitar advocates of the past 50 years, but do not call Eric Clapton uninspired. Since 2000, the blues breaker has put out eight full-lengths (of …


The Score + Olly Murs

The Score + Olly Murs

Missed this weekend #ScoreSundays? Check out their latest cover of  Olly Murs’ Troublemaker below. Download this cover plus their one of One Republic’s If I Lose Myself here. #EnjoyGoodDays


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Show of the Week: Hot Chip

Show of the Week: Hot Chip

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TONIGHT. After 13 years of blending crystalline New Order vocals with upbeat, indie-leaning electronic rhythms on five records and uncountable EPs, the London synthpop quintet Hot Chip are playing their biggest-ever New York headlining show tonight. They haven’t released anything …


Show of the Week: Efdemin @ Output

Show of the Week: Efdemin @ Output

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TONIGHT. As the excesses of American EDM become a persistent presence crackling out the headphones of the subway rider to your left, German techno has retrenched, preferring oppressive angles and the kind of textural repetition anathema to most thrill-seeking American …


Henry Rollins + Pharrell Williams

Henry Rollins + Pharrell Williams

Henry Rollins, lead singer of Black Flag, joins Pharrell Williams to talk about everything from personal anger to his musical influences. Rollins tells the story of how he became the lead singer of Black Flag and what has led him …


Awkwafina vs. Kitty Pryde

Awkwafina vs. Kitty Pryde

Who runs the world? Girls. Who’s runs the rap world? Girls? #EnjoyGoodDays

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