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• No weed allowed at Denver 420 Fest

  22-02-2018 20:38
  Denver CO's 420 On the Block may call itself a ”mile high block party,” but getting high is strictly prohibited.
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• Coachella 2024 weekend 1 livestream: watch here & schedule

  13-04-2024 01:00
  
  Weekend one of the 2024 edition of Coachella is underway and streaming live across six stages. Find the full schedule, and watch, below.COACHELLA STAGE LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE
  Friday, April 124:45 PM PT / 7:45 PM ET – Young Miko6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET – Sabrina Carpenter7:35 PM PT / 10:35 PM ET – Lil Uzi Vert9:05 PM PT / 12:05 AM ET – Peso Pluma11:20 PM PT / 2:20 AM ET – Lana Del Rey
  —OUTDOOR THEATRE LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE
  Friday, April 125:25 PM PT / 8:25 PM ET &nda
  
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• Tour news: Anitta, Cowboy Junkies, Gimme Some 90’s fest, Magnitude, YHWH Nailgun, more

  12-04-2024 23:39
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  ANITTA
  Brazilian artist Anitta announced her first-ever North American tour earlier this week and has added a few more dates since then, including a second NYC show. She’s now playing shows at Brooklyn Paramount on June 2 & 3. All dates are here.
  COWBOY JUNKIES
  Slowcore / country greats Cowboy Junkies are on tour as we speak, including a few dates opening for Mitski. Head here for all dates.
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• Rich Ruth preps ‘Water Still Flows,’ touring (listen to “No Muscle, No Memory”)

  12-04-2024 22:22
  
  Nashville experimental musician Rich Ruth will release Water Still Flows, his second album for Third Man, on June 21.
  “After spending a large portion of the past 12 years touring and recording, none of this stuff has gotten easier,” Rich says. “Much of the anxiety and intense feelings I’ve poured into this record are a direct correlation to the uncertainty of trying to earn a living with music. Despite many hopeful opportunities I’ve been given, it has taken a toll
  
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• Coachella announces 2024 weekend 1 livestream schedule

  12-04-2024 21:36
  
  Coachella‘s first weekend starts today (4/12) in Indio, CA, and they’ve announced the livestream schedule for Friday (4/12), which includes sets from Lana Del Rey, Deftones, Faye Webster, Brittany Howard, Tinashe, The Beths, Peso Pluma, Chappell Roan, Justice, Eartheater, The Japanese House, Black Country New Road, Lil Uzi Vert, Peggy Gou, Skepta, Chlöe, Narrow Head, Suki Waterhouse, and more. Stay tuned for the schedules for Saturday and Sunday, and the weekend two schedule.
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• Liam Gallagher & John Squire made their North American live debut @ Brooklyn Paramount (pics, video)

  12-04-2024 19:07
  
  “LIAM! LIAM! LIAM!” Those who weren’t actual British people in the crowd at Brooklyn Paramount on Thursday night were definitely Anglophiles. The lights went down just after 9 PM, and the chants started as Liam Gallagher and John Squire took the stage for what is currently their only North American show to promote the Oasis singer and Stone Roses guitarist’s collaborative debut album.
  As with all the other shows Gallagher and Squire have played so far, they’re only
  
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• System of a Down, Deftones, The Mars Volta & more at Golden Gate Park – tickets on sale

  12-04-2024 18:31
  
  Tickets to System of a Down and Deftones‘ co-headlining show at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday, August 17 are on sale today (4/12) at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.
  This will be System of a Down’s only show this year other than their set at Sick New World later this month, and it also features The Mars Volta, Viagra Boys, and VOWWS. It’s also the first show to be held at Golden Gate Park after dark.
  
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• Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp revisit Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”

  07-04-2024 13:00
  
  Once again, Toyah and Robert Fripp are revisiting Sunday Lunch videos from the peak pandemic start of the series, when they filmed all over their estate and not just the kitchen. This cover of Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love” dates from November 2020 and was shot in what probably only appears to be a dungeon, but they take full advantage of that, with Toyah cracking that whip. Watch below.
  Robert bared all for an April Fools video earlier in the week.
  
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• Tour news: Re-TROS, Winnetka Bowling League, Woods / Avey Tare, +/- (Plus/Minus), more

  06-04-2024 00:44
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  RE-TROS
  Beijing’s Re-TROS are wrapping up their current tour of North America, which included a big show at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre in March. They’ll be back in NYC sooner than later as they’ve been added to the bill at Liars’ Essential Tremors festival at Knockdown Center on April 14 that also has Demdike Stare, Black Bananas, Marnie Stern and more on the bill. Before tha
  
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• J. Cole’s Dreamville Fest streaming live (set times)

  05-04-2024 23:10
  
  J. Cole‘s Dreamville Festival returns to Raleigh, NC’s Dorothea Dix Park this weekend (4/6-4/7), and if you can’t be there in person, it’s also streaming live on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch, with hosts Wayno, Speedy Morman, Nyla Symone, and Amber Grimes.
  This year’s lineup includes SZA, 50 Cent (who replaced Chris Brown), J.I.D., ScHoolboy Q, Lil Yachty, Jeremih, Sexxy Red, EarthGang, Teezo Touchdown, Amaarae, Lute, Luh Tyler, and Domani on Saturday, and J. Cole,
  
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• Wand announce headline tour around dates with Red Hot Chili Peppers

  05-04-2024 21:48
  
  Wand are opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers on a few dates of their upcoming stadium tour and have decided to make a summer of it with a headline tour surrounding those RHCP shows. Dates kick off May 30 at Santa Ana’s Constellation Room, and then Wand make their way East before heading back West, wrapping things up in Los Angeles on August 3. All dates are listed below.
  The NYC stop on the tour is July 18 at Bowery Ballroom and tickets are on sale now.
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• Bnny tells us about her All Time Influences (Cat Power, Bob Dylan, Blonde Redhead, more) ++ listen to her new album

  05-04-2024 20:57
  
  Chicago musician Jessica Viscius just released her new album as Bnny, One Million Love Songs, via Fire Talk. “I wanted to make songs that are exciting to play—songs that make me feel happy,” Viscius says. “This album is about love after loss, getting older, and just trying to have fun with a broken heart.” Someone might call the Better Business Bureau about false advertising — I count 11 songs here — but they’re all fine examples of the kind of haz
  
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• Notable Releases of the Week (4/5)

  05-04-2024 15:38
  
  The first quarter of the year is a wrap, we just posted a list of 55 albums we’re anticipating this spring, and today we review some of those albums, plus a whole lot of other ones. With 13 reviews in Indie Basement and the 9 I highlight below, that’s a total of 22 new albums we recommend out this week alone. Happy listening! Bill’s picks this week include Mount Kimbie, The Libertines, Still Corners, Cindy Lee, Jane Weaver, Pernice Brothers, Gustaf, The KVB, Khruangbin, Pye Cor
  
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• Indie Basement (4/5): the week in classic indie, college rock & more

  05-04-2024 15:19
  
  Some weeks there are maybe three or four new albums out that fall under the Indie Basement banner. Then there are weird weeks like this where it’s an absolute avalanche. Today we’ve got 13 records — including The Libertines, Cindy Lee, Mount Kimbie, Pernice Brothers, Khruangbin, Einstürzende Neubauten, Jane Weaver, Gustaf and Duchess Says singer Annie-Claude Deschênes — and a few of them have a good shot of making my Year End list in December. With so many titl
  
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• J. Cole responds to Kendrick Lamar on surprise new album ‘Might Delete Later’

  05-04-2024 14:23
  
  Kendrick Lamar made headlines last month when he dissed Drake and J. Cole in his verse on “Like That” from the new Future & Metro Boomin album WE DON’T TRUST YOU, and now Cole has responded on his own surprise new album Might Delete Later. On closing track “7 Minute Drill” he raps:
  Your first shit was classic, your last shit was tragicYour second shit put n****s to sleep, but they gassed itYour third shit was massive and that was your primeI was trailin’ r
  
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• Stove God Cooks announces “Let Him Cook” tour

  04-04-2024 22:53
  
  Syracuse-based ’90s-obsessed rapper Stove God Cooks has announced the “Let Him Cook Tour,” with support from The Yutes (and three Texas shows with Curren$y). That includes a NYC show on May 8 at SOB’s. All dates are listed below.
  Stove God also confirmed that he’ll follow his great, Roc Marciano-produced 2020 debut album Reasonable Drought with his sophomore album in 2024. He recently released two new singles via Babygrande Records, “Melo Chip And A Brick&rdqu
  
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• Laura Jane Grace adds full-band NJ show w/ Teenage Halloween & The Devil’s Twins ahead of tour

  04-04-2024 22:41
  
  Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) begins the next leg of her tour supporting this year’s Hole in My Head on May 10 in Milwaukee, but before she hits the road she’s added a Garwood, NJ show at Crossroads on May 1. It’s with Teenage Halloween and The Devil’s Twins, and she’ll be joined by her Mississippi Medicals band, aka Matt Patton (Drive-By Truckers), Mikey Erg, and Paris Campbell Grace (who got married to Laura last year). Tickets are on sale now.
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• The LOX announce 30th anniversary tour

  04-04-2024 21:38
  
  The LOX — aka Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch — formed in their hometown of Yonkers in 1994, and they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary on tour this year. They’ve announced a North American run that begins in Houston on June 16 and wraps up in Portland, ME on December 6, stopping in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, NYC, Toronto, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and more. See all dates below.
  The NYC show is at Termina
  
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• Raekwon announces NYC 420 show; Wu-Tang adds more Las Vegas residency dates

  04-04-2024 21:03
  
  Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon will celebrate 420 in NYC with a show at S.O.B.’s on April 19. “Steppin’ Stoned with Raekwon” will also feature Lord Sko and DJ Green Lantern, with Shiest Bubz, the Cannabis Grand Marshall in NYC and co-founder of The Smoker’s Club, hosting. Tickets are on sale now.
  Raekwon also has a Dallas show coming up at The Echo Lounge on June 29. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5 at 10 AM CDT.
  Wu-Tang became the first hip-hop group to have a Vegas
  
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• Tour news: Goose, Jawbox, Crowbar, Gladie, Gilles Peterson, more

  03-04-2024 00:49
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  JAWBOX (BEST FRIENDS FOREVER WARM-UP SHOW)
  Jawbox are playing Las Vegas festival Best Friends Forever, and as a warm-up will play Lancaster, PA’s Tellus 360 on October 5 with Samuel SC before heading to Vegas.GOOSE
  Goose have announced more headline dates for their 2024 tour, which happen in September. This new run begins in the NYC area at Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on September 1 a
  
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• Erika de Casier brought out Dev Hynes at Warsaw show (pics, video, setlist)

  02-04-2024 21:12
  
  Erika de Casier released her third album, Still, in February, and she began a tour supporting it in late March, which stopped in NYC on Saturday night (3/30) for a show at Warsaw with Contour. With just a drummer to back her and a sparsely set stage, her beautiful, moody vocals had all the more room to shine as she played a selection of songs off Still (including “Twice,” which she brought Dev Hynes out for) and a few older ones, along “e-motions,” her track with Mura Mas
  
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• Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey playing ’80s King Crimson on BEAT tour

  02-04-2024 21:12
  
  Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, who both played in King Crimson in the ’80s, will be performing that material with Steve Vai and Tool drummer Danny Carey as BEAT. King Crimson founder Robert Fripp actually suggested the name — it’s title of King Crimson’s 1982 album — and gave them his blessing. In addition to songs from Beat, the quartet will also perform songs from 1981’s Discipline and 1984’s Three Of A Perfect Pair.
  The tour begins September 13 in
  
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• Misery Signals announce final tour, with both vocalists

  02-04-2024 20:16
  
  Metalcore vets Misery Signals have announced what they they is their final tour, the “Blood is Forever Love is Forever Farewell Tour.” They’ll be joined by previous vocalist Karl Schubach and original vocalist Jesse Zaraska (who rejoined the band in 2014) for the shows, which they say “will feature career-spanning sets with both Jesse Zaraska and Karl Schubach performing songs from their respective Misery Signals albums.” Here’s more from the band:Misery Signa
  
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• Killer Mike announces summer tour, shares “EXIT 9” video ft. Blxst

  02-04-2024 19:43
  
  Killer Mike already announced some festival sets this summer and fall, including Lollapalooza, Newport Folk, Evolution, and THING, and now he’s announced a headlining tour around those dates. He’ll be backed by his choir The Midnight Revival for the new shows, which run from May through October in North America. See all dates below.
  The tour includes a mini-residency at NYC’s Blue Note Jazz Club on July 29-31, with early shows and late shows each night. Tickets for all dates go
  
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• Mildlife announce fall North American tour

  02-04-2024 19:14
  
  Australian proggy disco band Mildlife will support their excellent new album Chorus with a fall North American tour. Dates begin October 2 in Santa Cruz and wrap up at the 2024 Hulaween Festival in Live Oak, FL. All dates are listed below.
  The NYC stop is at Brooklyn Bowl on October 19, and tickets for all headline dates of the tour go on sale Friday, April 5 at 10 AM local time.
  Not sure what prog-disco is? We asked Mildlife to explain via a list of their favorite bangers from the genre.
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• Rocklahoma 2024 lineup: Slipknot, Mastodon, Kerry King… Winger, and more

  02-04-2024 19:13
  
  Pryor, Oklahoma festival Rocklahoma has been acquired by Danny Wimmer Presents, and it returns for its 2024 edition on Labor Day Weekend, August 30-September 1 at Rockin Red Dirt Ranch. “This marks a significant milestone for Rocklahoma,” Dave Giencke, Founder & Vice President, General Manager of Pryor Creek Music Festivals says. “With DWP’s esteemed reputation for curating exceptional music festivals, we are optimistic about the bright future ahead.” Danny Haye
  
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• ‘In Defense of the Genre’: Best Punk & Emo Songs of March

  01-04-2024 16:03
  
  In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously.
  Just in time for the spring weather, we’ve got an overload of great new songs from in and around the punk world. I picked 10 to highlight below, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what was a very healthy month for the genre, so don’t miss
  
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• The Hives announce fall North American tour (Kings Theatre included)

  01-04-2024 16:01
  
  Swedish garage rock greats The Hives will continue supporting 2023’s The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, their first album in a decade, on a fall North American tour. The new shows surround their festival appearances at Sea.Hear.Now and Oceans Calling, and follow their summer run supporting Foo Fighters. See all dates below.
  The tour includes a Brooklyn show at Kings Theatre on September 24. Tickets to all dates go on sale Thursday, April 4 at 10 AM local.
  The Hives will also be in NYC with Fo
  
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• 5 Best Rap Albums of March 2024

  01-04-2024 15:02
  
  So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 rap albums from March 2024 that stood out to us most. We also probably still missed or haven’t spent enough time with some great March rap albums that aren’t on this list. What were some of your favorites of last month? Let us know, and read on for the list (unranked, in no partic
  
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• The Black Keys announce fall tour with The Head and the Heart (MSG on BV Presale)

  01-04-2024 14:48
  
  The Black Keys‘ guest-filled new album Ohio Players is out this Friday (4/5) via Nonesuch, and they’ve announced a tour supporting it. The “International Players Tour” runs from September 17 in Tulsa through November 12 in Detroit, and most shows are with The Head and theHeart. See all dates below.The NYC show is just before Halloween, on October 30 at Madison Square Garden with The Head and the Heart and Robert Finley. You can get tickets early on BrooklynVegan Presale s
  
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