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• Villagers touring with John Grant; Mercury Rev DJing on Bedford this week, playing CT a month before NYC

  18-08-2015 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Villagers at Union Pool in March (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Villagers, who were last on this side of the Atlantic around SXSW, have announced that they'll be joining John Grant on some of his North American tour dates this October, including the CMJ show he's playing at Le Poisson Rouge on 10/17 (tickets). All Villagers dates, including a West Coast run with Paul Weller, are listed below.In Europe John Grant is signed to Bella Union who host the CMJ show happening two days earlier (10/15)
  
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• Downtown Brooklyn Ideas Challenge #3

  18-08-2015 23:26
  Games, games and more games! That’s what you came up with for our second Downtown Brooklyn Idea Challenge, where we enlisted your ideas for fun activities to get you out from under the fluorescents and into the sunshine at lunchtime.Half of the answers submitted were ideas for games: bean bag toss, hopscotch, foursquare, shuffleboard, horseshoes, bocce, mini golf, giant chess and checkers boards, croquet, Twister, ring toss, Jenga – you name it. Sounds like you guys really want some
  
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• Danzig announces tour w/ Superjoint, Veil of Maya & Prong

  18-08-2015 21:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Danzig at Riot Fest Chicago 2013 (more by Kirstie Shanley)
  Danzig recently toured the west coast, and now he added another leg of dates for the fall which brings him to the east too. Support comes from Phil Anselmo's reactivated band Superjoint, Chicago's Veil of Maya, and NYC thrash vets Prong (whose Tommy Victor also plays in Danzig's band).The tour hits NYC on October 21 at Best Buy Theater. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (8/21) at noon with a presale starting Thursday (8/20)
  
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• New Order share "Restless" video

  18-08-2015 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New Order have released the video for "Restless," the first single off their new album Music Complete, due out in September via Mute. The band have a long tradition of striking music videos, and here director NYSU reimagines a medieval world of knights and kings as if, maybe, Larry Clark and Ridley Scott had made it. Watch below...
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• Roger Lion (Joe Pernice / Budo) share "Redemption Is A Myth"

  18-08-2015 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisRoger Lion, aka the collaboration between Joe Pernice (Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys) and producer Budo, will release their self-titled debut album on September 18 via Team Love. (Pre-order yours.) We've got the premiere of "Redemption Is A Myth" from the album, a soulful waltz that unlike anything Pernice has done before (but maybe should again -- his voice sounds great with horns). Listen, along with another recently shared song (the lullaby-esque "Telescope"), below.
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• Dave Chappelle announces tour, 6 Gramercy Theatre shows

  18-08-2015 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This past February, Dave Chappelle did a multi-night run of Gramercy Theatre shows, and this September he'll do another. He plays 9 and 11:30 PM sets on September 28, 29 and 30, so six total shows. Tickets go on sale Wednesday (8/19) at noon.The shows are part of a tour that also includes shows in upstate NY, Connecticut, and more. All dates are listed below...
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• listen to Bikini Kill's previously unreleased song "Playground"

  18-08-2015 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Kathleen Hanna w/ The Julie Ruin at P4k 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  As previously mentioned, Bikini Kill are giving the first-ever vinyl/CD release to their 1991 demo tape, Revolution Girl Style Now, and it comes with three previously unreleased songs. One is the sludgy/grungy "Playground," which you can listen to below. It debuted via Rolling Stone, who also interviewed the band:I was actually thinking that when I was listening to the new songs -- there's definitely
  
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• Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan are I'm With Her, touring (dates & videos)

  18-08-2015 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sara Watkins is currently wrapping up a tour with her band Watkins Family Hour (featuring Fiona Apple), which already hit NYC four times, and after that she'll be busy another of her collaborative projects. Sara (who's also in Nickel Creek and has toured as a member of The Decemberists) is one third of the trio I'm With Her, which also includes singer/songwriter Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still, Sometymes Why). Their debut release came out earlier this year. It's a 7" single featu
  
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• Kim Gordon is Peaches' wrestling trainer in "Close Up" video

  18-08-2015 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisPeaches has shared the video for "Close Up," the track from her new album Rub featuring Kim Gordon. Kim's in the video, too, starring as Peaches' wrestling trainer. It was directed by her collaborator Vice Cooler, and features a bevy of female wrestlers and luchadores, including Cassandro and Dirty Sanchez. It's fairly outrageous and some might considering it NSFW... you can watch it below.Peaches' upcoming North American tour hits NYC on October 24 at Irving Plaza with openers Dea
  
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• Wax Idols share "Deborah" from new LP 'American Tragic'

  18-08-2015 17:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisWax Idols' new album, American Tragic, will be out October 16 via Geoff Rickly's Collect Records. (Pre-orders are available.) They've just shared a second track from the album, "Deborah," one of the more danceable songs on the album (mind you, that's for those who like to dance to Sisters of Mercy and Siouxsie). Have listen below.There has been no tour announcement yet, but they are playing Oakland, CA's Life Changing Ministries on August 28, and there's a Chicago show at Empty Bot
  
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• No Devotion release fifth single, "Permanent Sunlight" (listen)

  18-08-2015 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherGeoff Rickly's band No Devotion have released the fifth single off their upcoming debut album, Permanence, "Permanent Sunlight." No Devotion is the more mainstream-sounding of Geoff's two current bands, and this one is the closest they've come to arena alt-rock yet. It opens with U2-style guitars, and then layers them with synths taken right from The Cure's poppiest moments. The album comes out September 25 on Geoff's Collect Records. Listen to the new song below...
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• Destruction Unit unleash "The Upper Hand," playing CMJ

  18-08-2015 17:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Destruction Unit at Union Pool in June (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Destruction Unit's new album Negative Feedback Resistor drops September 18 via Sacred Bones. We already heard "If Death Ever Slept" and now we get a second single: "The Upper Hand." Like their recent live shows hinted, it looks like this record is upping just about everything: the speed, the heaviness and the psychedelia. "The Upper Hand" is even more proof of this. Head below to listen, and don't play this t
  
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• Start Your Art Collection the Affordable Way

  18-08-2015 17:04
  
  Imagine how much cooler your living room would feel right now with this vintage travel print from 20×200 on the wall. Photo: 20×200
  If you’re a new collector who doesn’t have a lot of cash to burn, buying art for your home can feel like a weighty decision in an intimidating marketplace. At some point though, you’re going to get tired of looking at those IKEA posters that seemed so cool when you bought them for your first apartment. Fear not the galle
  
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• Are You Ready to Bust a Move?

  18-08-2015 15:26
  If you loved our Downtown Brooklyn Nights series of free live concerts in July, and our #ThrowbackThursday Movie Nights of old-school classics in August, then you’re going to love what we’ve got planned for you next month.Get ready for a series of Bust a Movie dance nights every Thursday in September, in partnership with our friends from the Gowanus Nite Market, who help us plan our popular Grove Alley parties.Join us at Willoughby Plaza at 6pm for
  
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