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• Chris La Putt, Rest in Peace

  20-08-2015 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  bottom photo: Chris La Putt, self portrait, backstage @ Joe's Pub w/ Puddles the ClownWe are beyond heartbroken and sad to report that BrooklynVegan photo editor and photographer Chris La Putt passed away today after a long battle with cancer. One of the most unique people we ever met, Chris will always be remembered for his strong opinions, strong will, kind heart, sense of humor, his love of cats and family, photography, and his strong passion for music. He partially documented his treatment v
  
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• The Weeknd announces 2015 tour (MSG, Barclays, Prudential Center included)

  20-08-2015 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: The Weeknd at Lollapalooza 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  The Weeknd will be in the NYC-area this, uh, weekend, for the Billboard Hot 100 Festival at Jones Beach (tickets), and he'll be back here on a just-announced fall tour that includes three massive shows in the area.Abel Tesfaye will play Newark's Prudential Center on November 11, NYC's Madison Square Garden on November 16, and Brooklyn's Barclays Center on November 18. Tickets for the whole tour go on sale August 28 with a presale
  
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• Nobunny touring this fall (dates)

  20-08-2015 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Weirdo bubblegum garage rocker Nobunny will be touring this fall and his dates include a stop at Brooklyn's Palisades on November 14. Tickets are on sale now. All dates, including stops at Gonerfest 12 and Beach Goth 2015 are listed below.No word on any new music -- it's been two years since Secret Songs: Reflections From The Ear Mirror, which you can stream below.
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• Expert Alterations announce debut LP, share "The Past and You," on tour with Literature (2 NYC shows this week)

  20-08-2015 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Having already released an EP this year via Slumberland, Baltimore's scrappy, jangly Expert Alterations have announced their debut LP, You Can't Always Be Liked, will be out October 30 via Kanine Records. You can check out first single "The Past and You" below.The band are currently on a short tour with likeminded indiepop group Literature and play two NYC shows: tonight (8/20) at Cake Shop with The Hairs also on the bill and Friday (8/21) at Shea Stadium with Kissing is a Crime and Wildly. All
  
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• All Dogs streaming debut album 'Kicking Every Day,' playing NYC this weekend; lowercase roses reissuing EP on Lame-O

  20-08-2015 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: All Dogs at Baby's All Right in January (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  All Dogs' debut album Kicking Every Day comes out next week via Salinas (pre-order), and it's now streaming in full. As the early singles hinted, Kicking Every Day is yet another quality addition to the current wave of pop punk-infused indie rock that there's been no lack of lately. The whole thing is solid, but I especially recommend checking out "Leading Me Back To You" which caught my ear at Baby's earlie
  
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• 2015 Brooklyn Comedy Fest starts Sunday: lineup / schedule

  20-08-2015 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Klaus KinskiThe third annual Brooklyn Comedy Festival will be taking place across 12 different venues throughout the borough from August 24 - August 30. Showcasing a staggering array of New York's finest comedic talent, the festival will deliver audiences everything under the comedy rainbow including stand-up, sketch, duo, improv, musical comedy, character, storytelling, and more. Mercifully, the shows are either free or extremely inexpensive. Who, exactly, is gonna be there? Let's see:Perfor
  
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• Lust for Youth played Berserktown, cancelled their NYC shows; Marching Church revealed more US dates & a new video

  20-08-2015 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Lust for Youth at MHOW earlier this month (more by PSquared)
  Danish synthpop band Lust for Youth were just in the US for NYC with Total Control, Berserktown II and more. They were set to return for two NYC shows in the fall, but both have been cancelled/postponed. Stay tuned for any updates.Their Mercury Lounge (10/29) would have been with Iceage singer Elias Bender Ronnefelt's other project Marching Church, and they're still playing (tickets). They also play Saint Vitus (10/28) a day ear
  
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• Panda Bear surprise-released a five-song EP (listen)

  20-08-2015 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Panda Bear at Pitchfork Fest 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  In addition to Panda Bear's new album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper and his remix EP, the Animal Collective member just surprise-released a new five-song EP called Crosswords. It's named for the Grim Reaper track that an alternate version of is included here, and it also features Tomboy demo "The Preakness" and three new songs. Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom (who Panda has worked with before) contributed to the EP's production. Lis
  
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• dweck-lec'-tic: Fred Hersch

  20-08-2015 19:29
  Thursday, October 1, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterProclaimed by Vanity Fair “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade,” Fred Hersch balances his internationally recognized instrumental and composing skills with significant achievements as a bandleader, collaborator and theatrical conceptualist. In 2006 he became the first artist in the 75-year history of New York's legendary Village Vanguard to play a weeklong engagement as a solo pianist.read
  
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• !!! (Chk Chk Chk) share "Freedom '15" video, announce tour

  20-08-2015 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  !!! (Chk Chk Chk) have just released the video for new single "Freedom '15" from their forthcoming album, As If. It's a lyric video that makes good use of Facetime/Skype and the single itself is a four-on-the-floor disco/house kiss-off anthem. Watch it below.The band have just announced a fall tour that will include two NYC shows: Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 17 and Bowery Ballroom on November 18. Tickets for both NYC shows go on sale August 28 at noon with an AmEx presale starting Aug
  
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• High on Fire, Pallbearer, Lucifer & Venomous Maximus ended their NYC run at MHOW (pics, setlist)

  20-08-2015 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Greg Cristman, words by Andrew SacherHigh on Fire / Pallbearer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 8/18/15High on Fire are one of those bands who never really change their sound much, but never really have to either. If you needed proof of that (which you probably don't), more than half of the 15-year-old band's songs at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday (8/18) were less than two months old, and the crowd's excitement didn't die down once. Matt Pike took the stage (shirtless, obviously)
  
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• stream Destroyer's new album, 'Poison Season

  20-08-2015 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisDestroyer's new album, Poison Season, is out next week via Merge and, like with Beach House's Depression Cherry, some of you out there may already have your leak-loving mitts on it. For those who don't do that sort of thing, the album is now streaming via NPR. While not as cohesive as 2011's Kaputt, here you get The Many Shades of Dan Bejar: the Bowie-esque rocker, the dive bar cabaret singer, even the cruise ship entertainer. Plus three distinctly different takes on "Times Square.
  
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• watch WhoMadeWho perform with a choir, dancers, strings & more at Roskilde Fest

  20-08-2015 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisCopenhagen trio WhoMadeWho say they always do a little something more when they play Denmark's Roskilde Festival. For this year's fest, which happened June 27 - July 4, the band performed as a majorly expanded lineup, with horn players, choir singers, violin, guitars, percussion and dancers. You can check out the spectacle pro-shot video for "Keep Me in My Plane" (from 2009's The Plot) which premieres in this post. Watch it below.WhoMadeWho make quite the spectacle as the regular t
  
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• S (Jenn Ghetto) announces 2015 tour, including CMJ (dates)

  20-08-2015 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Carissa's Wierd singer Jenn Ghetto's S project will continue to support last year's great Cool Choices (her first full-band album) on tour this fall. She doesn't have exact NYC shows announced yet, but we know she'll be here once again for CMJ (she was one of the artist we were excited to see at CMJ last year).All dates are listed, with a stream of "Brunch" (one of our favorite songs of 2014), below...
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• Camera Obscura's Carey Lander still fighting cancer; North American shows cancelled

  20-08-2015 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fuck Cancer. Camera Obscura announced today:It is with regret that Camera Obscura must announce the cancellation of their planned shows in Mexico and California in November 2015.Keyboard player Carey Lander is undergoing treatment for cancer, and the band has decided to shelve all work commitments for the time being.Lead singer-songwriter Tracyanne Campbell says: "We're really sad to disappoint our fans but I'm sure everyone will understand that Carey's health needs to come first at this time. W
  
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• John Irving Comes to Brooklyn Public Library for Avenue of Mysteries

  20-08-2015 16:58
  Tuesday, November 3, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterJohn Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.
   
  In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego—a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico—has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what's coming—specifically, her own future and her brother’s.read more
  
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• Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, and Melissa Harris-Perry on Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  20-08-2015 16:58
  Sunday, November 1, 2015 1:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterNearly a half-century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the octogenarian won the internet. Across America, people who weren’t even born when Ginsburg made her name are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute.read more
  
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• Downtown Brooklyn Real Estate Report Goes Online

  20-08-2015 15:46
  There’s no question that Downtown Brooklyn is one of the City’s hottest and fastest growing neighborhoods, and now anyone can access information on the development market using our Downtown Brooklyn Real Estate Market Report, which is now entirely online. Compiled using the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s unmatched access to key industry stakeholders and deep knowledge of the local real estate market, this semiannual report contains the most up-to-date market data covering
  
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• ‘Digging for Fire’ Revels in the Mystery of the Mundane

  20-08-2015 15:00
  
  The interesting thing about mumblecore films is that they always seem longer than their approximate 90-minute running times. I credit this to their highly naturalistic style–they’re composed of scenes and dialogue deeply rooted in the everyday. A typical mumblecore film is about a group of friends having a dinner party or spending the weekend at a country house, and little more, and yet they’re not boring (if done right). But they do seem longer because on the surface less is
  
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