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• Battles previewed their new album at Saint Vitus ahead of fall tour (pics)

  24-08-2015 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Greg Cristman"Battles at St. Vitus just now was one of the most inspiring shows I've seen in I don't know how long." - Jonathan Cohen
  Four years after their last record, Battles are back and ready to regain their focus as one of the tightest live bands in indie rock. "We've played a few shows, but this is our first real show back" they stated as they welcomed a home town crowd in Brooklyn.As they set to unleash their new album, their third overall and second as a trio, the group have e
  
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• stream Tamaryn's new album 'Cranekiss' ++ Samantha Urbani added to LPR record release show

  24-08-2015 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisTamaryn's new album, Cranekiss, is out this Friday (8/28) via Mexican Summer and it's now streaming below (via KCRW / The Line of Best Fit). Burning off a bit of her first two albums' haze in favor of pop hooks, and collaborating with Weekend's Shaun Durkan and Violens' Jorge Elbrecht, has proved to be smart move all around, making for her most enjoyable LP to date. It still sounds like it could've been released by 4AD in 1989, all gothy and mysterious, but songcraft is at the fore
  
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• stream Defeater's new album, 'Abandoned'

  24-08-2015 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherDefeater will release their fourth album and first for Epitaph, Abandoned, this Friday (8/28). As the singles hinted, the whole thing is dead-serious melodic hardcore and it's pretty great stuff. Listen below.Defeater and Superheaven are touring soon (with headliners Four Year Strong), and hitting NYC on October 6 at Gramercy Theatre. Tickets for that show are still available.
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• Kamasi Washington on tour now, beginning NYC run tonight, playing CMJ at BRIC House's JazzFest Marathon (dates)

  24-08-2015 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brainfeeder-signed jazz musician and Kendrick Lamar/Thundercat collaborator Kamasi Washington is on tour now, and begins his two-night stay in NYC tonight (8/24) with 8 PM and 10:30 sets at the Blue Note and does it again on Tuesday (8/25). Tables for all four are sold out, but you can still reserve a spot at the bar.His tour continues into the fall, and includes a return to NYC for a CMJ on October 15 at BRIC House. It's the first night of the venue's JazzFest Marathon, and also features Dessy
  
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• Grace Jones played topless at Afropunk Fest's Fancy Dress Ball with Cakes Da Killa (pics)

  24-08-2015 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Greg CristmanGrace Jones / Cake Da Killa @ Afropunk Fest 8/21/2015
  At the end of the first night of this year's Afropunk Festival, on Saturday, she was wearing very little: an under-bust corset, sheer tights and white body paint in stripes and patterns. Which is to say that she was topless, though by that point she'd been through a succession of wraps, gowns, science-fiction headdresses and a skull mask. She sat down on a stage riser, removed one of her high heels and pretended to thro
  
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• Candiria played Afropunk (full-set video), playing Saint Vitus

  24-08-2015 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Highlights from Afropunk for me so far were @Candiria and ST. Amazing sets" - Eddie Pearson"Brand new fan of @Candiria @Raury and #Deathgrips !!! Sick! Killed that sh*%! Thank you @afropunk !!!" - Ericca J"also a thrill to hear @Candiria@afropunk .so much good music.i'm ready to go into the shed.precision, transition, overdrive.#damn" - Jason MoranCandiria at 2015 Afropunk Fest (photo by Mindy Rubinstein-Rosier)
  It's happening! After a six long hiatus, Brooklyn's Candiria have announced a retur
  
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• members of Total Control & Dick Diver start another band, Terry (listen to their first single)

  24-08-2015 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisIn the continuing competition of Melbourne musicians to see who can be in the most number of bands, we have Terry, a four-piece that featuresAl Montfort (of Total Control and Dick Diver, who were both recently in NYC), Zephyr Pavey (Eastlink, Total Control, Russell Street Bombings), Amy Hill (Constant Mongrel, School Of Radiant Living), and Xanthe Waite (Mick Harvey Band). Their debut single features three doses of shambly Television Personalities/Swell Maps style earworm indie roc
  
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• Pianos Become the Teeth & Restorations added to Menzingers and mewithoutYou tour (updated dates)

  24-08-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo by Mimi Hong, words by Andrew SacherPianos Become the Teeth @ Le Poisson Rouge - 8/22/2015
  The Menzingers / mewithoutYou tour was already going to be a killer double bill, and this thing just turned into a killer quadruple bill. Heartland punks Restorations and gripping post-hardcore band Pianos Become the Teeth were both added.
  The tour hits NYC on November 27 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show are still available.Pianos Become the Teeth just played NYC with TWIABP over the weekend. M
  
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• Cavity playing their first East Coast show in over a decade

  24-08-2015 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Miami's Cavity, the '90s/early '00s sludge metal band that included future Floor / Torche members Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya and future Black Cobra member Jason Landrian, half-reunited at a Black Cobra show in their hometown last year, and now a full reunion is planned. This lineup won't actually include any of those three members, but it will include Eduardo Alejandro Matus, Daniel Gorostiaga, Rene Barge, Rick Smith (Torche), and Ryan Weinstein (The Cairo Gang and Mikal Cronin's band).
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• Pentagram streaming new album, add 2nd NYC show to tour

  24-08-2015 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Pentagram at Gramercy Theatre in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman)
  Metal legends Pentagram recently announced a fall tour that includes NYC's Saint Vitus on October 6. That show has since sold out, but they now added a second date for October 5 at Saint Vitus. Like the rest of the tour, Electric Citizen and Satan's Satyrs are opening. Tickets are on sale now.Pentagram's new album, Curious Volume, came out this past Friday (8/21) on Peaceville Records. You can stream the whole thing below (via
  
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• Swedish / South American garage rockers Sudakistan releasing debut LP, share "Mundo Mamon" (listen)

  24-08-2015 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisSudakistan are a quartet who are mostly South American that are currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden and make the kind of party-friendly garage rock that Scandinavia does so well. After a series of well-received singles, the band are set to release their debut album, Caballo Negro, on October 30 via PNKSLM Recordings. (Pre-orders are up now.) It was produced by Joakim Åhlund (Les Big Byrd, Caesars, Teddybears) and PNKSLM founder Luke Reilly, and we've got the premiere of i
  
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• Second Takes: Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co.

  24-08-2015 16:55
  
  Eat like you’re on vacation, even if you’re not. Photo: Elaheh Nozari
  The dog days of August are a great time to eat out in New York City. For one, you can partially justify the expense because you won’t be running your air conditioner at home, or heating up your own kitchen. Most produce is at a seasonal peak right now, and it’s also much easier to snag a seat at one of the city’s most coveted tables, with what seems like half the population on vacation. With so m
  
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