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• Night Birds share "Blank Eyes" off 'Mutiny at Muscle Beach'; Big Eyes added to NYC shows with Dillinger Four

  26-08-2015 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherNight Birds recently announced that they'll follow 2013's Born To Die In Suburbia with their third album, Mutiny at Muscle Beach, on October 2 via Fat Wreck Chords. Going by lead single "Blank Eyes," it looks like Night Birds haven't changed their sound at all. But when you do it this well, that's totally fine. NB are somewhere between the kind of skate punk Fat was known for in the '90s and Dead Kennedys' more maniacal, surfier sound, and "Blank Eyes" rips just as hard as this k
  
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• Frog Eyes expand tour, add Brooklyn show (updated dates)

  26-08-2015 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Frog Eyes at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin)
  We recently mentioned that Frog Eyes are streaming their new album Pickpocket's Locket, which officially drops this Friday, and since then the band have expanded their tour.It previously only included West Coast dates, but now Frog Eyes added an East Coast show for November 11 at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn with Leverage Models and Pigeons. Tickets go on sale Friday (8/28) at 10 AM.Updated dates are listed, with the album stream, below...
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• Haybaby detail 'Sleepy Kids,' share "Her," playing shows with Slingshot Dakota, Dances & more

  26-08-2015 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherBack in February, we mentioned that Brooklyn regulars Haybaby signed to Tiny Engines for their debut album, and now that album is announced. It's a nine-song LP called Sleepy Kids, and TE is releasing it this fall (pre-order). The first single is "Her," a nice dose of loud-quiet-loud Breeders-y indie rock. Check it out (via Stereogum) below.Like we said, they play their hometown a lot. Their next show is September 11 at Shea Stadium, which is the first date of Slingshot Dakota's
  
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• Melody's Echo Chamber played Music Hall of Williamsburg with Quilt (pics, setlist)

  26-08-2015 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Amanda HatfieldMelody's Echo Chamber @ MHOW 8/26/2015It's been three years since Melody Prochet released her first, and so far only, album as Melody's Echo Chamber and clearly folks haven't forgotten about her, as Wednesday's sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg show proved. There were a few shouts of "I Love You!" (and at least one "Je t'aime!") from the crowd who had packed the main room before opener Quilt began. The Music Hall show was only her second U.S. headlining show ever (she
  
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• Thermals & Bangs members formed Hurry Up (stream 3 songs)

  26-08-2015 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherHurry Up is a new-ish Portland punk trio featuring Thermals members Kathy Foster & Westin Glass, and Maggie Vail of the now-defunct Bangs. Earlier this year they put out their self-titled album on Army of Bad Luck. You can pick it up here and vinyl orders come with a free download. Three of the songs are streaming below, and if you're a fan of either of their related bands you're sure to dig this too. "Kick Em Out" is the most Thermals-y but even more lo-fi and more overtly p
  
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• Kamasi Washington played two nights at the Blue Note (with Thundercat & more), adds another NYC date

  26-08-2015 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kamasi Washington @ Blue Note (photo by Ryan Fitch)
  For his New York debut as a bandleader, Washington brought along some of the friends. "I met Terrace when I was 13," Washington told the crowd when introducing Terrace Martin, alto saxophonist and heavyweight hip-hop producer for the likes of Snoop Dogg, "and he was bad way back then." Martin brought the bandleader on board for Kendrick Lamar's similarly epic album To Pimp A Butterfly, where he worked alongside fellow hometown hero bassist Step
  
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• this is the cover art to Morrissey's novel, 'List of the Lost'

  26-08-2015 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As mentioned, Morrissey has written his first novel, List of the Lost. We still don't know what it's about, but it will be out via Penguin on paperback only on September 24 in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. No word on a U.S. release, but that's the cover art above, looking very much like a classic Smiths single (or a box of Wheaties).
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• U.S. Girls share "Window Shades" video from new LP (watch)

  26-08-2015 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisMeg Remy will release her new album as U.S. Girls, Half Free, onSeptember 25 and she's just shared the video for new single "Window Shades." The song is maybe the most striking on the LP (which, loaded with great songs, is one of 2015's best) and a stunner of a breakup anthem with Remy vowing, "I won't think about you every time I hear that tune." You don't even need to know the lyrics to get what's going on, heartbreak runs electric through her powerhouse vocal performance. With e
  
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• Toadies release new song, announce tour (dates, stream)

  26-08-2015 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Toadies at Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)
  We knew '90s-rockers Toadies would be putting on their DIa De Los Toadies festival in Texas again this year, and now the band has announced a US tour to go down after that.It kicks off in late October with a few more Texas dates, and then makes its way North, eventually hitting the NYC-area for a couple shows. One is at NYC's City Winery on November 10 and the other at Asbury Park's Wonder Bar on November 12. Tickets for City Winery
  
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• Greek singer Monika releasing 'Secret in the Dark' via Other Music (listen), playing Baby's All Right in October

  26-08-2015 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisGreek singer Monika was already a star in her native country when she visited NYC a couple years ago. A fan of Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse, she visited Daptone Records' Brooklyn HQ, knocked on the front door and ended up playing demos for the Dap Kings' Homer Steinweiss. The two ended up collaborating for most of 2014 on Monika's new album, employing most of the Menahan Street Band, and various members of the Dap-Kings, Antibalas, and others from the Daptone family.
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• EMEFE have a new video, doing a Brooklyn residency (with DJ Will Butler & more); Antibalas doing one too

  26-08-2015 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Brooklyn afrobeat band EMEFE, who are fronted by Miles Arntzen of Antibalas and Will Butler's band, will be in residency at hometown venue Baby's All RIght this September with shows on 9/3, 9/17 and 9/24. It's a late-night residency, with 11:30 PM doors and midnight start times. Here's what the full schedule looks like:9/3 w/ DJ Chico Mann + Inhumanoids Crew (dance) (tickets)9/17 w/ DJ Teeny Lieberson + Billy Martin's Fang Percussion (tickets)9/24 w/ DJ Will Butler + special guests (ticket
  
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• Yonatan Gat & Gal Lazer releasing Steve Albini-recorded mini-LP (listen to "0"), touring this fall

  26-08-2015 19:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill Pearis(photo via Facebook)
  Former Monotonix frontman Yonatan Gat has a new record on the way, a two track, 12-minute "mini-album" made with his collaborative drummer Gal Lazer titled Physical Copy that was recorded in just three hours with Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios. Gat's rhythm-heavy sound, propelled by Lazer, really benefits from Albini's touch (few record drums and give that "live" feeling as well as him). The record is out September 18 (pre-order) and we've got the
  
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• Brooklyn Historical Society Presents “Nerd Nite Speed Dating” September 24

  26-08-2015 18:28
  On Thursday evening, September 24, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Nerd Nite Speed Dating” (would any true nerd spell night “nite”?). Doors open at 7:00 for check-in. Speed dating starts at 7:30 and ends at 9:00, when the floor is given first to Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione, who will talk about “When Brooklyn Lost its Swagger: The Consolidation of 1888″; he will be followed by Mike Liss, whose topic is “Murder, Scandal, Lov
  
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• Brooklyn Historical Society Presents “Nerd Nite Speed Dating” Evening of Thursday, September 24

  26-08-2015 18:28
  On Thursday evening, September 24, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Nerd Nite Speed Dating” (would any true nerd spell night “nite”?), followed by two presentations on local history. Doors open at 7:00 for check-in. Speed dating starts at 7:30 and ends at 9:00, when the floor is given first to Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione, who will talk about “When Brooklyn Lost its Swagger: The Consolidation of 1888″; he will be followed by Mike
  
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• Beach House playing Baby's All Right THIS WEEK (updated tour dates)

  26-08-2015 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Beach House's new album Depression Cherry comes out this week via Sub Pop and the band is currently on tour in support of it. That tour previously did not include a NYC show, but now it includes a VERY intimate one happening Thursday (8/27) at Baby's All Right. Tickets go on sale Thursday at noon and they will sell out fast.The band are also promising to play New York "many more times in the next year" so stay tuned for that. All dates below.
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• Fight Amp releasing a new single ft. Pat of Creepoid (listen)

  26-08-2015 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherEarlier this year, Fight Amp released their new album Constantly Off on Brutal Panda, and they're already following that with a two-song single on September 9 via Reptilian Records (pre-order). The single includes "No Trace" and "Hide Your Teeth," the latter of which features ex-Fight Amp/current Creepoid member Pat Troxell on backup vocals. "Hide Your Teeth" premieres in this post, and it's a crushing dose of noisy post-hardcore. Dig in, below.
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• Check Out the Festival of Colors Film and Art Festival at Art Cafe + Bar Through Monday

  26-08-2015 18:00
  
  … Read MoreThe post Check Out the Festival of Colors Film and Art Festival at Art Cafe + Bar Through Monday appeared first on Brooklyn Based.
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Aug. 27- Sept. 2

  26-08-2015 17:26
  
  The King of Pop would have turned 57 on Saturday, and Spike Lee is throwing his annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson party in Clinton Hill. Photo: Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson
  As we head into the last gasp of summer before Labor Day signals the return to the real world, people are finally back from vacation and trying to cram everything in before school starts and your job gets judge-y about your casual start time and creative interpretation of what constitutes profe
  
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• International Writers Series: Daniel Alarcon and Alejandro Zambra, hosted by Anderson Tepper

  26-08-2015 00:49
  Tuesday, November 10, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterBorn in Lima, Peru and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Daniel Alarcon has quickly established himself as one of the most important and influential of a new generation of Latin American writers, straddling both South and North America. He is the author of the novels Lost City Radio and At Night We Walk in Circles, and the story collection, War by Candlelight, from which his new graphic novel, City of Clowns (with illustrations by Sheil
  
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