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• Negative Approach touring with Child Bite; Austerity Program giving powerpoint presentation at KEN mode show

  06-10-2015 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Negative Approach at The Grand Victory in 2013 (more by Keith Marlowe)
  Midwest hardcore greats Negative Approach have been hitting the road hard in recent years, and this continues to be the case as the band is currently in Europe for an October tour ahead of some US dates. Aside from playing Housecore Horror Festival in November and MDF next year, Negative Approach are playing a bunch of US headlining dates with Child Bite.
  One of those dates happens in NYC at The Acheron on November 29
  
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• Israeli trio Garden City Movement begin first US tour tonight (listen to "The Best of Times?")

  06-10-2015 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last year, BV went to Tel Aviv and saw 40 acts including the trio Garden City Movement, who make post-James Blake electronic pop. The group is now in the US for their very first shows here, including NYC tonight (10/6) followed by two gigs in LA. Tonight's show is at Elvis Guesthouse and starts at 8 PM. $5 tickets are on sale now.The band are planning to release their debut album next year, but in the meantime they recently dropped a new single called "The Best of Times?" Check it out, with thei
  
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• listen to the new Horrendous song "Ozymandias"

  06-10-2015 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We're still a few weeks away from getting Anareta, the third album from death metal band Horrendous, and today we premiered a new song from it over at Invisible Oranges. It's called "Ozymandias" and IO editor Joseph Schafer writes:A love letter to the final four albums by Death--my personal favorites in Chuck Schuldiner's output--the record showcases an advanced control of rhythmic push and pull. My Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor of tens peaks about how controlling a person's center of gravity g
  
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• Vic Mensa appears on Young Chop's new "Around My Way"

  06-10-2015 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Vic Mensa at NYU in September (more by Mimi Hong)
  The very promising rapper Vic Mensa has already collaborated with a lot of huge names like Kanye West and Skrillex, and now he's on a new track by Chief Keef associate Young Chop. It's called "Around My Way" and also features King100James. Listen below.
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• Die Choking streaming new album 'III,' touring (dates)

  06-10-2015 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-FrommPhilly grindcore band Die Choking will follow the I and II EPs with their new album III digitally this week and physically on 10/23 via The Compound. The 14-minute full-length has the requisite fury and brevity that one looks for in a good slice of grindcore, but Die Choking manage to cover a lot of sonic ground. The production is richer and more textured than your typical grind album; "Bastard of Hyperion" has a section that practically counts as psychedelic given what comes
  
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• Kisses releasing disco-fueled LP, 'Rest in Paradise' (stream it)

  06-10-2015 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisWe posted recently about Matt Kivel who has a new solo album on the way via Woodsist. His brother and sometimes Princeton bandmate Jesse has a new record out this week with his band Kisses (a duo with his now wife Zinzi Edmundson). Where Kisses' first two albums (including 2013's underrated Kids in LA) were inspired by John Hughes-era '80s synthpop, on Rest in Paradise, they worked with Andrew Raposo's band Midnight Magic, recording mostly live. It's a much different feel, with Rap
  
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• So Speaking of Weed Dick…

  06-10-2015 22:22 via bkmag.com
  
  Not someone suffering from weed dick.
  Probably you know already about whiskey dick, the phenomenon wherein a guy drinks too much whiskey and then can’t maintain or even get an erection, but the big (not hard, just big) news on the dick-front these days is the tragedy that is weed dick. According to medical anatomical journal Playboy, marijuana affects more than just your brain cells, kids, it also affects your sex cells, at least in the sense in which weed “has an
  
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• Glasser and Jonathan Turner performing new audio-visual piece 'Charge' at The Kitchen

  06-10-2015 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Glasser at MHOW in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Glasser has announced an upcoming performance called Charge, which will take place at The Kitchen on October 23-24. Charge is a collaboration with local artist Jonathan Turner and will feature "vocal and movement performances" by Glasser which will be accompanied by visuals from Turner. Here's how The Kitchen describes Charge:Through a program of vocal and movement performances by Glasser and accompanying visuals by Turner, the audience wi
  
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• more Kurt Cobain solo album details & "Sappy" demo emerge +++ Krist Novoselic playing on R.E.M.'s Peter Buck's new LP

  06-10-2015 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  More details have arisen on the Kurt Cobain solo album that Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen is putting together from the recordings he unearthed while making the documentary. The long-awaited collection of tracks, titled Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings, will be out on November 13 on CD/cassette/digital via Universal. That's the artwork above, and there is reported to be a 13-track standard edition and a 31-track deluxe edition.The vinyl release comes out December 4, and an additional
  
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• 30 Under 30: Ivy Mix, Bartender/Bar Owner

  06-10-2015 21:55 via bkmag.com
  
  photo by Nicolas Maloof
  Last week marked the release of our annual 30 Under 30 issue, and because each of these individuals is so interesting, we thought we’d further highlight them by running some brief interviews with them.
  Name: Ivy Mix
  Age: 29
  Neighborhood: Carroll Gardens
  Occupation: Bartender/Bar Owner
  Who would be your choice for a 30 Under 30?
  Julia Purcell and Tess Mix of Le JIT productions.
  Who are your role models in your industry?
  All of the women that compete in Spee
  
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• Connan Mockasin announces National Sawdust show for December; Yuka Honda & Nels Cline playing next week

  06-10-2015 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  playmates: Connan and friend (via @connanmockasin)
  We haven't seen Connan Mockasin here in NYC for about a year when he was last in town to help Baby's All Right celebrate their first anniversary (and to help the crowd get naked). He's heading back our way later this year to play a show at new Williamsburg venue National Sawdust on December 2. It's listed as an album release show but his label Mexican Summer say there's nothing on the way this year -- though he did record with Dev Hynes at the M
  
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• NYHC vets Beyond reissuing 1988 demo + WNYU session, playing one-off at Saint Vitus

  06-10-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When Long Island's Beyond appeared out of nowhere with their Dew It! demo in 1988, they brought something matchless upon the scene. With a love for both their hometown Hardcore scene as well as D.C's Dag Nasty - not to mention a covert sprinkling of the chops they learned from their origins in Heavy Metal - the band rapidly rose within the ranks of the scene. Upon the strengths of the demo alone, they were soon touring with the likes of Gorilla Biscuits and Judge.But within a year of Beyond entr
  
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• Goings-On at ArtPrize: A Q&A With Tamara Kostianovsky

  06-10-2015 21:01 via bkmag.com
  
  “Relic,” Tamara Kostianovsky, 2015, installation view, UICA. Photo courtesy of the artist.ArtPrize 2015 is the seventh iteration of the annual art competition that features hundreds of artists from all over the world vying for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. It also takes over enough local venues in its host city of Grand Rapids, Michigan—162 spaces are involved, according to this year’s count, within a mere three square miles—that one wonders if it
  
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• NYFF 2015: Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter

  06-10-2015 20:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Experimenter screens at 9pm on Tuesday, October 6 and Wednesday, October 7 within the main slate of the 53rd New York Film Festival. The film opens theatrically on October 16.
  Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter, starring Peter Sarsgaard as controversial postwar social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who died at age 51 in 1984, is droll and compelling. It is also enterprising in reaching outside the comfort zone of anointed scientific lions like Stephen Hawking or tragic figures like Alan Turi
  
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• Chris Thompson (Eric's Trip, etc) releasing first Moonsocket album in 18 years, 'Eurydice' (stream a track)

  06-10-2015 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherCanadian indie vet Chris Thompson (of Eric's Trip, The Memories Attack and Orange Glass) is reviving his solo moniker Moonsocket for his first album with that project in 18 years. It's called Eurydice, and Noyes Records is set to release it on November 6 (pre-order). We've got the premiere of the video for lead single "The Future Isn't A We," which Chris made with just his voice and acoustic guitar. The album was inspired by his wife's illness, and knowing that makes this song's
  
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• Foxing share new song "Weave" (listen)

  06-10-2015 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Foxing at Bowery Ballroom in July (more by Mimi Hong)
  Foxing are a few weeks away from releasing their anticipated sophomore album Dealer, and they just shared a second track from it. First single "The Magdalene" isn't drastically different from The Albatross, but the new "Weave" shows just how far they've come in the past two years. It starts with some of the most subdued vocals we've ever heard from singer Conor Murphy over nothing but a clean guitar, and slowly evolves
  
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• FUZZY BROOKLYN: Guten wag! Sausage dogs, schnauzers celebrate dog-toberfest

  06-10-2015 19:56
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Harry MacCormackThe Brooklyn PaperThey’re a man’s wurst friend!Humans wolfed down German sausages, while German sausage dogs dined on pet treats during the annual Schnauzers and Dachshunds Oktoberfest party at Carroll Gardens gift store By Brooklyn on Saturday.Attendees said the bash was a great opportunity to hoist a stein with fellow lovers of Deutschland-descended dogs — and for their pooches to say
  
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• Kiki and Herb reuniting as part of year-long Justin Vivian Bond retrospective at Joe's Pub

  06-10-2015 19:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mr. Mellman compared their characters to a radioactive yo-yo trick. "What makes it special makes it dangerous," he said. "There's a lot of intensity and a lot of craziness. We had to step away. We were so deeply in it."In their eight years away from the stage, "we've both gone on to achieve goals that we're proud of separately," said Bond, who has since written books and produced the art exhibition "The Fall of the House of Whimsy." Mr. Mellman is a member of the band Julie Ruin and has remained
  
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• Cleopatra’s Shadows: Talking to Emily Holleman about Her Debut Novel, Feminism, and Younger Sisters

  06-10-2015 19:24 via bkmag.com
  
  Emily Holleman and her novel Cleopatra’s Shadows
  After several years as an editor for Salon, Brooklyn writer Emily Holleman made the decision to take a risky leap of pursue her passion: During a fateful trip to Egypt, Holleman first discovered Arsinoë, the younger sister of Cleopatra, and the very inspiration for her book series. Utilising her lifelong love of the ancient world and her newfound appreciation for Arsinoë, Holleman wrote her first work of histori
  
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• Fatal blast rocks Borough Park, killing one and injuring more than a dozen

  06-10-2015 19:22
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA massive gas explosion obliterated a 13th Avenue building in Borough Park on Saturday, killing two, injuring 13, and igniting a blaze that spread to three neighboring structures.The blast shook the block between 42nd and 43rd streets at 1 pm on Oct. 3, and annihilated the façade of the building’s second and third stories.At the height of the resulting blaze, nearly 200 of New York’s Bravest were at the scene wit
  
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• 30 Under 30: Jo Firestone, Comedian

  06-10-2015 19:09 via bkmag.com
  
  photo by Nicolas Maloof
  Last week marked the release of our annual 30 Under 30 issue, and because each of these individuals is so interesting, we thought we’d further highlight them by running some brief interviews with them.Name: Jo Firestone
  Age: 28
  Neighborhood: Fort Greene
  Occupation: Comedian
  Who would be your choice for a 30 Under 30?
  Probably one of those kids on Master Chef Jr.Who are your role models in your industry?
  I love what Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunhauler do. I
  
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• NYFF 2015: Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies

  06-10-2015 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Bridge of Spies screened Sunday and Monday within the main slate of the 53rd New York Film Festival. The film opens theatrically on October 16.
  On paper, Steven Spielberg has a real weakness for historical noodling, having set over half a dozen movies in the World War II era and colonized periods earlier (Lincoln; Amistad; War Horse) and later (Munich). Considering his forays into futuristic sci-fi, he’s made only a handful of movies set in the present day, many of them now old enough to
  
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• BRIC TV Debuts “Maz & Juan Strike Back!”

  06-10-2015 18:00
  
  Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateBRIC TV’s edgy new current affairs show is taking on the mainstream media. Billed as Democracy Now! for the millennial generation, Maz & Juan Strike Back! premiered Monday night.
  Hosted by investigative journalists Murtaza Hussain (“Maz”) and Juan Thompson—both from The Intercept—the series covers topics ran
  
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• The City of New York Really Really Wants You to Get an IUD

  06-10-2015 16:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Not to be all, Hey, ladies… But also, hey, ladies: Do you know anybody with an IUD? Oh, you do? Then you know all about how great the IUD is—it’s the most effective form of birth control! it doesn’t fuck with your estrogen levels! it’s impossible to forget to take it! you don’t have to depend on a guy to do anything! it might make you have no period at all! Basically, there is no form of birth control that causes its users to become
  
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• Splurge on a Bag That Isn’t a Canvas Tote

  06-10-2015 15:30
  
  No one is going to judge you for carting your stuff around in a cotton tote–in fact certain screenprinted bags have become under-the-radar status symbols. Cheap–or free–and ubiquitous, totes broadcast your taste in radio stations, literary journals and artisanal whatever while transporting your farmer’s market finds or lugging your laptop to the coffee shop. Occasionally though, you want to wear something nicer on your shoulder (or back, or bum). Whether you&rs
  
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• NYFF 2015: Kitty Genovese Documentary The Witness

  06-10-2015 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  The Witness screens at 6pm on Tuesday, October 6, and at 8pm on Wednesday, October 7 as part of the documentary spotlight within the 53rd New York Film Festival. The film is currently without US distribution.
  Though James Solomon gets the directing and producing credit in The Witness, the real guiding light of this documentary is Bill Genovese, brother of Kitty Genovese, whose brutal murder outside her Kew Gardens apartment in 1964 has become synonymous in many people’s minds with bystand
  
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• THE GREATEST STORY EVER: Cock-a-doodle-poo! Bushwick farm hosting chicken s--- bingo

  06-10-2015 10:22
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperWhat a crapshoot!A Bushwick community garden is counting on its poultry to produce the balls for a fund-raising event dubbed “Chicken S--- Bingo” later this month, and the farmers are confident their flock is up to the task.“We’re gonna keep feeding them until they poop,” said Jason Reis, who helps run the all-volunteer Bushwick City Farm on Lewis Avenue at Stockton Street. “They go pretty o
  
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• NYC trial starts for NBA player charged in clash with police

  06-10-2015 07:34
  
  Trial begins for NBA's Thabo Sefolosha, arrested, injured after confrontation with NYC police
  
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• Hernandez lawyers to argue for dismissal of murder charges

  06-10-2015 07:18
  
  Aaron Hernandez lawyers to argue for dismissal of murder charges in 2012 double slaying
  
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• FUZZY BROOKLYN: Dog-ma! Churches bless pets across Brooklyn

  06-10-2015 06:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperPet owners across the borough brought their furry friends to church over the weekend for the annual round of animal blessings, and one congregant said she was glad her pooch was finally on the same holy plane as her human kids.“Just like my other children have gotten christened, it was nice to see the dog got a little blessing too,” said Elizabeth Engelhart of Marine Park, who
  
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• All creatures great and small: Churches bless pets across Brooklyn

  06-10-2015 06:40
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn DailyPet owners across the borough brought their furry friends to church over the weekend for the annual round of animal blessings, and one congregant said she was glad her pooch was finally on the same holy plane as her human kids.“Just like my other children have gotten christened, it was nice to see the dog got a little blessing too,” said Elizabeth Engelhart of Marine Park, who took
  
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• SUNSET PARK: High spirits on Sunset Park

  06-10-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Harry MacCormackThe Brooklyn PaperIt was a boozy bounty for Brooklynites!Things were hopping over the weekend as thousands converged on Sunset Park to check out the Empire State’s craft beer and liquor scene at Cheers NY. Beyond of bevy of brewers craft connoisseurs have come to know and love, the event highlighted the burgeoning craft spirits business, featuring droves of distillers making the strong stuff right
  
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• MARINE PARK: Standing against breast cancer — with couches and recliners

  06-10-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyTalk about a love seat.Furniture retailer Raymour and Flanigan hosted the American Cancer Society at its Marine Park franchise on Oct. 1, drawing in shoppers with wine, cheese, and pastries before representatives of the cancer charity socked them right in the feels.“Breast Cancer has no respect for age, color, or any barriers. You never know when it’s going to happen to you and your family,” said Keisha Sydney, a
  
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• MANHATTAN BEACH: Jam Master: Hip hop legend Darryl McDaniels schools Kingsborough students

  06-10-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyHere we go Kingsborough.Hip hop legend and Run DMC co-founder Darryl McDaniels stopped by Kingsborough Community College on Wednesday, where he shared his thoughts on the industry today, taught a class in creativity, and broke out in the occasional dope rhyme.
  “He was really, really good,” said Michael Goldstein, communications director at Kingsborough. “He would be talking, and then break out into rap.”McDa
  
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• Late advertising big Sheldon J. Kravitz was a Brooklyn success story

  06-10-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn-born “Mad Man” Sheldon “Shelly” Kravitz — an advertising icon who partied with Frank Sinatra, played in a swing band, and trumpeted Trans World Airlines to the masses — died on Oct. 3 of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 85 years old.Kravitz, a former football player at Poly Prep Country Day School in Park Slope (Class of ’47), was a Renaissance man who attended medical school, worked
  
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• High spirits on Sunset Park

  06-10-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Harry MacCormackBrooklyn DailyIt was a boozy bounty for Brooklynites!Things were hopping over the weekend as thousands converged on Sunset Park to check out the Empire State’s craft beer and liquor scene at Cheers NY. Beyond of bevy of brewers craft connoisseurs have come to know and love, the event highlighted the burgeoning craft spirits business, featuring droves of distillers making the strong stuff right here
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Fort Hamilton fails to finish off Tottenville

  06-10-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyFort Hamilton is still in search of a signature win.
  For the second-straight time the Tigers led one of the Public School Athletic League’s top teams in the fourth quarter only to see victory slip away. Two fumbles and two Tottenville touchdowns on fourth down erased a four-point lead and handed the visiting Tigers a 33–24 defeat on a night filled with heavy rain and steady winds last Friday.
  “That’s th
  
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• Train hero honors Oregon town on 'Dancing with the Stars'

  06-10-2015 04:48
  
  French train hero Skarlatos dedicates 'Dancing with the Stars' appearance to Oregon town
  
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• Emotional Alek Skarlatos returns to 'Dancing with the Stars'

  06-10-2015 03:41
  
  French train hero Skarlatos dedicates 'Dancing with the Stars' appearance to Oregon town
  
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• Review: 'Steve Jobs' plays man versus machine

  06-10-2015 01:39
  
  Film Review: Playing man versus machine, Aaron Sorkin's 'Steve Jobs' thinks different
  
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• Box office top 20: 'The Martian' lands with $54.3 million

  06-10-2015 00:11
  
  Box office top 20: 'The Martian' lands with $54.3 million, 'Sicario' jumps with $12.1 million
  
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