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• Cole died from pulmonary tension, which led to heart failure

  07-01-2016 23:29
  
  Natalie Cole died from idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, which led to heart failure
  
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• Spotify reveals the 'Year in Music' +++ win a premium subscription, $50 in tickets & more!

  07-01-2016 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  2015 was one of the greatest years for new music in a while. Even if you're obsessive, you probably still have some catching up to do.We can try to help. Within the first two episodes of BrooklynVegan's new Spotify show (here and here), you'll hear some of our favorite music of the year. You'll find even more in our Favorite Albums of 2015 list, and browse our Best of 2015 tag for even more lists.Probably not too surprisingly, BrooklynVegan lists didn't include any Ed Sheeran or Maroon 5, but al
  
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• As plant-based diets shine, 5 vegans worth watching in 2016

  07-01-2016 23:13
  
  Looking to eat less meat
  
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• Gruff Rhys staged 'Candylion' musical in Wales (pics) and reissued the LP; Super Furry Animals expand tour

  07-01-2016 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Rachel Juarez-Carr & Christopher Jesse Juarez
  'The Insatiable Inflatable Candylion' @ SWALEC Stadium
  Only the imagination of Gruff Rhys could have come up with this singular show. He expands his 2007 album Candylion into a psychedelic fable - for all the family! Billed by National Theatre Wales as a "theatre gig", live music propels the story, with the audience standing or moving about the space.We're in Pixel Valley, where hybrid creatures - Candylion, Polarpear, Meringueutan - ha
  
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• Adventure show hosts pleads guilty in hunting case

  07-01-2016 23:06
  
  A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state tag
  
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• Review: Forgettable horror 'The Forest' wastes star Dormer

  07-01-2016 22:48
  
  First time feature director Jason Zada's would-be psychological thriller 'The Forest' is forgettable, and a waste of an intriguing concept and 'Game of Thrones' star Natalie Dormer
  
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• 'Star Wars' Monopoly to include Rey after girl complains

  07-01-2016 22:37
  
  'Star Wars' Monopoly to add game piece based on female character Rey after girl complains
  
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• Pat Harrington, Jr., a hit sitcom's cocky handyman, dies

  07-01-2016 22:35
  
  Pat Harrington, Jr., who scored as cocky handyman on 'One Day at a Time,' dead at 86
  
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• '70s powerpop band Milk N' Cookies releasing comprehensive box set, playing Brooklyn release show

  07-01-2016 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisCaptured Tracks, who repressed '70s powerpop band Milk N' Cookies' single "Not Enough Girls in the World" in 2014, are putting out a definitive box set of the band. The three-LP set features group's entire recorded output, including their sole official album plus two discs worth of rare and unreleased tracks. It comes with book featuring contributions from the band as well as some of their famous fans (members of Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, the Ramones) as well as never-before-seen
  
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• Rick Ross & Trae Tha Truth on new song w/ T.I., playing NYC this month (separately)

  07-01-2016 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherAmong the many notable late-2015 releases that came out this past December was Rick Ross' Black Market, which features collaborations with Nas, DJ Premier, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cee-Lo Green, Future, John Legend, DJ Mustard, and more. If you've yet to hear that album, you can stream it below via Spotify.Rick Ross is staying busy, appearing on Trae Tha Truth's new song "All Good," along with T.I. and Audio Push. It's a dark, hard-hitting song, with each rapper bringing thei
  
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• Tony Yazbeck to take over from Matthew Morrison on Broadway

  07-01-2016 22:20
  
  Tony Award-nominee Tony Yazbeck to take over from Matthew Morrison in the role of J.M. Barrie in 'Finding Neverland' on Broadway on Jan. 24
  
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• New Jersey man accused of pointing laser at TV helicopter

  07-01-2016 22:18
  
  New Jersey man accused of aiming laser pointer at New York TV station's helicopter
  
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• Bill Clinton campaigns in Iowa, brushes off Trump criticism

  07-01-2016 21:37
  
  Bill Clinton: 'Plenty of time' to address Trump's criticism if businessman becomes GOP nominee
  
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• Rich the Kid reportedly recording with Frank Ocean, touring

  07-01-2016 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rich the Kid facetimes Frank Ocean
  Atlanta rapper Rich the Kid is on the up-and-up these days. He's preparing the sequel to his debut Rich Than Famous (called Rich Than Famous 2) and heading out on the Young Hustle Tour with a bunch of crew-mates. He's also reportedly hanging and recording with Frank Ocean, tweeting the above screenshot of a facetime session with the singer. FADER confirms that they're hitting the studio together today. (Meanwhile, we're still waiting on that Frank Ocean album!)
  
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• Cuban trumpeter Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros dead at 87

  07-01-2016 21:27
  
  Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, the talented Cuban trumpeter, died Wednesday from complications of prostate cancer
  
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• Most Broadway shows offer half-off ticket deals this month

  07-01-2016 21:26
  
  Some 27 shows are participating in Broadway Week, in which 2 tickets go for the price of 1
  
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• NBC announces it will end affiliation with Boston TV station

  07-01-2016 21:19
  
  NBC says it's dropping Boston affiliate WHDH-TV and launching network-owned station next
  
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• 'Making a Murderer' juror stands by verdict

  07-01-2016 21:07
  
  Juror involved in homicide case depicted in "Making a Murderer" says she stands by the verdict
  
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• Guy Blakeslee releasing an album of instrumental guitar music, touring (dates & song stream)

  07-01-2016 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Guy Blakeslee at Rough Trade in 2015 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
  The Entrance Band frontman Guy Blakeslee is following 2014's Ophelia Slowly with a new album of instrumental guitar music, The Middle Sister, on January 15 via Leaving Records. Side A is all acoustic and improvised, and side B is all electric and "more experimental." You can listen to some clips and pre-order the record over at the Stones Throw webstore and listen to the 10-minute "Halcyon Movement 2" off the acoustic
  
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• White Denim announce new LP 'Stiff' and 2016 tour with Sam Cohen (dates, new song stream)

  07-01-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-Frommphoto: White Denim at Lollapalooza 2014 (more by James Richards IV)
  Austin rockers White Denim are preparing their new album Stiff, which hits on March 25, and they've debuted a new song and announced a tour with ex-Yellowbirds frontman Sam Cohen in anticipation. The new song is called "Holda You (I'm Psycho)," and it's a fast, riffy-piece of southern-fried blues-rock. You can stream it below.That tour will stop in NYC for a show at Bowery Ballroom on April 25. Tickets for tha
  
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• Stay Woke: Pizza Rat Is Probably Fake, and Nothing But a Beautiful New York Dream

  07-01-2016 20:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Not the pizza rat
  If you haven’t had the pleasure of viewing our city’s fine Pizza Rat, who lugged a cheese slice twice the size of his robust rat body down subway stairs, we invite you, do so now—er, after you’ve finished eating your lunch. Next, mosey on over to selfie rat—yet another rodent that just kind of walked on the lap of this guy who fell asleep on the subway floor, and managed to snap a selfie on his host’s phone before the man was s
  
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• former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori releasing solo debut on Sub Pop, shares "Cinnamon" video, touring (dates)

  07-01-2016 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisFormer Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori will release his solo debut, titled New Misery, via Sub Pop on March 18. The lead single is the shimmering "Cinnamon," and you can check out the Abigail Briley Bean-directed video for it below.Cullen has announced a spring tour, which hits NYC on April 22 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for that show go on sale January 15 at noon with an AmEx presale starting January 13 at noon. All dates are listed below.For those keeping score, Cullen's for
  
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• Operators (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs) debut new songs in KEXP session, touring (dates, video)

  07-01-2016 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Operators at Central Park in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Dan Boeckner's band Operators have so far released an EP and a a stand-alone single, and now they just debuted five new songs in a KEXP session (recorded in November). They're bold, danceable pop songs, unmistakably Boeckner's work, and should be instantly satisfying to any fans of this band or his songs in Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and Divine Fits. In fact, these might even feel more spirited than that first Ope
  
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• TNT calling an end to 'Rizzoli & Isles' crime drama

  07-01-2016 20:23
  
  TNT ending crime drama "Rizzoli & Isles" after its seventh season
  
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• Golden Globes to offer a galaxy of stars, if not the Force

  07-01-2016 20:22
  
  Sunday night's Golden Globes to offer a galaxy of stars, even if they lacking the Force
  
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• 'SNL' and 'Silicon Valley' stars to host Indie Spirit Awards

  07-01-2016 20:20
  
  'SNL's' Kate McKinnon and 'Silicon Valley's' Kumail Nanjiani to host Independent Spirit Awards
  
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• Joint memoir by Vanderbilt and Cooper coming April 5

  07-01-2016 20:12
  
  Joint memoir by mother-and-son Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper to be published April 5
  
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• Why 'Bachelor' Ben Higgins refrained from kissing on night 1

  07-01-2016 20:10
  
  ABC's latest 'Bachelor,' Ben Higgins, explains why he didn't kiss anyone on show's first night
  
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• The-Dream teasing something called "Genesis," announcing tour dates, released a Sam Cooke covers EP (listen)

  07-01-2016 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: The-Dream at Webster Hall in 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
  R&B singer The-Dream posted a 15-second teaser video that has a clip of instrumental music and simply says "Genesis, January 8, The-Dream x Tidal." A new song? Album? Whatever it means, we'll find out tomorrow. Meanwhile, he did also begin announcing dates for a tour also called "Genesis," including NYC on February 14 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (1/8) at 10 AM. All known dates are listed, with the ne
  
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• Austin Essentials: Music venues set beat for lively city

  07-01-2016 20:10
  
  Austin Essentials: Music sets background beat in bustling Texas capital, but food, cultural offerings also a draw
  
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• Mavis Staples recruits Nick Cave, Neko Case, Justin Vernon & more to write songs on new M Ward-produced LP (listen)

  07-01-2016 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Mavis Staples @ Farm Aid 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  Soul great Mavis Staples' new album is titled Livin' on a High Note and will be out February 19 via Anti. It was produced by M. Ward (you may remember Jeff Tweedy produced her last two) and features original songs by Nick Cave, Neko Case, Ben Harper, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArDs, Valerie June and others. Says Mavis:I've been singing my freedom songs and I wanted to stretch out and sing some songs that were new. I told the writers I wa
  
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• Arthouse Films on Arthouses, Films, Orchard Street, the Arab Spring, and Caribou YouTube Stars at First Look, Week One

  07-01-2016 20:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Francofonia
  This is the first of Ben Mercer’s dispatches on the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look series, which runs weekends from January 8-24; dispatches covering the second and third weekends of programming will appear here in the following weeks.
  It seems like just yesterday that the late Chantal Akerman’s fly-buzzed Almayer’s Folly inaugurated the first First Look festival—at a Museum of the Moving Image then fresh off its $67 million expansion—brea
  
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• Teleman releasing second LP 'Brilliant Sanity,' share "Fall in Time" video

  07-01-2016 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisTeleman, the band formed from the ashes of Pete & the Pirates, have announced their second album, titled Brilliant Sanity, which will be out April 8 via Moshi Moshi. They made the album with producer Dan Carey (Hot Chip, Kate Tempest, Bat For Lashes) and you can watch the video for first single "Fall in Time," as well an album trailer and the video for 2015 one-off single "Strange Combinations," below.No word on North American shows (they toured here in 2014) but they do have U
  
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• 'Star Wars' Monopoly to include Rey after 8-year-old's note

  07-01-2016 19:02
  
  'Star Wars' Monopoly game to add game piece based on female character Rey after 8-year-old's note
  
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• Atlanta's NBA team embraces rap shows after racial remarks

  07-01-2016 18:50
  
  Atlanta Hawks embrace hip-hop mini concerts at home basketball games after past racial remarks
  
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• Father John Misty announces 2016 tour, playing 'Colbert,' made a series of "rejected" Pandora ads (listen)

  07-01-2016 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Father John Misty at Pitchfork Paris 2015 (more by Rachel Juarez-Carr)
  Father John Misty will continue to support 2015's much-loved I Love You, Honeybear on tour in 2016. The tour doesn't hit NYC, but there are other Northeast dates in late April, including Boston, Philly and DC. All dates are listed below. He also appears on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on January 14.In other news, FJM uploaded seven "rejected Pandora promos" to his Soundcloud, which are all pretty hilarious. Liste
  
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• Whores & Fight Amp schedule NYC show together

  07-01-2016 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Whores at Union Pool in 2012 (more by Markus Shaffer)
  Atlanta sludge dudes Whores haven't announced touring plans for 2016 yet, but they did just reveal a NYC show with Philadelphia's like-minded Fight Amp. It happens at Saint Vitus on February 11 with support from Fashion Week and Haan. Tickets are on sale now.Fight Amp released Constantly Off in 2015. You can stream that and watch Whores' playing "I Am Not A Goal-Oriented Person" below...
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• Benefit to fight pulmonary fibrosis draws 4 Tony winners

  07-01-2016 18:26
  
  Tony Award-winners Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, Annaleigh Ashford and Randy Graff to help raise money against pulmonary fibrosis
  
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• Bread Alone: 8 Brooklyn Restaurants Where It’s Ok to Fill Up on Bread

  07-01-2016 18:11 via bkmag.com
  
  Bread from Runner and Stone
  When Jesus declared that man couldn’t live by bread alone, he obviously had a prescient vision of plastic baskets at red sauce restaurants, lined with foil-wrapped butter packets, and day-old, mass-produced loaves. But if he’d peeked just a bit farther into the future, he’d see that a local, whole grain movement would eventually lead to a full-on, pro-gluten renaissance—and the following Brooklyn eateries are leading up the charge.
  So ignore al
  
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• Stage play being made of Al Pacino movie 'Dog Day Afternoon'

  07-01-2016 18:02
  
  A stage play is being made of the Al Pacino's movie 'Dog Day Afternoon' by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis
  
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• Anesthesia: Finally, a Crash for the Upper West Side

  07-01-2016 17:52 via bkmag.com
  
  AnesthesiaDirected by Tim Blake NelsonOpens January 8
  Tim Blake Nelson’s last film as a writer-director, Leaves of Grass, wasn’t entirely successful, but had a loopy ambition in its double-casting of Edward Norton as a professor and his pot-dealing lowlife twin. Nelson’s latest, Anesthesia, has a heavier, draggier approach to both academic and drugs: It begins with a violent crime perpetrated against Walter Zarrow (Sam Waterstron), a philosophy prof at Columbia, then jumps bac
  
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• BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: Bar none: Bed-Stuy residents worry Hot Bird owner’s new joint will bring hipster hordes

  07-01-2016 17:11
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperHe banned kids, but he won’t nix the new kids on the block.A bar-owner famous for banning children from one of his watering holes declined a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident’s suggestion that his new neighborhood tavern offer preferential treatment to longtime locals over hipster newcomers during a community board meeting on Monday.“That’s kind of pushing it,” said
  
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• Björk Gets Financial Closure from Barney: May She Return to Singing About Atoms

  07-01-2016 17:04 via bkmag.com
  
  Did you listen to Björk’s Vulnicura? Better question: Were you able to listen to it, nine brutal songs that illuminate in painful detail the dissolution of her thirteen-year relationship with artist Matthew Barney? Most breakups are awful because they’re your own. But when I saw Björk at Carnegie Hall belt out her anguish over her final fucks with her husband, who (from her telling of it, anyway) indelicately shattered their covenant
  
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• 10 culture essentials for January

  07-01-2016 16:52
  
  Sure, January is a great month to hang out on your couch and go to bed early. It’s also a great month to head out into the city and catch up on all the plays, movies and museum shows you were too busy to take in this fall and holiday season, now with about 50 percent fewer tourists than in December. And if you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to infuse more culture in your life, here are 10 books, films, events, shows and podcasts to keep you occupied this month.There was a mom
  
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• Jackson's 'Off the Wall' to be rereleased with Spike Lee doc

  07-01-2016 16:48
  
  Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall' album being reissued with new Spike Lee documentary
  
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• Mother of murdered journalist James Foley writing memoir

  07-01-2016 16:21
  
  Diane Foley, mother of murdered journalist James Foley, writing memoir
  
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• Paula Abdul Fruit Juice: Power To Live, Power For Life

  07-01-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Hey health-gang, ready for a real hotstepper? Remember, like the song? Ok enough levity.
  Paul Abdul brand fruit juice may not have “lots of pictures of paula abdul on the can” or fancy celebrity endorsements, but what it DOES have, is nutrience. Read on, lets learn more together, with ourselves.
  Life is a busy time. Sometimes theres too much! Others may have you worried or scared. Life is like a hurricane. Experts agree, if you want to be insured against hurricanes, the best kind of
  
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• BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: Bar none: Bed-Stuy residents worry Hot Bird owner’s new joint will bring hipster hoards

  07-01-2016 08:48
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperHe banned kids, but he won’t nix the new kids on the block.A bar-owner famous for banning children from one of his watering holes declined a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident’s suggestion that his new neighborhood tavern offer preferential treatment to longtime locals over hipster newcomers during a community board meeting on Monday.“That’s kind of pushing it,” said
  
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• WWE finds new tag-team team partner in USA for 'Smackdown'

  07-01-2016 08:18
  
  WWE's 'SmackDown' trading Cylons and ghost hunters of Syfy for a new tag-team partner in USA Network
  
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• RED HOOK: A weekend getaway in Red Hook

  07-01-2016 06:34
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperIs Red Hook the city’s new weekend getaway destination?The industrial waterfront nabe is getting a new hotel, possibly a historic ocean liner, and is already a hub for cruise ships and Scandinavian furniture enthusiasts.
  But will vacationers see it as a charming secluded seaside town or a transit-starved industrial district with more decrepit lots than brunch joints?
  There was only one
  
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