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• ABC No Rio to close by the end of June, new location will be "one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the city"

  16-05-2016 23:43
  
  Back in December 2014, it was reported that NYC venue ABC No Rio was hoping to start constructing its new building in 2015. That was delayed, but now the NY Times reports that the current building will be evacuated by the end of June, demolition could come before the fall, and the construction for a new building will begin after that...
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• Champagne Jerry releases two new videos (watch), appearing on this week's 'The Chris Gethard Show'

  16-05-2016 23:24
  
  Ad-Rock (of Beastie Boys) collaborator Champagne Jerry goes live from Walmart parking lots and his own 'Champagne Club' in two new videos.
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• Police say Sinead O'Connor found safe, no details released

  16-05-2016 23:10
  
  Police in suburban Chicago say Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor has been found safe after officers received a report that she never returned from a Sunday bike ride in the area
  
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• Hillary Clinton and the 2-for-1 presidency

  16-05-2016 23:07
  The notion of a 2-for-1 Clinton presidency is back
  
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• Strike Anywhere announce tour with A Global Threat

  16-05-2016 22:59
  
  While melodic hardcore greats Strike Anywhere aren't very active in the studio these days, they do still play shows. They were recently announced for The Fest, but before that, they'll go on a short tour with A Global Threat to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their 2006 tour together...
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• Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' wins Man Booker fiction prize

  16-05-2016 22:51
  
  South Korean author Han Kang has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel about a woman whose decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences
  
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• Radioactivity touring, playing Saint Vitus (BrooklynVegan Presents)

  16-05-2016 22:45
  
  The Marked Men are also playing a rare one-off in Austin.
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• U.S. Girls & She-Devils played 2 NYC shows (pics of Baby's All Right with Bayonne)

  16-05-2016 22:10
  
  As she's been at a lot of her sets lately, main U.S. Girls member Meg Remy was joined by another singer for the whole set, and a guitarist who popped up a few times. Both singers had a massive stage presence, and had no trouble commanding the packed, sold-out crowd without any help from a backing band.
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• The Field released 'The Follower' (listen) playing Good Room before House of Vans show with Jon Hopkins

  16-05-2016 21:53
  
  The Field, aka Swedish electronic music producer/DJ Axel Willner, released his fifth album, The Follower, recently via Kompakt and like most of his work it deftly walks the blissful line between techno and ambient...
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• Sweetlife Festival 2016 pics (Grimes, Blondie, DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Shamir, Flume, 1975, EODM & more)

  16-05-2016 21:53
  
  We had a sweet time at Sweetlife. Check out all the photos.Continue reading…
  
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• 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Roberts memorialized in NYC

  16-05-2016 21:28
  
  Actress Doris Roberts, who played the endlessly meddling mother on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond," was remembered Monday as a tireless actress, a loyal friend and someone who could make even a monster on TV be adored
  
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• Cloning (Dana Matthiessen of White Suns) releasing new tape and split w/ current tourmates Radiator Greys

  16-05-2016 21:24
  
  Bring the noise with these drone-centric groups.
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• Chicago-area police say Sinead O'Connor found safe, singer no longer considered missing person; no details released

  16-05-2016 21:21
  
  Chicago-area police say Sinead O'Connor found safe, singer no longer considered missing person; no details released
  
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• Jimmy Fallon does his take on 'Hamilton'

  16-05-2016 21:14
  
  Jimmy Fallon wore a period costume for a 'Hamilton' spoof at NBC's annual announcement of next season's schedule
  
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• Review: 'Unseen City' celebrates nature and urban parenting

  16-05-2016 21:12
  
  Book Review: A father and daughter explore the urban wilderness in "Unseen City"
  
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• Slayer releasing BMX bikes, taking over Comic Con; Dave Lombardo recording with Suicidal Tendencies

  16-05-2016 21:08
  
  Slayer, having just announced a tour, are staying busy as hell. In addition to the unholy Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, they'll be involved in another major west coast event. Slayer is "taking over" comic-con in San Diego this year...
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• PBS' Gwen Ifill, on leave, expected to return in 2 weeks

  16-05-2016 21:07
  
  PBS' Gwen Ifill is "doing well" and plans to return to the air around Memorial Day, the network said Monday
  
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• Maria Schneider sweeps 5 categories at 2016 Jazz Awards

  16-05-2016 21:04
  
  It's the year of the woman at the 2016 Jazz Awards with Maria Schneider becoming the 1st artist ever to sweep 5 categories
  
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• Breakdown, Maximum Penalty playing Dr. Know Benefit in Tompkins Square Park

  16-05-2016 21:02
  
  As discussed, legendary Bad Brains guitarist Dr. Know had a scary bout with cardiac arrest last year. He's thankfully recovering, but there are still a ton of medical bills to be dealt with. In addition to a Gofundme page, which has raised over $60,000 at this point, a benefit show with some good hardcore bands has been announced...
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• Police: Actor Wendell Pierce upset by politics, hits woman

  16-05-2016 20:53
  
  Atlanta police say in a newly released report that actor Wendell Pierce became upset by a conversation about politics, prompting him to follow a group of people to their hotel room and hit a woman in the head
  
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• Chicago-area police issue Sinead O'Connor well-being check

  16-05-2016 20:50
  
  Suburban Chicago police have issued a well-being check for Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor, who reportedly went for a bicycle ride Sunday morning in a northern suburb but never returned
  
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• Roisin Murphy shares "Ten Miles High" video

  16-05-2016 20:31
  
  The former Moloko singer turns the city into a surreal wonderland using mirror effects.
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• Cut Worms streaming new 7″, opening for Wolf Parade, playing other NYC shows

  16-05-2016 20:29
  
  The quirky singer-songwriter charmingly channels the Everly Brothers on new single.
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• Prince's death: Key players in investigation and aftermath

  16-05-2016 20:26
  
  Since Prince's sudden death at age 57 on April 21, a host of figures have emerged as key players in the investigation of how he died and in the ultimate division of an estate worth millions of dollars
  
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• Record-holding symphony bassist, 87, collapses onstage, dies

  16-05-2016 20:13
  
  Jane Little, an Atlanta Symphony Orchestra bassist whose career spanned a world-record 71 years with a single orchestra, has died at age 87 after collapsing onstage during a performance
  
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• Book on Protestants in Middle East wins major history prize

  16-05-2016 19:50
  
  A book about the first Protestant missions to the Muslim communities of the Middle East has won the prestigious Parkman Prize for history
  
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• Chilean-American writer Allende seeks inspiration after loss

  16-05-2016 19:37
  
  Isabel Allende begins writing all her books on Jan. 8, but when the date arrived this year, she struggled with writer's block
  
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• Louis CK expands tour, playing Forest Hills Stadium and two nights at MSG (tickets on sale)

  16-05-2016 19:08
  
  Louis CK has just added a whole bunch more tour dates to his 2016 schedule, including a few in NYC...
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• Facebook CEO to meet with Glenn Beck, other conservatives

  16-05-2016 19:08
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with conservative leaders including radio host Glenn Beck on Wednesday
  
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• Sinead O'Connor reported missing

  16-05-2016 19:01
  
  Sinead O'Connor has been reported missing after going on a bike ride yesterday (5/15) and not returning. A statement from the Wilmette Police Department to Billboard confirms the news...
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• Sturgill Simpson extends tour, playing Kings Theatre this fall

  16-05-2016 18:57
  
  Sturgill Simpson, who recently released the ambitious A Sailor's Guide to Earth, has extended his 2016 tour, including new North American dates this fall...
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• Jarmusch, Driver bewitch Cannes with poetic 'Paterson'

  16-05-2016 18:54
  
  Jim Jarmusch debuts his distinctive bus driver-poet drama "Paterson," starring Adam Driver, at the Cannes Film Festival
  
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• ZZ Top & Gov't Mule announce tour together, including Jones Beach

  16-05-2016 18:47
  
  You already knew that ZZ Top were touring with Gregg Allman, and that Gregg's former Allman Bros bandmate Warren Haynes' band Gov't Mule were also touring. Now the two bands announced a leg of dates together...
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• The Latest: Sentencing delayed in Connecticut drug case

  16-05-2016 18:38
  
  A judge has delayed the sentencing of a Connecticut man caught in a 2012 drug bust who authorities say was a player in the French Connection heroin ring of the 1960s and 70s
  
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• Young Jesus releasing a new EP & touring (stream "Baked Goods")

  16-05-2016 18:33
  
  Young Jesus is following last year's Grow / Decompose with a new EP called Void as Lob this week (5/19). We're premiering "Baked Goods" off that EP. Like Young Jesus' last album, "Baked Goods" is melancholic indie rock, led by singer John Rossiter's engaging voice/lyrics...
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• Billy Bragg & Joe Henry explore America's railways on new LP, touring this fall

  16-05-2016 18:19
  
  Billy & Joe recorded the album live at train stations on a trek from Chicago to Los Angeles. Listen to their cover of "Midnight Special."
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• Prose Bowl offers writers their very own American Idol experience

  16-05-2016 18:04
  
   The latest Prose Bowl is tonight, May 17 at Pete’s Candy Store in Willimasburg. Photo: Prose Bowl
  Those of us with more literary than physical dexterity have a new contest to call our own.
  According to founders Christopher Green and John Hague, the Prose Bowl, a monthly reading series at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg, is “part reading, part blood sport…like American Idol, but for fiction.”
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• Prose Bowl

  16-05-2016 18:04
  
  The path to literary recognition is a rocky one. MFA tuition can easily top $100,000. The big four publishers are well on their way to merging into the big one. Eager to lower the barriers to entry, and, as founders, writers Christopher Green and John Hague said in an interview “to get writers out of the dark corners of their apartments and in front of an audience,” the two started the Prose Bowl, a monthly reading series at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg whi
  
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• YG announces 'Still Krazy' and tour dates

  16-05-2016 17:55
  
  Compton rapper YG will be following his 2014 debut My Krazy Life with Still Krazy this June. On Saturday (5/21) the album's new single, "Why You Always Hatin'?," will premiere on Drake's OVO Radio show...
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• Amanda Palmer playing shows with her father in support of their collaborative covers LP (tour dates)

  16-05-2016 17:29
  
  Dates include two nights at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge and a show at Basilica, Hudson.
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• Sia, Miguel & AlunaGeorge announce tour

  16-05-2016 17:04
  
  The awesome triple bill of Sia, Miguel and AlunaGeorge will be hitting the road together this fall. There's no NYC date announced right now, but there's a TBA spot the day before the tour hits Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena (10/26). Maybe that has something to do with Sia and AlunaGeorge playing Panorama and Miguel playing Governors Ball...
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• Touring Brooklyn, one bite at a time

  16-05-2016 16:30
  
  You wouldn’t know by tasting them, but Dun-Well doughnuts are vegan. Photo: Kathleen Wong
  How do you really get to know a place? By tasting it.
  At least that’s how I got better acquainted with Bushwick on a recent Saturday. I was part of a group of seven people who congregated by the Jefferson stop on the L train, to embark on Brooklyn Nosh’s inaugural Bushwick tour. Colin Levin, founder, led us to the neighborhood’s best treats, and more than a few murals
  
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• Trump talks to Megyn Kelly about bullying

  16-05-2016 16:08
  
  Donald Trump says people who are bullied "gotta get over it" and fight back
  
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• The tender biracial love story 'Loving' lands at Cannes

  16-05-2016 15:55
  
  Jeff Nichols' quiet drama about the profound and simple love that toppled interracial marriage restrictions in the United States has made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival
  
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• No, this Broadway costumer doesn't just 'shop all day'

  16-05-2016 15:29
  
  Suttirat Larlarb is busy these days _ costuming an opera in Los Angeles, a TV show in Toronto, teaching at Carnegie Mellon University and outfitting 2 Broadway shows _ "Waitress" and "Finding Neverland."
  
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• Fox's 2016-17 lineup includes 2 new fall dramas and a comedy

  16-05-2016 14:46
  
  The Fox network is boasting more original programming than ever next season as 3 new comedies, 6 new dramas, 2 new event series and 2 new reality series join the 2016-17 schedule
  
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• Barbra Streisand to launch 9-city summer concert tour

  16-05-2016 14:41
  
  Barbra Streisand will launch a 9-city tour this summer
  
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• Though small in number, female directors the toast of Cannes

  16-05-2016 14:24
  
  Though small in number, female directors are the toast of the Cannes Film Festival
  
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• Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, Mase reunite for Bad Boy reunion tour

  16-05-2016 14:07
  
  Puff Daddy will reunite with Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans and more for a Bad Boy Records reunion tour this summer
  
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• Rock Hall exhibit to focus on rock music link to politics

  16-05-2016 13:54
  
  A new exhibit focusing on the link between rock music and politics will open at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland prior to the Republican National Convention scheduled for July
  
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