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• Playboi Carti reschedules US tour to 2024

  31-08-2023 23:37 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Playboi Carti has rescheduled the US leg of his “Antagonist Tour” to 2024, though the UK/Europe dates will still go down this fall. Tickets purchased for the original dates will still be honored, and as planned, the tour includes Carti’s Opium Records signees Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang, marking the first time they’ll all be hitting the road together as a collective.
  The new NYC date is January 31 at Madison Square Garden. Updated dates are listed below.
  
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• Cauldron announce debut LP ‘Suicide In The City,’ share “Rejection Pact”

  31-08-2023 23:11 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  UK metalcore band Cauldron have announced their debut full-length album, Suicide In The City, due November 3 via The Coming Strife Records/Ephyra Records. Produced and mixed by Sam Bloor, it’s a concept album inspired by mental health struggles, and lead single “Rejection Pact” delivers its themes with pure, aggressive chaos, before making an about-face with its bright, melodic coda. Listen and watch the Sam Kay-directed video below.
  The album features guest appearances from Je
  
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• ’68 announce “by far the heaviest album ’68 has ever done”

  31-08-2023 22:58 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  ’68, the rock band fronted by former The Chariot/Norma Jean vocalist Josh Scogin, have announced a new album, Yes, and…, due September 29 via Pure Noise (pre-order). It features recent single “The Captains Sat” and the just-released “Removed Their Hooks,” a swaggering, garagey rock song that embraces Josh’s heavy music roots a little more overtly than ’68 usually does. Josh says:
  This is by far the heaviest album ’68 has ever done. 
  
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• 10 Best Rap Albums of August 2023

  31-08-2023 21:09 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 10 rap albums from August 2023 that stood out to us most. We also probably still missed or haven’t spent enough time with some great August rap albums that aren’t on this list. What were some of your favorites of last month? Let us know in the comments, and read on for the list (unr
  
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• Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of August 2023

  31-08-2023 20:08 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new albums, reissues, box sets, books and sometimes movies and television shows. I’ve rounded up August’s best music, highlighting my favorite songs and albums, plus links to relevant features and news, a monthly playlist, and more.
  August is a typically slow month in the entertainmen
  
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• Pete Davidson announces fall stand-up tour

  31-08-2023 19:25 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Pete Davidson returned to the stage after being in rehab with a surprise set opening for Dave Chappelle at Madison Square Garden earlier this month, and he’s now announced a new round of fall stand-up shows. They surround the dates he has with John Mulaney and Jon Stewart September, running through October 21 Kalamazoo, MI. See all dates below.
  There are two new shows the NYC-area, at Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theater on September 14, and Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre on Se
  
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