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• Dave Chappelle didn't get COVID from Grimes, Joe Rogan says

  22-01-2021 19:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joe Rogan says that he has tested negative for COVID every day this week.
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• blink-182 are taking the “what the fuck is up, Denny’s?!” band on tour

  27-04-2024 18:55 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  After referencing the viral moment in their own video, blink-182 are now taking the “what the fuck is up, Denny’s?!” band on tour. For the uninitiated, the band is called Live Without, and the Texas-based band are opening the shows in San Antonio and Fort Worth, which also have Pierce the Veil on the bill.
  The tour also includes a show with Drain in Denver, and the NYC show (Citi Field on July 21) is with Pierce the Veil and EKKSTACY. Tickets for the tour are on sale now. All d
  
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• Tour news: Explosions in the Sky, Dan Deacon, David J, 12 Rods, Sum 41 / Many Eyes, more

  27-04-2024 00:11 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  DAN DEACON
  Dan Deacon has a few shows lined up this spring and summer, hitting Dallas and San Antonio in May, NYC in June (Racket on 6/7), San Francisco in July and Los Angeles in August.
  DAVID J (BAUHAUS / LOVE & ROCKETS)
  Bauhaus and Love & Rockets co-founder David J will be on a West Coast tour in May in support of his new solo compilation Tracks From the Attic, playing Portland, Seattle, Oakl
  
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• Stream Stagecoach 2024 live (schedule & set times)

  27-04-2024 00:04 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Now that two weekends of Coachella are behind us, it’s the turn of that festival’s country sibling, Stagecoach, to take over Indio, CA’s Empire Polo Club. This year’s lineup includes headliners Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, and Morgan Wallen, as well as Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys (sans Brian Wilson), Dwight Yoakam, Leon Bridges, Paul Cauthen, Hailey Whitters, Charley Crockett, Vincent Neil Emerson, Charles Wesley Godwin, Allison Russell, Drayton Farley, Brittney Spence
  
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• Roman Candle pulled from SeeYouSpaceCowboy tour

  26-04-2024 23:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  SeeYouSpaceCowboy just announced a summer tour with The Callous Daoboys and Roman Candle on all dates, and select shows with Omerta and Blind Equation. They’ve now announced that Roman Candle have been pulled from the tour. “After hearing your concerns,” they write, “Roman Candle will no longer be on the tour. Tickets available now – more info to come.” See updated dates below.
  Earlier this year, Roman Candle parted ways with their bassist, Nico Borgia, follow
  
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• Sega Bodega announces North American tour

  26-04-2024 22:11 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Artist and producer Sega Bodega released his third album, Dennis, today (4/26) via his new label ambient tweets; stream it below. He’s also announced a fall North American tour supporting it, beginning in Vancouver on September 28 and running through October. See all dates below.
  The Brooklyn show wraps up the run, on October 20 at Knockdown Center. Tickets are on sale now.
  He’ll also join his frequent collaborator Björk for a Brooklyn event in May on May 10 Under the K Bridge.
  
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• Fugazi store opening on the Lower East Side (no, not that Fugazi)

  26-04-2024 00:41 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  No, Ian MacKaye has not finally decided to sell band merch. This Fugazi is the streetwear brand and are opening their first brick and mortar store in the Lower East Side this Saturday (4/27). Fugazi New York is opening at 55 Canal St, along with Le Gaz, “a community café focused on specialty in-house coffees and teas of various origins, namely Vietnamese and Peruvian.”
  The brand, which sells jackets, hats, t-shirts (that says “FUGAZI” in big type), and loafers, amo
  
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• Black Country, New Road played Brooklyn Paramount with Horsegirl & Camera Picture (pics, setlist)

  25-04-2024 22:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Black Country, New Road are on a post-Coachella East Coast tour, which stopped in NYC on Wednesday night (4/24) for a show at Brooklyn Paramount. Spread out across the big stage in a semi-circle, the band still sounded cohesive, delivering gorgeous harmonies as they played songs from last year’s live album and concert film, Live at Bush Hall. They also played a few of the newer, as yet unreleased songs they’ve been testing out on the road this year. See their setlist below.
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• Lollapalooza documentary headed to Paramount+

  25-04-2024 21:21 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  A documentary about Lollapalooza is headed to Paramount+. Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza, which premiered at Sundance in 2024, begins airing on Tuesday, May 21 in the US and Canada. The three-part series, which looks back on the festival’s beginnings as a touring event in 1991 and its ongoing relationship with co-founder Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros, was directed by Michael John Warren (Jay-Z’s Fade to Black, Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known
  
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• Cornelius announces new album ‘Ethereal Essence,’ shares title “Sketch for Spring”

  25-04-2024 20:07 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Cornelius has announced a new album, Ethereal Essence, which will be out out June 26 via Warner Music Japan. “I gathered songs that have an ethereal feel from the various purposes for which they have been produced over the past few years and I decided to make one album,” Cornelius says. “With the current strange situation in the world and the stressful social life, I feel comfortable with something that fits into the introspection and spiritual world.” The album includes
  
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• The Rolling Stones announce openers for 2024 US tour

  25-04-2024 19:24 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  The Rolling Stones begin their “Hackney Diamonds” North American tour on Sunday (4/28) in Houston, and they’ve just announced support for the run. Openers vary by date, and include Tyler Childers, Bettye LaVette, Gary Clark Jr., The Linda Lindas, The War and Treaty, Lainey Wilson, and more. See the full list by date below.
  The tour’s NYC-area shows are at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium on May 23 and 26. Night one’s opener is still to be announced, and L
  
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• Fire and Fury Burlesque celebrated spring & 4/20 at City Winery (NSFW pics)

  25-04-2024 18:47 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Fire and Fury Burlesque celebrated spring (and 4/20) on Saturday with a night of striptease at City Winery Loft. NYC performers Logan Laveau, Nip Fury, Maddie Cake, and Rex Halligan were joined by Bryona Ashly, Holly’s Good, Liz in Motion, Chris Harder, Queerly Femmetastic, and Lady Corbeau, and you can see pictures (some are NSFW) from the whole event by Sachyn Mital below.
  Fire and Fury holds burlesque events in NYC regularly, and you can see their upcoming calendar here.photo by Sachyn
  
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• The Babies (Kevin Morby, Cassie Ramone) add second NYC & LA shows

  25-04-2024 18:17 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Last week, Kevin Morby and Cassie Ramone announced they were getting their early-2010s band The Babies back together for shows in NYC (Warsaw on 9/24 with Joanna Sternberg) on and Los Angeles (Teragram Ballroom on 9/18 with Matt & Kim project PG14). Those shows sold out and they’ve added more.
  There’s now a second night at Teragram Ballroom on 9/19 with PG14, and the second NYC show is at Elsewhere on 9/23 with Jeffrey Lewis. Tickets are on sale now.
  
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• The Get Up Kids announce ‘Something To Write Home About’ tour with Smoking Popes

  25-04-2024 18:13 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Midwest emo vets The Get Up Kids will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their classic, massively influential 1999 album Something To Write Home About by playing it in full on tour this summer and fall. Support comes from another great, veteran Midwest band, Smoking Popes. The tour is bookended by appearances at Pittsburgh’s Four Chord Music Fest and Las Vegas’ second & fourth wave emo-centric Best Friends Forever fest. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday (4/26) at noon Easter
  
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• Truth Cult breaking up, announce final shows

  24-04-2024 15:41 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Baltimore post-hardcore band Truth Cult are calling it quits, and they’ve also had to cancel their upcoming Europe tour “due to some circumstances.” They’ll play their final shows on May 24 at Metro Gallery in Baltimore with Polarview, Geeker, Bubble, and one more TBA; and May 25 at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster, MD with Jawbow’s J. Robbins (who produced both of their albums).
  “thanks everyone for making these past almost 6 years awesome,” the b
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion responds to “salacious accusations” in lawsuit from former cameraman

  24-04-2024 15:34 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has issued a response through her lawyer after being accused of harassment and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed by Emilio Garcia, who said he worked for the rapper. Speaking to Page Six, Megan’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, said, “This is an employment claim for money — with no sexual harassment claim filed and with salacious accusations to attempt to embarrass her. We will deal with this in court.”
  Garcia, who said he began working as a c
  
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• Watch Les Savy Fav’s Japanese sci-fi-inspired “World Got Great” video

  24-04-2024 15:25 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Les Savy Fav‘s first album in 14 years is out in a couple weeks, and all the singles so far have come with really good music videos; their latest is no different. “World Got Great” was directed by animator and filmmaker Jimbo Matison, who puts Les Savy Fav’s outsized personalities into an homage to ’70s Japanese tokusatsu sci-fi monster shows like Ultraman and Android Kikaider. It’s also mostly done with intricate cardboard cutouts.
  “Everything is so com
  
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• Tour news: Black Pumas, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, CNTS, Corridor, more

  24-04-2024 00:58 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  BLACK PUMAS
  Black Pumas have just announced more dates for their summer tour, including Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre on August 1, as well as Boston, Atlantic City (with Durand Jones), De Moines, Madison and Charleston, SC. The band’s tour also includes a previously announced NYC show at Brooklyn Paramount on July 30.CULTS
  Cults will be on tour with Vampire Weekend starting in Sep
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion accused of harassment & creating a hostile work environment in lawsuit

  23-04-2024 23:45 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Emilio Garcia, who says he worked as a camera operator for Megan Thee Stallion starting around July of 2018, has filed a lawsuit against the rapper, Pitchfork reports, accusing her of harassment and creating a “hostile work environment.” In the suit, Garcia says he quit his previous job to work for Megan full time in September of 2019, and was told “unexpectedly” in June of 2023 that “his services would no longer be required by” her.
  Garcia writes in the suit
  
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• Love Child reforming for first show in 30+ years to celebrate new ‘Never Meant To Be’ compilation

  23-04-2024 22:51 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Love Child, the NYC trio of Alan Licht, Brendan O’Malley, and Rebecca Odes, were together from 1987-1993 and made brash indie rock that mixed punk, noise, twee, low-fi and experimental sounds, releasing records on labels including Homestead, Forced Exposure, and City Slang. The band’s records have been long out of print, but new compilation Never Meant To Be collects songs from their albums, singles, tapes and radio sessions. If you like Pavement, Yo La Tengo or The Embarrassment, yo
  
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• Nas’ ‘Illmatic’ celebrated with new Queensbridge mural

  23-04-2024 22:24 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Nas‘ Illmatic just turned 30 on Friday (4/19), and a new mural in Queens celebrates the occasion and pays tribute to the rapper. It was painted by Eli Lazare Salome-Diaz and Benny “FCEE” Guerra, and can be found across from the Queensbridge Houses where Nas grew up, on the offices of Urban Upbound at 38-31 13th St.
  “I want this to serve as an inspiration, especially to the next generation of kids, adults, whichever walks of life, just to let them know that this is no fict
  
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• Fat Dog announce debut album ‘WOOF.’ & North American tour, share “Running”

  22-04-2024 17:40 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  South London band Fat Dog have announced their debut album, titled WOOF., which will be out September 6 via Domino. The album was co-produced by frontman Joe Love, James Ford and Jimmy Robertson, and the band cite Bicep, I.R.O.K, Kamasi Washington, and Russian EDM outfit Little Big as influences.
  “I wanted to make something ridiculous because I was so bored,” Love says. “I don’t like sanitized music. Even this album is sanitized compared to what’s in my head. I thou
  
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• Coachella 2025 dates & ticket info announced

  22-04-2024 17:32 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Coachella 2024 is a wrap, and now the dates for the 2025 edition have been announced. It happens from April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Indio, California’s Empire Polo Club grounds. The advance ticket sale begins Friday, May 3.
  Coachella 2024 was headlined by Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, and Doja Cat with different surprise guests each weekend (including Earl Sweatshirt with Tyler, Billie Eilish with Lana, and more). The fest also featured the return of No Doubt (with surprise guest O
  
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• METZ and Gouge Away ripped up Bowery Ballroom (pics, review)

  22-04-2024 16:59 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  METZ and Gouge Away are on tour together now, in support of their respective new albums Up On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop) and Deep Sage (Deathwish). The bands come from slightly different corners of the music world, but stylistically, they arrive at a pretty similar place, and it was a very good pairing. They both have an affection for noise rock, punk, and melody, and they both put on live shows that are entirely intense.
  Gouge Away vocalist Christina Michelle expressed on stage that they were longt
  
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• Baroness announce summer US tour

  22-04-2024 16:25 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Baroness have announced another round of tour dates in support of last year’s STONE. The band says, “We are gearing up for our first big summer tour in the U.S. in five years, and we’re incredibly exciting to be playing so many cities that we have never played before, and returning to so many that we haven’t spent nearly enough time visiting. Come out and join us! Till the wheels fall off…”
  The NYC-area gets a new show at Long Island’s 89 North on June
  
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• Anthony Green announces new album ‘Doom. Spun.,’ shares “Megadeath”

  22-04-2024 16:02 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Anthony Green (of Circa Survive, L.S. Dunes, The Sound of Animals Fighting, and more) has announced a followup/sequel/companion album to 2022’s Boom. Done titled Doom. Spun. It comes out June 26 via Born Losers Records (pre-order). The first single is “Megadeath” and here’s what Anthony says about the new song and album:
  The album is a collection of experimentation and collaboration, like a collage of moments from my life since Boom. Done. was released. I began building t
  
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• Neurosis’ Steve Von Till breaks down new Harvestman album track-by-track + early stream

  22-04-2024 15:54 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Neurosis’ Steve Von Till will release a new album by his ambient/psychedelic/drone project Harvestman, Triptych: Part One, tomorrow (Tuesday, April 23) via Neurot Recordings (pre-order). It’s part one of a trilogy, and each part comes out on a different full moon–April 23rd’s Pink Moon, July 21st’s Buck Moon, and October 17th’s Hunter Moon. Steve recorded and mixed the album himself and played guitars, bass, synths, percussion, percussion, loops, filters, and
  
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• Kid Cudi broke his foot at Coachella

  22-04-2024 15:52 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Kid Cudi broke his foot during his weekend two Coachella performance on Sunday (4/21). Performing in the Sahara tent, where he was a surprise addition to the lineup when set times were announced, he jumped off the stage during his part in David Guetta’s “Memories,” and appeared to land badly; attendees in the crowd couldn’t see where he’d gone, but footage from up front saw him being helped up by security and escorted out to get help. Watch clips below.
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• Thom Yorke scores new film ‘Confidenza’ (hear 2 tracks)

  22-04-2024 15:40 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Thom Yorke has composed the score to Confidenza, Daniele Luchetti’s feature film adaptation of Domenico Starnone’s novel of the same name. The soundtrack will be out digitally this Friday (4/26) via XL, with physical formats out July 12 (preorder). This is Thom’s first film score since Suspiria in 2018.
  For Confidenza, Yorke once again collaborated with producer Sam Petts-Davies — who worked on The Smile’s Wall of Eyes — and the London Contemporary Orchestra,
  
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• Patti Smith reacts to Taylor Swift namedropping her and Dylan Thomas on new album

  22-04-2024 15:26 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  The Starting Line aren’t the only ones to react to being namedropped on Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department. Patti Smith heard the “You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith/This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel, we’rе modern idiots” line on the title track, and she responded by posting a picture of herself holding Dylan Thomas; 1940 short stories collection Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog and writing:
  This issaying I wasmo
  
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