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• David Gilmour adds more NYC & LA shows to tour

  16-05-2024 15:18 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  David Gilmour has a few fall tour dates lined up supporting his new solo album Luck and Strange, with North American shows confined to either coast, NYC and Los Angeles. He’d just added a third NYC show, and now there’s a fourth, happening on November 9 at Madison Square Garden. Tickets to that and the three previously announced shows November 4, 5, and 6 go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 17 at 10 AM ET, with a fan presale for the new show starting today (5/16) at 10 AM
  
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• Brad Raub (Sumerlands, Eternal Champion, War Hungry, etc) has died at 36

  31-05-2024 00:34 via brooklynvegan.com
  Pennsylvania metal/punk bassist Brad Raub, who’s played in War Hungry, Sumerlands, Eternal Champion, Street Smart Cyclist, Yo Man Go!, and more over the years, has passed away. He was just 36. His bandmates in Sumerlands and Eternal Champion broke the sad news, writing:
  We are devastated to report that yesterday our brother, our bassist, our best friend, Brad Raub has passed on. He was 36 years young.
  Brad was well read, fucking hilarious, a true sweetheart, a great listener, a deadly shar
  
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• Tyler Childers, Sylvan Esso & Kermit the Frog played Madison Square Garden (night 2 pics, video, setlists)

  30-05-2024 22:13 via brooklynvegan.com
  Tyler Childers‘ tour supporting his 2023 album Rustin’ In The Rain hit NYC a night earlier than expected when the show originally scheduled for tonight (5/30) was moved to Tuesday night to make way for the Rangers’ Eastern Conference Finals game against the Florida Panthers. That meant the two-show run with Sylvan Esso wrapped up on Wednesday night (5/29) instead, bringing lots of people decked out in their western best to MSG on both nights. Childers’ cozy stage setup br
  
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• Mount Kimbie wrapped up their tour at Webster Hall w/ Chanel Beads (pics, setlist)

  30-05-2024 21:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  Over the last decade, Mount Kimbie have transformed from a forward-thinking electronic duo into an impressive, forward-thinking, electronic indie rock band. They put on a terrific show at Webster Hall on Wednesday night, which was the final date of their North American tour. The show was sold out and packed to the gills, and the crowd was really there for it. Any time I needed a lift I looked up to the balcony to watch one particularly enthusiastic fan pump their first and shout along like it wa
  
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• Julia Jacklin wrapped up NYC solo residency (pics, video)

  30-05-2024 20:19 via brooklynvegan.com
  Julia Jacklin has spent the spring doing solo residencies in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Brooklyn around shows supporting Mitski, and on Wednesday night (5/29) she wrapped up the Brooklyn shows. They happened at National Sawdust throughout May, where over four dates she took a few requests, did a few covers (including Feist‘s “Let it Die”), and played solo renditions of some of her songs. Check out pictures from the final show by Emilio Herce below, along with attendee-taken vi
  
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• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announce first arena tour (MSG included)

  30-05-2024 18:59 via brooklynvegan.com
  It’s been over 15 years since we booked Nathaniel Rateliff to play opening sets on BV CMJ and SXSW shows, so it feels special to say that, with his The Night Sweats band, he’s announced his-ever US arena tour. It happens in October and November, following a run of summer shows (including dates with Tyler Childers and My Morning Jacket), and you can see all dates below.
  The NYC show happens after the main leg of the tour and is Rateliff’s first 2025 date, on March 27 at Madison
  
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• Primavera Sound 2024 streaming live (schedule)

  30-05-2024 18:09 via brooklynvegan.com
  After its Opening Day concert on Wednesday night, the 2024 edition of Primavera Sound kicks off in earnest today (5/30) at Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum. If you can’t make it in person, select sets will stream live via Amazon Music, on Prime Video and its Twitch channel. The stream is live from 1:30 PM-7:30 PM ET (10:30 AM-4:30 PM PT), and channel 1 contest is broadcast on two streams, one with Spanish subtitles; channel 2 is performance content only.
  The day 1 (5/30) stream feat
  
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• NYC songwriting camp Anti Social Camp returns with Miranda Lambert, Cults, Rob Thomas & more

  30-05-2024 17:57 via brooklynvegan.com
  Anti Social Camp is a NYC-based songwriting camp that returns from June 10-15 for its 2024 edition, and this year, the festival will open its events to the public with Anti Social Camp Official Badges.
  The schedule includes an opening ceremony at The New School on June 10 with Jacob Collier, Miranda Lambert, and more, and there will be events with “over 200” other artists, songwriters, and producers, including Cults, Rob Thomas, and more.
  Other events include a Spotify industry showc
  
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• Watch Charli XCX talk to kids about partying & more on ‘Recess Therapy’

  29-05-2024 01:03 via brooklynvegan.com
  Charli XCX releases her new album Brat next week, and while making the promo rounds in NYC, she appeared on the new episode of Recess Therapy. On it she hung out in the park with host Julian Shapiro-Barnum and a bunch of kids, talking with them about partying. Most of the kids were pro partying, as you’d expect, but then there was Leif, who doesn’t like to party, doesn’t like to “be energized,” and says his favorite music is heavy metal. Watch below.
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• Tour news: DIIV, Turnstile, Movements / Turnover, STRFKR, Ginger Root, Bolis Pupul, more

  29-05-2024 00:22 via brooklynvegan.com
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  DIIV
  DIIV just released their new album Frog in Boiling Water and will begin their North American tour next week, stopping at Brooklyn Paramount on August 7. They’ve just announced more dates, including trips to South America, the UK and Europe.JANE’S ADDICTION / LOVE & ROCKETS
  Jane’s Addiction, who are back playing with their original lineup for the first time in 14 years, ha
  
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• Half Waif announces NY shows with Elori Saxl

  28-05-2024 22:08 via brooklynvegan.com
  Half Waif‘s new EP Ephemeral Being comes out this Friday (5/31) on ANTI-, and she’s playing a couple of shows supporting it. She calls the dates “*very* special shows sharing new work, with a big band of friends and collaborators—the fullest waif yet,” and they’re with Elori Saxl.
  There’s an NYC show on October 9 at Brooklyn Made, and a Chatham, NY show on October 5 at PS21. PS21 tickets are on sale now, and Brooklyn Made tickets go on sale Friday, May 3
  
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• Pond announce tour with Fazerdaze, share “So Lo”

  28-05-2024 21:54 via brooklynvegan.com
  Pond have announced a North American tour supporting their upcoming album Stung! Dates are with New Zealand artist Fazerdaze, kicking off November 12 in Boston and wrapping up December 5 in Los Angeles. All dates are listed below.
  The NYC stop on the tour is at Brooklyn Steel on November 13, and tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10 AM local time.
  Stung! is out June 21, and they’ve just shared new single and video “So Lo.” Watch that below.POND – 2024 TOUR
  
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• Sloan release ‘Smeared’ deluxe box set ++ ‘Peppermint’ EP reissue

  28-05-2024 21:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  Canadian rock greats Sloan have announced a deluxe box set edition of their 1992 debut album, Smeared, which is out now via their own Murderecords. (Order it here.) The original album, which came out on DGC (home to Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Teenage Fanclub) in the US, has been remastered and the box also includes an album of demos and outtakes, a live album recorded at Montreal’s McGill University in 1993, plus a 7″ featuring live versions of “Autobiography” and “Ea
  
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• Justice announce new North American tour dates (including Hollywood Bowl)

  28-05-2024 21:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  Justice‘s new album Hyperdrama is out now (featuring songs with Tame Impala, Miguel, Thundercat, and more), and they’ve been making their way around the festival circuit and also gearing up for a headlining tour that begins with two sold-out shows at Brooklyn Navy Yard on July 25 & 26.
  Now, they’ve added a new round of North American dates happening after they play San Francisco’s Portola festival, including stops at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, Los Angeles’
  
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• Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces NYC show

  28-05-2024 20:59 via brooklynvegan.com
  Beverly Glenn-Copeland was scheduled to play some rare shows last year, but he wound up cancelling the dates due to “the alarming rise in Covid numbers.” He’s now announced a Brooklyn show, “Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Friends: The Salon Evening,” which happens at Pioneer Works on September 30. It’ll feature “an assortment of different collaborations” with Glenn-Copeland’s friends and family, including his wife Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland. Tick
  
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• What’s Going on Monday (Memorial Day)?

  27-05-2024 06:01 via brooklynvegan.com
  TONIGHT IN & AROUND NYCFool’s Gold in The Nursery w/ Funk Flex, A-Trak, Swami Sound, Dylan Ali, Matthew Law, Lord Sko, Niontay, Shallowhalo @ Public Records
  Jayda G, Coeo @ Elsewhere Rooftop
  Jad Atoui, DJ Lita, DJ Sanna, Bergsonist @ Bossa Nova Civic Club
  Soul Summit @ Knockdown Center
  Rev. Vince Anderson & The Love Choir @ Union Pool
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• The Black Keys issue statement about cancelled arena tour

  26-05-2024 21:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  The topic of The Black Keys‘ cancelled fall arena tour has been generating a lot of discussion on social media over the past couple of days, and the band, who hadn’t released a statement previously, have now spoken out about it. In a message on Instagram, they write:The band wants to assure everyone that Dan & Patrick are alive and well.
  Following the recent run of shows in the UK & Europe, including stops at iconic venues like Brixton Academy and the Zenith in Paris, we have
  
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• Bruce Springsteen postpones shows due to vocal issues

  26-05-2024 19:02 via brooklynvegan.com
  Bruce Springsteen is in the midst of the European leg of his tour with the E Street Band, and he’s been forced to postpone a few shows because of “vocal issues.” He first postponed Saturday’s (9/25) show at Marseille’s Orange Vélodrome shortly before it was scheduled to begin, writing that the decision was made “due to vocal issues and under doctor’s direction.” On Saturday, he shared a statement saying that his Prague and Milan shows would
  
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• Watch Fred Armisen host “Old Punks” panel with Mike Watt, Lee Ving, Exene & more on ‘John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.’

  26-05-2024 16:40 via brooklynvegan.com
  Among the many highlights of John Mulaney‘s six-episode, live and free-wheeling Netflix talk show Everybody’s in L.A. was a segment titled “Old Punks” where Fred Armisen rounded up a bunch of L.A. punk legends for a fun, funny panel discussion / “focus group.” Those old punks included: Minutemen/fIREHOSE members Mike Watt and George Hurley, Fear‘s Lee Ving, Exene & DJ Bonebrake of X, Kid &ld
  
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• Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Stooges’ “Search and Destroy”

  26-05-2024 13:00 via brooklynvegan.com
  Toyah and hubby Robert Fripp are back with an all-new episode of their Sunday Lunch series, paying homage to Iggy Pop with a cover of The Stooges‘ “Search and Destroy.” They got all punked up just for the occasion and you can watch that below.
  If you’re in the UK you can catch Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party Tour this summer.
  Toyah and Robert also covered Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy” back in 2022.
  
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• The Black Keys cancel fall arena tour

  25-05-2024 23:14 via brooklynvegan.com
  UPDATE: The Black Keys issue statement about cancelled arena tour.
  The Black Keys announced a fall arena tour with The Head and The Heart back in April, but all of the North American shows have now been cancelled. As Stereogum points out, there’s been no official announcement, but the dates, other than their NASCAR Chicago show in July, are no longer on the band’s website, and they’re listed as cancelled on Ticketmaster.
  The band hasn’t given a reason for the cancellation
  
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• Happy 100th birthday Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra!

  25-05-2024 15:51 via brooklynvegan.com
  Happy 100th birthday to Sun Ra Arkestra‘s Marshall Allen who has led the group since 1995 and been a member since 1958! Wow!
  The Arkestra will be playing shows across the Northeast this summer, including three in NYC in June: a free show at SummerStage in Central Park on 6/13 with Kim Gordon and Slauson Malone 1; a special Marshall Allen birthday show with Yo La Tengo at Sony Hall on 6/15; and Roulette on 6/23 as part of the 2024 Vision Festival. We’re also hoping that after those sh
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s Nashville bar has opening postponed at last minute

  25-05-2024 15:03 via brooklynvegan.com
  Country star Morgan Wallen was set to open his own bar in Nashville this weekend, but he’s hit a couple of roadblocks along the way. The Metro Council voted down the neon sign with his name on it that he planned to hang outside the establishment, with one councilmember citing Wallen’s “hateful” comments and “harmful” actions, and now the opening has been postponed entirely. Billboard reports that representatives for TC Restaurant Group, who are working with Wa
  
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• 11 Metal Bands to Watch in 2024

  24-05-2024 21:58 via brooklynvegan.com
  Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track of, from still-active veterans to rising new bands with buzzed-about demos. We’re always looking for more new bands to listen to, so earlier this year we again reached out to an array of metal lovers to ask them what metal bands they think people should be keeping an eye on. Each person
  
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• Tour news: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Marcos Valle, Super American, Marc Ribot, Deep in the Valley fest, more

  24-05-2024 19:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
  SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
  Afrobeat greats Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 are on tour in the US this summer and stops include LA’s Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival on June 16 ,and a free NYC show in Prospect Park on July 13 as part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival that’s also with Lollise, Rich Medina, IAM LOVE.SUPER AMERICAN / SYDNEY SPRAGUE / SUMMERBRUISE
  Buffalo emo/pop-punk band Super Americ
  
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• Firewalker announce new LP ‘Hell Bent’ (stream a track)

  24-05-2024 19:17 via brooklynvegan.com
  Boston hardcore band Firewalker have announced their sophomore album, Hell Bent, due June 28 via Triple B Records (pre-order). It’s their first LP since 2017 and first new music since their 2022 demo. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by drummer Sasha Stroud at her NYC studio, Artifact Audio, and it features a song with guest vocals by Trapped Under Ice/Angel Du$t’s Justice Tripp. Guitarist Cecelia Halle says:
  After being a band for nearly ten years, we wanted to create an
  
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• Listen to Joshua Moshier’s ‘Semipermanence’ (and watch Fred Armisen listen to it)

  24-05-2024 17:38 via brooklynvegan.com
  Emmy-nominated composer Joshua Moshier (Baskets, Documentary Now!) just released his new album, Semipermanence, which features contributions from Jeff Parker, Macie Stewart, Caroline Davis, Akenya, and more.
  “I was inspired in part by albums like Quincy Jones’s The Dude and Paul Simon’s Graceland, where disparate styles and performers piece together like a puzzle into something unified and new,” Joshua says of the album. “I loved the process of turning my
  
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• Watch Jane’s Addiction reunite classic lineup & debut new song “Imminent Redemption”

  24-05-2024 17:26 via brooklynvegan.com
  Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro sat out the band’s fall 2022 and 2023 shows due to long Covid symptoms, but he’s officially back in action, and joined them at an intimate show at London’s Bush Hall on Thursday night (5/23). Co-founding bassist Eric Avery had already re-joined the band in 2022, making Thursday night’s show their first with their classic lineup since 2010. “We’re back,” they wrote on Instagram.
  The setlist featured the live d
  
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• Listen to The Chameleons’ first new music in 23 years

  24-05-2024 16:46 via brooklynvegan.com
  With a sound that was equal parts driving and dreamy, The Chameleons’ three original ’80s albums have influenced everything from the ’00s post-punk revival (Interpol, Editors, The Horrors) to the current shoegaze revival. The band never got their due during their original run, though, and broke up shortly after releasing their major label debut, 1986’s Strange Times, thanks to the record industry grist mill and some particularly bitter infighting. Improbably, all fou
  
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• 15 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2004

  23-05-2024 15:56 via brooklynvegan.com
  By 2004, the emo boom was really boomin’. Emo was just the pop music of its time at this point (one form of it, at least), and bands in the Victory/Vagrant/Drive-Thru mold were popping up left and right. It’s the year things started to get a little too oversaturated, so it makes sense why a lot of the great bands in this world wanted to break from that mold in the years that followed–some were already doing that in 2004. A lot of mainstream emo started to look and sound the sam
  
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