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New Lemonade Track: The Place Where You Belong (Shai Cover)
Lemonade shared a brand new track via their Tumblr this morning, a cover of early 90′s R&B group Shai. Check out the song below along with the original and a few words from Lemonade’s Callan Clandenin. Lemonade play NYC next … Continue reading
Featured Film: DRIVE Starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan
After enduring what was Ryan Gosling’s worst film choice ever Crazy Stupid Love just week’s prior, the early screening of his upcoming film Drive helped wipe that blip out of my memory entirely. In the upcoming action drama film Drive, … Continue reading
MoMA PS1 Warm Up with oOoOO, Clams Casino, Black Dice, His Name is Alive and More!
I had one of the best Saturdays of this dreary summer at MoMA PS1 Warm Up in Long Island City last weekend. The line-up was jam packed with sets from Ayshay, oOoOO, Clams Casino, Black Dice, His Name is Alive, … Continue reading
Feist Shares First Single from Upcoming Album “Metals” + Tour Dates
This morning Feist shared the first single from her highly-anticipated fifth album Metals (out October 4th), How Come You Never Go There. The cover art for the album was recently revealed in a series of paint-by-numbers, along with the tracklisting … Continue reading
DON’T MISS: Afro-Punk Music Festival 2011 Featuring Santigold, Janelle Monae, Cee-Lo Green, Res, Kenna and more!
As summer rapidly comes to a close, one of the live music events high on my To-Do list has been the upcoming free Afro-Punk Festival in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park. On it’s 7th edition, the festival wrangled in some amazing … Continue reading
Friendly Fires, Cults and The Naked and The Famous Live at Central Park’s SummerStage
Fresh off the stages of Lollapalooza, Friendly Fires, Cults and The Naked and The Famous took New York’s famed Central Park by storm on Sunday afternoon. It was no surprise that the park’s Rumsey Playfield would reach capacity early in … Continue reading
Lykke Li’s Stunning Performance in Central Park
Last night a visibly emotional Lykke Li described her sold out Central Park SummerStage show as “magical and probably the best night of her life”…and she wasn’t lying. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Lykke Li many times over the … Continue reading
Metronomy and Class Actress Live at Pier 54 + Video
Last Thursday I finally got the opportunity to see Metronomy‘s live show, perfectly set on Pier 54 at sundown in New York City. The band’s latest record The English Riviera was recently nominated for the much-lauded 2011 Mercury Prize, and … Continue reading
New The Drums Music Video: Money + Sophomore Album Details
The Drums have released the video for the first single Money from their upcoming album Portamento (out September 12th in the UK). Tracklisting and video for Money below. Lead singer Jonathan Pierce recently told NME : “Now we have an … Continue reading
M.I.A. Pays Tribute to Amy Winehouse by Sharing Unreleased Demo, “27″
Yesterday M.I.A. shared via Twitter, an unreleased and unfinished demo of a song recorded before her banging Vicki Leekx mixtape titled 27, a tribute to friends lost at age 27. Maya chose to release the song yesterday in memory of … Continue reading
