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G.O.O.D. Friday, indeed: In anticipation of his appearance on Saturday Night Live, Kanye West will premiere a new song and visuals projected on 66 buildings across the globe this evening. The exact locations are detailed on KanyeWest.com.

Update: According to Kanye associate Virgil Abloh, the song is titled “New Slaves”. Watch a short YouTube video of the projection from Williamsburg, Brooklyn below.

“New Slaves” marks the first taste of his long-awaited sixth solo album, the follow-up to 2010′s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

West reportedly recorded the as-yet-titled album in Paris alongside a number of guest contributors — everyone from Daft Punk and TNGHT to Chief Keef and Azealia Banks.

G.O.O.D. Friday: In anticipation of his appearance on Saturday Night Live, Kanye West will premiere a new song and visuals projected on 66 buildings across the globe this evening. The exact locations on detailed on KanyeWest.com.

It marks the first taste of his long-awaited sixth solo album, the follow-up to 2010′s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

West reportedly recorded the as-yet-titled album in Paris alongside a number of guest contributors — everyone from Daft Punk and TNGHT to Chief Keef and Azealia Banks.

Icelene Jones, the widow of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, has filed a cease and desist order against Rock the Bells over plans for a “virtual performance” featuring the rapper at this year’s festival.

According to HipHopDX, Jones says she was not contacted about the performance even though she is administrator of ODB’s estate and is the only person who can approve the use of the rapper’s likeness.

However, Jones is not entirely opposed to the performance, saying in a press release, “I am looking forward to talking to Wu-Tang about this matter and coming up with a positive solution in order to bring my husband to the stage once again.”

Earlier this weekend, ODB’s mother Cherry Jones appeared at the press conference announcing the festival and offered her blessing. Cherry and Icelene have been at odds since the death of ODB in 2004, feuding over everything from the will to management of his estate.

photos by Bryan Bruchman / BTRtv; words by Bill Pearis

No Joy / Weekend @ Glasslands, 5/17/2013

No Joy's tour swung through NYC this week, with two shows for the Montreal shoegazers, first at Mercury Lounge (5/15) and then at Glasslands last night (5/17). The band's new album, Wait to Pleasure, is very much a studio creation, with producer Jorge Elbrecht of Violens buffing some of their more jagged edges in favor of more a lush sound that would've been right at home on 4AD Records in 1988. It's a terrific record, but I was happy to see no laptops or headphones at their show last night. While still in possession of honeyed vocals from Jasamine White-Gluz (using a harmonizer to great effect), songs like "Hare Tarot Lies" took on more pummeling form. This was especially true of show-closer "E" (which is opens their album) that is kind of their "You Made Me Realize," disintegrating into pure noise.

For fans of goth-leaning shoegaze, this was a great show as support came from Weekend who moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn last year, and even more recently adding a fourth member, Nick Ray, to the band. With Ray on bass, singer Shaun Durkan now plays second guitar. One might expect that to result in an even greater din, but last night's show was a bit turned-down, volume-wise, for the band. (It wa...

How will you be spending the daylight hours in NYC this weekend? Here's four ways to consider, two which we haven't mentioned yet...

1) GoogaMooga - Friday through Sunday (The Darkness just went on)

2) NEW YORK CITY CD & RECORD COLLECTORS EXPO @ 57th Street Holiday Inn Saturday

3) Market Hotel tag sale Saturday

4) 5th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope Sunday

What else?

And here's what else is going on Friday.

Continue reading "NYC this weekend: NYC Record Show, 5th Ave Street Fair, Market Hotel sale & GoogaMooga" at brooklynvegan

The Darkness in The Daylight @ GoogaMooga 2013 (via Ana Bollocks)

GoogaMooga 2013 is now officially underway. Flaming Lips on at 6:15pm, also in the light (followed by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

Check out pictures from the Lips' dark show in NJ last night.

Saturday afternoon brings Sharon Van Etten, Father John Misty and more to Googa, and Sunday has De La Soul, James Murphy and Kool & the Gang but not Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.

If you're missing the Darkness today in Brooklyn, they also have shows coming up this month in Albany, Montreal and Philly. Check out their list of tour dates with a short Vine clip from GoogaMooga below...

Continue reading "It's 4:45 & The Darkness have taken the stage #GoogaMooga" at brooklynvegan

This was the week we finally got to hear Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. As hosts of the album’s official launch party, the town of Wee Waa, Australia was especially excited. We also had a party (of the unofficial, digital kind), at which you guys shared your initial reactions to the set. The LP’s on track to top the Billboard charts next week and you can read our Premature Evaluation here. RAM is the topic that dominates this week’s Shut Up, Dude, but we had other fun discussions too (e.g., LCD Soundsystem’s 10 Best Songs). Check out the highest and lowest rated responses to everything below.

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by Fred Pessaro

Raspberry Bulbs at Saint Vitus in January (more by Fred Pessaro)

Brooklyn's Raspberry Bulbs, who perfectly stitch together raw punk and black metal influences, have announced a new LP, Deformed Worship. Look for that record to land in July via Blackest Ever Black, and you can stream the new track "Groping The Angel's Face" below. As mentioned, Raspberry Bulbs play 285 Kent on May 23 with Total Control.

Shadow of the Destroyer, who are preparing to release their new self-titled LP via Inherent Records, will hit NYC with guests Anicon and Belus at The Acheron on May 31. Stream two tracks from the LP below. Recommended!

As usual, we are grinding away at InvisibleOranges and preparing for Maryland Deathfest 2013! Head over to the site for a stream of the new Tribulation and the Arabrot / Rabbits split, interviews with Eight Bells and Witch Mountain, an amazing piece on African Metal, a review of the new Grime and more!

Make sure to tune in to InvisibleOranges on East Village Radio every Tuesday at 10PM ET. Check out what we played last week and stream an archived copy of the show!

All Evillive-approved shows for the next two weeks, plus that new Raspberry Bulbs jam, are below.

What did I miss?

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Zebra Katz @ BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Zebra fucking Katz, about to spend some serious time in Europe, dropped a mixtape yesterday and you should stream that bitch. With dates below...

Continue reading "Zebra Katz touring Europe, releases mixtape (listen!)" at brooklynvegan

The Darkness @ Stubb's, May 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

!!! aboard the SS Coachella, December 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)

today in NYC
* Trio Babel @ The Stone
* The Stepfathers @ UCB
* Shelia E. @ B.B. King's
* Howard Fishman @ Barbes
* Shannon McNally @ Joe's Pub
* Secret Chiefs 3 @ Mercury Lounge
* Joe Bonamassa @ Beacon Theatre
* Gabriel Rios, Aly Tardos @ 92YTribeca
* The Staves, Escondido @ Mercury Lounge
* Father John Misty, Jessica Pratt @ Maxwell's
* Black Francis, Reid Paley @ Symphony Space
* Lucia Pulido Canciones De Despecho @ Barbes
* Mother Feather, Velta, Fan Tan @ Cameo Gallery
* Psychic Twin, Pompeya, Genghis Hans @ 285 Kent
* Shake The Baron, Nightbox, Tinmouth @ Glasslands
* Melissa Ferrick, The Western Den @ The Bell House
* !!!, Sinkane, DJ Thanksgiving Brown @ Bowery Ballroom
* Distal, Owen Howells, Dave Q, Braille @ Cameo Gallery
* Bettye LaVette, Blind Boys of Alabama @ The Town Hall
* Ola Podrida, Anacortes, Aaron Zimmer @ The Rock Shop
* Body Language (DJ Set), BFG, Sleepyhead, Figgy @ Bizarre
* Honduras, BNLX, Eastern Hollows, Grand Resort @ Big Snow
* Retox, Tinsel Teeth, Psychic Limb, Meek is Murder @ Pianos
* Vitamin X, Living Void, Grudges, Brain Slug @ Saint Vitus Bar
* The Thang, My Left Tit, MC Biggles, The Regulars @ Cake Shop
* Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @...

There’s now a college major geared specifically toward metal heads: England’s New College in Nottingham is offering a program where students can graduate with a degree in Heavy Metal. On today’s Rock it Out! Blog, Sami wants to know what type of rock music would you want to major in. Better yet, how would you put it to use? Let us know what type of rock music you would dedicate your college career to.

Other headlines covered on today’s episode include where you can watch the Hangout Music Festival this weekend, another new video from Queens of the Stone Age, and Sigur Ros appearing on The Simpsons this Sunday.

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