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Believe it or not, but last night disco legend Giorgio Moroder performed his first-ever DJ set. The hour-long performance, which took place at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn club Output as part of the Red Bull Music Academy, featured fully re-arranged versions and remixes of material from his own catalog, including his recent collaboration with Daft Punk,

The grandfather of modern dance music dazzles a Brooklyn audience in this 75-minute set.

On Monday night, Giorgio Moroder played what was billed as his first-ever DJ set at Brooklyn’s Output, as part of Red Bull Music Academy’s New York takeover. After a vocodered intro, Moroder launches into a retrospective set of career highlights (Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’, ‘Bad Girls’, ‘On the Radio’, and ‘Hot Stuff’), as well as Random Access Memories standout ‘Giorgio by Moroder’.

Listen to the set over on RBMA Radio. Last week, Moroder revealed that he had taken up DJing (he even has a booking agent for it) and that he is collaborating with Avicii. For all things Moroder, check out FACT mixer Mr. Beatnick’s Essential feature.

Pub Ass photos by Fred Pessaro, Sycamore pics courtesy of Ditmas Park Corner

"So great that I made it for The National's concert. Really small venue and great vibe. Highlight of the day. #NationalTrouble" - Alejandro Masferrer

"brah I'm just so fuckin hyped to watch the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY BEE!!!" - Nic

It was a flurry of activity for Brooklyn indie stalwarts The National today. Not only did they release their great and critically-acclaimed new album, Trouble Will Find Me, but they also announced, this morning, that they'd be celebrating it with three tiny NYC club shows in one day, today. Around noon they played a free show at super-tiny Sycamore in Ditmas park. They then packed up their gear and headed to Williamsburg to play the also-very-small back room at Public Assembly (which, like the front room, will soon be closed for renovations). Pictures from Sycamore and Public Assembly, which just finished, are in this post, PA setlist included. If you got in, what time did you get there and did you wait in line?

The band, who kicked off their tour the other day in Ithaca and were on Letterman last night, will play again at Mercury Lounge tonight at 10 PM. (How many of you were able to get tickets?) Clearly these guys don't have a problem with long days. As mentioned, for those who couldn't make it to any of their release celebr...

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Before his meme-worthy, high-flying performance at the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy winner set a timetable for his next releases.

First announced last month, Miguel has planned another series of Art Dealer Chic EPs. The initial triptych hinted at what would come on Kaleidoscope Dream, and like that series, the new three EP series will be freely available online.

“It’ll be under Art Dealer Chic. It’ll be the next three installments

The Dungeon Family crew reveal the lead single from their first album since 2004.

Described by Cee Lo as “Public Enemy on acid,” Goodie Mob’s Age Against the Machine is due out on August 27. Judging by lead single ‘Special Education’, it may be more accurately described as “Public Enemy on Skrillex.” Each member gets a chance to shine over a wobbly, glitched-out beat, with guest vocalist Janelle Monae singing the (somewhat incongruous) chorus.

Listen to ‘Special Education’ below. Cee Lo recently announced plans to document Goodie Mob’s reunion in a TBS reality show.

by Bill Pearis

As mentioned, Kisses (Jesse Kivel of Princeton and Zinzi Edmundson) just released their second album, Kids in LA, via the Cascine label. Mining '80s synthpop sounds, the duo have a strong sense of songcraft and the record (produced by Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs) makes for great light summer listening. You can stream the whole thing below.

Kivel also features on "Borderline" from the new Classixx album (they play LPR next month) and you can stream that track below too.

You can catch Kisses and a few of their labelmates (including Selebrities, Rush Midnight and Chad Valley) at the Cascine/New Town Radio Northside Festival Showcase on June 13 at Cameo. Tickets are still available.

If you can't make that show, Kisses will be back in NYC a month or so after to play Mercury Lounge on July 19. Tickets to that show go on on AmEx presale on Wednesday (5/22) at 10 AM with the regular on-sale happening Friday (5/24) at noon. Kisses have a few other East Coast dates as well which are listed below.

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Words like “party metal,” and “beer metal” come to mind when talking about Kvelertak, Norway’s black ‘n’ roll export, but a more accurate descriptor would be “sweat metal.” Or, if we we’re really going for accuracy, “fluid metal,” because it wasn’t just sweat that was soaking the stage and crowd at the Kvelertak show on Friday night. The band played the Studio At Webster Hall, a claustrophobic basement under Webster Hall Proper in New York’s East Village that always seems to be more packed than any fire marshal could ever allow. They were in town for a sold-out show in support of their well-received new album, Meir, and they brought the waterworks.

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