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Getting a tattoo of your favorite band, their logo, or meaningful lyrics symbolizes your undying love for their music and your loyalty as a fan. But there are some music tattoos that are so awful, so cringeworthy, you wonder if the artist themselves would be willing to pay for its removal. So, on today’s Rock it Out! Blog, Sami (who is ink-free) wants to know what music tattoos are the worst you’ve ever seen. Leave your horror stories down below and feel free to post links to the tattoos you’ve found to be most foul.

Also on today’s episode, Sami recaps more music headlines, including a trippy new video from Portugal. The Man, a brand new song from Arctic Monkeys, the trailer for Metallica’s Imax movie, Through The Never, and the long-awaited single from Boards Of Canada.

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History from Stockholm’s Molly Nilsson was one of the more grossly unappreciated albums from last year. Her music paints in cold tones and her vocals are reminiscent of Nico or even a female Matt Berninger of The National. In fact, her sound as a whole has many of the same elements of The National. On June 21st, Nilsson will be releasing her fifth and latest album The Travels via Dark Skies Association/Night School. The first single from the LP is pleading “Dear Life.” The lyrics read like a diary entry of someone searching for something more. Listen to and watch the video directed by Chris Filippini and Nilsson below.

Read and comment. From exclaim.ca.

Ever-impressive and often-mysterious Scottish electronic music duo Boards Of Canada have just released a new track, Reach for the Dead off their upcoming album, Tomorrow’s Harvest, out June 11 via Warp. Accompanying the track is a muddled, 1960s-roadtrip-esque video, complete with zooming clouds, stretches of winding road, and some ramshackle-looking buildings that show hints of promise in the sunlight. The video debuted yesterday in Tokyo, splayed across the side of a building, much to the confusion of, well, everyone.

This is the band’s first new release in seven years, and it’s the kind of album teaser we should expect from BoC. The song starts softly with a drum beat and buzzing reverb, then builds to a pulse-quickening wall of sound. You can check out the tracklist for Tomorrow’s Harvest and watch the video for Reach for the Dead, below.

Tracklist for Tomorrow’s Harvest:
01. Gemini
02. Reach For The Dead
03. White Cyclosa
04. Jacquard Causeway
05. Telepath
06. Cold Earth
07. Transmisiones Ferox
08. Sick Times
09. Collapse
10. Palace Posy
11. Split Your Infinities
12. Uritual
13. Nothing Is Real
14. Sundown
15. New Seeds
16. Come To Dust
17. Semena Mertvykh

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Ever-impressive and often-mysterious Scottish electronic music duo Boards Of Canada have just released a new track, Reach for the Dead off their upcoming album, Tomorrow’s Harvest, out June 11 via Warp. Accompanying the track is a muddled, 1960s-roadtrip-esque video, complete with zooming clouds, stretches of winding road, and some ramshackle-looking buildings that show hints of promise in the sunlight. The video debuted yesterday in Tokyo, splayed across the side of a building, much to the confusion of, well, everyone.

This is the band’s first new release in seven years, and it’s the kind of album teaser we should expect from BoC. The song starts softly with a drum beat and buzzing reverb, then builds to a pulse-quickening wall of sound. You can check out the tracklist for Tomorrow’s Harvest and watch the video for Reach for the Dead, below.

Tracklist for Tomorrow’s Harvest:
01. Gemini
02. Reach For The Dead
03. White Cyclosa
04. Jacquard Causeway
05. Telepath
06. Cold Earth
07. Transmisiones Ferox
08. Sick Times
09. Collapse
10. Palace Posy
11. Split Your Infinities
12. Uritual
13. Nothing Is Real
14. Sundown
15. New Seeds
16. Come To Dust
17. Semena Mertvykh

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“Wings” from Brooklyn’s Haerts is easily one of the best tracks you will hear this year. All you have to do is listen to our Sirius XMU radio show each Tuesday and you will hear that song as a constant in our rotation. We, now, get another equally captivating song titled “All The Days.” Stevie Nick anyone? Expect an album from the group later this year, but in the meantime stream their latest below.

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TGI Fridays, you give bars a bad name, a bad name...

"State authorities this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants across New Jersey on suspicion that they have been re-filling empty bottles of their most expensive liquors with cheaper alcohol.

Dubbed "Operation Swill," the year-long investigation found the establishments fooled customers so they could charge higher prices and bolster their profits, according to a statement released by the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control." [NJ.COM]

Check out the list of busted places below...

Continue reading "Cops raid TGI Fridays, Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday & other NJ bars for selling cheap alcohol as 'top shelf'" at brooklynvegan

TGI Fridays, you give bars a bad name, a bad name...

"State authorities this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants across New Jersey on suspicion that they have been re-filling empty bottles of their most expensive liquors with cheaper alcohol.

Dubbed "Operation Swill," the year-long investigation found the establishments fooled customers so they could charge higher prices and bolster their profits, according to a statement released by the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control." [NJ.COM]

Check out the list of busted places below...

Continue reading "Cops raid TGI Fridays, Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday & other NJ bars for selling cheep alcohol as 'top shelf'" at brooklynvegan

After using a mysterious code-filled Record Store Day stunt to reintroduce an entire generation to the concept of math, Boards of Canada are now finally back with a new video, and you won’t have to know anything about numbers to watch it.

The very appetizing

Last night, indie-pop group Youngblood Hawke brought their catchy electro-jams to an amped-up Hollywood crowd at the Avalon. The enthusiastic five-piece kept their energy high even as the dry West Coast heat settled in on the venue, playing songs from their debut album, Wake Up. And with a little prodding from snappy tambourines and pounding drums, the audience did just that.

Photos by Annie Lesser.

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Titus Andronicus at House of Vans in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir)

Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus recently wrapped up their tour with The So So Glos (who have other dates), and though that tour didn't hit NYC, as mentioned, they're playing a free show on August 8 on Pier 84 with Ducktails as part of the River Rocks series. But you won't have to wait that long to see them in the NYC-area, because they're playing a show in their home state even sooner on July 14 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Tickets for the Maxwell's show are on sale now.

Titus are currently over in Europe for Primavera Sound (which is streaming live) and a tour with Fucked Up. The two NYC-area dates are their only upcoming North American dates though.

All dates are listed, along with a video, below...

Continue reading "Titus Andronicus playing Maxwell's before Pier 84 (dates)" at brooklynvegan

As mentioned, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade was in danger of not happening this year, due to new costly regulations and restrictions (and Hurricane Sandy). We posted already that Amanda Palmer is headlining a Save the Mermaid Parade benefit that's happening on Saturday (5/25) at Bowery Ballroom. Since we originally posted about it, the line-up of talent has expanded and now includes Mina Caputo (formerly Life of Agony singer Keith Caputo), Spanking Charlene, Beautiful Small Machines and a "rare guitar solo" from infamous film director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York). Tickets are $25 and still available.

Meanwhile, the Save the Mermaid Parade Kickstarter is still kicking, currently at $83,486 of its $100,000 goal with 11 days to go.

With things looking positive, the Mermaid Parade has announced its 2013 King and Queen: Judah Friedlander (who did a Save the Parade PSA) and Carole Radziwill (princess, journalist and Real Housewife of New York). This year's parade, assuming everything works out for them, will happen June 22 at 1 PM, beginning at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue.

In other news, Weird Al Yankovic just announced that Amanda Palmer will guest on his new album. So there's something to look forward to.

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The song comes from 'Tomorrow's Harvest' which is out on June 10 via Warp