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Banana split: The Darkness @ GoogaMooga 2013

While Brooklyn's music-food-beer fest Great GoogaMooga 2013 came to a soggy, earlier-than-expected end, Friday's kickoff show (5/17) couldn't have been more perfect, weather-wise. The day got off to an early start and a bang with Lowestoft, UK's finest cheeky rockers, The Darkness. An expert at crowd participation, frontman Justin Hawkins (who was hopefully wearing sunscreen with that catsuit) had the crowd showing him their thumbs as the band cranked out tunes that tread the fine line between clever and stupid.

Chairlift and N.A.S.A's Sam Speigel had DJ sets on either side of the Darkness' performance that was followed by The Flaming Lips and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Darkness play Philly on Tuesday (5/21) before heading back to England. All dates are listed, along with more GoogaMooga pictures and video, below...

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London-based synth artist Mike Norris takes on the Tri Angle dreamer.

The title track of Holy Other

Outlook has announced the line-ups for its late summer selection of boat parties on Croatia’s gorgeous coast.

Croatia’s Outlook Festival is looking like it’ll be a highlight of the summer, and their boat parties always manage to be a crucial part of what makes the fest so darned unmissable. This year’s selection of line-ups have just been announced and we can safely say it’s looking as far reaching as ever. There are far too many artists announced to go into minute detail but some of our picks from the long list would have to be dubstep pioneer Hatcha, jungle don and general good sort

The Pennsylvanian croaker-songwriter Daughn Gibson is about to drop sophomore album Me Moan, which features guitar work from Baroness’s John Baizley, and we got a taste of his new scorched-earth sound when we posted first single “The Sound Of Law.” And now we get to hear the album track “You Don’t Fade,” which pulls tons of tense atmosphere from a stuttering sample and Gibson’s own screwed-up Nick Cave voice. It’s a heavy song, and you can use the widget below to stream or download it.

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James Blake will return to North America this fall for a new leg of tour dates in support of his sophomore album, Overgrown. His travels will begin in mid-October with a pair of shows in Los Angeles, including an intimate performance at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and stretch through late November.

For a quick preview, read Sam Willett’s review of Blake’s recent show in Chicago. Also replay Blake’s performance of “Retrograde” on Late Show with David Letterman.

 James Blake 2013 Tour Dates:
05/24 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
05/29 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Capital
05/30 – Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/01 – Dublin, IE @ Forbidden Fruit Festival
06/04 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast
06/05 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast
06/06 – Nagoya, JP @ Diamond Hall
06/06 – Osaka, JP @ Hatch
06/22 – Istanbul, TK @ Efes One Love Festival
06/23 – Hvar Island, CR @ FOR 2013
06/30 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury
07/04 – Paris, FR @ Day Off Festival
07/05 – Amsterdam, NL @ Pitch Festival
07/09 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/07 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/14 – Montreux, CH @ Montreux Jazz Festival
07/16 – Athens, GR @ Ejekt Festival
07/19 – Berlin, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/21 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/2...

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DOWNLOAD: Butter The Children - "Lupus" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ovlov - "Blue Baby" (MP3)

Butter The Children

NYC pop shoegazers Butter The Children (members of Sweet Bulbs, Night Manager, and Le Rug) play local shows a lot and it's recently been announced that they've signed to Downtown Records. Last year they self released their impressive self-titled EP, and Downtown will presumably put out its followup at some point this year. You can download the EP for free at bandcamp and stream in full below. One track, "Lupus," can be downloaded above as well. The EP is a quick blast of punchy pop rock with MBV-inspired guitar wails, and if you've yet to see them at one of their many shows, they bring that same kind of power to the stage too.

As usual, they have upcoming local dates, including one this Friday (5/24) at Big Snow with Big Muff, Roses, (ex-Deer Tick), and Ceramics. They also have a show scheduled at Death by Audio on June 27 with Ovlov, Suns, and Flagland. Both shows are all ages and admission for both shows is $7 at the door.

Ovlov

Newton, CT's Ovlov, who also play that DBA show, are set to release their debut album, Am, on July 2 via Exploding in Sound, who are becoming pretty consistent in supplying good '90s-inspired indie rock (like Speedy Ortiz, who since signed to Carpark). And lik...

Comedy character makes return for new online series

In the starkly arty black-and-white video for their charged-up anthem “Best Of Friends,” we see the members of the anarchic, party-starting British band Palma Violets rocking out before a bored and hostile crowd and committing petty acts of street crime. It’s a far cry from the drunken revelry of their “We Found Love” video, but it has its own kind of energy to it. Watch the video below.

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James Blake at Terminal 5 earlier this month (more by Jono Bernstein)

James Blake returned this year with his excellent new album, Overgrown, and has been touring in support of it. He recently wrapped up the North American portion of the tour which came to NYC for two Terminal 5 shows (and a DJ appearance) and he's now just announced another North American leg that will go down this fall and bring him back to Terminal 5 on November 6 and 7 for two more shows at the Manhattan venue. Tickets for those shows are not on sale yet but check ticketmaster for updates.

All dates are listed, along with the video for "Retrograde," below...

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The Overgrown troubadour returns to North America this Autumn.

After performing at Drake’s OVO Fest in August and a slate of UK dates in September, Blake will return to North America for two dozen dates in the US and Canada.

Blake just finished his most recent tour of the continent last week. Read our review of Overgrown, an album that FACT’s Angus Finlayson described as “a heartening step in the right direction, and reassurance that Blake

You don’t throw a music festival on the beach and neglect to invite Best Coast. Gulf Shores isn’t what Bethany Cosentino had in mind when she named her band, but even she saw the parallels: “This next song, it’s about California, but all of the things I talk about in it you guys have here.” They then commenced with “The Only Place,” one of the nearly indistinguishable (but identically awesome) sunshine refractions they performed at the Chevrolet Stage just after noon Sunday. Cosentino is one of those pop savants whose every lazy melody seems like the product of divine intervention; you can count on her songs to hit you in the heart. That said, half the charm of a Best Coast show is her rambling between songs. She fielded questions about her pet

Art-rock three-piece Liars brought their synthy drone-pop to Le Poisson Rouge last night, and managed to keep the audience satiated despite the notable absence of celestial opening act Doldrums. The band played tracks from last year’s expectation-crushing WIXIW as well as some suspenseful new material. Guess it just goes to show, sometimes one is enough.

Photos by Emily Korn.

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Band confirm that Bennington will play with them in between commitments to Linkin Park