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Happy World Goth Day, everyone! No, really, this is a real thing. Since 2009, the goths of the world have come together on May 22nd to listen to 24 hours straight of The Cure.

In celebration of this most joyous of holidays, we’ve let our resident goth Lazen host today’s episode of Rock it Out! Blog. Among the headlines covered: CHVRCHES frontwoman Lauren Mayberry’s cover of Rage Against The Machine, Vampire Weekend debuting No. 1 on the Billboard album charts, and information on this year’s CBGBs Festival.

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Vampire Weekend @ Roseland (more by Robert Altman)

"Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires Of The City has entered the U.S. album chart at #1, selling nearly 135,000 copies since its May 14 release on XL Recordings.

This is the second time Vampire Weekend has achieved such an historic feat: Its sophomore album Contra also debuted at #1 in 2010, making this the first time an independent rock band has entered at #1 with two consecutive releases.

Modern Vampires Of The City also shatters the previous record for first week vinyl sales, moving nearly 10,000 units on vinyl alone and debuting at #1 on the Soundscan Vinyl Charts. Additionally, the band charted #1 at Indie, Alternative, Digital and of course the top 200."

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The TDE crew is the latest to jump on Rocko’s ubiquitous (and controversial) beat.

With Black Hippy set to launch the Good Kid M.A.A.D. City tour tonight in Las Vegas (dates below), Kendrick Lamar and friends jump on Childish Major’s stark, mournful beat. Kendrick has long been rumored to be next in line to remix the track, and he doesn’t disappoint.

Unlike the litany of remixes the song has seen (from A$AP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa, to name a few), Rocko has been totally excised from his own track, even as Future is around to drop one last chorus. Rick Ross, unsurprisingly, is nowhere to be found, and a few verses include nods to Rick’s regrettable lyrics. Listen below; it starts at about 1:18.

We’ve already heard ASAP Rocky and Usher jump onto remixes of Rocko’s

by Bill Pearis

People Get Ready @ MHOW, 2/1/2013 (more by David Andrako)

Art pop combo People Get Ready have a new EP, Zelda Maria, out now. The title track comes from last year's self-titled debut and a video for that song has just been released as well. Working with acclaimed choreographer Tere O'Connor and video artist Ty Flowers, the clip is retrofuturistic without relying on old VHS-style tropes. You can watch it below.

The band, who are equally known for occasionally doing special, highly-choreographed lives shows (watch one below), recently played Crossing Brooklyn Ferry and are currently opening for The National (in more traditional rock band mode) on a few dates. While that does not include The National's show at Barclays Center, People Get Ready are also playing Tropfest in Prospect Park on June 22 with Chairlift and Bear in Heaven. Free tickets are still available.

Tour dates are listed, along with videos, below...

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“Holy Roller” was the first song that Thao Nguyen wrote for We The Common, her new album as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The jittery indie-folk tune was also the first song we heard from the album, and now it’s the first one to get a video. In director Mimi Cave‘s clip, Nguyen and a few friends lip-sync the song dramatically, and then special effects come in and mash up their faces in increasingly disturbing ways. Watch it below.

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Psychedelic garage phenomenon Ty Segall has announced summer tour dates in support of his latest solo album, Sleeper, out via Drag City on August 20. The tour will be kicking off in Santa Cruz with guests Daughn Gibson, William Tyler, and Mike Donovan on select dates. Fans of Segall’s thumping riffs and energetic guitar solos can look forward to seeing him in New York at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on August 29 and again at Bowery Ballroom the next night. Afterwards, Segall will be heading back west with a hometown show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

Watch the silly—but also a little creepy—trailer announcing the tour:

Ty Segall Tour Dates
08/01/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium *
08/03/13 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08/04/13 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08/24/13 – Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08/27/13 – Austin, TX – Mohawk Outside
08/29/13 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
08/30/13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
08/31/13 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
09/02/13 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall !
09/04/13 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre !
09/05/13 – Oakland, CA – New Parish !
09/07/13 – Seattle, WA – Neumo

yMusic at Carnegie Hall in January (more by Greg Cristman)

Contemporary classical sextet yMusic, who have worked with The National, Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, My Brightest Diamond, and more, will be performing on Stage 2 at Rockwood Music Hall tonight (5/22), premiering works written by Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, and Marcos Balter, in addition to "less-new-but-still-pretty-new" works by Nico Muhly and Andrew Norman. Advance tickets for tonight's show are available. Doors are at 6:30. Did anyone catch them performing in a Harlem loft last night (5/21)?

yMusic are also performing with filmmaker Sam Green and The Quavers for a "night of outdoor music and cinema" on PIer 15 on June 20 as part of the River to RIver Festival and the Rooftop Films summer series.

Speaking of people performing works by Nico Muhly, that will also happen in November at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival:

In this ambitious, expansive reimagining of the art-song recital, the 21c Liederabend festival comes to BAM, featuring music by many leading lights from the international and New York contemporary new-music scenes.

Boasting 10 world premieres, this unique weekend event--which played to sold-out audiences in its last two incarnations--pairs video artists and lighting designers with new-music ensemble NOVUS NY, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and top solo...