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The Crystal Ark @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar 2011 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)

As mentioned, the DFA Records 12th Anniversary Party is this Saturday (5/25) at Brooklyn's wonderous Grand Prospect Hall featuring a cavalcade of the label's talent, including live performances from YACHT, Shit Robot, Black Dice, Planningtorock, Prinzhorn Dance School, Factory Floor and more; and DJ sets from James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Juan Maclean, Tim Sweeny and more. Plus, "special guests." The show's been sold out for some time but more tickets are being released today at 2 PM so here's your chance if you missed out before.

In other news, the Crystal Ark have a few new remixes fo their track "Rain" (from last year's eponymous debut) and we've got the premiere of the Barker & Baumecker remix in this post. Stream that below.

Also as mentioned, YACHT, Prinzhorn Dance School and Larry Gus will play Shea Stadium on Friday (5/24). Tickets are still available, but if you'd like to go for free, we've got a pair to give away. Details on how to enter are below.

Prinzhorn Dance School also play Cameo next Monday (5/27) with DJ sets from DFA labelmates Planningtorock and CREEP, plus a live performance from Dan...

Who said being locked up meant that you couldn’t make tracks?

He might still be in jail for a recent parole violation, but Atlanta street rapper Young Scooter still has still managed to get the word out on new mixtape Street Lottery 2 by writing his fans a number of postcards. Here he confirms a release date of July 4 for the tape, and went on to shoutout a long list of crew, supporters and his fans who have supported him while incarcerated. Scooter also promises that the mixtape will contain features from

On the new double album Drifters/Love Is The Devil, Alex Zhang Hungtai’s Dirty Beaches project pushes its combination of tense lo-fi noise and sweaty rockabilly beyond its logical conclusion, laying on the bad vibes incredibly thick. And the group’s new video for the knife-edge throb “Casino Lisboa” has its own dark glamor to it. The video was shot in some Asian metropolis (Bangkok, I’m thinking), and it mixes footage of the Dirty Beaches live show with images of local breakdancers, strippers, and Muay Thai fighters. Watch it below.

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Last week, Queens of the Stone Age released five animated shorts from UK artist Boneface, set to the music of their new album …Like Clockwork. Now, the band has combined the ghoulish, apocalyptic clips to create a short film. Watch below.

Like Clockwork features Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, Elton John, Alex Turner, Mark Lanegan, and more, and is due out June 4th through Matador Records. Pre-orders are ongoing.

London rock pub-crawlers Palma Violets have unveiled a rollicking new video for the their punchy single, “Best Of Friends.” The black and white vintage clip takes us back to the good ol’ days of rock when bands ran around the city streets wearing sunglasses, looking disheveled and making mischief.

The video for the 180 highlight catches the group doing eccentric things that all rock stars should do: planting bombs in trash cans, stoning a security camera and instigating fights with the audience. It’s a lot more antagonistic than the touchy-feely clip for “We Found Love.” Catch the band in all its erratic glory below.

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Coachella 2013 (more by Wei Shi)

Coachella wrapped up another successful year this past April, and they've just announced the dates for their 2014 installment of the festival. Weekend one happens from April 11-13, 2014 and weekend two happens from April 18-20. An advance sale for the 2014 festival begins at Coachella's site on Friday (5/24) at 1 PM EST.

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Vetiver-offshoot Pure Bathing Culture will follow-up their 2012 self-titled EP this summer with their debut full-length Moon Tides. Its first single, the album lead-off, “Pendulum” sets us up for what should surely be an album of sumptuous indie pop, the track thick and gleaming. Check it out below.

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The long-awaited Jellyfish Mentality is due out on Friday.

First announced in November, the free album is the third effort from Jet Age of Tomorrow, following 2010 debut Voyager and 2011′s increasingly-psychedlic Journey To The 5th Echelon. The Odd Future-affiliated group is comprised of The Internet’s Matt Martians and Hal

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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

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