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Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds (again, not to be confused with Olof Arnalds) was last here in April, playing a trio of NYC shows to celebrate the release of his new album, For Now I Am Winter, which takes a classical composer view of pop. One of those shows was at Le Poisson Rouge with orchestration courtesy the LPR Ensemble. NPR filmed that show and you can watch the whole thing below.

Ólafur Arnalds is coming back to America this summer for a short tour that will bring him to select cities. That includes another NYC show: Glasslands on July 16 with opener Vio/Miré. Tickets to that show are on sale now. All tour dates are listed below.

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Sometimes Chief Keef sings and it doesn’t really work out all too well. Other times, like Macaroni Times, it works really well, especially in the verses, spliced in with his drawl raps and menacing monotone. The beats real fun too, and the video is oddly English we reckon (small glass greenhouse you know?):

Nashville’s pizza-loving rock group Diarrhea Planet have just released Separations, the lead single off the band’s upcoming sophomore release, I

Making another step closer to a promised second studio album, Clare Maguire unveils a gorgeously touching demo.

With vocal maturity far beyond her 25 years, ‘Changing Faces’ is three and a half minutes of emotion and honesty. The Annie Lennox influence is clear, but the cold simplicity and gentle catchiness of its chorus ensures any thought of the Closing Ceremony is quickly dashed.

Her intonation and controlled dynamics make this a quite stunning Best Fit Premiere – stream it below.

The Warp beatmaker launches Yellow Year Records with photographer Angel Ceballos.

According to Pitchfork, the label will release Speak Soon, a twelve-volume series of EPs that will feature Prefuse 73 collaborating with sonic descendants Teebs, Nosaj Thing, Lapalux, Synkro, Nathan Fake, Dimlite, and more.

The series was teased earlier this year when Noasj Thing announced plans for a joint EP. Prefuse 73 and Teebs have previously collaborated as Sons of the Morning; watch a label trailer that features new music from the pair below.

Body/Head at Drone Activity in Progress (more by Fred Pessaro)

Northside Festival expands further this year with a bunch more artists announced today. Those include names like Bleached, Chance the Rapper, Majical Cloudz, Body/Head, Sannhet, Limp Wrist and many many more. Check out a full list of new Northside Festival additions below.  Passes are still available.

As mentioned, Invisible Oranges will host Torche, KEN Mode, Lo-Pan and Inter Arma at 285 Kent on June 14 (tickets). The show is one of two to feature Inter Arma that weekend, who will also play a FREE Summer Thunder day show at Union Pool on June 15 with the newly added Pyrrhon!

BrooklynVegan is also proud to host a Summer Thunder event of our own with Heavy Blanket (featuring J Mascis) and Love as Laughter. Like the IO show, this June 8. performance will be FREE and feature drink specials all day. Destroy.

New Northside artist additions are listed below.

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For Beacon’s track “Drive” from their debut full-length The Ways We Separate, the BTW alumni enlisted 101lbs. Pictures to create a smoky, dark clip. But instead of crafting something run-of-the-mill, they drew from another genre’s tropes. Says Will Joines of 101, “I was interested in taking elements of a R&B video and making something darker and more mysterious. The goal was to suggest and imply while leaving room for the audience to insert their own story and ideas.” Check out the video and fill in the blanks below.

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As many of you know by now, Electronic Music’s Most Mysterious Group

As many of you know by now, Electronic Music’s Most Mysterious Group