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Libyans started playing in Boston in 2007, and have since become a staple in punk communities locally and nationally, playing self-booked shows at basements, warehouses, zine libraries, and other DIY spaces regularly over the years. In 2010, the band released a debut record A Common Place, which they will now follow up with Expired Language in August via Sorry State Records. The first single is “Rite Of Passage”, a hardcore-spirited melodic punk track that conveys a sort of universal rage through its abstract lyricism about subverting societal traditions: “It’s stubborn, blunt, old fashioned, some archaic rite of passage,” shouts singer Liz Panella. “You’ll hear no language only common grunts and double standards.” Below, you can stream the track and check out a video by bassist Aaron DeMuth, too.

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The Hangout organizers presumably intend the word “Hangout” to be read with leisurely fellowship in mind, and certainly that matches the vibe here in Gulf Shores. But one passable alternate reading is “hang out” as in “Letting it all hang out,” as in my bare gut protruding across my belt line, as in eating something called the Damn It To Hell Sandwich that will undoubtedly contribute to that gut’s expansion, as in then dipping my legs into a swimming pool while sipping beer and watching live music. As in wringing the most possible sensory pleasure from 10-12 hours at the beach.

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Shoegaze 4-piece Surfing recently relocated from Virginia to Bushwick. They’ve thoughtfully timed the release of their upcoming EP, due out at some point this summer. In the meantime, you can add the first single to your pre-summer playlist, the fine-tuned dream-pop track “Hollow Sparrow”. Check it out below.

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Fred Armisen & friends / Stefon & Seth / Kanye & Ben on SNL

Even without Kanye's musical appearance, last night's Ben Afleck hosted Saturday Night Live season finale was especially eventful (and teary) as it was the final show for three long-running star players: Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Jason Sudekis.

Fred got his farewell moment via a sketch featuring his punk character Ian Rubbish who performed song called "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day." His band featured fellow departing castmembers Hader and Sudekis (and Taran Killam, sure to be a big player next season), and then he welcomed a cavalcade of musical talent onstage, including his Portlandia costar Carrie Brownstein, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, and the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones. With a chorus of "It's been alright, I've had a lovely night," it was a nice little sendoff. Video of that is below.

Hader got his sendoff moment, as expected, as Weekend Update nightlife correstondent Stefon, where anchor -- and soon to be Late Night host -- Seth Meyers finally gives in to his advances. "Weekend Update" also featured a surprise appearance by former co-anchor

Romanthony, an influential house producer and singer best known for performing the vocals on Daft Punk's single "One More Time," has been reported to have died earlier this month.

The artist, born Anthony Moore, reportedly passed away at his home in Austin, Tex. on May 7. As Chicago's 5 Magazine points out, Romanthony's sister Mellony Moore confirmed the passing in a Facebook post on May 9, and friend/collaborators like Boys Noize, MikeQ and Daone Remmidy (better known as Eve Angel) have all taken to social media to confirm the news and express their grief. The cause of death has not yet been confirmed. - [Billboard]

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"Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday." [LA Times]

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Kanye on 'SNL'

Kanye West has had a busy weekend. On Thursday (5/16), he played a private show at Roseland for Adult Swim where he performed a few new songs. He also, as is his wont, let loose one of his stream-of-conscious rants, this time mostly about celebrity culture. You can watch video of that below.

One of the songs Kanye performed at Roseland was new track "New Slaves." A video for that song made its debut on Friday night (5/17), projected at, according to maps on Kanye's website, 66 locations around the world. Nine of them were in NYC, including two in Williamsburg: one being outside the Bedford Ave L stop, and the second on the Wythe Hotel, and there's video of the former below.

The song, which features a sample of 1969 single "Gyöngyhajú lány" by Hungarian rock band Omega and vocals from Frank Ocean, will feature on Kanye's follow-up to 2010's My Dark Twisted Fantasy which is, according to Pitchfork, titled Yeezus and has appearances from Daft Punk, Skrillex and more.

This activity was all centered around Kanye's appearance on Saturday Night Live's season finale hosted by Ben Afleck. (The teaser videos are below.) He performed "New Slaves" and debuted another new song, "Black Skinhead," and video of those, along with the other clips mentioned in this post, are below.

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Have Stone Temple Pilots found a replacement for frontman Scott Weiland? Last night, the band made a surprise appearance at KROQ’s Weenie Roast music festival in Irvine, California. They were accompanied on stage by Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington and together performed past classics “Vaseline”, “Big Bang Baby”, and “Interstate Love Song”, along with a new composition titled “Out of Time”.

In a statement posted on their website, Stone Temple Pilots said Bennington was “at the top of the list” when it came time to find a singer for the new music they’ve been working on.

Liars @ Webster Hall, June 2012 (more by Bryan Bruchman)

JEFF the Brotherhood @ Coachella 2013 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin)

today in NYC
* Leni Stern @ Barbes
* Chris Liebing @ Output
* Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes
* Arias & Austin @ Joe's Pub
* Secret Chiefs 3 @ Union Pool
* My Midnight Heart @ Ace Hotel
* Liars, Doldrums @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Nicos Gun, Cookies, Talkfine @ Cameo Gallery
* Angel Olsen, Magmana, Steve Gunn @ Glasslands
* Uri Gurvich and BabEL, Lionel Loueke @ The Stone
* Local Empire, Janeane Garofalo, Dan Wilbur @ Pianos
* Iron and Wine, Secret Sisters @ The Capitol Theatre
* Blunt Fangs, Cities Aviv, Sadaf H. Nava @ Silent Barn
* The Killers, Tegan and Sara @ Susquehanna Bank Center
* Japanther, Broken Water, Extra Feeler @ Death By Audio
* Shark?, Woolen Men, Lame Drivers, Hippy @ Shea Stadium
* JEFF The Brotherhood, Hunters, Las Rosas @ Mercury Lounge
* The Milk Carton Kids, The Barefoot Movement @ Bowery Ballroom
* Dead Confederate, Roadkill, Ghost Choir, Ola Podrida @ Maxwell's
* Wilder Maker, Nathan Reich, Jordan Tarrant @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Judge, Madball, Crown of Thornz, Strength Approach @ Webster Hall
* Pagan Rituals, Shilpa Ray, Awkward Girls, Spires, Toons @ Big Snow
* Gorod, Vale ofr Pnath, Inanimate Existence, Cognitive @ Saint Vitus
* Anti-Flag, This is Hell, Luther...

people waiting to get in Sunday morning (via)

They really thought they were going to open today. They even announced that more tickets were being released today and that James Murphy, following in Sharon Jones's footsteps, had cancelled his performance today due to a family emergency. But the rain has won, and the second day of the 2nd GoogaMooga is now officially CANCELLED. The people pictured above waiting to get in today are probably especially upset.

Official reason: "NYC Parks Dept, Prospect Park Alliance & #Googamooga have canceled today's event in the interest of safety & prevention of damage to park."

All Sunday VIP ticket purchases will be refunded in full.

Bands and DJS that were supposed to play today included Delicate Steve, Cults, De La Soul, Kool & the Gang (instead of Sharon Jones), Nancy Whang & Pat Mahoney (instead of James Murphy), and M.A.K.U. Sound System.

Stay tuned for our pictures from Friday and Saturday, coming soon. Meanwhile watch a channel 12 video report that was filmed in the park early Saturday (it claims GoogaMooga will be back "bigger and better in 2014"), and a video of the Flaming Lips playing "You Lust" on Friday (you can hear people screaming "Vaseline, Vaseline!"), below...

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