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NYC's Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Hip-Hop Party Guide

Your long-awaited three-day weekend is finally here! When you're not booking it out of the city to go perfect your summer tan, check out these poppin' parties that have some hip-hop/dance flavor this weekend. See also: The Ultimate List of Free Summer Concerts in NYC, 2013

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With the Rolling Jubilee, Debt Activists Strike a Nerve

Long before the curtain goes up on the Rolling Jubilee's kick-off telethon tonight, it was clear that the event's organizers have struck a nerve. The Rolling Jubilee, a project of the debt-activist group Strike Debt, an outgrowth of Occupy Wall Street and the people behind the Debt Resistors Operat ... More >>

NEW NO LONGER

Jamie XX gets behind 
the boards at LPR

Live: Wake Up Madagascar Brings Serious Salegy To Bleecker Street

Jaojoby, Saramba, Razia Said, and Charles Kely Le Poisson Rouge Friday, July 20 Better than: "We Are the World" "I know there've been some complaints about the lack of seating," said MC Jamie Ambler as he primed the pump for Wake Up Madagascar, a traveling troupe of musicians raising awareness abo ... More >>

Open Your Ears: Sound Of The City's Night-By-Night Guide To The Best Of The Unsound Festival

The Unsound Festival, which place tonight through Sunday around New York, is defined by a belief in the thrills to be found in experimental eclecticism. The first New York edition of the festival (which originated in Krakow) took place in 2010 and has yet to disappoint, with one-of-a-kind programmin ... More >>

Live: Winter Jazzfest Breaks Down Boundaries And Confounds Expectations

​Winter Jazzfest Friday-Saturday, January 6-7 Better than: Summer Zydeco Fest (assuming such a terror exists). After a discordant, twisted reimagining of Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary" by his trio Ceramic Dog, guitarist Marc Ribot slyly reminded the audience at Sullivan Hall Friday wha ... More >>

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Live: Anaïs Mitchell Brings Hadestown From (Le) Poisson Rouge To Washington Square Park

by Laura Leebove Anaïs Mitchell and the Hadestown Orchestra (le) poisson rouge Sunday, November 20 Better than: Watching Occupy Wall Street protesters on TV. Anaïs Mitchell's show on Sunday night began on a crowded stage at (le) poisson rouge and ended in a singalong-propelled march to nearby W ... More >>

CMJ Day Two: Zola Jesus Floats Beneath The Spotlight At (Le) Poisson Rouge

Ben Lozovsky​CMJ, Day Two: Zola Jesus, Xanopticon Better than: Not not seeing her. The view from the audience at last night's Zola Jesus show was as follows: Two keyboardists, a violinist, and a drum-kit, presumably with a drummer behind it. They were shrouded in a dark, blue-ish glow that r ... More >>

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Q&A: Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino On Planned Parenthood, Her First "Sex Talk," And Being A Role Model

​ Yesterday morning a vote by North Carolina's legislature overrode Governor Bev Perdue's veto of the state's budget, and as one of the consequences North Carolina became the third state in recent weeks to cut all public funding to Planned Parenthood programs. Proponents of the measure relied ... More >>

Q&A: Laetitia Sadier On Life After Stereolab, The Genius Of Joseph Losey, And Growing Up With The Smiths

​ The voice is both plaintive and bright; beguiling and stark. It knocks around a quiet range of expression, yet it sings directly—of Marx, erotic transgression, and "the Dinosaur law." And it might have cheekily soundtracked a Volkswagen commercial or two. The voice belongs to Laetitia ... More >>

Q&A With Battles Drummer John Stanier: "I Was Determined To Use The Last Drop Of My Blood To Make This Happen."

Jason Frank Rothenberg​The rock band Battles is often likened to a machine. It's not too much of a stretch: on their breakthrough debut Mirrored, they soldered together eerily controlled riffs, futuristic textures, and fiendishly powerful drumming; and on stage, the group's wrench-heavy, wrenc ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: Chicago Juke, Space Transmissions, and Elephant Man Round Out Your Weekend In Nightlife

​It is finally spring, y'all. Time to come out from behind your laptops and play in the warm weather.

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: The Weekend In Nightlife, Featuring Opening Parties And The Unsound Festival

​Spring is upon us, and it's only right that we revel in it. Start your weekend off with a taco in hand at Annabelle's opening party. The boutique's two-part celebration starts off with tacos and margaritas (in to-go cups!) at the store, and is followed by an afterparty in the back room of the ... More >>

Your Weekend In Nightlife, Starring Caribou, Frankie Knuckles, Trouble & Bass, Night People, and, Uh, LCD Soundsystem

There's no getting around it, this is LCD Soundsystem week. Buy your tickets on Craigslist and be scorned by James Murphy forever if you must--sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. But hey, other things are happening this week too! Tropical dance fete Que Bajo?! has relocated to a new home fo ... More >>

Live: Yoko Ono And Son Bust Out The Rolodex (Lou Reed! Patti Smith! Antony!) For Japan

Better Than: Getting harassed by Lou Reed's manager. There's many perfectly valid reasons to find Sean Lennon deeply dubious. The main knock on the guy is that he uses the obscene wealth and ridiculous connections to date models, to hang around in feathered fedoras, and to release solo albums per ... More >>

Live: The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Keeps It Together at the Knitting Factory

The group in Ohio, a few days back. The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Knitting Factory Monday, March 21 Better than: Seeing any band currently attached to any kind of micro-genre-related hype or anything remotely timely. The titular amazement of Elephant 6's second Holiday Surprise revu ... More >>

Your Weekend In Nightlife, Starring Stretch And Bobbito, DJ/Rupture, And Azari & III

​Your week starts with a little dancing, courtesy of a dancing DJ. We've sung Willy Joy's praises as Kid Sister's DJ more than once, but tonight it's all about him. Chicago's juke-loving, bass-fiending dance DJ celebrates the release of his Woman Like Me EP on Plant Music with a set at Ella We ... More >>

Nicki Minaj, Louie Vega, Talib Kweli, And Bollywood Disco Headline Your (Christmas!) Week In Nightlife

​The holidays tend to bring a mass exodus from the city, but not everyone is leaving. In fact, some of our favorite DJs (and rappers) have chosen to come for a visit, giving us a full week of dance parties and awesome shows. We recommend that you take a night off from your holiday daze, grab a ... More >>

Wayne Williams, Mannie Fresh, Munchi, And The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival Headline Your Week In Nightlife

​Ah, the week before Christmas, when all is quiet, but only because it's freezing outside. (Seriously, it's way too early for snow.) And, while we know that sifting through Top Ten lists (or studying for exams, ick) gives you plenty of incentive to stay wrapped up in a Snuggie, we'd like to re ... More >>

Natalie Storm, Blondes, DJ Pauly D, Derrick May, And (Maybe!) Prince Headline Your Week In Nightlife

​Your partying jag kicks off on Thursday this week and features a global takeover of NYC. Jamaican dancehall queen Natalie Storm is something of an obsession for us lately (especially after Friday night's reOPENed party) -- she's returning to the Lower East Side for an appearance at Happy Endi ... More >>

Just Blaze's reOPENed Party at Santos Party House Was Shut Down After the Police Raid There, But Will Return In December

Those who stopped by the recently beleaguered Santos Party House last weekend would have found the place incongruously shuttered, and Friday's regular party, the Just Blaze/DJ Soul-hosted reOPENed, mysteriously absent. This was fall-out from the club's "legal wrangling," in the words of a Santos ... More >>

Autobrennt, One Step Beyond, Funk Galaktik, and Lindstrom Headline Your Weekend In Nightlife

​These next two days bring a whole lot of dance music and a little bit of rap. Behold, your weekend in nightlife. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Neighborhood: Lower East Side Party: Autobrennt DJs: Prince Language & Slow Hands Highlights: Rivington Hotel's penthouse is one of our favorites, and tonight ... More >>

Superfest, Nextah, Turntables On The Hudson, And Beer Pong (?) Headline Your Weekend In Nightlife

​Tonight, dance music dominates your agenda. First, U.K. dubstep and grime maestro Caspa takes on Webster Hall's Girls & Boys, the underage-friendly, neon-prone dance fete. (Also: Ninjasonik will take over the club's basement Studio.) For something a little more soulful, head over to Cielo for ... More >>

MEXICO RISES

Paying tribute to our neighbors over the border

Live: Holy Ghost Wake Up All The Folks DJ Neon Indian Put To Sleep At Le Poisson Rouge

The DJ duo, radically expanded. Pic by Puja.​Coming off a month-long tour with LCD Soundsystem, DFA's Holy Ghost celebrated the release of their own Static on the Wire EP with their first-ever "headlining show in NYC" at Le Poisson Rouge last night. Stretch Armstrong (head of the electro/disco ... More >>

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Live: Bernie Worrell, Matthew Shipp, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, And Graham Haynes Animate The Undead Jazzfest

Bernie Worrell and SociaLybrium doing "Super Stupid" a few days back Undead Jazzfest (Le) Poisson Rouge/Kenny's Castaways/Sullivan Hall Saturday, June 12 Just as the Vision Festival furthers its avant brand with smaller annual productions, the Winter Jazzfest braintrust expanded its reach this pa ... More >>

Last Night: Props Throws A Raucous House Party At LPR, Though A Far Less Enjoyable Scene Lurks Across The Street

Try and guess which bar this was at. Pics by Puja, more below.​Le Poisson Rouge's gallery bar has always been a hard sell for dance parties. A tiny art gallery by day, the side room of the Bleecker Street venue often serves as a lounge and break room for those attending shows in the main space ... More >>

Full Undead Jazzfest Lineup Announced, Dismayingly Short On Actual Zombies

Roswell Rudd has my favorite of the snapshots collected here​Early January's Winter Jazzfest, a two-night, multi-venue fete that lured thousands of folks into Greenwich Village to see dozens of downtown-jazz stalwarts (Voice poll darlings Vijay Iyer and Darcy James Argue were among the star at ... More >>

Jeff Mangum Performed Neutral Milk Hotel Songs For Chris Knox Last Night at Le Poisson Rouge

The benefit Le Poisson Rouge hosted last night for Tall Dwarfs frontman and New Zealand rock godfather Chris Knox, who suffered a devastating stroke last summer, raised over forty thousand dollars within days of tickets going on sale; last night, a big part of the reason for that windfall took the ... More >>

This Weekend! Megafaun, The Temper Trap, The Bronx, Girls, Major Lazer, Soft Pack, Bonobo, Anita Tijoux, Maluca, and Male Bonding

​So, Friday. To start off, Megafaun, an Appalachian folk-rock trio (to your left), meld spirited banjo, soaring guitars, and mountain-man harmonies at the Mercury Lounge as part of their first U.S. tour. While the Temper Trap are best known for their hit song "Sweet Disposition" (which snuck i ... More >>

Live: Pere Ubu's One Night Only Performance of "Long Live Père Ubu!" at Le Poisson Rouge

David Thomas tries somebody else's face on for size. Photo by Richard Gehr.​ Pere Ubu Le Poisson Rouge Sunday March 29 We can't read most of the notes we scribbled during Pere Ubu's rendering of Alfred Jarry's 1896 Absurdist masterpiece "Ubu Roi" at (le) Poisson Rouge last night. But that t ... More >>

Tonight! Holy Shit, Passive Aggressor, Mark Seliger's Rusty Truck, and Muddled Mondays

Seliger, rounding up his posse​You've seen Fucked Up. You've seen Cerebral Ballzy. And now, to complete your collection of unfortunately named hardcore punk bands, you can finally see Holy Shit at Death by Audio. The group helpfully describes their guitar sound as "Yer parents fisting each oth ... More >>

The Unsound Festival Gets Way Out

Poland's finest annual fete heads to NYC

JUST DANCE

Single ladies, womanizers, and paparazzi welcome

Tonight! Happy Holidays From Bob Dylan, Plus The Dead Weather, A Camp, and Kurt Vile

​The video for "Must Be Santa," off Bob Dylan's deranged new Christmas album, features ol' Bob gallivanting around in a Santa hat, and as such is required viewing. He's at United Palace Theatre tonight for the first of a three-night stand. Man this is gonna be bizarre. You better watch out.

Tonight! Girls, Fuck Buttons, Noah and the Whale

Might not be XXX or nothin' but, y'know, nudity. Man, if you really wanna one-up all those chumps lucky enough to have tickets for Girls/Real Estate Friday night at Bowery Ballroom, you'd head out to see 'em at Maxwell's in Hoboken tonight, except that show is sold out too, so forget I said anyth ... More >>

CMJ: Sian Alice Group and Julianna Barwick Take Back the Cake Shop; Holly Miranda Holds Court at Le Poisson Rouge

At Santos, not Cake Shop, but same idea. Let's make a vast generalization here: there is a certain male prerogative that responds to CMJ's fever pitch of hype and borderline hostile audiences by becoming--for lack of a better word--Pavement. He will climb up on a stage, only to signal that he has ... More >>

Photos: No Age Above the Auto Parts Store

No Age Above the Auto Parts Store Saturday, October 17 Last week, No Age played four New York shows in four entirely different settings: West Village club (le) poisson rouge, MoMA's Spike Jonze Retrospective, the New Museum for director Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Bear, and a Todd P show held Abo ... More >>

SWEET NOISE

SWEET NOISE The Glenn Branca Ensemble tries out new material

Tonight! Theo Parrish, Mark Eitzel, and "Pussified Arena Rock"

As a DJ and producer, Theo Parrish is a staple of Detroit's house scene. His jazzy, downtempo "sound sculptures" are ideal for a Monday night: deep, vibey, and sexy as hell. He mixes techno with classic soul and r&b tracks at Cielo. Pianist Jenny Lin's recent recording of Shostakovich's 24 prelude ... More >>

Tonight! Monday

A long weekend brings a slow Monday. For the Wallflowers at Irving Plaza, accept Greil Marcus's digestion of God Says Nothing Back, which could describe most any of the band's songs: "With a stoic backbeat and Jakob Dylan's fatalistic way of biting off his words, this is the sound of someone thinki ... More >>