It is July 4th, there are a grip of parties, and we finally had to turn the air on. It is finally summer in New York!

Friday night: The Bunker with Marcel Dettmann, Move D, Marcel Fengler, Spinoza, Anthony Parasole, and Eric Cloutier - What can we say that we haven’t already said about The Bunker? Europe’s best DJs and producers are blowing the roof off of Public Assembly again. Get their early, they’ve gotten closer and closer to reaching capacity ever since they went to a monthly format. Check out yo-ster’s recent write up on The Bunker. The Bunker takes place at Public Assembly from 10:00pm to 6:00am - $10.00 Before Midnight / $20.00 after.

Saturday afternoon: PS1 Warm Up with Reagenz feat. Jonah Sharp & Move D, and Daniel Bell - PS1 starts its summer Warm Up parties with a bang. Enjoy the clicks and bleeps from Move D and techno originator Daniel Bell on Saturday afternoon in the enclosed courtyard of Long Island City’s cutting edge art museum PS1. Warm Up takes place at PS1 from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m - $10.00 at the door.

Saturday night: Biatchcorp presents Independence Day Blowout with Guido Schneider, Sonico, Giovanni, Ryan Brogan & Christian Bloch - We’re skipping the oppressive security at Water Taxi Beach to hear Pokerflat’s Guido Schneider tear up the new Turbosound installation at the old Supreme Trading space in Williamsburg. We’re also looking forward to hearing what Ryan Brogan, who threw an amazing Omar-S party during DEMF last month plays. Independence Day Blowout takes place at Supreme Trading from 9:00pm to 5:00am - $10.00 Presale, $20.00 at the door.

Sunday afternoon: Sunday Best with Losoul - Sunday Best hosts German DJ and producer Losoul. Losoul’s newest album Care has been on repeat for the past few weeks here at Obscene NYC. If you don’t know about The Yard trust us when we say its an amazing outdoor venue. The ambiance, view, and attitude at The Yard has never been anything less than amazing no matter who is promoting or playing. The drink prices, crowd, cover, and friendly staff keep us coming back for more every summer. Sunday Best with Losoul takes place at The BKLYN Yard from 3:00pm to 7:00pm - $10 entry.

McCarren Pool Parties have moved to the Williamsburg waterfront this year at East River State Park (Kent Ave. at N. 8th St., Brooklyn). Jelly just announced the full lineup:

JELLY Pool Parties 2009
In Partnership With:
Converse, Bud Light, SPIN, MySpace Music, Gibson, Caf Bustello, SESAC, KEXP, The Open Space Alliance, New York State Parks

July 12th
Mission of Burma
Fucked Up
Ponytail
Jemina Pearl of Be your Own Pet

July 19th
Dirty Projectors
Magnolia Electric Company
White Denim

July 26th
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
The Black Lips
HEALTH
Grupo Fantasmo

August 2nd
Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon - Special Round Robin Show

August 9th
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
Fiery Furnaces
Dark Meat
The Netherlands

August 16th
Del the Funky Homosapien
Gravytrain!!!
DD/MM/YYYY
Kenan Bell

August 23rd
Girl Talk
Max Tundra
Wiz Khalifa

August 30th
Grizzly Bear
Beach House

[OBEY COLT - Bushwick, Brooklyn]

PS1 Warm Up! Finally released their schedule. Warm Up 2009 is 10 consecutive Saturdays from 2pm to 9pm starting July 4th. Sorry rockers, theres a lot of electronic love this year. Highlights: July 4th: Reaganz, Move D, and Dan Bell; July 25th: Alexi Delano, Derek Plaslaiko, Elliot Sharp’s Carbon; August 15th: Dj Pierre, Phuture 303, House of Stank, Growing.

Check out XLR8R for Party out of Bounds: Derek Plaslaiko. Derek covers his favorite spots in NYC for dairy, djs, drinking, and diarrhea.

STOP LAUGHING!. This reminds us of early VJ culture and electronic music videos from Amp, Emergency Broadcast Network, and Cold Cut.

Its Happy Hour somewhere. Coovents has an interesting website, iphone app, and twitter of happy hours all over the city.

Is Micheal Jackson a Zombie Yet?Too early?? Sorry.

MP3: DJ Ayres of The Rub - Michael Jackson Mix (via Pipomixes)

Michael Jackson is dead.

Some random notes:
-Most of my cassettes growing up were Michael Jackson and The Beatles before I got into some heavier stuff like MC Hammer and Tag Team
-”Billie Jean” was the number one song when I was born
-The premier of “Black and White” on Fox was a very big deal
-”Thriller” sincerely freaked me out in grade school

He will be missed.

Michael Jackson on Hype Machine / Michael Jackson station on Pandora

[Halloween in Brooklyn]

We have a friend. He hates Twitter and does not understand why people post personal crap all day long. He has started Turdlog. A Twitter account about his daily “movements”. Enjoy.

(Sorry Mom)

Bicycle Film Festival 2009 has just released the program for this year. BFF09 runs from June 17 - 21 and features events around the city such as Bikes Rock with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at South Street Seaport, the annual JOYRIDE art show at various locations around Downtown Manhattan, a Bike Parade/Street Party on 2nd st at 2nd Ave, as well as BFF09 film screenings at Anthology Film Archives.

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle. We are into all styles of bikes and biking. If you can name it-Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Cycling to Recumbents- we’ve probably either ridden or screened it. What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance? We bring together all aspects of bicycling together to advocate its ability to transport us in many ways. Ultimately the Fest is about having a good time.

Check out this awesome video by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion featuring Winona Ryder:

The Beach Party, an ongoing series that has been running at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City, has just announced its lineup for this year. The parties run every Saturday night from 8PM-3AM. Admission is 5$ with flyer and 10$ without.

06/27 Claude VonStroke
07/04 Robert Hood
07/11 Demon Days with Carl Craig and Gamall
07/18 Lopazz Live
07/25 Andres and Kai Alce
08/01 Abe Duque
08/08 Dublex Inc.
08/15 Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love
08/22 Soundstream Live
08/29 Raoul K and Jerome Derradji
09/05 Dennis Ferrer

Derek Plaslaiko got kicked out (almost during the middle of his set!) at the Rhythmism party by overzealous security guards. We think Water Taxi Beach and Rebel may share the same super strict, stifling security so don’t mess around here! Airports should really look into these guys.

Sunday 05/24/09

Kate Simko @ ReSolute Afterhours DEMF 2009 from Obscene NYC on Vimeo.

ReSolute Detroit @ TV Bar

After a short nap we ended up at TV Bar for the ReSolute Detroit party. We got there just as the rain and overcast weather cleared up to reveal a truly beautiful Detroit sky. We don’t know how it happened, but somehow we ended up sipping on giant margaritas at 11am as Kate Simko took the decks and dropped insane house tracks for an hour on one of the clearest soundsystems we’ve ever experienced.

Movement / DEMF 2009 : Day Two

The freaks came out in full force on Sunday afternoon. DEMF was seriously radioactive from all of the mutant ravers that had taken over Hart Plaza. Uh, hate to break it to you guys, but glowsticks don’t work during the day. We skipped around for hours and most of the acts we caught including Nic Fanculli, Tiefschwarz, and the Wighonomy Brothers (!!!) totally disappointed us. We wish we had as much fun as these guys did.

[Mark “8en” Moss @ Red Bull Stage/DEMF 2009 - photo by Ryan Ilano for Obscene NYC]

While checking out Innervisions playing live on the main stage, we got a tip from a friend that we should head over to the Red Bull stage for some serious jungle bizness. We admit, it’s been quite a while since we’ve witnessed a proper d’n'b throwdown and Mark “8en” Moss took us back to our roots in proper style, reminding us just how sweet a chopped up Amen can be. 8en ended his set with Ganja Kru’s ‘96 anthem Super Sharp Shooter as images of Williamsburg street signs flashed by on the video screen. Life really ain’t so bad!

[Derek Plaslaiko @ No Way Back - photo by J. Peter Siriprakorn]

No Way Back @ The Bohemian National

A little after 3AM, we made our way over to No Way Back at the Bohemian National Home. We walked in to a room full of friendly and familiar faces with Detroit native and NYC favorite Mike Servito manning the decks. Sadly, Mike’s set was interrupted for a few minutes by a little good old-fashioned Detroit drama but it quickly passed and Servito was able to carry on with business as usual - in other words, he killed it. A bit later in the night, Derek Plaslaiko stepped up to the plate, opening his set in dramatic fashion with Blonde Redhead’s In Particular and then proceeded to rip the place apart with a storming set of his special brand of acid, techno and electro. By the time the party ended, it had wound down to a handful of revelers passing around bottles of champagne, attempting keg stands and making debaucherously merry. We wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

View more pictures and videos from Movement / DEMF 2009 Day Two.

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Thursday: Stimulate the economy! The Savvy & Company sample sale featuring handbags and apparel from LAMB, Harajuku Lovers, Jill Stuart, and Kidrobot ends today, Thursday June 4th 2009. The sale is at 145 West 18th Street and runs until 10pm.

Jan Kreuger Live @ Blood and Thunder 2008 from Obscene NYC on Vimeo.

Friday: Lose your shit! The Bunker is back this month with an 8 hour long marathon set from Jan Krueger and Derek Plaslaiko. These two were on some serious last man standing shit during the 21 hours of Blood and Thunder on New Years. Bruno Pronsato, Insideout, Spinoza, and artists off of Raster Noton round out the back room.

Saturday: Repent!!!! Buy your friend’s kid something cute at The 5th Annual Renegade Craft Fair which takes place at Mccarren Park from 11am-7pm. The fair features over 250 booths. You’ll find cheap prints, interesting knick-knacks, and affordable artwork mixed in with all of the corny punk rock mom stuff.

Sunday: Get Radioactive. So you thought you got out of Detroit and Montreal without turning into one of those mutant ravers? Don’t kid yourself. Get some low level radiation therapy out in the sun at the Rhythmism.com Beach Party. All of the hometown favorites and techno scenesters are playing: Connie, Derek Plaslaiko, Spinoza, Stadenco, and Wolf + Lamb. The party runs from 1pm to 10pm at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City.

CONTEST ALERT: We have a pair of tickets to give away to the Rhythmism Beach Party! E-mail us at info@obscenenyc.com with your full name and your track of the summer so far.

Saturday 05/23/09

[Steve Bug @ Vitamin Water Stage/DEMF 2009 - photo by J. Peter Siriprakorn]

Movement / DEMF 2009 : Day One

After a quick nap and a terrible complimentary hotel breakfast we walked down to Hart Plaza to take in the first day of the festival. The entire plaza was filled with fresh faces and big smiles. We have to give proper respect to Paxahau for producing such an amazing, well-run event. The lines were organized, check in was simple, and every artist we went to see was on time.

Our personal highlights for Saturday include three consecutive sets from Nikola Baytala, Heidi, and Damian Lazarus on the Beatport stage; a live set from Kate Simko and a dj set from Ryan Elliot on the Red Bull stage, and a set from Steve Bug on Vitamin Water’s gigantic main stage.

View more pictures and videos from Movement / DEMF 2009 Day Two.

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Fuck It! I’m Staying : Movement / DEMF 2009 : Friday 05/22/09
Fuck It! I’m Staying : Movement / DEMF 2009 : Saturday 05/22/09

[Pentagram Truck - photo by Tara Trullinger for Obscene NYC]

Friday 05/22/09

We landed and took a cab to Downtown Detroit’s Holiday Inn Express which resembled a miniature Brooklyn complete with the familiar NYC faces, the Beyond crew, and a bank of elevators that were about as fast and reliable as the G train. We ate at Slow’s BBQ and were pleasantly surprised by the service, quality, and price of the food. The cost of living in Detroit is ridiculously cheap: six people ate and drank for $85.00 after tip. Yes please and thank you!

[Jan Kreuger @ The Bunker Detroit Edition - photo by Seze Devres for Beyond Booking]

The Bunker Detroit Edition @ Oslo

Beyond took over Oslo for three different events over the Memorial Day Weekend . Oslo is an amazing sushi restaurant located a few blocks away from Hart Plaza on Woodward Ave. If you thought The Bunker was dark you’d better get nightvision goggles when you hit up this basement club. The sound system was crisp, clear, and could not possibly sound any better. The music provided by Spinoza, Derek Plaslaiko, and Jan Kreuger was also top notch. You can catch Kreuger, Spinoza, and Plaslaiko along with Bruno Pronsato, Raster Noton artists, and Insideout at this month’s Bunker in Brooklyn on June 5th.

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Fuck It! I’m Staying : Movement / DEMF 2009 : Saturday 05/22/09

Ryan Elliot @ Movement / DEMF 2009 from Obscene NYC on Vimeo.

Kate Simko @ ReSolute Afterhours DEMF 2009 from Obscene NYC on Vimeo.

We have a few gigs of photos to edit and post. Keep checking back for more. If anyone can ID the track Kate’s playing in this video it’d be much appreciated!

In 12 hours we here at Obscene NYC will be on a plane heading to Detroit for Movement 2009. We will be updating our twitter account @obscenenyc throughout the weekend. Got an iPhone? Check out Movement Mobile, a really well designed schedule and listing of parties for the weekend.

There are some really exciting rumors floating around about a pretty amazing Monday party to close out the festival with. Stay tuned!

We will have a full report with photos, videos, and reviews when we get back.

Electric Zoo Festival is an open-air Labor Day Weekend festival taking place in New York City at Randall’s Island Park. The festival will run from noon to 11pm on September 5th and 6th. The tickets start at $55.00 for single day tickets and $100.00 for full weekend tickets.

The initial lineup was released this morning and its eh, interesting to say the least:

Electric Zoo Festival: Saturday 09/05/2009:
Armin Van Buuren, Benny Benassi, Danny Tenaglia, Roger Sanchez, Luciano, Robbie Rivera, Marco Carola, Chus & Ceballos, Kaskade, Paco Osuna, Chris Lake, Speedy J, Martin Buttrich.

Electric Zoo Festival: Sunday 09/06/2009:
David Guetta, Ferry Corsten, Richie Hawtin, Markus Schulz, Special Disco Version featuring James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem/DFA), Frankie Knuckles, Steve Bug, Josh Gabriel, James Holden, Audion, Menno De Jong.

We’re not really sure what to think about the lineup. On one hand, Sunday suits our tastes and features Richie Hawtin, James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, Steve Bug, and Audion. On the other hand, Saturday features a Meatpacking District / Bottle Service vibe that we’re not all that excited about. Stay tuned for more updates.

Hooray for a fucked up economy! It looks like the recession kept the owners of The Yard from turning our favorite outdoor venue into condos. Last year The Yard hosted some really fun parties — Sundays Best, Sunday School For Degenerates, and Summertime Rolls. [Thank Sound Noir for the heads up]

From the Sunday Best Website:

Gussie up to get down. Sunday Best—the easy-going, late afternoon, backyard barbecue cum dance party—is back for the summer of 2009. Every Sunday from May 24 to September 6 at The BKLYN Yard, a leafy waterside lot on the Gowanus Canal, we’re serving up tacos on fresh-made tortillas (via the Red Hook Ballfields) with cold sangria and beers while resident DJs JUSTIN CARTER, EAMON HARKIN and DOUG SINGER play alongside some of the finest DJs to ever take on a back yard.

Our special guests…

May 24 - QUENTIN HARRIS, the master of soulful house
May 31 - MR. SCRUFF, a UK-based illustrator, tea vendor and eclectic DJ
June 7 - LUKE SOLOMON, Rekids and Cajual producer
June 14 - JUS-ED, Bridgeport, Connecticut’s finest
June 21 - RUB N TUG, crazy but true
June 28 - JUSTIN MARTIN, the dirtiest Dirtybird of them all
July 5 - LOSOUL, maker of European dance music with big nods to soul and jazz
July 12 - KYLE HALL, the 17-year-old, Detroit-based producer who’s never played New York
July 19 - I:CUBE, a forefather of French house and one half of Chateau Flight
July 26 - OMAR S blows our minds every time
August 2 - MAURICE FULTON, the funkiest DJ we’ve ever heard
August 9 - MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE, a young German paying homage to Detroit
August 16 - TIM SWEENEY, the ever-eclectic Beats In Space man
August 23 - THEO PARRISH, a true master playing a long set
August 30 - JUSTUS KOHNCKE, a Kompakt artist playing a live set
September 6 - DJ HARVEY, closing it out crazily and properly

Photography by Jeffrey Donenfeld / Obscene NYC

We checked out the Belvedere Macerated party on Friday for their new black raspberry vodka. ?uestlove of The Roots DJ’d and surprised us with Phil Collins and some serious Jock Jams-type songs towards the end of the night with a great reception by the crowd.

The Roots are still playing once/week at Highline Ballroom while they are in town as the house band for Jimmy Fallon. Has anyone made it out to one of the shows?

Estelle and crew

The Nine Inch Nails iPhone app lets you connect and post directly to its NIN community as well as stream fan remixes on the move. Wired has full details. (How obnoxious is that Wired video player btw?)

Update: Apple decided to be a jerk and rejected the app for “objectionable content”. Baby shaking iPhone apps are totally cool though.

Diplo’s Mad Decent iPhone app for DJ’s lets you play air horns, laser sounds, etc. Could be fun for spicing up a boring conference call at work and maybe scaring your cat.

One of our favorite labels Ghostly is getting ready to release their Ghostly Discovery iPhone app, sign up on their site to receive details when it launches.

Hip hop group Kats & Donner is throwing free BBQ’s with Maker’s Mark whiskey milkshakes this summer at Bushwick Country Club. Perfect for gross Sundays much like today when Turkey’s Nest + McCarren Park is not gonna happen. View the full schedule at the Free Ice Cream site.

Free Williamsburg also points to a contest Bushwick Country Club is putting together to redesign one of the holes on their mini golf course. The winning design gets a fat bar tab and a plaque hanging in the bar that will stand as a permanent reminder your engineering degree did not go to waste.

Japanther Ninjasonik, and The Automotive High Hip Hop Jazz Band: Automotive High’s music and drama departments were cut this year and they were considering cancelling their school play but now the creative community of Williamsburg and Greenpoint is coming together to support them. Japanther, Ninjasonik, and The Automotive High Hip Hop Jazz Band are performing at the Automotive High Auditorium (Bedford, across from McCarren Park) at 8pm April 30th, 2009. [via Brooklyn 11211]

A step in the right direction for biking in NYC (just in time for Bike Month!!): “Yesterday the City Council approved a zoning change that mandates secure bike parking in new construction, putting the rule into effect. The amendment will help cyclists avoid the risks of locking up on-street by requiring new apartment buildings and offices to provide space for people to put their rides.” [via Streetsblog]

Trainspotters rejoice! Richie Hawtin has developed software that enables Traktor to publish playlists live, directly to Twitter. From the Minus Press Release:

The Twitter DJ application utilizes feeds from an updated version of Traktor’s standard broadcasting technology to send 30 second updates during Hawtin’s set of what’s currently playing to a designated Twitter account, allowing anyone following the Twitter group to obtain a unique insight into how a DJ builds the atmosphere and dynamics of a set, track by track, and in real time. The track information is freely accessible from any Twitter configured personal mobile devices (even from the dance floor) and archived online on the Twitter page. This concept is also a significant step towards helping smaller independent record companies and artists to gain further recognition and free promotion when their releases are played as digital files.

We think the system needs a little work (perhaps a different twitter feed for each event?) but the idea is really cool. Check out Richie Hawtin’s twitter account. Don’t forget to follow our @obscenenyc account as well!

Attention parents… DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE???

THEY BOUGHT TICKETS TO DETROIT!

Paxahau just announced the timeslots for this years DEMF / Movement 2009 festival. New York isn’t represented very strongly at the festival, but New Yorkers OWN the afterparties. Beyond Booking will be throwing Detroit editions of The Bunker and House and Home featuring Jan Kreuger, Cassy, Derek Plaslaiko, and Spinoza. ReSolute hasn’t announced a lineup yet, but last year’s afterhours at TV Bar was the craziest part of our Detroit experience last year.

Here’s some videos we’ve been digging lately…

Matt & Kim: Lessons Learned

M83: We Own the Sky

Crystal Antlers: Andrew

Jay Reatard: D.O.A.

Lykke Li: Hustlin (Rick Ross cover)

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