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The options for electronic music fans in NYC this Friday are major!
First up, Dub War will be filling out their residency at Love with a pair of huge guests, DJ /rupture and Martyn. Martyn made a ton of noise in the dubstep scene earlier this year with his Broken/Shadowcasting 12-inch, and /rupture is […]

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Alex Smoke, Glasgow-based electronic musician and Soma Records artist, will be playing at The Bunker this Friday alongside residents Derek Plaslaiko and Spinoza. Word is that Galapagos will be staying up late for this one. We’re hoping to hear Alex close with his absolutely epic track 6AM at 6AM, at which point our […]

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Create Digital Music, Etsy Labs, and Make Magazine are throwing another Handmade Music this Thursday at Etsy’s Brooklyn space. Handmade Music is a show-n-tell style event in which musicians and hackers show off their DIY projects.
Check out CDM’s recap of the last Handmade Music for some more insight into what to expect.

The New York Times has posted an awesome and hilarious piece of work by artist Andrew Kuo. Kuo has created an intricate series of graphs and charts that visualize his observations from this past summer’s shows at Williamsburg’s favorite summer haunt, McCarren Pool.
[via Cool Hunting]

[Daft Punk - One More Time Live @ Wireless Festival 2007, London]
With Daft Punk set to take the stage in Las Vegas at Vegoose this weekend (we’re so jealous of our West Coast friends right now!!!) and a short string of dates in Mexico (including Mexico City on Halloween - so nuts!) over the following […]

Poet/musician/actor Saul Williams has been a long-time personal favorite, and Saul is dropping a new album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails on November 1.
There’s no word yet on any release of the album on CD or vinyl, but it is clear that Saul’s well in […]

Andy Smith of Portishead will be DJ’ing at Ben Sherman and Filter Magazine’s CMJ event being held at the Ben Sherman SoHo store on October 19th. If you’re familiar with Portishead but not with Andy Smith as a DJ, stop reading this post immediately and go beg, borrow, or steal a copy of his classic […]

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Our friends at Love Brigade are having a grand opening party tomorrow night for their new space at 230 Grand Street in Williamsburg.
In addition to the new boutique space at the co-op, Love Brigade will be showing off their new rehearsal space available to bands, Brigade Studios. The Brigade promises food, drinks, music […]

“Then it hit me. I’m not going to be famous. I won’t get to be a rock star. I am going to be stuck on the payroll doing work that doesn’t interest me for a very long time.”
[via Free Williamsburg, original post from And I Am Not Lying]

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Daniel Bell will be joining Bunker residents Derek Plaslaiko and Spinoza to celebrate Spinoza’s 30th birthday this Friday at The Bunker, held at Galapagos. The Bunker will have special extended hours for this party - 11PM until 6 in the morning… RAVE TILL DAWN!!!
Daniel Bell has been an Obscene NYC favorite since we […]

A pair of interesting shows just came to our attention today.
First up, NYC minimal techno crew minimoo is joining forces with Cielo to bring a taste of Berlin’s infamous Berghain nightclub stateside. While it’s true that Cielo’s crowd can be a little off-putting at times, the sound system is damn near perfect. Marcel Dettmann, resident […]

This is an amazing video for Dead Prez’s “I’m An African” made by Eka using in-game footage from Grand Theft Auto and close-ups of him lip-syncing. So awesome.
We found this video on DJ /Rupture’s always excellent blog, mudd up!

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Glasgow indie-poppers Camera Obscura will be making the NYC rounds later this week with a pair of free shows. First up will be an intimate show on Thursday night at Sound Fix in Williamsburg followed on Friday by an outdoor show at South Street Seaport. This is the next to last NYC River […]

Video courtesy of NuBloom

While everyone’s still reeling and recovering from the science dropped on Keyspan Park by the robots (full write-up coming later today!), get your dancing shoes ready to go for Trouble & Bass XI tomorrow night at Death By Audio. Check the video above to see what you missed out on at Trouble […]

Dave says:
Summer Fridays at work! I’m heading over to the Mishka sample sale in a little bit. Saturday I’ll try to finally make it to the Astoria Beer Garden and possibly catch ?uestlove’s DJ set at Hiro later on. Sunday I will be grilling, eating ice cream and watching TV on the […]

So I’ve missed seeing M.I.A. here and there over the last couple of years, but her first album, Arular, was in heavy rotation back when I first got my hands on it, along with the Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape.
I’m going to be out of town for Siren Festival, but I’m gunning to catch M.I.A. next […]

This Friday, June 29th, The Bunker will host long-time electronic music icon Josh Wink to celebrate the 32nd birthday of Bunker resident DJ and local techno fixture Derek Plaslaiko.
The Bunker is an OBSCENE NYC favorite and consistently brings solid local and imported electronic talent. Two weeks ago, Ryan Elliott tore the roof off the fucking […]

Trust me - Ain’t no party like an F train party, cuz an F train party don’t stop!

The Danger recently announced on their mailing list that One Night of Fire will take place this year on Saturday, July 14th. Details behind the cut.

As seen on his blog, DJ /rupture will be launching his new radio show, Mudd Up! on WFMU tonight, with Brooklyn’s very own Drop The Lime of Trouble&Bass fame. Be sure to tune in and/or subscribe to the podcast.