Travis Hoewischer had a birthday! He celebrated by having the super-awesome-funtime band Tin Armor plus a bagillion other special guests play through the The Band’s Last Waltz.
Happy birthday Travis!
Photos: Travis’ Last Waltz
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Thursday: The Dig @ Kobo
The stunningly gorgeous indie dream-pop sounds of New York’s The Dig will fill Kobo on Thursday night as the band hits Columbus as part of their Rocktober tour with Portland’s The We Shared Milk.
The Dig, whose sound falls somewhere between Vampire Weekend and The Antlers, have shared stages with the likes of The Walkmen, Portugal the Man, and Scott Lucas & The Married Men.
This is a Fireball Whisky Presents show meaning Fireball Whisky shots are only $3 all night. Locals Strangers in Daylight and The George Elliot Underground fill out the bill.
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Video: Fly Union – “BET MUSIC MATTERS” Tour VLOG PT. 4
Columbus, Ohio’s Fly Union is on the BET Music Matters Tour with Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Rock, Ab-Soul and Stalley. Above is a tour VLOG where Fly U hits Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Tallahassee, Tampa, Miami, Orlando and Atlanta.Follow @FlyUnion as they continue their first nationwide tour.
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DFA’s Sinkane Announces CMJ Showcases + More
Well, Columbus ex-pat Sinkane’s album Mars drops 10/23 on DFA Records. Well, today Sinkane aka Ahmed Gallab announced his CMJ shows which include the Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase on 10/23 and the Fader Fort 10/18. If you frequent this site than you know Sinkane aka Ahmed Gallab played in Yeasayer, Of Montreal and Caribou. And you know his music mixes free jazz, disco and funk and is deeply rooted in Sudanese Soul.
Sinkane CMJ Schedule:
10/18: Brooklyn, NY @ The Delinquency – Golden Ratio/BirdDog Promo CMJ Party – 5 p.m.
10/18: New York, NY @ Rubber Tracks – The FADER Fort – 8:30 p.m.
10/18: Brooklyn, NY @ Zebulon – 11 p.m.
10/19: Brooklyn, NY @ City Reliquary – Inland Empire Touring Showcase – 9 p.m.
10/20: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool – Inland Empire Touring Showcase – 11 p.m.
10/20: Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly – BrooklynVegan Showcase – Info TBA
After CMJ Sinkane has a release party at the Brooklyn Bowl, as well as shows with ESG (their last show) and !!!.
Other Shows:
10/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl – Free with RSVP at lxl.brooklynbowl.com
11/01: New York, NY @ Bowery Electric w/ESG
12/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg w/!!!
peep Jeeper Creeper and Runnin’ after the jump.
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Video: Danny Brown Goes To The Gathering Of the Juggalos
Noisey has a wonderful feature here as Danny Brown goes to the Gathering of the Juggalos.
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Ty Segall’s 2013 Tourdates
Obv, Ty Segall is having a baller year. Actual Facts, he is having a baller day. Today he released a banging new album TWINS on Drag City. He also announced that he will appear on Conan 10/16 and he added 2013 Tour Dates.
Stream “TWins” here
Dates after the jump.
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Listen: Main Attrakionz – Cloud Body (Produced By Grown Folk)
Yay Area’s Main Attrakionz drops Cloud Body off their upcoming album Bossalinis & Fooliyones which comes out 10/22 via Young One Records. Main Attrakionz is playing Young One (10/17) and Mishka’s(10/18) CMJ Parties. Cloud Body is produced by Montrael’s Grown Folk and is a mission statement for Cloud Rap.
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Video: Andrew W.K. Does Party Hard @ David Blaine’s Tesla Coil
For the past 3 nights and 3 Nights David Blaine has stood surrounded by 1 Million Volts of Electricity in New York for a performance piece called ELECTRIFIED. The volts were generated by the public who controlled the direction and intensity of the light and sound emitted by the telsa coils through Intel Ultra Book devices in stations in New York, London, Beijing, Sydney, and Tokyo along with the use of the #ELECTRIFIED hashtag.
Andrew W.K.(in the video above and interviewed after the jump), POP ETC, HEALTH, Gavin Russom, Prince Rama, WINWIN, and Javelin along with Pharrell, Darren Aronofsky, Rachel Weisz, Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, Jonathan Cheban, Jemima Kirke, Harmony Korine, the Cults, and Alicia Silverstone all participated in the experience at Pier 54 in New York City.
Pharrell thinkin’ ‘damn that’s ill’
Today, Reggie Watts will play the tesla coils at 3PM. Additionally, there will be a special musical performance at 7PM for the closing of the event. The entire event stream here. Unless you are in China. Then it will be streamed here.
Andrew W.K. interview after the jump.
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Barack Obama & Will I Am To Appear in Columbus Tomorrow
Barack Obama will be joined by the Black Eyed Peas Will-I-Am on the OSU Oval Tomorrow, Tuesday October 9th. Doors open at 2pm. For more info and to RSVP click here.
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Watch: the Child of Lov- “Heal”
The ever elusive The Child of Lov debuts a new video for Heal directed by the Focus Creeps. Purchase Heal on i-tunes here. There will will be a limited 7 inch that has a b-side of the Child of Lov covering D’Angelo . Pre-order that from Double Six. “Heal” is from The Child of Lov’s upcoming album that features DOOM, Thundercat and Damon Albarn. Who is the Child of Lov?
More after the jump.
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