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A screenshot from Guitar Hero Live
Music fans and gamers shared a toast in celebration upon hearing the news in mid-April: Later this year, Activision and FreeStyleGames will resuscitate the long-dead Guitar Hero franchise with its first installme...
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Keith and Kenny are the creators of the popular animation series Lucas Bros. Moving Co. on FXX. The brothers voice the show's main characters, narrating hilarious, absurdist (and sometimes stoner-y) tales.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in ...
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Jessica Hopper
In the opening pages of The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, out May 12, the prolific music journalist and editor (and former Village Voice advice columnist) Jessica Hopper dedicates her book to "those t...
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Surfer Blood
It's been a challenging few years for Florida's garage-rock natives, Surfer Blood. The four-piece have been through a lot since the release of their debut album: Allegations of domestic violence hit lead singer John Paul Pitts in 2012...
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Azealia Banks
For more shows throughout the week, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.Monday, 5/11
The Staves
Rough Trade NYC
8 p.m., $15
The Staves are a sisterly trio from a tiny English town with an enormous, mystica...
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Florence and the Machine
Florence and the Machine is maybe the only band that can accept "soundtrackcore" as a compliment without a hint of backhand to go with it. Think of "Dog Days Are Over" or "You've Got the Love" and a handful of pivotal, emp...
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Sam Prekop of the Sea and Cake flies solo.
For those well versed in the forward-thinking trajectory of Sam Prekop from his work with brainy post-jazz pop institution the Sea and Cake, it may come as a bit of a shock to hear him talking metal. But ...
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Noel Gallagher performs with his High Flying Birds at Webster Hall. See more photos of Gallagher's concert in NYC.
It may be the title of his latest work, but Noel Gallagher is hardly chasing yesterday.
Some might view the former Oasis songwriter...
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Andrew W.K.
[Editor's note: Every week, New York City's own Andrew W.K. takes your life questions and sets you safely down the right path to a solution, a purpose, or -- no surprise here -- a party. Need his help? Just ask: AskAWK@villagevoice.com...
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The Pluto Moons
For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.
Friday, 5/08
David Torn
SubCulture
7 p.m., $20-$25
"It was just me, an amp, and my guitar," says David Torn of his latest album...
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Too much coverage of They Might Be Giants concentrates on their longevity, or their means of distribution, or how they have fans despite being "quirky," a vague descriptor that lazy critics take as all-in-one definitional: File Under Quirky.
"Quirk...
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Common at Harlem's Madiba
Hip-hop's hottest stage is the dining room. Following the lead of Joe's Pub, B.B. King's, and the now-shuttered Spotlight Live, dinner theater is back, and the dish best served at your next meal is a hot sixteen bars. Las...
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Nanna land Fabricius, a/k/a Oh Land
"I feel homesick a lot," says Danish indie-pop artist Oh Land. "I moved away from home when I was fifteen and have traveled ever since. I've struggled a lot with homesickness, because I'm away so much from peop...
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Saul Williams plays Brooklyn Bowl 5/7/15.
Over the past two years, while living in Paris and traveling abroad in volatile, poverty-stricken countries like Senegal and Haiti, Saul Williams began to see a recurring pattern that proved both troubling...
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Ms. Lauryn Hill performs at Denver's Ogden Theatre, July 2014.
Joining the ever-rising ranks of exciting free outdoor concerts this summer is Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World Festival, which is set to take place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on...
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Chris Stapleton at the Mercury Lounge, 5/5/15
"You know, we met Willie Nelson earlier, and she was wearing that T-shirt!"
Most people would be mortified to realize they're sporting the face of the person they're meeting across their front, but if...
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Taxstone taping his podcast
Boosie Badazz is Jesus. Before the Touchdown 2 Cause Hell listening party at Atlantic Records HQ starts, the screen behind the rapper plays an episode of a documentary that details Boosie's return from prison. Hip-hop p...
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Mikal Cronin at the Bowery Ballroom, 5/5/15
The 4Knots 2015 lineup may as well have an asterisk with a big ol' "PLEASE BRING EARPLUGS" at the bottom of the list. We've just announced the first five acts that will be hitting Hudson River Park for t...
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Denzel Washington in Flight
This week in Cheap Laughs, we have secret clubs, SF schmucks, movie-themed nipples, Norwegian triples, and Denzel Washington (a/k/a the greatest actor of all time, period). Here's our rundown of the best in independentl...
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Vinnie Paternostro, selfie-style
Bees dive-bombing you for no apparent reason? Allergies going ham? Facebook friends suddenly, post-Baltimore unrest, outing themselves as near-racists? It's spring, suckers. Put the cat out and crank up the noise.
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