Juan Maclean, Juliana Huxtable, Jellybean Benitez & more play Boiler Room This Thursday at House of Yes for Let NYC Dance

This Thursday, May 11th, Boiler Room is teaming up with the Dance Liberation Network to produce an event at Brooklyn’s House of Yes to raise awareness for Let NYC Dance, a campaign to help repeal the archaic cabaret laws still in effect in NYC. The event, which will be live streamed via Boiler Room’s channels, aims to drive attention to the campaign and encourage people to sign the petition pushing for repeal of the law.

Musically, the night will unify a broad range of DJs/performers to illustrate the diversity of NYC's sound, spanning the range of generations of music and people who have been affected by this law. Each DJ will celebrate a different generation of NYC sound, grounding the event in a historical and educational context. Dancing is part of the fabric of NYC and they want to highlight the absurdity it being illegal to do so.  

Lineup:

1960's Jonathan Toubin

1970s Mobile Mondays DJs

1980's Jellybean Benitez

1990's Anané Vega

2000's Juan Maclean

2010's Juliana Huxtable

+ Special performance by LiteFeet Nation

Event Details:

House Of Yes

2 Wyckoff Ave,

Brooklyn, NY 11237

Thursday, May 11th

Doors 10pm // Broadcast 11pm

More info on NYC Cabaret Law:

Since 1926 it has been illegal to dance in NYC without a Cabaret License- a nearly unobtainable license that is far out of reach for bars and clubs that cater to everyday New Yorkers. 

Originally deployed as a law to control black jazz clubs in Harlem, the Cabaret law has gone through waves of enforcement, notably during the Giuliani years when it was used as a tool to shut down over 70 venues “violating” cabaret law- the vast majority of which served LGBT communities. Let NYC Dance x Boiler Room aims to mobilize the community around repealing this law, bringing together NYC DJs each representing a different decade in music, illustrating the wealth of music NYC has contributed globally. The time is now to Let NYC Dance!

Forest Swords' new album out tomorrow, playing NYC next week!

Tomorrow, Forest Swords, aka Merseyside producer Matthew Barnes, will release Compassion, his sophomore album and follow up to his critically acclaimed debut Engravings. In celebration of the release he will be playing New York’s Mercury Lounge next Wednesday alongside label mates Actress and UMFANG.

Compassion is a response to the uncertain, aggressive new world we’re experiencing and communicating within, distilling it into a unique sound territory: Barnes' exploration of the mid-point between ecstasy and melancholy, artificial and human feels timely and affecting; a celebration of primal connections, life itself, and an anxious glance at the direction we're heading. The result is an assured, compelling, vital body of work, tying together the ancient and future: weaving swathes of buzzing digital textures, field recordings, clattering beats and distorted jazz sax with fizzing orchestral arrangements.

Central to this enthralling world is Compassion, an album that's as weighty as it is vulnerable, sculpting the most striking parts of his previous work into something that feels urgent and necessary, and cementing Barnes as one of the UK's most significant electronic artists and composers.

Forest Swords – Compassion

(May 5th - Ninja Tune)

War It

The Highest Flood

Panic

Exalter

Border Margin Barrier

Arms Out

Vandalism

Sjurvival

Raw Language

Knife Edge

Pre- Order

https://ninjatune.net/release/forest-swords/compassion

Oxbow Streams Avant-Rock Triumph Thin Black Duke - Out Tomorrow On Hydra Head

Oxbow is streaming its first album in ten years, Thin Black Duke, today via Noisey. As demonstrates a remarkable balance of beauty and power throughout the album, fusing dissonant riffs with baroque arrangements. It is a remarkable work from a band that has continued to reinvent itself, pushing the limits not only of their sound but the genre of rock music as a whole. Thin Black Duke is out tomorrow on Hydra Head.

Oxbow – Thin Black Duke

(May 5th, 2017 – Hydra Head Records)

Pre-order Thin Black Duke from Hydra Head HERE.

1.    Cold & Well Lit Place

2.    Ecce Homo

3.    A Gentleman’s Gentleman

4.    Letter Of Note

5.    Host

6.    The Upper

7.    Other People

8.    The Finished Line

Oxbow also recently shared a video for “Cold & Well-Lit Place,” which is available HERE, and “Other People,” available HERE.

Nick Murphy (Chet Faker) Reveals First Taste Of New Music via Short Video

Nick Murphy just released a mysterious new short video clip for his upcoming Missing Link project. The video features a taste of the first new music from Murphy since last fall’s single "Stop Me (Stop You)." Watch the Missing Link clip co-directed by Murphy and Johann Rashad below.

The New York-based Australian producer & musician formerly known as Chet Faker announced last fall that, moving forward, he will write, produce, record and perform under his given name, Nick Murphy. He also recently released a short video interview with collaborator Dave Harrington where he discusses the name change, creating his new music and more. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/KWNTwX5bfTA.

NICK MURPHY TOUR DATES

May 12 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (w. Bonobo)

May 12-14 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival

Jun 01 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House

Jun 02 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House

Jun 03 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House

Jun 13 Ibiza, Spain - Pacha

Jun 17 Barcelona, Spain - Plaza Mayor de El Poble Espanyol

Jun 23 Salt Lake City, UT - Bonanza Campout Festival

Jul 28-30 New York, NY - Panorama Festival

Aug 16 Paredes De Coura, Portugal - Praia do Taboã

Chuck Johnson Shares "Riga Black" Video - New Album Of Ambient Pedal-Steel Explorations Balsams Out 6/2 on VDSQ

Balsams, Bay Area guitarist Chuck Johnson’s first album dedicated solely to the pedal steel guitar, is an immersive collection of meditations that highlights the instrument’s underutilized capacity for subtlety and beauty. The music is at once ambient and dramatic, swelling with unexpected melodies that emerge from the tonal ether. Earlier today Aquarium Drunkard premiered a new video for “Riga Black,” directed by Zeina Nasr and starring Johnson and Danishta Rivero. Balsams is out June 2nd on VDSQ.

“Although I have almost exclusively released instrumental music, to my ears Balsams is the most filmic music I have ever released. Musician/artist Zeina Nasr came to an early performance of this new pedal steel material, and she approached me after the show with an idea for a short film that came to her when she was listening to my set. Story and narrative are always central to Zeina’s work, and I thought it would be interesting and unexpected to have a narrative video for this music instead of something abstract. Although the sound palette is pretty consistent across all the tracks on the record, “Riga Black” is unique in that the melody is very exposed and fragile, so it seemed like a natural fit for Zeina’s idea.”

— Chuck Johnson

Chuck Johnson – Balsams

(June 2nd – VDSQ)

Pre-order Balsams from VDSQ: http://www.vdsqrecords.com/

1.    Calamus

2.    Riga Black

3.    Moonstone

4.    Eye On The Sparrow

5.    Labradorite Eye

6.    Brahmi