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Memory Tapes continues his quest to remix seemingly every band in existence with this new one for twitchy British dance outfit Everything Everything. If Dam-Funk made bumpers for Nick Jr., this is what they would sound like–squishy-like-stuffed-animals playtime funk. Everything Everything's debut album, Man Alive, is out August 30.

Everything Everything - MY KZ, YR BF (Memory Tapes Remix)

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It’s now time for week 4 of our History Hunt series, sponsored by the Tenement Museum. The last three have all been a great success, and we hope you are enjoying the search.  One winner this week will receive a copy of New York: The Novel, by Edward Rutherfurd.  On your marks…

Clue #1: Dig through class 973 of the Dewey Decimal System, and you might learn more about me.  Who am I?

Remember, you can submit answers via email or Twitter (@boweryboogie).  Be sure to include the address in your guess.  May the force be with you!

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR CLUE #2!

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Video lookbook of Yves Saint-Laurent’s sneaker collection for Spring/Summer 2011. Enjoy.

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Dance enthusiasts, and all around good music-lovers rejoice, LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip are planning a tour together! A few UK dates have been released, and it appears they plan on some U.S. dates as well. They already have a show planned in Milwaukee. More info will be released soon. Until then I will train and hydrate for the dancing that will ensue. Keep reading to see the scheduled tour dates.



LCD and Hot Chip:

07-29 Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall * 07-30 Woodford, Australia – Splendour in the Grass * 08-01 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock * 10-22 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave * 11-10 London, England – Alexandra Palace * 11-12 Cardiff, Wales – International Arena * 11-13 Sheffield, England – Magna Arena * 11-15 Manchester, England – Apollo *

LCD Soundsystem:

07-29 Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall * 07-30 Woodford, Australia – Splendour in the Grass * 08-01 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock * 08-11 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival 08-12 Oslo, Norway – Oya Festival 08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival 08-14 Copenhagen, Denmark – DR Koncerthuset Store Foyerscene 08-17 Ibiza, Spain – Ibiza Rocks Festival 08-27 Reading, England – Reading Festival 08-29 Leeds, England – Leeds Festival 08-31 Tel Aviv, Israel – Heineken Music Festival 09-04 Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic 09-10 Berlin, Germany – Berlin Festival 09-12 Isle of Wight, England – Bestival 09-25 Columbia, MD – Virgin Mobile FreeFest 10-09 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10-15 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl 10-16 San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Festival 10-22 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave * 11-10 London, England – Alexandra Palace * 11-12 Cardiff, Wales – International Arena * 11-13 Sheffield, England – Magna Arena * 11-15 Manchester, England – Apollo *

* with Hot Chip

Hot Chip:

07-29 Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall * 07-30 Woodford, Australia – Splendour in the Grass * 08-01 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock * 08-04 New York City, NY – Central Park Summerstage # 08-05 Chicago, IL – Galapalooza 08-06 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza 08-19 St. Polten, Austria – Frequency Festival 08-20 Kiewit, Belgium – Pukkelpop Festival 08-21 Hannover, Germany – Bootboohook 08-22 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival 08-27 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega 08-28 Stockholm, Sweden – Popaganda 09-04 Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic 09-10 Isle of Wight, England – Bestival 09-11 Berlin, Germany – Berlin Festival 10-22 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave * 11-10 London, England – Alexandra Palace * 11-12 Cardiff, Wales – International Arena * 11-13 Sheffield, England – Magna Arena * 11-15 Manchester, England – Apollo *

According to Cinema Blend (and via NY Mag), the below nine videos contain Daft Punk's "entire soundtrack to" Tron Legacy. Enjoy...

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From Curated -

On view through September 26, 2010, at Princeton Art Museum, “Starburst, the first-ever museum survey of the “New Color Photography” in the 1970s, stars 18 artists who fast-forwarded their medium out of its black-and-white past and put it at the center of contemporary art. The exhibition features generous bodies of work by eighteen artists, from the still-prominent, such as Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Jan Groover, and Joel Sternfeld, to key figures of the period, including Eve Sonneman, Neal Slavin, John Pfahl, and Barbara Kasten.”

The photographs are stunning, and the exhibition also includes a web component that is well worth visiting.

Head to Curated for more images and information.

This article originally appeared on Selectism.com.

“Starburst: Color Photography In America 1970–1980″ at Princeton Art Museum

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City Room notes that the City Council's big Domino and Flushing Commons day was the first in its temporary new home (caused by the renovation of City Hall): the old Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank at 51 Chambers Street. Inset your own punchline: "Life could be worse: the Beaux-Arts building is one of the city’s more elegant properties, with a limestone facade, marble walls and stained-glass skylights. Tellers’ windows line each side of the hall." [City Room]

On Drake's make-it-or-quit mixtape, So Far Gone (he made it), Bun B came through with a crucial co-sign, blessing the young spitter with a scene-stealing verse on the album's hardest cut, "Uptown." Things have changed a bit since then–Drake's famous, platinum, stanky rich, but doing the right thing pulling verse and hook duty for one of hip-hop's last living legends. Bun let "Put It Down" go for free yesterday on Twitter, but you can pay him back next Tuesday when his new album Trill OG drops.

Bun B - Put It Down (feat. Drake)

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Bringing heritage brands back from the dead is nothing new (especially in these times) but there’s some folks who know how to do it right. Coming from the same stable as Rocky Mountain Featherbed, Mighty Mac is a traditional boating clothing company, who’ve been resuscitated by a Japanese company (who know a thing or two about amazing repro products). We spotted this over at Capsule, so look for it to start appearing in stores early next year.

The boat parka (complete with detachable bag) is a favourite of ours, but the whole collection’s worthy of a look – which you’ll be able to do after the leap.

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Recent Frenchkiss signee Young Man will be opening for his label-mates Local Natives at their Beach at Governors Island show on August 7th. We Barbarians, a Cali band with a few other NYC shows that are listed below, also open. Tickets are still on sale.

Young Man, the brainchild of Colin Caulfield, has its debut EP, Boy, set for proper release on Frenchkiss on October 12th. The mini record is streaming in full here, and the first track off it is available above. It only takes ones quick listen to hear the Animal Collective influence in his music. Appropriately, Animal Collective & Panda Bear are sone of the artists Caulfield has covered and posted to his popular YouTube account. There you'll also find great covers of others artists that Young Man fits right in with - Beach House, Ariel Pink, Grizzly Bear, Deerhunter and more. You can watch some of them below, and download the Beach House cover above.

Live, the group fills out to a four-piece, and their tour dates include a show with Dawes and stint with the Lou Barlow + the missingmen/Wye Oak tour. All those are below...

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G-Shock drops another solid range of timepieces this season, with a new selection for August 2010. Of particular note to some will be the bright purple Evangelion collab (pictured above) that ties back to the popular Japanese cartoon of the same name. Further releases follow a fairly monochrome approach across a variety of models and colors.

Take a look at all new G-Shock watches to drop this month after the jump.

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Inspired by the Vans Core Classics footwear offering – simple, classic shoes that never go out of style – Vans is debuting a new Core Basics collection of everyday essential apparel. The line includes a variety of styles from tanks, jerseys and hoodies, to wovens, sweaters, jackets and headwear. Available in a range of solids and heathers that tie back in with the seasonal color palette of Vans Classics footwear.

Have a detailed look at each piece in the collection after the click.

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Night Gallery - Constant Struggle (2010) [Rainbow Body] // Grade: A-

I will not say Night Gallery sound like Depeche Mode. I will not say Night Gallery sound like Depeche Mode. I will not say…ok, it’s a comparison you just cannot avoid on the duo’s soon-to-be-released (August 10) LP, Constant Struggle. I earnestly hope the public allow themselves to dive into the eight tracks contained within, and take the time to look deeper than the vocal tones. Those willing to enter Night Gallery’s fold with an open ear, will be rewarded with lush, astutely prepared instrumentation that draws from the glory days of dark-tinted pop.

Constant Struggle is not as much an homage to Music for the Masses-era Depeche Mode, as it is a blending of references already drawn from in members Aaron David Ross and Adam Griffin’s other musical projects. As a collection, the tracks lean closest to definition as synthpop, bolstered with the spirit of the New Romantics. But in the ambling, rhythmic industrial pulse of “Real Normal” and the throaty, low-pitched words of “Sex Curse” you’re tipped to that same sense of cinematic forebodence heard in Ross’ work with Gatekeeper. And while Golden Birthday, the Chicago-based outfit Griffin tours with, is often followed by the genre assignment “lo-fi pop”, the keyboard synthpop that forms that base level of their sound is not far off from the less brooding of Constant Struggle‘s selections (“Mary Bell”, “Fever Dreamer”).

This balance of lighthearted, early electronic pop peppered with darker colors provides Constant Struggle with a framework that allows for endless variety. “Wild Palms” pairs breezy tropicalia with swaying vocals, arriving a product of the Pet Shop Boys influence. On the opposite side of the sonic spectrum, “Too Many Men” is beat-driven, assisted by elongated, heavy words. But the most interesting element in Night Gallery’s mix is that through all their many reference points drawn from the past, they still imbue a sense on nowness to the album. Both the title track and “Fever Dreamer” present themselves vocally as thoroughly modern slices of electronic pop.

If at any point in your life you’ve spent time immersed in the genres of darkwave, synthpop or new wave…or, if you just really love Depeche Mode, Night Gallery is a name that needs to be on your radar.

In their haste to score an original Damien Hirst, her parents had sped off to Art Basel without her. 

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East Villagers and members of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 59 East 2nd Street are sparring over the proposed landmarking of the Gothic-style church. The church says it can't afford the necessary repairs if the building is landmarked, and neighbors don't want to see that bizarre eight-story addition plopped on top. But since that proposal surfaced, a rezoning has made an addition that size impossible, and the church's dean admits it was an "absurd" idea. [The Villager]

"I was walking down West 27th street from 8th to 7th yesterday afternoon and passed a building, midblock on the south side of the street, where the front door had been literally drenched by a bucket of shit. The door was coated, the bucket (a large drywall sized bucket) was laying there next to the disaster, a couple orange cones were placed gingerly... The entire east side of the block stank. I thought you'd want to know. That's not a diss." [CurbedWire Inbox]

• Artist: Felix Da Housecat
• Date: Friday, July 30th 2010
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Povoa do Varzim, es, PORTUGAL
• Venue: Midsummer Music Conference
• Country: United States
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