Made In America Philadelphia Postponed Due To Severe Weather

Made In America has postponed the Philadelphia installment of its festival due to current severe weather conditions. The event facebook page reads:

PHILLY, due to approaching severe weather, everyone should move quickly & calmly to exit & proceed to protected areas outside of the site.

Please retain your tix for re-entry to the show. We will open gates once all is clear. All bands should play as scheduled after we re-open.

Check back here or on http://ift.tt/JLw9Gw for updates on re-entry information. Thank you for your cooperation.

Earlier today in New York City, the remainder of Electric Zoo was cancelled due to extreme weather.

Check Made In America Philadelphia's facebook page for updates as the story develops.

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Electric Zoo Cancels Remainder of Festival Due To Extreme Weather

Electric Zoo has cancelled the remainder of the festival due to extreme weather conditions, according to a tweet on the event's official twitter account. According to statements posted approximately two hours ago:

.@ElectricZooNY has shut down for the remainder of the festival due to extreme weather conditions.

— Electric Zoo NY (@ElectricZooNY) August 31, 2014

Update: THERE WILL BE NO RE-ENTRY. Due to extreme weather conditions, the festival has shut down for the remainder of the day.

— Electric Zoo NY (@ElectricZooNY) August 31, 2014

We apologize to fans, but your safety is our main concern.

— Electric Zoo NY (@ElectricZooNY) August 31, 2014

Last year, the final day of Electric Zoo was cancelled due to drug-related deaths. Recently, a man was charged with selling the drugs that led to these deaths, a development that came as festival promoters announced plans to renew security efforts and increase safety at this year's festival.

Watch Electric Zoo's recent safety PSA, which encourages "safe and smart enjoyment of music, lights, and crowds":

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke Does Another Surprise DJ Set: Video

Earlier this month, Radiohead's Thom Yorke played an unnanounced DJ set for a very small crowd at the Leopallooza music festival in Cornwall, England. The Radiohead singer hasn't lost his taste for surprises: Earlier this week, he played another unannounced set at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles during their weekly Nightswim party. There's video, which you can watch below via Stereogum.

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Diplo, Skrillex, and Kiesza Debut "Take U There" Live

Since last year, DJ culture's reigning men, Diplo and Skrillex, have been working together under the name Jack U. At the recent Mad Decent Block Party on August 9, they brought out the singer Kiesza for a brand new song, "Take U There". Listen to a live recording above.

Revisit our interview with Skrillex and watch Diplo in "The Warehouse Project", a film about the Manchester club scene:

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The Smashing Pumpkins Share Previously-Unreleased Puff Daddy Remix of "Ava Adore"

The Smashing Pumpkins recently shared a Rick Rubin-produced version of "Let Me Give The World To You", a track that is set to appear on the September 23 reissue of the Pumpkins' 1998 album, Adore. Now, Consequence of Sound reports that the band has shared Puff Daddy's previously-unreleased remix of "Ava Adore", which is also set to appear on the reissue.

According to the report, Billy Corgan commissioned Sean Combs to remix "Ava Adore" 16 years ago, but it was never released-- until now. Listen to Diddy's remix above.

Listen to the original "Ava Adore", below:

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Christopher Owens Announces Tour, Shares New Track "Never Wanna See That Look Again"

Former Girls frontman Christopher Owens has announced he will embark on a North American tour beginning in September, and he's also shared a new track called "Never Wanna See That Look Again". Listen to it above, and check out the tour dates below.

"Never Wanna See That Look Again" is from Owens' forthcoming record, A New Testament .

Read our Update with Christopher Owens.

Christopher Owens:

09-23 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
09-24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

09-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat

09-27 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live Downstairs

09-28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

09-30 Montreal, Quebec - Petit Campus

10-01 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club

10-03 Chicago, IL - Park West

10-04 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club

10-07 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room

10-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret

10-09 Portland, OR - Star Theater

10-11 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

11-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin

11-12 Paris, France - Le Badaboum

11-13 Antwerp, Belgium - TRIX Centrum voor Muziek

11-15 Liverpool, England - Kazimier Gardens

11-16 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo

11-17 Manchester, England - The Dead Institute

11-18 Bristol, England - Colston Hall 2, “The Lantern”

11-19 London, England - Islington Assembly Hall

Watch Owens' video for "Nothing More Than Everything To Me":

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J Mascis' Video For "Every Morning" Features Fred Armisen and The Shins' James Mercer

J. Mascis has shared a new video for "Every Morning" in which a fictional religious cult called "The Space Children Of The Forest" mysteriously disappears. The Funny or Die-helmed video takes place in 1974 and features the Shins' James Mercer as a loyal, egg-loving devotee to Mascis, who plays a Jesus-like figure. Fred Armisen, meanwhile, plays his hilariously-outfitted nemesis. Watch the video below.

"Every Morning" is from Mascis' latest solo record, Tied to a Star .

J Mascis — "Every Morning" from Funny Or Die

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Watch Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, and Jessie J Perform at The VMAs

Ariana Grande opened this year's MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California, with a performance of "Break Free", which then segued into Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda". Jessie J then came on stage and the three performed "Bang Bang". Watch video of the performances below.

Shortly after the performances, Common gave a short speech about the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and asked the audience to have a moment of silence for shooting victim Mike Brown.

Get More: 2014 VMA, Artists.MTV, Music, Jessie J.

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Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, and Jessie J Take Over A City in New Video for "Bang Bang"

Jessie J has shared the video for "Bang Bang" featuring Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande. Watch below as the three take over a city with pink sports cars, helicopters, and sweet bachelorette pads.

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Suge Knight Reportedly Shot Six Times at Pre-VMA Party

Early this morning at a club in West Hollywood, Suge Knight was reportedly shot six times, according to TMZ. The shooting occurred during a pre-VMA party hosted by Chris Brown. Knight allegedly walked out of the club unassisted. He was put in an ambulance and taken to the hospital. Knight is out of surgery and currently in the ICU. According to TMZ's "family sources", Knight is expected to recover.

The number of times Knight was shot has varied in different reports. It was originally reported that he was shot twice and that four shots were heard in the night club.

TMZ have video of chaos breaking out at the club. Earlier during the event, it was reported that the Game was denied entry to the party when he and his friends got into a "full-on fight" with security.

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Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" Dancer Bit By A Snake During VMAs Rehearsal

One of Nicki Minaj's backup dancers was bit by a 6-foot snake during a rehearsal for her upcoming VMA performance of "Anaconda", according to a report from TMZ. Reportedly the reptile was in fact an anaconda, which is a non-venomous snake that is nevertheless capable of transmitting bacteria that can lead to serious infections.

The dancer was taken to a local hospital for treatment, while the snake was removed from stage in a container. It is unclear whether Sunday's show will still include the snake in the live performance.

Watch the video for "Anaconda":

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Cat Power To Play Free Benefit Show For Ferguson Protesters, Also Announces Tour

Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, has announced that she'll play a free benefit show for Ferguson protestors on Sunday, August 24 at the Firebird in St. Louis, Missouri, Stereogum reports. Marshall will perform with her Dirty Delta Blues band, and according to an announcement via Instagram, “all proceeds will go to help protestors get out of jail & any needed supplies & food for protestors & flowers for rifles.”

Cat Power has also announced some tour dates. Check them out below.

Revisit our Cover Story with Cat Power.

Cat Power:

09-26 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre

09-28 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA *

09-29 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst

10-01 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theatre

10-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre

10-05 New York, NY - Modern Sky Festival

10-06 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

10-08 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall

* with Pixies

Watch the video for Cat Power's "Manhattan":

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How To Dress Well Shares What Is This Heart? Bonus Track, "So Easy For Pleasure"

Tom Krell, aka How To Dress Well, has shared a new bonus track from the deluxe edition of his recent album What Is This Heart? . Its called "So Easy For Pleasure", and you can listen to it above.

Krell also recently performed a live set on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Listen to it here via KCRW.

Watch How To Dress Well's video for "Childhood Faith In Love":

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John Reis Details Drive Like Jehu's Reunion: "We're Just Doing This One Show"

Drive like Jehu recently announced that they'll be reuniting for a free concert at San Diego's Balboa Park on August 31, and in a recent Kreative Kontrol podcast frontman John Reis gave more details about the event and the future of the band.

Speaking to the show's host, Reis said:

“The show isn’t so much a show as it is a chance to collaborate with the Spreckels Pipe Organ located in Balboa Park, San Diego. The pipe organ is a massive, outdoor instrument. I’ve been going to the organ concerts in the park there for years.

A friend of mine....got on the board of directors for the Spreckels Organ, and pretty much immediately the conversation turned to, ‘Dude, how are you gonna hook us up and get us in there to play? Can you arrange that?’ So, since February there’s been a dialogue about trying to get this to happen and over the last month or so, things have slowly been edging towards where this is going to be reality.

I reached out to the other guys in the band and everyone was really intrigued and excited to not only play again but to see what this was about. I’m super stoked that everybody in the band has embraced it and I can’t wait to do it."

On the future of the band after the August 31 show:

“We’re just doing this one show. There’s nothing else going on. The idea to play came about because of playing with the organ, because of this opportunity. There’s definitely no plans to do anything else after this. And there’s no plans to do anything before it, Y’know people are like, ‘Oh cool, are you gonna do a warm-up?’ or this or that. No, we’re really stoked to do this thing. As for the future, I don’t know. I mean, I didn’t think we’d necessarily be playing again at all. I’m not going to say it’s out of the question but there’s nothing planned.”

He also said that the show will be 30 minutes and roughly five songs long, and that he's enlisted someone to record it. "I just want to have something to share with people like you who can’t be there so others can see this thing,” he said.

Listen to Drive Like Jehu's "If It Kills You":

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Chris Martin Wears Inflatable Body Suit in Coldplay's "True Love" Video

Coldplay have shared a video for their single "True Love", off recent album Ghost Stories . Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, it features Chris Martin and actress Jessica Lucas as aspiring dancers impeded by inflatable body suits who eventually fall in love with one another because of aforementioned inflatable body suits. Watch it below.

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Jenny Lewis and Beck Cover Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

Jenny Lewis and Beck are touring together. At their show in Redmond, Washington, on Wednesday night, they busted out a cover of Rod Stewart's landmark "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Watch the video below, via Consequence of Sound. Lewis's dance moves: so disco!

Watch Stewart's original:

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Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield Announces Solo Tour Previewing New Album

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Waxahatchee, aka Katie Crutchfield, has announced a solo tour that starts in October. Check out the schedule below. She'll be playing new songs from the forthcoming follow up to last year's Cerulean Salt , which she recently finished recording.

Crutchfield also shared a short statement about the tour. She wrote:

I’m really looking forward to my upcoming tour this fall. I'm planning on playing songs from both my albums as well as songs from a new album i just finished recording. I'll also be playing solo, which i'm really excited about. We chose most of the venues specifically because they're more conducive to a more intimate type of performance. When i first started playing these songs i only toured solo and it's always so gratifying for me to perform that way again.

Waxahatchee:

10-03-05 San Francisco, CA - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival

11-03 Hadley, MA - Flying Object

11-04 Toronto, Ontario - The Great Hall

11-05 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore

11-06 Somerville, MA - The Center for the Arts at the Armory

11-07 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes

11-08 Washington, DC - The Howard Theater

11-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

11-10 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge

Watch Waxahatchee perform "Coast to Coast" at Pitchfork Music Festival:

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Interpol Release New Track "Ancient Ways"

Interpol has shared a new track from their upcoming record, El Pintor , the full-length followup to 2010's Interpol . Hear "Ancient Ways" below. This follows "All the Rage Back Home" and "Anywhere".

El Pintor is out September 9 on Matador.

Read our 2012 feature on Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights .

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Röyksopp and Robyn Share Kindness Remix of "Monument"

Röyksopp and Robyn have shared a Kindness remix of their recent single "Monument", from their collaborative album Do It Again . Listen to it above.

Adam Bainbridge, aka Kindness, said of the track:

“It's been a pleasure seeing how ‘Monument’ started stretching its legs over time: from 5 to 7 to 12 minutes at one point. When Robyn & I spoke about reworking the song, it was already so right, so hauntingly gossamer, that it seemed it could only be remixed by taking away - stripping things back to the core of its groove. I'm very happy to have Busiswa on this (even slightly slower) version of ‘Monument’, making a deeper connection with the Kwaito shuffle I thought was lurking somewhere in the heart of the track."

Said Robyn:

“I played ‘Monument’ to Adam (Kindness) a long time ago way before it was finished, so he's heard it grow and when he said he'd like to remix it, I knew he was going to make something special. He brought the song to a new place, his place. It's a place that I love. Busiswa sounds so good on it too. I'm happy to have another girl on there.”

The duo has also shared a Kindness remix that features Mark E. Listen to it here.

Watch the video for "Monument":

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A Word on Pitchfork's Role in ATP's Jabberwocky

Yesterday, we reported the cancellation of ATP’s Jabberwocky Festival. Cancelled festivals inevitably lead to confusion among those who purchased tickets, the bands who were booked to play, and other people who work to make festivals happen. In light of this, we want to take a moment to explain our involvement in the event.

Pitchfork worked alongside All Tomorrow’s Parties and Primavera Sound to curate Jabberwocky, helping to choose which artists would play. We did not have any financial involvement in the festival, in terms of either providing funding ourselves, managing how the money was spent, or receiving any portion of the event proceeds. Apart from recommending artists, we were not involved with decision-making concerning the event. Our sales team did assist in trying to find sponsorship for the festival, but the sponsors that ultimately signed on didn’t come through Pitchfork’s channels.

We’re as disappointed with the actions taken by ATP as everyone else, and hope they will fulfill the commitment they have made to return all ticket fees.

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