This week DJ DJ Monchan@ Cedar Party Room

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Mixed by DJ OG Chino @ Spur Tree 

01. Junior Reid – One Blood
02. Pato Bandon – Don’t Sniff Coke
03. Frankie Paul – Worries In TheDance
04. Sister Nancy – Bam Bam
05. Sister Carol – Ram The Party
06. Shaba Ranks – Wicked In Bed
07. Nardo Ranks & Cocoa Tea – Me No Like Rikers Island
08. Snow – Lonley Monday Morning
09. Jesse Jender – Rude Boy Remember
10. Yellowman – Gaze
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By DumboNYC

A collaboration by a group called 303 Collectives (named for the studio number at 135 Plymouth Street in Dumbo) painted the Water Street wall (between Jay and Pearl Streets) over the Memorial Day weekend. I spoke with Craig Anthony Miller (aka Cam) yesterday, who was kind enough to speak about how it got started and the images in the painting while traveling in his car. 303 artists include Cam, Demon 202, Tron, John Breiner and One 9 (who wasn’t there for the painting). [Read More]

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By Sean Joseph-amNY

They work long hours and have to put up with rain, sleet, snow and hail — but unlike postal workers, they have to do it while hanging on the side of a building.

New York’s mural artists are hardly a vanishing breed — this boutique business is still a big draw among companies looking to stand out amid the city’s sea of billboards and hanging mesh ads. [Read More]

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By Metro

They might play the hottest dance clubs from Paris to Ibiza and Tokyo to Milan during the weekends, but on school nights, wunderkind tech-house DJs The Martinez Brothers spend their time hanging in their parents’ basement in Monroe, New York. [Read more]

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By Matt Harvey & Jamie Peck-NYPress

With the June 9 release of its latest album (and first for local indie Matador) quickly approaching, Sonic Youth—one of the most influential New York rock bands of all time—seems to be coming home to roost. 
Not only is the group putting out records with a small, New York–based label, but its members have spent the past week skulking downtown—below Delancey Street even!— and making it known that despite having a few decades on the kids making today’s noisy rock music, they’re still a force to be reckoned with. Without further ado, this week’s all–Sonic Youth “Bash Compactor.”  [Read More]

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