Death + Taxes Magazine

Friday, May 29, 2009These are WAY better than your original prom pics

No more braces and acne! Check out your prom photos from the Death+Taxes and Converse Tux With Chucks prom event held on May 22 on our new Flickr account. If you check right now and don't see yours yet, don't worry--we're still uploading, but we'll get them all up there soon! Even if you didn't go to our prom, check out the account to see prom photos of Japanese Motors and Crocodiles. Everyone looks dapper in their fancy clothes and favorite Chucks, and our shiny star background definitely brought out the puppy love in everyone. -AK

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Send Off May with a Bang! (On a Can)

How are YOU spending this Sunday? Already bored with the lazy, hazy days of summer? Well now that you don't have to worry about Sunday evening being a school night, skip on down to the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City on May 31 and check out the Bang on a Can Festival--twelve hours of uninterrupted live music! The party starts at noon and goes until midnight. It features musicians from across the globe, many of which I have never heard of before, but you can see how hip you are to the global music scene by checking out the full schedule here.

Nineties post-rockers Tortoise (whose new album, Beacons of Ancestorship, is reviewed in the July/August issue of D+T) will be playing at 10 p.m. Besides that, the lineup includes everything from steel drum ensembles and choral groups to string quartets and jazz combos--get ready to have your face melted by every genre of music imaginable.

So celebrate your emancipation from homework this Sunday and rock out with globe-trotting musicians. Oh, and if you haven't secured a summer job yet, no worries--it's free! -AK

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Thursday, May 28, 2009New Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls have a new disc coming soon. It's called Everything Goes Wrong and it's due September 8th courtesy of In The Red. They've got a few shows lined up this summer as well. Track listing and tour dates after the jump! -IL

01 Walking Alone at Night
02 I Have No Fun
03 Can't Get Over You
04 Desert
05 Tension
06 Survival
07 The End
08 When I'm Gone
09 Out for the Sun
10 I'm Not Asleep
11 Double Vision
12 You're My Guy
13 Before I Start to Cry

Sat-Jul-04 Brooklyn, NY 979 Backyard / Captured Tracks & Woodsist Fest
Thu-Jul-09 Mexico City, MX El Almacen *
Thu-Jul-16 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theater #
Sun-Jul-19 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Fri-Jul-31 New York, NY Whitney Museum

* = w/ KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW
# = w/ FUCKED UP, WOMEN

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Andy Milonakis & Diplo

Here's Andy Milonakis's video for "Zumbie." The song is his collaboration with the Diplo-helmed Major Lazer project. It's pretty funny, but not as funny as Milonakis's Twitter song. Watch the video for that one here. -IL

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Cameron Frye's House is for SALE

The house we all grew up envying is on the market. You know the one. The one Ferris Bueller accidentally ruined by launched a Ferrari out of it. Yes, that one. If you have an extra 2.3 million dollars you don't know what to do with--consider this. For more information visit here. -IL

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Break Up

The details regarding Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson's duets record were released last week. We've been jamming on the single "Relator" ever since. It's an infectious jam and if the whole album (which includes eight Yorn originals and a cover of Chris Bell's "I Am The Cosmos") is at all like "Relator," this Serge Gainsbourg-inspired album might give Johansson the musical kudos she's been after. Listen here. In related news, Yorn is set to release his latest, Back and Fourth, on June 23rd. Break Up will be released on September 8th. -IL

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New Between Two Ferns!

Here's the latest from Zach Galifianakis. The guest on this one is his The Hangover costar Bradley Cooper. Ch-ch-check it out! -IL

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009L.A.'s Buddy Announces Short Solo Tour

Buddy is heading out on a short solo tour today. Click here for the dates. And yes, Buddy is both the singer's name and the band's name. Confusing isn't it? -IL

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Monday, May 25, 2009Former Wilco Member Found Dead

Musician Jay Bennett died Sunday morning. The cause of death is still unknown. You can read the full story here. Bennett will be missed -- if you ask me, he's the reason the best Wilco albums are as good as they are. -IL

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