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quest?onmarc will release their new EP, ‘ELEVATION (​?​5)’ this Friday, 5th November. 

The two-tracker follows the The New York-based DJ and producer’s ‘Phoenix’ EP on Club Chai from January this year, as well as a few edits and bootlegs shared on their Bandcamp over the past few months. 

The organisers of a Chainsmokers concert have been fined $20,000 for violating public health law.

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has voiced his support for the campaign to save independent venues in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 

A documentary about legendary record store, Other Music, will be released this month.

Situated in the NoHo neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, Other Music record store was a hub for the city's indie rock scene in the early '00s, specializing in closely curated underground, rare and experimental music.

Jay-Z will open a university next year.

Named after his entertainments company, Jay-Z's Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment will be a faculty of Brooklyn's Long Island University in New York, offering undergraduate degrees in music, music technology, entrepreneurship and production, and sports management.

Over 150 venues in New York have banded together to form New York Independent Venue Association.

An unlicensed boat party on New York’s Lower East Side was shut down in the early hours of Sunday morning, 2nd August. 

Shortly after 1 AM on Sunday morning the Liberty Belle party boat set off from its dock at Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan. Over 170 guests are estimated to have been aboard the boat, which can normally hold up to 600. 

A DJ who played an illegal NYC rave last weekend has said it was not “worth the risk” performing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Saturday (1st August), promoters Renegade threw an illegal rave under the Brooklyn side of the Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City, which featured performances from a handful of DJs, including Brooklyn-based Pictureplane, and hundreds of revellers.

A "drive-in" concert is under investigation for a lack of social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

US duo The Chainsmokers are facing backlash for a "drive-in" concert they performed at in The Hamptons this past weekend. Around 2,000 guests attended the open-air concert in the luxury Southampton area, with tickets reportedly ranging between £970 to £19,400. The Chainsmokers were supported by Goldman Sachs SEO David Solomon, who performed under his EDM alias DJ D-Sol.

A 56-hour New York Pride 2020 live stream will take place from 3PM this Friday until 1AM on Monday.

A number of New York promoters, including Elsewehre and Wrecked, have teamed up with The Lot Radio for the charity live stream, which will include a special tribute set to New York nightclub Sound Factory from Honey Dijon.