There so many awesome shows going down this weekend, I thought I woud give you my recommendations: FRIDAY: Tindersticks at Brooklyn Masonic Temple Gil Mantera’s Party Dream at Europa Handsome Furs, Iran, Hundred In The Hands at Mercury Lounge Pete and J, The XYZ Affair, Young Galaxy at Music H...

Happy Obama Day! Looking for ways to celebrate tonight? Here are some musical options: Obama Inauguration Concert feat. Apollo Heights, 24-7 Spyz, and HR (of Bad Brains) at Le Poisson Rouge Animal Collective and Blues Control at Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom Fucked Up, Pissed Jeans, and Vivian Gir...

It's hard to believe - okay, it isn't hard, but it's depressing and makes me feel ancient and so I choose to try and dress it up in a carapace of deniability - that SubPop has reached 20. They're having a party to celebrate: The SP20 Festival is happening July 12 & 13 at Marymoor Park just outside o...

Did you know that they still can't use the word "pissed" in the New York Times? In 2008! "His band, from Philadelphia, has a name that lies just on the other side of what's printable here; it describes a basic bladder-related humiliation, something that happens to the drunk or scared or infantile." ...