today in NYC
* Mark Helias @ The Stone
* Lauryn Hill @ the Blue Note
* 50 First Jokes @ 92YTribeca
* Marc Ribot @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Jon Irabagon & Mike Pride @ Barbes
* Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* The Daily Show & friends @ Comix
* John Hebert's Rambling Confessions @ The Stone
* Gloria Cheng, Calder Quartet @ Le Poisson Rouge
* We Are Country Mice, IYEZ, Revival Times @ Glasslands
* Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens (The Beatles Unbottled) @ City Winery
* Yellowbirds, Dill Dotson & The Chupacabra Kings, Darlingside, Caitlin Canty @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Happy Jawbone Family Band, Great Valley, Ghost Animal, V Ultra Lounge @ SilentBarn
* USVS, Apollo Run, Hawks and Doves, Stacie Rose, The Assembly Line @ Mercury Lounge

Yellowbirds "is the moniker for the latest musical exploits of Sam Cohen (guitarist / songwriter / vocalist in the psychedelic collective Apollo Sunshine)." Yellowbirds play Rockwood Music Hall tonight, The Studio at Webster Hall on January 20th, and Cake Shop on February 12th. Check out the songs streaming at MySpace.

Apollo Sunshine are not to be confused with Apollo Run who play Mercury Lounge tonight.

Lots of comedians will be telling their first joke of 2011 at 92YTribeca.

What else?

Real Estate have a full schedule of shows coming up in multiple countries throughout April and May. Three of those shows are in NYC in the nest 10 days. Tonight (4/16) they headline Monster Island. On Saturday, April 24th they play a MoMA PopRally event. On Sunday, April 25th they do a Kidrockers "Earthrockers" show with Apollo Sunshine at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are on sale (make sure you have a kid to take with you). More details on all of those shows and all dates below...

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DOWNLOAD: Apollo Sunshine - Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You) (MP3)

Apollo Sunshine

Apollo Sunshine aren't just playing Mercury Lounge tonight (Oct 29, 2008).... "just for Halloween, the band will be dressing up as Jimi Hendrix, calling themselves The Apollo Sunshine Experience, and playing plenty of Hendrix songs." Grab the MP3 above off their new album Shall Noise Upon. It's out now. The video for the same song is below..

Also on tonight's NYC bill: Previously on Lost, a band who "will play the best of [Lost] Season 4, full of inflatable palm trees, live hula girl cardboard cutouts, free leis, and big planes." It is their second show ever (or maybe just in NYC). Videos from their first show below.

All dates and videos below...

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Takka Takka @ Pianos (more by Ryan Muir)

today in NYC
* DANCE (stay tuned)
* Nick Lowe @ Zankel Hall
* Baltimore Round Robin (early and late)
* Kirsten Ketsjer @ Dead Herring
* Pierced Arrows @ Maxwell's
* Ben Kweller, Whitley @ Bowery Ballroom
* Ra Ra Riot, Walter Meego, And The Moneynotes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Skull Defekts, Talk Normal, S-S-S-Spectres, Boneless @ Cake Shop
* Suckers, Amazing Baby, Violens & Chairlift @ Danbro Studios
* Japanther, NinjaSonik, Killer Dreamer, SS Pyramid Snake @ Mercury Lounge
* Antipop Consortium, Takka Takka & more @ The Bell House
* Menahan Street Band & Phenomenal Handclap Band at Southpaw

Kanye West's official video for "Love Lockdown" is at YouTube.

Apollo Sunshine's new video for "Singing To The Earth" below...

What else?

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Pela desecrating a temple (CRED)

Pela is going on a short tour with Liam Finn at the end of February. That includes a show with Apollo Sunshine at Music Hall of Williamsburg in their hometown of Brooklyn, NY on February 27th. Tickets are on sale. All dates below....

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