Every year NYC's Madison Square Park, located at 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, hosts a series of free "Oval Lawn Series" concerts in the summer. This year is no different...

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Frightened Rabbit @ T5, Nov. 2010 (more by Lionel Bergeron)

SXSW has just announced another round of bands for the 2013 edition of the annual music festival that will happen March 12 - 17. This brings the total current number of acts to around 1300. Someome of the highlights include Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, The Thermals, Black Lips, Camera Obscura, Merchandise, Bleached, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Eagles of Death Metal, Parenthetical Girls, Indians, Night Beds, IO Echo, KEN Mode, Prince Paul, Pure Bathing Culture, Sepalcure, UK motorik post-punks TOY, Finnish instrumentalists K-X-P, Toronto's Moon King, UK indie rockers Splashh (not Brooklyn Splash with one "h") and loads more. Head to BV Austin for the whole Round 3 list.

photos by Eric Townsend

The "Share the Warmth" Benefit Concert -with performances by; Amos Lee, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) and Erin McKeown supported the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) efforts in providing urgently needed relief aid to thousands of Afghan families facing a harsh winter. All proceeds from this event will be used to purchase life saving winter supplies for refugees and displaced people in Afghanistan.

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Wednesday December 16 at the Canal Room, 285 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Doors @ 7 Show @ 8PM

The "Share the Warmth" Benefit Concert -with performances by; Amos Lee, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) and Erin McKeown will support the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) efforts in providing urgently needed relief aid to thousands of Afghan families facing a harsh winter. All proceeds from this event will be used to purchase life saving winter supplies for refugees and displaced people in Afghanistan.