Tickets to see The xx and Polica at Radio City Music Hall go on AmEx/Local presales today at 10 AM (password: "coexist").

Tickets to the AlunaGeorge shows at Bowery Ballroom and MHOW go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Savages at Terminal 5 go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to the Local Natives shows at Terminal 5 go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Deerhunter and Crystal Stilts at Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Alt-J at Rumsey Playfield go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Neko Case at Radio City Music Hall go on AmEx and Local presales today at 2 PM (password: "NEKO2013").

Tickets to see Jenny Hval at Mercury Lounge go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets for her Glasslands show are on sale now.

Frances Cone, whose debut album came out earlier this year, is playing Glasslands on June 29 with Psychic Twin and Snuffalufagus. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets to see Ulrich Schnauss at Bowery Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Kate Nash at Terminal 5 go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Hanni El Khatib and Bass Drum of Death at Bowery Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at noon.

RSVP for the free Delicate Steve and Superhuman Happiness show at Mercury Lounge opens today at noon.

Pretty & Nice are opening for So Many Dynamos at Mercury Lounge on July 9. Tickets to that show go on AmEx presale today at noon, with a general on-sale starting Friday (6/14) at noon.

Tickets to see Laura Mvula at MHOW go on AmEx presale today at noon. No preasle for her LPR show.

Cold War Kids are playing Terminal 5 on October 22. Tickets to that show go on AmEx presale today at noon, with a general on-sale starting Friday (6/14) at noon.

J. Roddy Walston & the Business are playing Mercury Lounge on June 25. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon with a general on-sale starting Friday (6/14) at noon.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is playing Tull's Thick as a Brick 1 & 2 at Beacon Theatre on October 11. Tickets for that show are still available, but Ticketmaster says "not many left." He's also added another show happening at the same venue a day earlier (10/10). Tickets for the newly-added show go on presale today at 10 AM with a general on-sale starting Friday (6/14) at 11 AM.

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

Black Keys / good question, Firefly Music Fest 7/22/2012

The Firefly Music Festival wrapped its successful first year on Sunday (7/22) with performances by The Black Keys, Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, The Head & the Heart, Fitz & the Tantrums, Bombay Bicycle Club and many more. As mentioned before, tickets on 3-day passes for the 2013 Firefly are now on presale.

Pictures from Sunday are below and you can also check out previously-posted pics from Friday (7/20) and Saturday (7/21).

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Built to Spill at BV SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Barkan)

The Hopscotch festival in Raleigh, North Carolina will celebrate its third year from Sept. 6-8, 2012 in downtown Raleigh, with 175 bands in 15 venues. The initial lineup, released today, runs the gamut from traditional indie favorites to punk to noise music to hip hop to noisy black metal and all stops in between, featuring performances from Built to Spill, sunn 0))), The Roots, The Jesus & Mary Chain (who played SXSW), Liars (who have a show coming up at Webster Hall), Baroness, Deerhoof, Death Grips (who play NYC soon and have new material on the way), Danny Brown (who was at Coachella and plays Prospect Park soon), Pallbearer (who play an exclusive East Coast Show soon), Screaming Females (who recently played NYC and are on tour now), Thee Oh Sees, The Spits (who just played NYC twice), Tenement, The Mountain Goats (two sets, one of which will be an all metal-covers set!) and so many more.

(and now we know the Jesus & Mary Chain are coming back soon)

Tickets are on sale. The full lineup and flyer (update: and a few more announced J&MC dates) are below...

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