Considering Brooklyn comedian Myq Kaplan's CD was recorded live at NYC comedy club Comix and named one of the best comedy albums of 2010 by Dusted and has a name like "Vegan Mind Meld" and was released all the way back in April, I'm a little slow to this party, but better late than never.

Catch Myq (who was also on the lineup of last night's Whiplash) do standup for FREE TONIGHT (2/1) at Royal Oak with Hannibal Buress, Giulia Rozzi, Micah Sherman, and The Pendulum Swings featuring Jason Trachtenberg of The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players.

Alternatively, Todd Barry is on the lineup of Tell Your Friends! at Lolita Bar tonight.

Listen to Craig Ferguson say "vegan" and watch other videos below...

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Grant Hart

Blurt: Do you ever feel like your contributions to Husker Du are overlooked?

Grant Hart: This isn't thrown out as a condemnation of Bob, but I think that my fans know my material better than a lot of Bob's fans know his material. The reason I say that is every time I've gone to see a Bob Mould concert, someone has yelled out the name of one of my songs. When I'm out touring, I maybe hear that one out of five concerts.

The last couple of years of Husker Du proved this, but the larger your audience is the more dumb elements it's going to encompass. Bob's fans who never heard Husker Du, but heard Sugar first have more of a "Grant sucks" kind of attitude. I think with the popularity of Copper Blue, Bob ended up with a bunch of cowboys for listeners. If Bob and I were as competitive as our fans are, we would have never gotten past Land Speed Record.

Blank Dogs makes a semi-rare appearance tonight Death By Audio IS CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD.

TONIGHT @ THE STUDIO @ WEBSTER HALL

The legendary L.A. punk label released Go Man Go, KELLY's solo debut in 1989. Founded by seminal punk band Black Flag, SST was also home to such alternative icons as Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. and Sound Garden as well as fellow Antifolk founder Roger Manning. The project was produced by the Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie and fast on the heels of releases by Cindy Lee Berryhill (Rhino), Michelle Shocked (Mercury) and Manning, established Antifolk as a national underground phenomenon.

With performances by: Roger Manning, The Folk Bros., John S. Hall, Erin Regan, Kirk Kelly, Debe Dalton, Lach, Mike Rimbaud, John Kruth, Jeffrey Lewis, Joe Hurley, Jason Trachtenburg and Paddy on the Railway.

What else?

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by Andrew Frisicano

Langhorne Slim @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Nathan Miller)

Check out Langhorne playing songs live on Air America [Friday, April 3rd]!!!

3pm - Break Room Live

4pm - Doing Time with Ron Kuby

Tune in and then we will see you later that night at The Bell House in Brooklyn!!!!

Xoxo,
Team Langhorne

Langhorne hits the West Coast at the end of May. All tour dates, with two videos from Langhorne's latest, self-titled record, which came out on Kemado Records in 2008, below...

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Frightened Groundhog in Staten Island - Feb 2, 2009

Frightened Rabbit @ Bowery Ballroom - Jan 17, 2009 (more by Natasha Ryan)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Les Paul @ Iridium
* Lady Sovereign @ Pianos
* Ferraby Lionheart @ Pianos
* Lykke Li & Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Webster Hall
* Frightened Rabbit (acoustic) & Gregory & the Hawk @ Le Poisson Rouge

The Tibet House benefit at Carnegie Hall is tomorrow.

Tickets are on sale for the Throbbing Gristle show at Brooklyn Masonic Temple.

Groundhog bites Bloomberg at ceremony.

Jason Trachtenburg sings "Time" on the subway. Official music video below...

What else?

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