Like Yo La Tengo, Matisyahu is playing eight NYC-area Hanukkah shows this year. This is not the first time Matisyahu did this, but I think Yo La Tengo has been doing it longer. Also, Yo La Tengo has more indie cred. Yo La Tengo tickets are on sale. Matisyahu tickets are on sale (presale code = SHINEBRIGHT). All Matisyahu dates below...

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CMJ 2008 at Bowery Ballroom

10/21 - Lykke Li / Friendly Fires / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Micachu (sold out)
10/22 - Margot And The Nuclear So & So's / Wild Sweet Orange / Love As Laughter / Audrye Sessions / Shugo Tokumaru / Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons
10/23 - Delays / Scouting For Girls / Black Joe Louis & The Honeybears / Chester French / Janelle Monae
10/24 - Jay Reatard / Longwave / White Lies / Violens / Japanese Motors / SweetWater
10/25 - Little Jackie (early show)
10/25 - A Place to Bury Strangers / Crystal Antlers / Vivian Girls / Marnie Stern / All The Saints (late show)

Delays is the biggest surprise, but not necessarily a good surprise. I haven't liked their new direction. You can hear for yourself at MySpace.

Black Joe Louis & The Honeybears just so happens to be also playing NYC tonight (10/7).

The Saturday night show should be a great one, especially for people from out of town who don't get as many chances to see the three local bands on the bill.

Mercury Lounge shows are listed HERE.

The BV show is at MHOW.

Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd @ McCarren P - July 8 (Adam Au)

Wet Hot American Summer @ McCarren Pool - July 8, 2008 (Adam Au - L Mag)

today in NYC
* FREE STUFF
* Dave Chapelle
* The Vaselines @ Maxwell's
* Gelmania (comedy) @ Rififi *
* Barbes does Brooklyn Bridge
* At the Gates @ Irving Plaza
* Fleet Foxes @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Real Tuesday Weld @ Joe's Pub
* Albert Hammond Jr @ Hiro Ballroom
* "KCRW presents" @ Knitting Factory +
* Feist & Juana Molina @ Prospect Park
* The Avett Brothers @ Stuyvesant High School
* Alejandro Escovedo & AA Bondy @ Highline Ballroom

* Gelmania features Pete Holmes, David Rakoff, Eugene Mirman, Kurt Braunohler , Noah Garfinkle, Nick Kroll, Larry Murphy, Laura Kraft, Julie Klausner and Dave Hill. 8pm. $5.

+ KCRW's Knitting Factory lineup is Little Jackie, Tally Hall and Salt & Samovar. +

Little Jackie is the name of Imani Coppola's new band.

The new Vines album is streaming at MySpace.

Sweaty music find could help develop new treatments

What else?

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