today in NYC
* SWEETie Gras
* comedy @ Cake Shop
* Onra @ the Commodore
* Ryan Keberle @ Barbes
* DaDa Frolic @ The Stone
* Bang on a Can @ Apple Store SoHo
* Michael Daves @ Rockwood Music Hall
* The Moon comedy @ Union Pool
* Manu Delago @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Alia Shawkat @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Cookies, St. Lucia, Shadows On Stars @ Pianos
* Ex-Humans, Useless Eaters, Swearin' @ Cake Shop
* Night Shining, Aimes, Rimar, Starfawn @ Glasslands
* Tell Your Friends w/ Todd Barry, more @ Lolita Bar
* Frankie Rose, Dive, Night Manager @ Knitting Factory
* The Suzan, Drgn King, The Can't Tells @ Death By Audio
* Mona, The Rassle, Chappo, Cold Fronts @ Mercury Lounge
* Less Than Jake, Samiam, Flatfoot 56, DJ Sid Da Kid @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Slow Magic, Selebrities, Mala Strana, DJ Emilie Friedlander @ Public Assembly
* Hurricane High, Colin L. Orchestra, Guardian Alien, Dubknowdub, GDFX, Indian Ocean @ Big Snow
* Diamond Terrifier, Uumans, Ganjatronics, Laurel Halo (DJ set)(Practice, presented by Diamond Terrifier) @ Zebulon
* Two Boots Mardi Gras Benefit Ball presented by Rosario Dawson @ Le Poisson Rouge

If you're in Chicago, BrooklynVegan/BV Chicago present a free Willis Earl Beal show at Cole's Bar tonight. If you're in NYC, you'll have to pay and wait to see him.

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DOWNLOAD: Alaska in Winter - Berlin (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Winter Gloves - Let Me Drive (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Winterpills - Beesting (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost (MP3)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Tom Jones @ Terminal 5
* Mystery Jets & The Dig @ Bowery Ballroom
* Winter Gloves, Josh Reichmann & Slim Twig @ Pianos
* A Fat Tuesday party with The Sugartone Brass Band at the Bell House

New Yorker Films, RIP

"The Academy Awards were taking place on Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday night, but the real action was on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. That's where Jim Moore, part of the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, "Man on Wire," watched the Big Show from Los Angeles."

23 New York Teenagers You Ought To Know About (maybe).

"Alice Tully Hall, closed for nearly two years, opened its grand, airy and people-friendly new lobby to the public and presented a large roster of fine musicians, ranging from living masters to eager students, who played a program aptly titled "First Look.""

New Orleans Ready for Final Mardi Gras Fling

"Listening to music with degrading sexual lyrics could prompt teenagers to start having sex at an earlier age, a US study suggests."

Tickets are still on sale for the April Neko Case shows at Nokia Theatre. Neko's new album is streaming in full at NPR.

Torche is touring in April.

If and when Faith No More reunites, it better not just be for Europe.

Pavement Nearly Reunites At Nashville Wedding Party

Radiohead let one of their songs be used by Shelter, a for homeless and housing charity.

Late of the Pier are returning in March and April. Check out their video for "Heartbeat" below...

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