today in NYC
* Within the Land of Ash
* Fred Frith @ The Stone
* Allo Darlin' @ The Rock Shop
* The Cult @ Starland Ballroom
* Krieg, Woe @ Knitting Factory
* Deadmau5 @ Roseland Ballroom
* Cypress Hill @ Best Buy Theater
* Pink Noise, DJ Megan @ Zebulon
* Mr. Brownstone @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Mean Red @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
* Fred Frith and John Zorn Duo @ The Stone
* VHS or BETA (DJ Set), Das Pop @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Cloud Cult, Fort Wilson Riot @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Lady Rizo and The Assettes @ Highline Ballroom
* Underground System Afrobeat, Mokaad @ Pianos
* A.G.E., Perdition, Atakke, Cervix @ Knitting Factory
* A Sunny Day in Glasgow @ Prospect Farm Harvest Fest
* A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Candy Claws @ Mercury Lounge
* The Chain Gang of 1974, Sigmund Droid, Yanqui @ Glasslands
* The Intelligence, An Albatross, German Measles @ Cake Shop
* Local Natives, The Ruby Suns, The Union Line @ Webster Hall
* Neon Trees, The Drums, and NOT DEVO @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* JEFF the Brotherhood, Growler, Anima Animus Animal @ Union Pool
* Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals, The Phantom Band @ Terminal 5
* Shane Perlowin, Zs, Weasel Walter's Cellular Chaos, Animal @ Death By Audio
* Jedi Mind Tricks, R.A. the Rugged Man, Reef the Lost Cauze @ Bowery Ballroom
* Antony and the Johnsons w/ orchestra of St. Luke's @ Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall
* DOM, Smith Westerns, YellowFever, Total Slacker, Sweet Bulbs @ 171 Lombardy St.
* The Felice Brothers, Adam Haworth Stephens, Titus Andronicus @ The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY

What else?

Halloween (more by Paul Birman)

What are some good Halloween shows happening this year? There's always the parade. And Todd P has his thing. Knitting Factory has all the metal you need. Hippies will be down the shore gambling. The Dresden Dolls are at Irving Plaza. World/Inferno Friendship Society do two shows at Brooklyn Bowl. The Felice Brothers and Adam H. Stephens of Two Gallants play MHOW (not a very Halloween-like option). Robbers on High Street will be ELO at Mercury Lounge. A Weezer cover band opens for them.

Deidre of Savoir Adore and French Horn Rebellion hosts Deidre's Hoochie Coochie Halloween at Zebulon. Michael T hosts a Rocky Horror Picture Show anniversary party at Le Poisson Rouge. The always-costumed Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black play Santos. What else?

There's always Saturday/Mischief night to celebrate. Since Halloween is on a Sunday this year, Halloween will probably last all weekend long (plus, Halloween technically begins at midnight). Guns n Roses cover band Mr. Brownstone are at Brooklyn Bowl this Saturday evening before Das Pop play the Halloween party there later that night. Allo Darlin play the Mondo Halloween Party at The Rock Shop in Brooklyn on 10/30. The previously mentioned Pelly Twins Pre-Halloween Partay is happening that night too:

Saturday October 30th @ 171 LOMBARDY
:: PELLY TWINS PRE-HALLOWEEN PARTAY
:: http://pellytwins.blogspot.com
:: DOM
:::: SMITH WESTERNS
:::::: Yellow Fever
:::::::: Total Slacker
:::::::::: Sweet Bulbs
| 171 LOMBARDY |
502 Varick Ave @ Lombardy St | East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Grand St, G-Nassau | 8pm | all ages | $tba

Antony and Cloud Cult both also play that night, as do Devo, The Drums & Neon Trees as part of the 2nd annual RXP Halloween concert at Hammerstein Ballroom. Too corporate? Within the Land of The Ash takes place in warehouses and on the streets of Brooklyn, burlesque, fire and music included. Mean Red meanwhile will be throwing down at Brooklyn Masonic Temple.

What else?

Get in the mood with some videos below...

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Tegan & Sara @ Terminal 5 in 2008 (more by Kurt Christensen)

tonight in NYC
* Tegan & Sara @ Town Hall
* Misfits @ Starland Ballroom
* Cypress Hill @ Nokia Theatre
* Pinback, Obits @ Irving Plaza
* Living Colour @ Highline Ballroom
* Tiny Tim Tribute show @ Joe's Pub
* Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert @ MSG
* Yeasayer, Tanlines @ Guggenheim Museum
* The Long Count @ BAM Gilman Opera House
* The Toasters @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* DJ Green Lantern, NinjaSonik @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Gary Lucas's Gods and Monsters @ The Living Room
* King Khan & BBQ Show, Dum Dum Girls @ Bowery Ballroom
* Archipelago w/ Roomful of Teeth, Due East @ Galapagos
* Future Of The Left, Freshkills @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Uninhabitable Mansions, Bob Parins, Revival Times @ Union Pool
* Darlings, Shark?, I'm Turning Into, The Sundelles @ Market Hotel
* Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge, High on Fire @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* The Get Up Kids, Kevin Devine, The Life and Times @ Gramercy Theatre
* Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Mick Barr, & TV Ghost @ Above the Auto Parts Store
* Simian Mobile Disco, Phenomenal Handclap Band, JDH & Dave P @ Webster Hall
* 'Night of The Wickerman' w/ Wooden Shjips, Effi Briest, Silver Summit @ 92YTribeca
* Pissed Jeans, Awesome Color, Drunkdriver, My Mind, Sleepies, Ex-Wife @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

The Get Up Kids are on a huge tour - they play three NYC shows with Kevin Devine and The Life and Times, starting tonight at Gramercy Theatre.

Pissed Jeans, Awesome Color, Drunkdriver, My Mind, Sleepies and Ex-Wife do NYU Halloween Horror Fest at (Le) Poisson Rouge.

Yeasayer and Tanlines play 'It Came From Brooklyn' at Guggenheim Museum. Mr Max Silvestri will be telling jokes.

King Khan & BBQ Show and Dum Dum Girls play Bowery Ballroom before moving on to a show at the Bell House on Halloween.

Webster Hall hosts Simian Mobile Disco, The Phenomenal Handclap Band and Fixed's JDH & Dave P.

Uninhabitable Mansions (mem. of Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah)
play Union Pool with Bob Parins and Revival Times.

The Long Count - featuring Bryce and Aaron Dessner from the National, Kim and Kelley Deal and more - is at BAM Gilman Opera House.

Speaking of twins, Tegan & Sara are playing two nights at Town Hall.

Pinback are in the midst of touring - Obits open three dates including tonight at Irving Plaza.

The monthly Archipelago series happens at Galapagos vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and flute-and-percussion duo Due East.

A new Future of the Left (at Music Hall of Williamsburg) video for "Arming Eritrea" below...

What else?

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Tickets are now on sale (@ noon) for the second Arctic Monkeys / Screaming Females show at Terminal 5

Tickets are now on sale (@ noon) for the third Passion Pit show at Terminal 5

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the just-added Wolfmother / Heartless Bastards show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the three end-of-year Patti Smith shows at Bowery Ballroom.

Cold War Kids are headlining Terminal 5 on January 29th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon).

Tonight's (10/30) Pissed Jeans show @ Le Poisson Rouge is only $2 with an NYU ID.

The Yeasayer and Tanlines show at The Guggenheim is much more expensive.