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Bridge School Benefit 2013 in videos: Neil Young w/ Arcade Fire & MMJ (separately), Lou Reed tribute, Tom Waits & more

The annual Bridge School Benefit Concert went down over the weekend (10/26 & 10/27) with sets from Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Arcade Fire, Tom Waits, My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits and more…

Arcade Fire, CSNY, Tom Waits & more playing 27th annual Bridge School Benefit this weekend (stream Saturday live)

The 2013 Bridge School Benefit concerts happen this weekend (October 26 & 27) at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. Now in it’s 27th year, the benefit concerts raise money for The Bridge School, a “non-profit, innovative organization educating children with severe speech and physical impairments through the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology” that was founded, in part, by Pegi Young (wife of Neil Young)…

Arcade Fire playing outdoor show in LA, Miami, the Bridge School Benefit, and 2 NYC shows at 299 Meserole?

That’s the new LA record release show poster above. Here’s more info:”As part of their ongoing “The Music Experiment 2.0” social media-driven concert series, MTV Iggy and Intel Corporation today announced that Grammy Award-winning rock band Arcade Fire will perform a special show at an as-yet-unannounced outdoor location in Los Angeles on October 29th, upon release of their hotly anticipated fourth studio album, Reflektor…

Are these the 30 best guitarists under 30?

(more has put together a list of the 30 best guitarists under 30. In the two–part rundown, the list covers some territory, lumping Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell, Liturgy’s Hunter Hunt Hendrix, Mac Demarco, Danielle Haim, Ben Greenberg of The Men, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females and Fun guitarist and Lena Dunham-dater Jack Antonoff onto the list…

TOY playing one-off NYC show before Mexico City's Corona Capital Fest (line-up)

TOY @ BV SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) UK motorik shoegazers TOY were supposed to play NYC back in March while the band were coming over for SXSW…

2013 ACL Music Fest lineup announced (Depeche Mode, The Cure, Atoms for Peace, The National, Vampire Weekend + more)

The 2013 ACL Festival happens in Austin, TX on two consecutive weekends: October 4 – 6 and October 11 – 13. Weekend passes are on sale now and the full line-up is below…

ACL Fest lineup revealed (Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse, Vampire Weekend, The National, Phoenix, Wilco + more)

As mentioned on BrooklynVegan, the 2013 ACL Festival (10 4 – 10/6; 10/11 – 10/13) was just announced, with Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse, Vampire Weekend, The National, Phoenix, Wilco and many more among the acts playing this year…

Bumbershoot 2013 lineup & tix (Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar, Breeders, Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter & more)

Bumbershoot is returning to Seattle this year from August 31 to September 2 at Seattle Center. This year’s lineup was just announced, and it includes Death Cab for Cutie performing Transatlanticism (in case The Postal Service reuniting wasn’t enough Ben Gibbard nostalgia for you), Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, The Breeders, The Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter, Baroness, Crystal Castles, Gary Numan, Joey Bada$$, Eric Burdon, Bob Mould, David Bazan, Charli XCX, Redd Kross, The Men and m…

Kendrick Lamar, The Lumineers and more participating in "Yahoo on the Road" travelling festival (dates)

Amid all the noise that is SXSW, Yahoo! announced that Kendrick Lamar, fun., the Lumineers, J. Cole, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Imagine Dragons and more would be a part of a travelling festival called “Yahoo…

The National (band & documentary) playing Tribeca Film Fest, headlining Boston Calling Music Festival

The National, who’ll headline the Barclays Center in June, are the subject of a new tour documentary, Mistaken for Strangers, which will make its premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (April 17 – 28)…
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