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The Whitney Museum is currently hosting the Blues for Smoke exhibition, which will be up through April 28. The exhibition “explores a wide range of contemporary art through the lens of the blues and blues aesthetics…

Dysrhythmia @ Public Assembly, 11/17/2012 (more by Jonathan McPHail) today in NYC * Mondo! NYC @ Cameo * Hard Mix @ Glasslands * Noche Flamenca @ Joe’s Pub * Nature Boy Explorer @ Barbes * Steel Train @ Bowery Ballroom * Kingsley Flood @ Mercury Lounge * The Bad Plus @ Village Vanguard * HEEMS, Lez Zeppelin @ Brooklyn Museum * The Micks @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Ches Smith Trio, Mat Maneri @ The Stone * Banda Sinaloense de Los Muertos @ Barbes * Ikebe Shakedown, The Jay Vons @ Cameo Gallery * Aspects of War, Negligence, Kantuta @ XPO 929 * Brad and Doug Balliett and friends @ The Stone * Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ McKittrick Hotel * Dinowalrus, Life Size Maps, Visuals @ Glasslands * Andrew Morgan, Tom Noble, Terekke, Moon B @ 285 Kent * Bridges and Powerlines, Fan-Tan, Crazy Pills @ Union Hall * Wei Zhongle, Hazel Rah, Jessica Pavone, Pat Hull @ The LAB * The Indencent, EULA, Black on Brown, Sham-Poo @ Shea Stadium * Family Curse, Sleepies, Tournament, Dead Stars, Heaven’s Gate @ Dead Herring * Dysrhythmia, Wreck and Reference, Soren, Planning For Burial @ Saint Vitus Bar * Alien Whale, Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Fox Crane Bear, Heat Identity @ Silent Barn * Opponents, Compactor, Cloud Dweller, Long Distance Poison, Shingles @ Death by Audio * Tom Toye & Devin Brain Make Beautiful Noise, Beach Arabs, Spewing Cum, What Next? @ …

SPIN have revealed their list of the top 50 albums of 2012. It continues SPIN‘s trend of giving love to crossover punk and metal (which they’ve been pretty consistent with since naming Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life their top album of 2011) with the inclusion of Baroness, Torche, Pallbearer, Cloud Nothings, and Japandroids, but rather surprisingly excludes the SPIN Essential’d Ceremony – Zoo and The Men – Open Your Heart, in favor of popular blowouts by Taylor Swift, fun…

Das Racist at Afro-Punk 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The individual members of NYC rap trio Das Racist have been playing a handful of solo shows lately and it looks like we’ll be seeing more of that, as the group have decided to call it qu…

and Joe Mande Joe Mande is a comedian and writer. He’s been seen on Conan, Comedy Central, and VH1 Best Week Ever. He’s also a writer for Parks and Recreation, Delocated, and the upcoming Kroll Show……

Since opening in March, the Flat has been a haven for edgy music and affordable drinks. “It’s amazing how many people we know live within blocks away,” said Max Brennan, the owner…

Main Attrakionz at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Earlier this month, we mentioned that iPhone/Android app Mobli was throwing a CMJ party with Heems, Sasha Go Hard, Kitty Pryde, Weekend Money, SAFE, The Underachievers, and Party Supplies…

Heliotropes at 480 Pixels party in August, one of many bands who had shows at Delinquency this week, (more by Chris La Putt)To all Delinquency family, friends, performers, and promoters: We regret to inform that we have been forced to close temporarily and relocate all CMJ shows:(((( Please stay tuned for new show locations…

On October 30, Glasslands will play host to “The BuzzBin of History:, A Night with the World’s Premier Alternative Rock Cover Band Kerosene Hat…