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DOWNLOAD: METZ – Headache (MP3) As mentioned before and worth doing so again, Toronto’s METZ are on tour and in town, with two chances to see them in NYC: tonight (8/31) at Pianos with Birds & Batteries, Writer and ILLUMNTR (tickets); and then Saturday (9/1) at Death by Audio with Pop……

Towards the end of UK 4-piece Alt-J‘s set at Mercury Lounge in NYC last night (8/6), singer/guitarist Joe Newman took a slightly extended pause in the quiet turning point of “Breezeblocks,” before pounding drums entered and most of the crowd (at least the front half) gave raucous cheers, danced, and sang along to the ending refrain, “Please don’t go, please don’t go/I love you so, I love you so…

DOWNLOAD: ILLUMNTR – “Gulf Hymn” (MP3) ARMS at Mercury Lounge in 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya) ARMS, who played Glasslands last night (1/25) with Wintersleep, and whose frontman Todd Goldstein opens for John Roderick at Mercury Lounge this week (1/28), also just announced that they’ll play Mercury Lounge on February 28…