Lee Ranaldo

Stephen Malkmus stuck mainly to songs off of his ”electronic” album ’Groove Denied’ but he played a few Pavement songs as well at this very intimate show.

Jonas Mekas, filmmaker, founder of Anthology Film Archives and icon of downtown New York, died last month at age 96. City Winery will host a special tribute and benefit at City Winery on February 21, featuring performances from John Zorn, Lee Ranaldo, The Feelies’ Glenn Mercer, The Bongos’ Richard Barone, and composer David Amram, plus ”special guests.”

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Kacey Musgraves, Wu-Tang Clan, Les Savy Fav, Black Sabbath all-star cover band, Jah Division, Martin Rev, Richard Lloyd, and more.

Over 50 Mute Records artists, past and present, are offering up interpretations of John Cage’s famously ”silent” composition for the label’s 40th anniversary.

It’s an ”evening of unity and love” that’s a direct reaction to the anti-semitic graffiti found at Murmmr (which is part of the Union Temple synagogue) before an Ilana Glazer event earlier this month.

Lee Ranaldo and his Electric Trim Trio are playing Brooklyn a few days after his new ‘Electric Trim’ live album comes out.

There’s tons of cool stuff available, like lots of guitars the band used (including the original prototype of Lee Ranaldo’s signature Jazzmaster), tons of pedals, amps, and more.

”We now maintain an archive of hundreds of hours of Sonic Youth concerts and we’d like to share some of our favorites,” said Steve Shelley. That includes 1988 shows at CBGB and Chicago’s Cabaret Metro, their final NYC show at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011, and more…

The “Flip These Houses” protest benefit also features Nicole Atkins, Lenny Kaye, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Shilpa Ray, Mac McCaughan (Superchunk), Hamilton Leithauser and lots more.