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What's Going on Friday?

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Kelela, Tigers Jaw, Muse, Little Brother, Murphy’s Law, Eyelids, and more.

Day For Night 2017 schedule (Solange vs Jesus Lizard vs Mount Kimbie?)

Houston’s awesome Day for Night festival is less than two weeks away, and the schedule has now been revealed.

Day for Night 2017 lineup: Nine Inch Nails, Solange, Thom Yorke & lots more

The Houston festival happens December 15-17 and also features St Vincent, Tyler, The Creator, and James Blake,  The Jesus Lizard, Sky Ferreira, Jamie xx, Phantogram, Pussy Riot, Earl Sweatshirt, Laurie Anderson, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Of Montreal performing Hissing Fauna You Are The Destroyer, En Vogue (!), and more.

Afropunk 2017 Saturday pics (SZA, Princess Nokia, the fashion, more)

Absolutely perfect weather, an incredible lineup — not to mention the amazing fashion going on in the crowd — made for a great start to Afropunk Fest 2017…

Afropunk Brooklyn adds Anderson Paak, Raphael Saadiq, Burn, & more

Some additions have been made to Brooklyn’s 2017 Afropunk Festival lineup…

B L A C K I E streaming new 7", on tour, playing NYC Sunday with Juiceboxxx, Show Me The Body & Dreamcrusher

Houston rapper B L A C K I E (all caps with spaces) has releases dating back ten years, and his newest came out last week. It’s a two-song 7″ that has a collaboration with Stony Hawk and another with SVNS, and it’s up the same alley of experimental music that he’s been perfecting for the pa…

SXSW 2014 announces third round of showcasing artists

The 2014 SXSW Festival is coming up soon — March 11 – 16 in Austin, Texas — and they’ve just announced the third round of showcasing bands which is a massive update…

NXNE announces initial 2012 lineup; Flaming Lips playing free outdoor show in downtown Toronto

Off! @ NXNE 2011 (more by Natasha Ryan) The most memorable thing that happened the year I visited Toronto for NXNE was Iggy Pop & The Stooges playing their big, outdoor, free, no-ticket-or-badge-required show downtown at Yonge-Dundas Square…

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 lineup (Danzig Legazy, Passion Pit, Slayer, Lykke Li, The Damned, Henry Rollins & much more)

Slayer at Izod Center (photos by Samantha Marble) Slayer, Thee Oh Sees, Public Enemy, Girls, Danzig Legacy, (Danzig + Doyle von Frankenstein playing Misfits, Samhain & Danzig), Hot Snakes, Diplo, Major Lazer, Henry Rollins, Ted Leo & The Phramacists, Spank Rock, Murder City Devils, Hum, Lykke Li, Passion Pit, Four Tet, Rakim, The Damned, Austra, Purity Ring, and Flynt Flossy are just a few of the acts announced today as part of the Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 lineup…