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The 2023 SF Sketchfest lineup is amazing

The massive 2023 SF Sketchfest lineup includes tributes to Cheech & Chong, Laraine Newman, Bruce Campbell, ‘Perfect Strangers,‘ the music of ‘Twin Peaks‘ & ‘Repo Man‘, podcasts tapings, standup, improv and much more.

What's Going on Wednesday?

Wednesday’s NYC-area shows include LCD Soundsystem, Wet Leg, Baroness, Taking Back Sunday & Straylight Run, Stars, and more

27 shows to see in NYC over Thanksgiving Weekend 2019

From Bob Dylan to Beach Rats, from Judy Collins to Cattle Decapitation, from A$AP Rocky to Ana Gasteyer, here are nearly 30 shows to go see over the long Thanksgiving Weekend in NYC.

Barack Obama, Wilco, Superchunk, Thou & more list the Best Music of 2018

It’s officially 2019 but before we jump fully into the year’s new music, there’s still some ‘Best of 2018’ catching up to do…

Winter Jazzfest 2017 lineup (Pharoah Sanders, Sam Amidon, Kneebody, more)

NYC’s annual multi-venue Winter Jazzfest happens from January 5-10 at Le Poisson Rouge, The New School, SOB’s…

pics: The Charles Burnham Acoustic Trio @ The Owl

Great violinist Charles Burnham, who has played with everyone from Living Colour to Medeski Martin and Wood to Norah Jones, played Brooklyn’s new, intimate The Owl Music Parlor last week (December 3)…

Winter Jazz Fest 2014 lineup & tix (Robert Glasper, Bilal, John Medeski, Nels Cline, Ceramic Dog, Mother Falcon & more)

Bilal at Prince tribute in March (more by Fred Pessaro) The annual Winter Jazz Fest is returning in 2014 for its 10th anniversary, happening from January 7 – 11…

Mi-Gu releasing compilation LP, playing NYC with Nels Cline, who has other upcoming shows (dates & video)

Tokyo experimentalists Mu-Gu, aka Yuko Araki and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu, who have both played in Cornelius Group, Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, If By Yes, and Brother’s Sister’s Daughter (with Mike Watt), have three albums out since 2003, including their most recent, Pulling From Above, which came out on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s label, Commons…

Jeff Mangum, The Clean, Yo La Tengo, Portastatic & friends played for Chris Knox @ LPR - review, setlist, video & pic

I snuck this picture of the t-shirt…“Chris Knox (born September 2, 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love…