Brett Davis

NJ’s xylophone-fueled punks Crazy & the Brains have a ton of shows coming up in NYC/NJ, as usual. Their NYC shows include Pianos on Friday (1/15) with The Black Clouds, Those Mocking Birds, Dead Stars and Darkwing (tickets); a free show at Pine Box Rock Shop on Saturday (1/16); one at Palisades on January 21 with Larry & the Babes, Bodega Bay and Little Cobweb (tickets); Good Room on January 30 with Philly folk punks Mischief Brew (headlining), The Homewreckers and Out of System Transfer (tickets); a release party for their new video at Le Poisson Rouge on February 6 with comedian Brett Davis (who they’ve played with before) and High Waisted (tickets); back to

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Baroness @ Rough Trade (2 PM) and Saint Vitus (8 PM) Baroness followed up 2012’s massive double album Yellow & Green with their shortest album yet, Pur…

Screaming Females already announced a tour that has them covering X in Asbury Park on Halloween and playing NYC on 11/8 at MHOW, a show that Potty Mouth and Aye Nako were added to (tickets), but they’ll appear in NYC sooner …

Screaming Females are on the road with their Don Giovanni labelmates Vacation at the moment, and shortly after that ends they’ll headline their label’s annual free outdoor show in their hometown of New Brunswick, NJ…

These days, it seems like every bar or restaurant with a basement is jumping on the comedy train with open mics of dubious quality and the occasional improv show…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Big Terrific @ Warsaw Williamsburg’s long-running comedy night comes to an end with two big shows at Warsaw…

Following the BrooklynVegan-curated Red Bull Sound Select show with The Menzingers and Big Eyes at NJ’s Court Tavern on Saturday (4/11), those same two bands played another in Brooklyn at Baby’s All Right last night (4/14), also with Crazy & the Brains…

When Chris Gethard left cable access for cable television (his show will debut in May via on Fusion), the guy who took over his Manhattan Neighborhood Network show was Brett Davis…

A host of comedy talent — including Fred Armisen, Janeane Garofalo, Wyatt Cenac, Eugene Mirman (who’ll be on tour with Bob’s Burgers), and current SNL castmembers Mike O’Brien and Michael Che — will be at Littlefield on March 11 for show being billed as “A Brooklyn Free Space Fundraiser Spectacular Evening of Entertainment…

Arcade Fire in Austin in April (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…