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Arcade Fire doc 'The Reflektor Tapes' premiering at 2015 Pop Montreal before North American release ++ fest's full lineup

The 2015 edition of Pop Montreal is coming up in less than a month (September 16 – 20) and festival organizers have recently made a few additions to the already robust lineup…

What's going on Tuesday? (Bad Religion, Son Lux, Dave Hill, Maccabees, GoldLink, Ava Luna, Algiers, Vaccines & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Bad Religion, Plague Vendor @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Punk veterans Bad Religion begin a four-night stand in NYC tonight…

Pop Montreal announces initial 2015 lineup

The 14th annual Pop Montreal festival will take place September 16 – 20, 2015 at venues all over the Quebec City. The initial lineup of bands has just been announced and includes Built to Spill, Giorgio Moroder, The Cribs, Mikal Cronin, Godflesh, Will Butler, Babes in Toyland, Thurston Moore, Stars of the Lid, Cannibal Ox and more…

Delicate Steve playing VT's Waking Windows fest with Titus, King Tuff & more ++ also playing free Moscot show in NYC

Waking Windows Music & Arts Festival happens this weekend (May 1-3) in Winooski, VT, featuring over 100 music acts and comedians at 11 different venues in the city’s downtown area. Ar…

What's going on Tuesday? (The Menzingers, Talib Kweli, Fury, Mega Bog, Outside World, Chris Gethard & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… The Menzingers, Crazy & the Brains, Big Eyes @ Baby’s All Right (BrooklynVegan Presents) The next BrooklynVegan-curated installment of Red Bull Sound Select happens tonight with punk bands The Menzingers and Big Eyes (who both played our RBSS show in NJ three days ago too)…

Seattle's Mega Bog shares new video, going on tour, including dates at SXSW and NYC

You may remember that Seattle artist Erin Birgy released the album Gone Banana under the name Mega Bog last fall. Album track “Wet Moss” has a new video, directed by Birgy herself, and you can watch that below…

What's going on Thursday? (Owen Pallett, Savages, Viet Cong, Ramleh, Noveller, EULA, Marilyn Manson & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Owen Pallett, Foxes In Fiction @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Owen Pallett’s brand of art pop brings lush string arrangements, electronics and deeply personal lyrics into a mix like few others…

Curse Purse (ex-Speedy Ortiz) -- videos, EP stream, NYC show this weekend w/ Gary Panter, Samara Lubelski & more

Last year, guitarist Matt Robidoux left Speedy Ortiz and focused instead on his noisier band Pony Bones. Matt since formed an even noisier band, Curse Purse, whose lineup also includes Ted Lee of Zebu and Miss Olivia Kenn……

What's going on Monday? (Drenge, PINS, St. Patrick's Day, not much else)

With 76% (or something) of the music world still hungover from SXSW, there’s hardly anything of note going on in NYC tonight. You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are a few highlights…

Perry Farrell, Triumph (dog), Todd Barry...@ Crobar Sunday

Wow – I almost missed this one. In just three days (Sunday December 11th, 2005), Perry Farrell, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live, Northern State, Jackie Hoffman, Eric Drysdale, Rebecca Drysdale, Todd Barry, Princess Superstar, the cast of the Spelling Bee musical, and others are performing at Crobar in NYC to benefit Jewcy (Natan), and it’s only $25…