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Friday’s NYC-area shows include Dinosaur Jr., KISS, LCD Soundsystem, The Hold Steady, Ted Leo, Eartheater, and more.

Plus: Janelle Monae, Guns N’ Roses, Be Your Own Pet, Fear, Palehound, The Hold Steady, Dresden Dolls, Cut Worms, and more tour and festival news.

Featuring Sudan Archives, Bodysync, Clear Channel, Pendant, and more…

Rachel Aggs had a busy 2019, releasing terrific new albums with her bands Trash Kit and Sacred Paws (who also toured North America), and made a new album with Shopping that will be out in 2020…

The mood in the room at Union Pool on Sunday night was jovial and fun, with the crowd dancing as if there was no tomorrow, but the radical politics of Downtown Boys are always firmly at the forefront of their music and at their shows, with this night being no different.

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Talib Kweli, ChameleonsVox (Mark Burgess), Madball, David Byrne’s American Utopia, New York Comedy Festival, and more.

The band’s three-song debut single was recorded with Ian MacKaye and frequent Dischord producer Don Zientara.

It’s been almost nine years since Clear Channel spun off Live Nation (who went on to buy Ticketmaster). Now:Clear Channel on Tuesday refashioned itself as iHeartMedia, accentuating how the lines between online and AM/FM radio are blurring at the country’s biggest company on the broadcast dial…

Aftermath of the Rockaways post-Sandy (more by Gretchen Robinette) Madison Square Garden have cleared the way for a benefit concert on December 12 (12/12/12) to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy…

And just when we were starting to wonder if Billy’s freak out was a PR stunt, Green Day announces:Billie Joe is seeking treatment for substance abuse…