Dap Kings

Plus: They Might Be Giants, Puss N Boots, Mavis Staples, Jeffrey Lewis, Reignwolf, Polica, and more tickets on sale.

Also: Read what Anohni (aka Antony Hegarty) said in her eulogy to Sharon.

Greek singer Monika was already a star in her native country when she visited NYC a couple years ago. A fan of Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse, she visited Daptone Records’ Brooklyn HQ, knocked on the front door and ended up playing demos for the Dap Kings’ Homer Steinweiss…

Powerhouse vocalist Valerie June has been playing a number of shows and festivals this year, and last night (5/28) she played Austin for a taping of Austin City Limits TV, which is currently in its 40th season…

Pig Destroyer at Gwar-B-Q 2013 (more by Josh Sisk) Versus at Chickfactor 20 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…

Muse came to NYC this weekend to play Saturday Night Live, and during their set they were joined’ horn section and multi-instrumentalist Michael Leonhart…

“I hope people don’t expect a lot because all I do is go out there and be me,” says. “The band comes out, they introduce me, I come out, I dance, I sing, I interact with the audience…

Coming on May 4: the new album from The New Pornographers, entitled . Their fifth full-length was produced by the band and Phil Palazzolo, and recorded in Vancouver, Brooklyn, Woodstock, and Catskill, NY…

“Sharon and the band played a mix of their last two albums, several awesome new songs that they are still working on, as well as amazing covers of Sam Cooke and Gladys Night numbers — “A Change is Gonna Come”…

DOWNLOAD: Sharon Jones – 100 days, 100 nights (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Menahan Street Band – Make the Road by Walking (MP3) “Hey, Duffy: This is what soul sounds like: Tribal, earthy, hip-shakin’, swerve-throwin’ Sharon Jones…