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Reggie Watts on stage with LCD Soundsystem (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Reggie Watts is more than halfway through a six night run of shows in Melbourne, Australia, but he’ll return in time for “Radio Play” which keeps him busy for the bulk of May…

Ra Ra Riot @ MHOW in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Speaking of Japan benefits, The Bell House has two special ones scheduled….

Mike Birbiglia & Michael Showalter @ Mirman Fest (more by David Andrako) Mike Birbiglia, you know, the guy from the subway ads that has a book out, celebrates, well, that book, at Caroline’s on Tuesday, November 2nd…

When Rififi shuttered it’s doors back in 2008, the part of my brain that required comedy in order for me to live also shuttered itself, though not completely…

Diamondsnake @ Highline Ballroom in June (more by Gabi Porter)Comedian and opinionated audiophile John Frusciante () hosts a revolving panel of music-loving comedians, writers and musicians for a live monthly discussion about the state of music past and present, what you should and shouldn’t be listening to, and why KISS sucks so much…

“Hello there. As many of you know, I can’t stop rocking. And now- in addition to fronting my own incredible rock band Valley Lodge and also playing guitar in the incredible Walter Schreifels Band- I have joined forces with my friends Phil Costello (Valley Lodge, Satanicide, Tragedy, “Phil” from the hit television program “The King of Miami”), Tomato (Sound of Urchin, T…

Damien Jurado @ Union Hall in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Pestilence @ Gramercy * The Lee Boys (late) @ Brooklyn Bowl * John Legend, The Roots (early) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Ted Leo (acoustic) @ Generation Records * Tony Allen (noon) @ BAM MetroTech Commons * Tift Merritt, Jason Collett @ Hiro Ballroom * Von Haze, Mirror Mirror, Creep @ Union Pool * Frontier Ruckus, My Cousin The Emperor, Musikanto @ Southpaw * New Kids on the Block @ Radio City Music Hall * Carmen Consoli, Jose Conde @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * The Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review @ Betsy Head Park * Diamondsnake, Persephone’s Bees @ Highline Ballroom * Villagers, Clare Burson, Thieving Iron @ Union Hall * Hallelujah, Bebe Fang, Anni Rossi, Little Anchor @ Pianos * Fixed w/ Pantha Du Prince, Dada Life @ Santos Party House * Tony Allen, Janka Nabay, Rich Medina @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Secret Cities, Scary Mansion, Purse Snatchers @ Littlefield * This Movie Is Broken (Broken Social Scene film) @ 92YTribeca Eugene Mirman & Pretty Good Friends @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Jason Anderson, Strand of Oaks, Juniper Tar @ Death By Audio * Seabrook Power Plant, Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Zebulon * Neon Indian, Wild Nothing, Body Language @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Jennifer O’Connor, Amy Bezunartea, Big Stuff @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * The London Souls, Wormburner, John Biz, Lorraine Leckie @ Bowery Ballroom * The Goodnight Loving, Big Troubles, Bright Lights, Fire Season @ Silent Barn * Miracles of Modern Science, Dinosaur Feathers, Tidal Arms, Ava Luna, Prussia @ Cake Shop * I Love Monsters, Jangula, Audio Fiction, Apollo Run, Tenements, Viv Savage @ Studio at Webster Hall * Damien Jurado, Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground, People Eating People, Caleb Engstrom @ Mercury Lounge Brooklyn duo Von Haze release their self-titled EP, out next week on Hippos in Tanks…

Here We Go Magic @ SXSW 2010 (more by Tim Griffin ) tonight in NYC * Jeff Beck @ Iridium * Patty Griffin @ Town Hall * Nellie McKay @ Feinstein’s * Skeletons Big Band @ Roulette * Frankie Negron @ Red Hook Park * Evelyn Evelyn @ Lucile Lortel Theatre * Fiasco, Okie Dokie, Zulus @ Death By Audio * Les Claypool, Hot Head Show @ Brooklyn Bowl * The High Dials, Asteroid #4, The Runaway Suns @ Cake Shop * The Futureheads, The Like, The Static Jacks @ Bowery Ballroom * This Will Destroy You, Light Pollution, Slow Six @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Simon & Garfunkel tribue 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala @ Central Park SummerStage * Here We Go Magic, The War on Drugs, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley and Sxip Shirey’s Evelyn Evelyn project, which has drawn a fair amount of controversy on the web, starts a six-night run at Lucile Lortel Theatre…

On January 28th, Tragedy (the all-metal Bee Gees tribute band), was slated to perform at Maxwell’s in Hoboken but was abruptly cancelled. Rumors of band break-up were confirmed when it was announced in March that their last show would take place at the Bowery Ballroom on March 12th…