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What's going on Monday? (The xx, Polica, Frankie Rose, EPMD, Steve Gunn, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and more)

The xx at Hammerstein Ballroom in January (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Polica at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…

Cascading Slopes is Jacob from The Drums' new band, NYC residency this month (streams)

Cascading Slopes is a new project from Jacob Graham of The Drums. Unlike his other band, this is 100% synthesiser-based music. His debut album, Towards a Quaker View of Synthesizers, is out soon and “took two years to complete from its inception and was made using strictly voltage-controlled instruments…

Palma Violets made NME's #1 track of 2012, ready debut album and first-ever North American tour (dates, streams)

What we’re all falling in love with in here is a sound centred around echo-laden guitars, Spiritualized-style Farfisa organ and basslines picking out instantly euphoric, simple chord sequences…