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The Fourth of July is this Saturday, and for those not using Independence Day Weekend to get away from the city — or for those who will be visiting from out of town — there’s never a shortage of things to do…

Independence Day is Saturday and Macy’s annual fireworks extravaganza remains on the East River for 2015. This year’s 25-minute-long display, which should start around 9 PM, will set off more than 50,000 pyrotechnic shells from the Brooklyn Bridge and barges in the water below and further up the river…

The 33rd Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade happens Saturday, June 20 and this year’s King and Queen are husband-and-wife freakshow/burlesque performers Mat Fraser (who was on the last season of American Horror Story) and Julie Atlas Muz (who has, among other things, performed at the Whitney Biennial and has opened for Psychic TV)…

Turnover brought their tour with headliners Fireworks and openers Sorority Noise and Royal Psalms to NYC for a packed show at The Studio at Webster Hall …

Asbury Park’s Skate & Surf festival is this weekend (May 16-17) with a pretty great lineup of punk, pop punk, indie rock, post-hardcore and m…

Turnover‘s current tour hit the NYC-area twice this past weekend (opening for New Found Glory), and luckily for those who would like to see them somewhere more up close and personal, they now announced another run which hits NYC’s Studio at Webster Hall on May 29, this time on a tour opening for Fir…

Asbury Park festival Skate & Surf has expanded its lineup once again, and this thing just keeps getting better and better. Cloud Nothings, Iron Chic, Defeater, Defeater alt-country side project Alcoa, Hot Rod Circuit (first show announced for their Sorry About Tomorrow-era lineup reunion), and Thrice (first US reunion date announced) have all been added, joining a lineup of The Gaslight Anthem, American Nightmare, Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball, Small Brown Bike, Beach Slang, mewithoutYou, Pianos Become the Teeth…

intro There were a lot of great labels in 2014, but one label I think had an exceptionally good year is Tiny Engines. Between the second Beach Slang EP of the year, the Places to Hide EP, Cayetana’s debut album, the latest EP from Frontier(s) (ex-Elliott, Mouthpiece), Somos’ debut album, The Hotelier’s breakthrough album and still others, TE was one of the most consistently great homes for indie rock, punk and emo in 2…

The 4th of July means fireworks, and Macy’s annual extravaganza is back on the East River for the first time in five years. This year’s display is in honor of the 200th anniversary of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and will use some 50,000 pounds of explosives launched from the Brooklyn Bridge and barges below on the water…

One good thing about having a Brooklynite for a mayor is that the annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks are now back on the East River, after a four-year stretch of being on the Hudson…