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Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta playing Velvet Underground tribute in Philly; Britta Phillips playing Le Poisson Rouge

Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta are playing a tribute to the Velvet Underground at Philadelphia’s Gershman Y on December 15. It’s to mark the 50th anniversary of The Velvet Underground’s Philadelphia live debut.

What's going on Thursday? (CMJ, Dungen, Mercury Rev, Protomartyr, Empress Of, Fred Thomas, Front Bottoms, more)

Because of CMJ, we’re doing ‘What’s Going On’ slightly different this week. Each day there’s a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night sh…

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

What's going on Friday? (Year of No Light, Caribou, TEEN, Dan Bodan, Yumi Zouma, Sallie Ford, O'Death, Say Hi, more)

Caribou at Governors Island in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…