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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…

Outfit released 'Slowness' (stream it), making U.S. live debut this week at CMJ

UK band Outfit released their second album, Slowness, back in June. Where their debut was more in the Hot Chip realm of quirky dancepop, Slowness seems to take inspiration from Talk Talk’s late ’80s output…

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…

Bunbury Music Fest 2015 lineup (Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Tame Impala, Decemberists, Brand New, FJM & more)

Cincinnati’s Bunbury Music Festival returns this year from June 5-7 at Downtown’s Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. The Black Keys, The Avett Brothers and Snoop Dogg are headlining, and the rest of the lineup includes The Decemberists, Brand New, Tame Impala, Father John Misty, Temples, The Front Bottoms, Atmosphere, Reverend Horton Heat, Old Crow Medicine Show, Matt & Kim, Manchester Orchestra, Bleachers and more…

What's going on Saturday? (Quilt, Helmet, Retox, Whores, Hull, The Left Banke, Anasazi, Crosss, Cellphone & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Quilt, Monograms, King Cyst @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar With last year’s Held in Splendor, Boston quartet Quilt trancended the paisley folk of their debut into a more complex, more appealing band whose influences were a little harder to pin down…