Nick Klein

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Metallica, Phish, Death Grips, The Mountain Goats, Indigo De Souza, Sparta, Grandmaster Flash, and more.

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Camp Cope, the Tribeca Film Festival, Sunn O))), Hot Water Music, HEALTH, CHIC, Oh Land, Girlpool, Kirin J Callinan, Sloppy Jane, Martin Rev, and more.

Friday’s show options include Mitski, The Hold Steady, Peter Bjorn and John, Bob Dylan, The Internet, Andy Stott, Say Lou Lou, John Grant and more.

The lineup for the annual Summer Scum fest at Trans Pecos has been announced. In what is being billed as the final Summer Scum, 52 acts will play 15-minute or less sets over the course of two days…

Destruction Unit are in town, ready to decimate at Palisades tonight (6/26) and the free “Summer Thunder” Union Pool show on Saturday afternoon (6/27)…

Emo revivalists Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) and Dikembe are playing Shea Stadium on July 5. Tickets are on sale now.

Danish tape-noise master Mikkel Rørbo has been working under a new alias, Knækkede Stemmer. The former brains behind Alleypisser already has a few releases out on notable experimental labels Jartecknet, Nostilevo, and upcoming ones on Total Black and Alien Passengers…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Fleetwood Mac @ Prudential Center Fleetwood Mac are now back with their entire classic lineup — Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham — and tonight they wrap up their multi-night NYC-area run…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… The Sidekicks, Cayetana, All Dogs, Roger Harvey @ Baby’s All Right Columbus, Ohio’s The Sidekicks just dropped their fourth album and first for Epitaph, Runners in the Nerved World, which finds the once-punk band moving into Shins/Band of Horses territory…

The Eric Garner protests, like last weekend’s Millions March, in NYC continue, and as you’ve probably seen and heard, many of those lending their voice to the cause are prominent musicians…