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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy covers Ramones' "Outsider" ft. the late David Berman

Recorded in 2016, the cover of Ramones’ 1983 song recasts it as a lonesome cowboy tale.

Night Flight back on cable via IFC, celebrating Season 2 at Alamo Drafthouse

The second season of classic ’Night Flight’ segments on IFC begins October 5.

Jean-Michel Jarre touring, talks electronic music with Hans Zimmer, Gary Numan, Moby, Julia Holter & more (watch)

The electronic/new age icon is up for a Grammy this weekend for his album that features collaborations with M83, Air, Moby, John Carpenter, Pete Townshend, Erasure’s Vince Clarke, Massive Attack’s 3D, Little Boots, and more.

The Who played the Barclays Center (pics / setlist)

The Who are out performing their classic 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia on a tour that came to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn last night (11/14), the first of five NYC-area dates that stretch into the new year (actually six if you count the just-announced Sandy benefit)…

The Who schedule 'Quadrophenia' tour including 4 NYC-area shows; 'Quadrophenia' film getting Criterion edition in August

One of the most powerful elements of The Who was the collision of four distinct forces of nature into a single band: Keith Moon’s insane drum fills, Entwistle’s spiderlike fingers on the bass, Townsend’s amazing melodicism and guitar windmills, and Daltrey’s uncanny abilities as a frontman…

the 2006 Polaris Music Prize will be awarded today

OWEN PALLETT vs ROLLIE PEMBERTON “CBC personality and former Moxy Fruvous frontman Jian Ghomeshi will host the inaugural Polaris Music Prize ceremony to honour the best Canadian album of the past year on September 18 at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre…