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Memorial Day Weekend is a good time to get out of town (maybe to a music festival like Maryland Deathfest, Boston Calling, Bled Fest or one of the free Surf Lodge shows in Montauk?), but for anyone staying in NYC, here’s a guide to some of the best shows this weekend.

Endless Boogie at ATP NYC 2012 (more by Luis Ruiz) Jammy Brooklyn rockers Endless Boogie are about to kick off a residency at hometown venue Union Pool for the month of January (something they’ve done before)…

Meg Remy is back with a new U.S. Girls EP titled Free Advice Column, which is out Tuesday (9/24). For this one, she collaborated with Canadian hip hop producer Onakabazien to gently twist her warped girl groups sounds into new territory…

One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year’s line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin’ (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others…

DOWNLOAD: Purling Hiss – “Mercury Retrograde” (MP3) Purling Hiss at Bowery Ballroom in 2011 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Garage rocking crew Purling Hiss began as the solo project of Mike Polizze of Birds of Maya, but Mike has since expanded the project into a full band (including drummer Mike Sneeringer and bassist Kiel Everett), and they put out their first record as a full band together this year, Water on Mars, which came out earlier this month (3/…

Eternal Summers at BVCMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Roanoke, VA’s Eternal Summers and Philly’s Bleeding Rainbow are old pals, having released a split 7″ back in both bands’ early days and have toured together more than once…