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What's Going on Monday?

Monday’s NYC-area shows include André 3000, Scott Kempner’s 70th Birthday Celebration, and more.

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog announce new LP, touring w/ The Bad Plus (listen to "Connection")

Ribot says new album ‘Connection‘ is the best thing Ceramic Dog have ever done — it‘s out July 14.

Anton Fier (Golden Palominos, Feelies, Lounge Lizards) has died

Drummer Anton Fier also played with Swans, Bob Mould, Lloyd Cole, Yoko Ono, Pere Ubu, Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Paul Haig, Arto Lindsay, and more. He was 66.

What's going on Wednesday?

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Belle & Sebastian, The Psychedelic Furs, Dave Chappelle, Mike Birbiglia, Palehound, Earth Wind & Fire, Kari Faux, Caleb Giles, and more.

watch Britt Daniel, Craig Finn, Ted Leo & lots more sing protest songs at "Flip These Houses" benefit

The “Flip These Houses” protest benefit also features Nicole Atkins, Lenny Kaye, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Shilpa Ray, Mac McCaughan (Superchunk), Hamilton Leithauser and lots more.

Craig Finn, Matthew Caws, Nicole Atkins & more playing Trump protest in NYC

The event is called “Flip These Houses” that celebrates “Protest Songs, Political Music, and Unity through Song” and the lineup also includes Hamilton Leithauser, The Wrens’ Charles Bissell, Nicole Atkins, Ted Leo, Syd Straw, and many more.

Indie Rock musicians turned TV stars (a list!)

From Death By Audio to Home Box Office, from ‘Gilmore Girls’ to ‘Game of Thrones,’ here are some indie rock musicians who showed up in popular TV shows.

What's going on Wednesday? (She-Devils, Cousin Stizz, Scully, Margo Price, Syd Straw, Antibalas & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… She-Devils @ Baby’s All Right Having just opened last night for Majical Clouds, fellow Montreal duo She-Devils (whose music is sample based, but not exactly dancepop) play their own show toni…

The Golden Palominos played LPR, playing Living Room

The Golden Palominos, led by drummer Anton Fier, played their first show in 23 years at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Friday, May 7th. We weren’t there, but a pair of high quality videos turned up on YouTube…

1986 Syd Straw lineup of Golden Palominos playing a show

Reuniting to play live for the first time in more than two decades, The Golden Palominos 1985-87 lineup with Syd Straw will join local literary rockers in unveiling Electric Literature‘s 4th fiction anthology…