The Westerlies

Plus: Haley Heynderickx, The Gotobeds, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, Kevin Drew (BSS), Sheer Terror, Nothing, The Chisel, and more tour and festival news.

Haley’s fall dates include solo shows and collaborative dates with The Westerlies, with support from LePonds, Illegal Son, and Myriam Gendron.

NYC FREE is a four-week festival happening at Hudson River Park’s Little Island from August 11 – September 5, featuring music, comedy, dance, theater, art and more, with 460 artists and 160 performances.

Robin Pecknold freely admits he let the hype surrounding his band lead to an anxiety-filled career, but as he watched the world burn this year, his personal anxieties took a backseat to global ones, and he came out with the most relaxed Fleet Foxes album yet…

Fleet Foxes showed off their ambitious prog side (with a brass quartet), their jam side, their crowd singalongs, and their stripped-back folk songs at a perfect night in Prospect Park.

Dates kick off at Brooklyn’s BRIC House in March.

Tonight’s ‘Landlady Holiday Spectacular’ also features Chrome Sparks, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, Steve (of Delicate Steve), The Westerlies, Ex Reyes, Jeff Curtin & His Magic Theremin, Joanna Sternberg, and Uncivilized all playing, along with Landlady and something called “Crooklyn Rockers: A Very Natty Christmas.”

The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival took place on October 15 – 17 in NYC, mostly at Brooklyn venues The Bell House and Union Hall. A slightly scaled down fest from year’s past