Barbes

Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby's All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe's Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.

Park Slope venue Barbes just celebrated its 15th birthday, and continues to bring live music -- from tropicalia and Slavic soul, to jazz, afrobeat, and more -- seven nights a week. Barbes has been struggling to stay open, though, in the current, never-ending NYC real estate boom...

Owen Ashworth as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in 2010 (more by Ryan Muir) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows...

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights... Literature @ South Street Seaport's Front/Row stage (FREE) One of the most fun bands at the 2013 NYC Popfest, Philly (via Texas) band Literature play a manic brand of janglepop, with tons of energy live...

Avey Tare w/ Animal Collective at Prospect Park in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows...

DOWNLOAD: Very Be Careful - La Furgoneta (MP3) In addition to the 1/9 date at Living Room as part of KidRockers and the pair of dates with The Vaccines on 1/20 at Bowery Ballroom (tickets) and 1/22 at Glasslands (tickets), Oberhofer have another more imminent date to contend with...

David Byrne @ Bowery Ballroom with Dirty Projectors in Novemeber (more) tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Jim Campilongo @ Living Room * Rev...

New York Guitar Festival, with shows between January 8th and February 4th, has already been mentioned here in a few different contexts. The "Silent Film/Live Guitars" portion is certainly a big highlight, with one-off performances, David Bromberg and Marc Ribot, Alex de Grassi and James Blackshaw, and the fest closers Chicha Libre and Gyan Riley...

Holden is a French duo who began recording in 1997. Band members are Armelle Pioline (vocals) and Dominique Dépret (aka Mocke, guitar). With Pierre-Jean Grapin (drums), Evan Evans (clavier) and Richard Cousin (bass), they released 'L'arrière monde' in 1998...

Download: Baby Gramps - Shake It 'n' Break It (MP3) Download: Baby Gramps - St. James Infirmary (MP3) Download: Baby Gramps - Teddy Bears' Picnic (MP3) plays his songbook of old-timey songs with the dexterity of an, erm, old-timer (he plays what he calls "stunt guitar" and what others have termed "extraordinary")...