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Lincoln Center’s American Songbook hosts a six-concert mini-series in The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse beginning this week. Chairlift/Dirty Projectors collaborator Olga Bell plays Friday. Meanwhile, check out this video Lincoln Center recorded of Olga playing "Offstage".

The new look Dirty Projectors (sans Angel and any of her replacements)Pitchfork: Keyboardist and singer Angel Deradoorian is currently on hiatus from the band...

Daughn Gibson at Union Hall in May (more by BBG) "Country-dubstep" singer Daughn Gibson, who was in NYC for two shows last month, is set to kick off another short run of dates this month...

Chairlift released their new-wavey sophomore LP, Something, on January 24 and played a record release show one night earlier at Bowery Ballroom (1/23) with Violens and Dive...

DOWNLOAD: Parlovr - Heaven/Hell (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Atlas Sound - Terra Incognita (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Atlas Sound- Te Amo (MP3) It's that time of year again, so let's sing it up real pretty...

DOWNLOAD: Junior Boys - "A Truly Happy Ending" (Diamond Rings Remix) (MP3) Speaking of Diamond Rings, they've been announced as the opener on the previously discussed Twin Shadow tour which hits Maxwell's on September 6 and Webster Hall on October 7...

DOWNLOAD: ARMS - "Heat and Hot Water" (Passion Pit Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BELL - Dialtone (MP3) Bowery Bell is self-releasing a new LP Diamonite next week (5/31)...

DOWNLOAD: Princeton - To The Alps (MP3) Princeton are visiting NYC from LA this week playing three times: an early show Thursday (2/24) at Mercury Lounge, then Friday (2/25) at Cameo and Saturday (2/26) at Union Hall...

As previously announced, the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, presented by New York City's Merkin Concert Hall in association with New Amsterdam Records, is a showcase of imaginative collaborations between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the intersection of classical and pop music...

DOWNLOAD: Weekend - Coma Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend - End Times (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Young Prisms - Sugar (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Acrylics - Nightwatch (MP3) This will be a shorter column than usual (please hold your applause till the end) as I'm heading across the Canadian border to attend this year's M for Montreal festival where I'll be seeing the likes of The Dears, PS I Love You, Valleys and a bunch of bands who sing in French...