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Today's NYC-area shows include Dr. Dog, J. Cole, Tinashe, Trey Anastasio, Kenny Beats, and more

Today's NYC-area shows include day 2 of Governors Ball, Global Citizen Live, a Block Party in the Garden with Patti Smith, Osees, Jason Isbell, Primus, and more

'New Neighborhoods' is a collection of 16 new works inspired by Ernest Hood's 1975 album Neighborhoods, and also features Ka Bird, Space Afrika, Todd Barton, Felicia Atkinson, and more.

Thursday show options include Bedouine, Empire of the Sun, Loser's Lounge tribute to ABBA, Local Natives, JUUUJUUU, Bryce Dessner's 'Triptych' and more.

Joey Bada$$, Emma Ruth Rundle, case/lang/veirs, Downtown Boys, Crying, Scream, and many more artists released protest/benefit music today. Plus: "1000 Days, 1000 Songs"!

Noise great Pharmakon will play Brooklyn's Saint Vitus on December 29, part of a benefit and memorial for the victims of the tragic Ghost Ship fire in Oakland with proceeds also supporting the Bay Area trans community...

The Red Bull Music Academy will be back in New York City for a fourth year, running April 22 - May 22. As always it's a wide mix of concerts and events, and this year's highlights include...

Simeon of legendary psychedelic electronic band Silver Apples has been playing solo under that name since the death of bandmate Danny Taylor, and he'll continue to do this year...

The Eric Garner protests, like last weekend's Millions March, in NYC continue, and as you've probably seen and heard, many of those lending their voice to the cause are prominent musicians...

Destruction Unit at SXSW 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)Ascetic House is an ever-evolving group of people collaborating with each other. It started off as a handful of us, but it's grown to include people in different cities and countries...