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Listen to new songs by Jeff Tweedy, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Damien Jurado, Clinic, King Khan, Pip Blom, Courtney Barnett, Dreadnought, and more.

This week's edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU featured tracks from Nick Cave, Angel Olsen, Pulp, Kendrick Lamar, Wolf Parade, St. Vincent, The Hold Steady, Hot Snakes, The Jesus Lizard, Regina Spectkor, SAVAK, Wilco, and lots more.

Exciting metal and hardcore shows happening in NYC are announced all the time. We try to cover as much as we can (and there's even more on Invisible Oranges) but some things still fall through the cracks. Here's a roundup of some upcoming heavy NYC shows that we haven't mentioned yet...

Tonight's NYC shows include Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), Dalek, Lil Durk, Matisyahu, and more.

It's Halloween and tonight's NYC shows include Aviv's closing party with Show Me The Body, S U R V I V E, Phil Lesh, APTBS, The Dickies, Shonen Knife, George Clinton, Murphy's Law, and more.

As always, there's a ton of metal and hardcore stuff happening in the NYC area. Here's a roundup of some of the latest. As we get ready for the annual giant Decibel tour that this year features Abbath, High On Fire, Tribulation and Skeletonwitch, we recently found out that, following the sad departure of longtime Skeletonwitch frontman Chance Garnette, the new vocalist on this tour and beyond will be Adam Clemans of the great Wolvhammer...

San Francisco's Flesh World just played three NYC shows: Baby's All Right on Thursday (7/30) with Radioactivity and Honey Radar, then they opened for Total Control at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (8/1) with Lust for Youth and Sannhet, and then played later that night (much later) at Acheron...

Total Control's tour starts this weekend, and they'll be in NYC at the end of the week to play Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (8/1) with Lust For Youth, Sannhet, and Flesh World...

As you may know, Flesh World (featuring members of Brilliant Colors and Limp Wrist) are supporting their debut album The Wild Animals In My Life on a tour s...

New England psych punks The Ukiah Drag put out their bleary In The Reaper's Quarters last year, and are now getting ready to head out on a string of dates around the US...