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Plus: Ali Wong, Iliza Shlesinger, a Prince tribute at Town Hall, and more tour-related news.

Thursday show options include Tyler the Creator, Joanna Newsom, The Appleseed Cast, God is an Astroaut, PUP, and more.

Plus: Deerhunter/Dirty Projectors, The Menzingers/Tigers Jaw/Culture Abuse, Cypress Hill, This Will Destroy You, Neon Indian, and more NYC-area shows on sale.

Kode9's first solo album is out now on Hyperdub, the record label he runs. He describes it like this:The album throws horror soundtracks, sampled library and j-pop records into a no mans land between grime, early dubstep and Chicago footwork...

Kid Millions (Oneida, Man Forever, Soldiers of Fortune, and more) and acclaimed writer Rick Moody (The Ice Storm) became friends and decided to form a musical project they call The Unspeakable Practices...

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... AC/DC @ MetLife Stadium Last year AC/DC released their sixteenth album, Rock or Bust, which basically sounded the way they always have, and AC/DC's case that's totally f...

Ridgewood venue Trans-Pecos, now fully legit, has been open for a year and half offering up "connoisseur level new and outsider music from all walks of musical and social life...

Angel Olsen in Chicago earlier this month (more by Kirstie Shanley) Angel Olsen releases her fantastic new album, Burn Fire for No Witness, this week (2/18), a record that takes the loner folk stylings of Half Way Home and often amps them up with full-band arrangements, but keeps the more intimate moments too...

We just mentioned that Omar Souleyman will be touring this year and playing the 10th Anniversary party for NYC venue

Omar Souleyman at Central Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Syrian pop musician Omar Souleyman has been gaining recognition here in America thanks to some compilations/live albums on Sublime Frequencies, the live shows he's been doing here over the last few years, and his association with Bjork...