Diane Gentile

NYC club Bowery Electric is hosting a couple Halloween-themed livestream shows this month, including a virtual edition of their annual Cramps tribute, with Kid Congo, Jim Jones, and more...

The video also features members of Murphy's Law, Cro-Mags, Monster Magnet, and more, and Jesse is doing a livestream this week with HR and The Replacements' Tommy Stinson.

Listen to new songs from Headie One (Brian Eno remix), Florence, Tyler the Creator, Front Bottoms, MF DOOM/Bishop Nehru, Tijuana Panthers, Jim Bob (Carter USM), and more.

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, would've been 79 on next Monday and the Bowery Electric is throwing a birthday bash on Sunday, March 1 in his honor. They've gotten a bunch of very cool guests vocalists to sing at the party...

Bowery Electric's "Sally Can't Dance" party hosted a tribute to Suicide and the late Alan Vega on Thursday (1/25) that featured a whole host of notable folk, including Martin Rev, Ric Ocasek, Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Bob Bert, and more...

Also on the bill: Kid Congo, Bob Bert (Sonic Youth), JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Jesse Malin, Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones) and more.

Tonight's NYC shows include Beth Ditto/U.S. Girls, John Talabot, Pokey LaFarge, David Allan Coe, Johnny Thunders' Birthday Bash, and more.

Tommy Stinson and more were also on hand for Malin's holiday benefit show.

The show is a benefit for Jesse's friend and former tour manager Natty B, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2010 and struck with paralysis, and it also includes members of The Replacements, The Hold Steady, and more.