Don DiLego

Summer is here, shows are back, and Jesse Malin has some music for the occasion. He's playing 7 & 9:30 PM shows at City Winery tonight (6/25), and ahead of the shows, he penned a short essay on the return of NYC nightlife and made us two playlists...

Plus: watch Debbie Harry and Jesse Malin perform The Pogues' Christmas classic ”Fairytale of New York.”

The Clash's classic third album London Calling turns 40 this year and there will be a very special tribute to the album at Bowery Ballroom on December 14, which is the LP's actual 40th birthday...

Tonight's NYC-area shows include the BrooklynVegan Holiday Party with Gang Gang Dance, Ryley Walker, Front Bottoms/Manchester Orchestra, Drinks, Bouncing Souls, Old 97s, Life of Agony/Sick Of It All, (Sandy) Alex G/Duster, Pill/Public Practice, Taking Back Sunday, Brian Fallon, and more.

The 2018 edition of Cassette Store Day happens October 13 at independent record stores around the globe with lots of exclusives in the ever-portable, still-with-us tape format -- in many cases it will be the first time these have ever been released on this format...

Coney Island Baby is from the folks behind Niagara, Bowery Electric and Velvet Elk Records, and is set to open in May. Alejandro Escovedo is playing the first show (free tickets are "on sale").

The Zombies, featuring Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, just wrapped up a three-night stay at NYC's City Winery...

The band -- featuring members of Green Day, The Replacements, The E Street Band, The Hold Steady, Blondie, D Generation and more -- took on songs by Ramones, The Clash, Dead Boys, Tom Petty, New York Dolls, The Kinks, Cheap Trick, Blondie, The Replacements, and more...

Watch the all-star lineup cover The Replacements' "Cover Me Impressed" and more.

It's from a re-imagined version of Tracy Bonham's 1996 debut album, which also has new collaborations with Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly, The Breeders), Kathryn Calder (The New Pornographers), Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo), and more.