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Clearly, this was not your average movie premiere.

It's the 50th anniversary of beloved holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas, which first aired December 9, 1965. It already aired on TV this year, but there's a new 50th Anniversary DVD edition, and it's available for streaming and you can watch below...

Plenty of great metal, hardcore, and other heavy NYC shows are getting announced all the time. We don't get a chance to write about all of them, so here's a roundup of some of the recently-announced stuff coming up:

'70s proto-metal band Bang, who played their first-ever NYC show in 20…

Ohio stoner rockers Lo-Pan are hitting the road again this March for a US tour with Detroit rockers Against the Grain (who are working on a new LP with Joel Grind from Toxic Holocau...

Frightened Rabbit @ T5, Nov. 2010 (more by Lionel Bergeron)

SXSW has just announced another round of bands for the 2013 edition of the annual music festival that will happen March 12 - 17...

Art for Shiner's Shiner was a band from Kansas City, Missouri that was active from 1992 to 2003. The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Gir…

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UV POP at Home Sweet Home on Wednesday night (photo played their first NYC show on Wednesday, 4/18 as part of Wierd Wednesday at Home Sweet Home...

Hull will team with Caltrop and Family for a Brooklyn show at Saint Vitus on April 20th. U.V. PØP plays the same venue later that night. The early show will open doors at 8PM and will set you back $10...

While Coke Bust/Masakari/Sick Fix/Grudges was tearing down Acheron on 11/19, a much larger show was brewing at Terminal 5 featuring Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang as part of the trio's tour together...

"Bad Boy Records has announced the upcoming release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s "GREATEST HITS," a 16-track compilation honoring the extraordinary life and career of the late, great hip-hop legend...