Fela Kuti

Harlem's historic Apollo Theater is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, and their current calendar includes many good reasons to get there and help them celebrate.

"Here’s a playlist that gives just the smallest sample of the depth and range of creativity that continues to pour out of the countries in Africa and the Caribbean. It is undeniable. Can music help us empathize with its makers?" - David Byrne.

Kamasi's picks include Coltrane, Stravinsky, NWA, Kendrick Lamar, and more.

Meat Puppets' playlist includes Brian Eno, Can, Gong, and more.

Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they've returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn't make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith...

This year's RSD exclusives include David Bowie picture discs, a vinyl pressing of the famed 'C-86' comp, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, and lots, lots, lots, more.

There's never a shortage of cool movie screenings in NYC, but here's a roundup of some of the music (and cow) related screenings coming up in the near future...

Femi Kuti in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

New Year's Eve is just around the corner. We've already mentioned a few options of ways to celebrate in NYC, and here's a few more...

The free 2013 Lincoln Center Out of Doors season is beginning at Damrosch Park this Wednesday (7/24) with "KRONOS at 40," a "festival within a festival" that includes the Kronos Quartet performing a number of works with many different special gue...

Pallbearer at Knitting Factory, September 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Decibel Magazine has compiled their annual list of top 40 albums of the year...