Franz Nicolay

This week's Notable Releases include Blanck Mass' most immediately satisfying album yet, Sleater-Kinney's St. Vincent-produced LP, Ride's second comeback album, The Hold Steady's best in a while, and more.

"Boys & Girls In America came out ten years ago, and I think it's safe to say it changed all of our lives," Craig Finn said last night (11/30) at The Hold Steady's first of four Brooklyn Bowl shows that have THS playing the beloved album in its entirety...

Earlier this year, The Hold Steady announced they'd be playing shows to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Boys and Girls in America, and that they'd have keyboardist Franz Nicolay back in the fold...

The late Lou Reed would have been 73 today, and in honor of that there will be a tribute show in Ridgewood, Queens tonight (3/2) at Trans-Pecos with Jeffrey Lewis & the Jrams, The Brooklyn What, Franz Nicolay, Mark Perro (The Men), Casey Holford, Steve Espinola, Brook Pridemore, Tim Garrigan, El…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Kanye West @ Madison Square Park
As part of NBA All-Star Weekend, Kanye plays this free show outside of Madison Square Park at 8 PM that you had to win Roc Nation or Power 105...

We're reaching the point of the year where all of the exciting music has pretty much finished coming out and you've got some time before next year to check out all of the stuff that might have flown under your radar over the course of the past twelve months...

The third annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery happened at Knitting Factory on Saturday (12/1). Musicians of varying styles and ages met at 10 AM and put their names in a hat and the five drummers picked their bandmates at random out of it...

Much like Chuck Ragan is doing with the Revival Tour Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds is leading a group of punks-gone-acoustic on the road, himself included, for the inaugural Arms Aloft Social & Musical Roadshow...

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2011 is winding down, holidays are on the horizon and bands, for the most part, stop touring till the new year...

"Since it was the Merge Showcase, the show itself featured a short set from Hospitality, a new signee to the label that showed a great deal of promise...