Franz Nicolay

Telethon pull from '90s power pop, modern indie-punk, and more on these two very catchy new singles...

“We are devastated to say that our guiding spirit, instigator, inciter—the person who, to most of us, lived under the name Jack Terricloth—has left us for the astral plane“ -World/Inferno Friendship Society. Read tributes from Laura Jane Grace, Jeff Rosenstock, Craig Finn, and more.

Fans of St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, etc, take note.

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, Eleanor, Anton Sword, Pete Galub, The Pendulum Swings, Phoebe Novak, Ben Shepherd, Rosy Street, Yoni Gordon and Will Atk...

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...