Free Cake For Every Creature

Plus: Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Kristin Hersh, Death Bells, Katie Bejsiuk, Arooj Aftab, Bush Tetras, Pavement tour openers, Punk Island, Mom Jeans and more tour and festival news.

It's a Rolling Stone list, so it's got a weirdly high placement for the just-okay Paul McCartney album, but other than that, RS picked most of 2018's usual suspects...

The annual Libera Awards with Aimee Mann, The Dap-Kings featuring Lee Fields (paying tribute to Sharon Jones & Charles Bradley); Jack Antonoff's Shadow of the City fest with Julien Baker, Turnover, Beach Slang, and more; First Aid Kit; Shakey Graves; and more NYC-area shows on sale.

'Evergreen: A Benefit Compilation for Hour Children' also includes Fraternal Twin (covering Songs: Ohia), Free Cake For Every Creature (covering Daniel Johnston), La Neve (Joey DeFrancesco of Downtown Boys), Jock Club (Andrew Flores of Destruction Unit), and more; and there's a release show at Silent Barn.

Shea Stadium recently announced they'd be closing for two weeks, and since that announcement they've begun to relocate shows

Mercury Girls have upcoming shows, including an NYC date in February with No Joy.

Rolling Stone's favorite songs of 2016 include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Beyonce, Rae Sremmurd and more.

Even if you aren't familiar with Philly musician Lincoln Halloran's project Hello Shark, you may be familiar with some of the people in his inner circle, which includes Owen Ashworth (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Advance Base), and members of Attic Abasement and the Epoch collective.

The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 - 25 at venues all over the city. It's the 15th anniversary of the festival and they've just announced the finalized lineup...

Local rising energetic duo Diet Cig, who were already one of the buzziest acts at SXSW this year, are keeping the upward trajectory going with impressive booking after impressive booking...