Future Punx

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Elton John, New Colossus Festival, Nellie McKay, Suzanne Vega, Emancipator, Penelope Isles, The Monkees featuring Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz, and more.

Tonight’s show has been moved just over half a mile away to Market Hotel; no word yet on the status of other upcoming shows at the venue.

“These songs were written in response to the state of the world and our current political reality,” says singer/bassist Chris Pickering. “It’s very current events oriented whereas everything we’ve done before was futurist sci-fi. Shit got so real and fucked up in the last couple of years that we can’t even imagine a utopian future any more.”

Thursday shows include Japanese Breakfast, Yams Day at Barclays Center, Yawning Man and more.

Chandra’s 1980 EP, which was sampled by The Avalanches on their single “Subways,” is getting a deluxe reissue…

Popgun’s multi-room Bushwick venue Elsewhere opened last year on Halloween, and to celebrate their first anniversary, we’re giving away tickets to 12 big upcoming shows at the venue.

BrooklynVegan’s Northside party at Elsewhere, plus Bowie Symphonic, Parquet Courts, Dear Nora, Mystery Lights/Bodega, La Luz, and lots more Saturday show options.

Thursday options include tons of Northside shows (Liz Phair, Snail Mail, Lou Barlow, Ought, Goon Sax, Cold Beat, more), Adrian Belew, Gomez, Paul Young/Midge Ure, and more.

Toronto trio Tough Age released their third album, Shame, back in October of last year. It’s eight slices of slashing, hook-filled indie rock — shades of early REM at times — and they’ve just made a video for “Unclean”…

Tonight’s NYC shows include The Ally Coalition’s “Talent Show” with Lorde, The National, Spoon, and more; SZA; Hamilton Leithauser; Springsteen on Broadway, and more.