Infected Mushroom

The fest also includes Fuerza Regida, Placebo, Bad Religion, Bomba Estéreo, Sum 41, and more.

In the wake of the tragic shooting at Las Vegas music festival Route 91 Harvest Fest last year, where the shooter committed the horrific act from his hotel room window, Miami Police have expanded their security plan for this weekend’s Ultra Music Festival.

…according to the Baltimore Sun:

It has officially become news when there are no overdoses at your EDM festival. Let’s hope Electric Zoo can get a story like that, though we’re not sure it will be because of their public service announcement…

Upstate, NY has a new music festival debuting this year, the inaugural Hudson Project which goes down from July 11-13 at Winston Farm in Saugerties, NY with four stages set against the Catskill Mountains…

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…

Talib Kweli @ NYC Prince tribute, 3/7/2013 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Savages @ BV SXSW day party 3/13/2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)

today in NYC
* Pool @ Cake Shop
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Moneco @ Barbes
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Lucy Rose @ Joe’s Pub
* Savages @ Bowery Ballroom
* Home Blitz, Virals @ 285 Kent
* Bonaparte, Tim Fite @ Union Hall
* Demetri Martin @ Gramercy Theatre
* CHVRCHES, Dan Croll @ Mercury Lounge
* Timeflies, Austin Mahone @ Highline Ballroom
* Les Bonhommes, Missed Calls @ Manhattan Inn
* Frank Londons Shekhina Big Band @ The Stone
* Eli Perry, Samantha Harlow @ Pete’s Candy Store
* Thomas Fitzpatrick, The James Rocket @ Spike Hill
* Helix 1, Throw Vision, Strip Darling, Lukka @ Pianos
* Talib Kweli (Live Full Band), Cory Mo @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Wyatt Cenac, Michael Che, Streeter Seidell @ Littlefield
* Village of the Branch, Vultus, Moon Tooth @ Saint Vitus Bar
* Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Eddington Limits, Dead Elephant Bicycle, Acrobat Twin @ Silent Barn
* Walking Shapes, Color War, The Bones of Jr Jones @ Bowery Electric
* Shining Charles, Adrianna Lenker, The Kwills, Cameron Galpin @ Muchmore’s
* Queen Orlenes, My Roaring Twenties, The The The Thunder, Great Caesar @ Glasslands

Scottish synthpop act CHVRCHES make their NYC debut tonight with two sold-out shows at Mercury Lounge…

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Gogol Bordello – Dec 2009 (more by Paul Birman)

Once again, we’re approaching the new year, and as always, there are tons of ways to celebrate in NYC with a number of different New Year’s Eve shows…

The third and final round of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival was funky, and not just because the port-a-potties reeked. Keeping a loose theme every day (see Friday & Saturday), Sunday focused on relentless rhythm and groovy basslines…

Wow…Public Image Ltd, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, Fever Ray, Devo, Hot Chip, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Mew, Camera Obscura, Gil Scott-Heron, The xx, John Waters, Dillinger Escape Plan, Deer Tick, Gary Numan…