Joey Arias

Today's NYC-area shows include the NYC Still Rising benefit, Megadeth and Lamb of God, Thurston Moore, Valerie June, Flogging Molly, Violent Femmes, and more

The legendary drag event is back from the dead, happening Labor Day Weekend in NYC.

Titled "Dream Sequencing," Magnuson's MoMA show this month will be "an evening of song, video, and film clips celebrating the life of the subconscious."

Happy Birthday to David Bowie who turns 68 today. (Today is also Elvis' birthday, he would've been 80.) In tribute, we offer a roundup of recent items related to the Thin White Duke: It only too 35 years for anyone to notice, but people seem to have just caught on this week that Bowie's 1980 performance of "Boys Keep Swinging" on Saturday Night Live featured a green-screen puppet version of the singer with a giant pop-up penis...

Pussy Riot, Henry Rollins & others at Riot Fest Chicago (more by James Richards IV) Pussy Riot have had an eventful year, and after making an appearance in NYC at Barclays Center in February, members Masha Alekhina, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Petya Verzilov will return for a conversation at MoMA PS1 on Sunday (11...

Deer Tick at American Songbook 2014 (more by Sachyn Mital) The 2015 edition of Lincoln Center's 'American Songbook' series has been announced and runs January 29 - March 28 and includes performances with Stephen Sondheim (...

Craig Finn in Austin in April (more by Tim Griffin) As mentioned, Doveman (aka Thomas Bartlett) is doing his final Burgundy Stains Session of 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge on December 13...

As you may remember from the past couple of years, "Summerstage" now encompasses more than just Central Park, but Central Park Summerstage will still always be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the series...

Jane Birkin finishes a short North American tour at Town Hall in NYC tonight (12/11). The great NYC entertainer Joey Arias opens the show and tickets are still on sale...

Lower Dens @ Bowery Ballroom during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield) Lower Dens headline Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (2/25). Glory Girls and Ducktains both open...