Octonomy

Plus: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Midlake, King Woman openers in Brooklyn, The Microphones, Luna, Imperial Triumphant/Pyrrhon, Billy Idol and more tour and festival news.

King Woman's new album comes out in July via Relapse, and you can pre-order our silver vinyl variant now, limited to 200.

The Saint Vitus Bar co-owner and booker reflects on 2020 and lists some of his favorite music of the year, including releases from HUM, Gulch, Ulcerate, Nothing, Deftones, Pallbearer, Jesu, Jessie Ware, Oranssi Pazuzu, Lido Pimienta, Chubby and the Gang, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist and more.

plus Charly Bliss, Less Than Jake, Parquet Courts, Colin Meloy, Greg Puciato, The Bouncing Souls, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Mountain Man, Black Midi, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Poland-based experimental/electronic music festival Unsound is returning for its sixth NYC edition, and first in the city since 2016, in November.

The all-star "Flip These Houses" anti-Trump benefit, Träd, Gräs och Stenar, Alvvays/Snail Mail/Hatchie, LVL UP's last-ever show, the M.I.A. movie, Grim Reaper, Leon Vynehall, Devil Master, Slaughter Beach Dog, and more Friday show options.