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Boris @ LPR (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Boris, The Atlas Moth, SubRosa @ Bowery Ballroom Japanese shapeshifters Boris are makers of sludge metal, J Pop, and several other things that exist in that giant spectrum...

Outkast at Sasquatch 2014 (more by Chris & Rae Graham) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... ...

Versus at Chickfactor 20 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

The Philippines are still recovering from devastating Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda) which hit the country back in November

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Vampire Weekend at Roseland in April (more by Robert Altman) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights...

If you're not getting out of the city for the long Independence Day Weekend, there are lots of options for those sticking around. Like last year, the Macy's Fireworks ("inspired and directed by Usher") happen on the Hudson via four barges and you can see them (9:20 PM)  fine on the West Side Highway, in NJ or on your TV...

As mentioned, White Fence's new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer's Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn't seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia...

Astoria, Queens' pow wow! are still kicking, if you were wondering, and have just released their long-cooking debut album, Don't Stop to Look, which finds the band leaving the party soul vibe of their early singles in favor of a folky jangle a la The Tyde or Felt...

DOWNLOAD: Hedgehog - Toy and 61 Festival (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hedgehog - Waiting for the Last Bus (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Royal Baths - Nikki Don't (MP3) After surviving a couple minor major acts of nature, we deserve a long break...

DOWNLOAD: Mickey - For You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fungi Girls - Doldrums (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pure X - Dry Ice (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Grooms - Tiger Trees (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wake - Oh Pamela (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend - End Times (MP3) DOWNLOAD: pow wow...

DOWNLOAD: Archers of Loaf - What Did You Expect? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Art Brut - "Lost Weekend" (MP3) Archers of Loaf @ Sasquach 2011 (more by Josh Darr) This weekend marks the return of '90s indie legends Archers of Loaf who play Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (6/25, sold out) and Webster Hall on Sunday (6......