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Fucked Up @ Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana Yavin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights...

Rough Trade NYC (more by Amanda Hatfield) Though it looked like the new Rough Trade NYC, which put its shows "on hold for a while," would be back this January, it's unfortunately not ready yet, and almost all January shows have been moved...

The 2013 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 15 - 19 at clubs all over New York City. As we've been tweeting about at @BVCMJ, tonight (8/27), the CMJ folks held an announcement party at Bowery Electric with live performances from Weekend and Magic Man...

For those keeping score, your man Klaus has played drums in many many unpopular and unsignable bands since 1991. I've dragged my 1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 4 piece kit (2nd rack tom not shown) with 1965 Gretsch snare (all of which were purchased in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts for $175) from one end of the earth (the Northeast) to the other (the Midwest mostly) hundreds of times...

Portugal. The Man at Outside Lands 2012 (more by Amoreena Lucero) Proggy alt-rockers Portugal. The Man are set to release the followup to 2011's In the Mountain in the Cloud this year with Evil Friends, due out on June 4 via Atlantic...

Bummer news: tonight's River Rocks show with Oberhofer, The Soft Pack and Royal Bangs has been canceled due to the Severe Thunderstorm watch that is in effect for this evening...

We Were Promised Jetpacks at BV-CMJ (more by BBG) Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks spent their Mischief Night (10/30) at Webster Hall in NYC...

As you know, We Were Promised Jetpacks will HEADLINE Webster Hall on Sunday (10/30) with Bear Hands and Royal Bangs in tow as part of a string of US dates together...

WWPJ at Governor's Island in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) We Were Promised Jetpacks are back with their second LP In the Pit of the Stomach which comes out October 4 via Fat Cat...

Evan Dando at The Bell House (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) Evan Dando & The Lemonheads have a few random upcoming dates scheduled. The Lemonheads will share a bill with The Canon Logic on April 28th at Maxwell's in Hoboken...