Santacon

Hoboken's festivities, which happened last weekend, included a man reportedly biting the hand of a police officer.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Parquet Courts, Yo La Tengo, Cyndi Lauper's holiday show, Hospital Fest, J Mascis, Thurston Moore/John Zorn, Kimbra/DAWN, Khruangbin, Cult Leader, Brendan Kelly, and more.

This may be the only good thing to come out of Santacon, evern.

Some are saying that the closing of venues like Death By Audio and Glasslands is ushering in the death of Williamsburg, but we all know that the neighborhood has been changing since the artists and hipsters first moved in, and that the death related to gentrification of the gentrifiers is already ol…

Queens of the Stone Age @ ACL 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights...

Haim @ Glasslands, May 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)

Eternal Summers @ Knitting Factory, 6/15/2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

She Keeps Bees @ MHOW, April 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya)

today in NYC
* Santacon
* Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's
* Matisyahu @ Terminal 5
* Monoton @ Pianos
* The LeeVees @ Brooklyn B…

Santacon in NYC yesterday (photo* Whiplash @ UCB
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Hot Tub @ Littlefield
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Melanie Moser @ Zebulon
* Wyclef Jean @ City Winery
* ...

Santacon hit NYC over the weekend (oracle monkey)Hundreds of sloshed Santas piled into bars across the city Saturday - part of an annual pub crawl called Santacon...

Jan 18 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY (presale) (regular sale)
Jan 19 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ (benefit) (tickets)

they're touring Europe in February

Previously
The Hold Steady @ The Annex, NYC (CMJ) | pics & remix MP3
The Hold Steady @ Mercury Lounge | Report