Television

15,000 more books from Tom Verlaine's collection being sold off in December

The book sale happens in Ridgewood, Queens on December 2 & 3; organizers are planning online sales soon too.

The National made their Madison Square Garden debut with Patti Smith (pics, setlists)

The National played a two-plus-hour, career-spanning set, and Patti Smith opened and included a tribute to Television’s Tom Verlaine.

Patti Smith pens essay in tribute to Television's Tom Verlaine

”There was no one like Tom,” Patti writes in a moving essay for ‘The New Yorker.’

Read tributes to Tom Verlaine from Blondie, Michael Stipe, Steve Albini, Dean Wareham more

You can also read tributes from Lloyd Cole, Real Estate, The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Robyn Hitchcock, Primal Scream, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, AC Newman, Marc Maron, and more.

Tom Verlaine dies at 73

Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist in iconic NYC band Television, has died at age 73. The news was shared by Jesse Paris Smith who said he died after “a brief illness.“

Billy Idol announces new EP 'The Cage,' shares title track, doing world tour

“The last EP, we were kind of warming up to this. This EP is a lot more coming at you. Loads more guitar. And that’s a lot of fun,” Billy Idol said.

Tour news: They Might Be Giants, Jeff Beck, Midnight Oil, Andrew Bird, more

Plus: High Pulp, Cindy Lee / Preoccupations, Richard Lloyd, Ween, The Damned, Rival Schools, AVAIL, New York Comedy Fest, Bill Callahan, Automatic, and more tour and festival news.

The Birth of Punk exhibit showing at the Seaport through August

The Birth of Punk is at free pop-up exhibit at 25 Fulton at The Seaport that runs through the end of August…

David Byrne shares "Psychedelia Lives!" playlist (listen)

It’s an eclectic mix featuring The Beach Boys, Can, David Bowie, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, The Temptations, Funkadelic, Spiritualized, William Onyeabor, Prince & The Revolution, and more…

Luna played three NYC-area shows (pics, setlists, video)

Luna’s U.S. tour hit the NYC-area over the weekend with three shows, playing Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall on Friday, Brooklyn Made on Saturday, and TV Eye on Sunday…
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