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Toronto’s Frigs were one of the standout new acts to play this past weekend’s M for Montreal festival with their dark, almost soulful take on post punk. Bria Salmela is a firebrand frontperson possessing a commanding voice that can go from smoky cool to full-on wail…

This crazy weekend of NYC shows continues. Tonight’s got Goldie, Rough Trade’s Record Store Day show, Death Side, Power Trip, 13th Chime, Ween, Citizen/Turnover/Sorority Noise, Sheer Agony, Royal Thunder, Dandy Warhols, and still more.

Tickets for the Jeff Lynne’s ELO show at Irving Plaza go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets to see Anthrax with Lamb of God at Hammerstein Ballroom go on s…

NJ’s Planning For Burial has been up to some stuff this year. He just played a NYC show with So Hideous, he released a heavier-than-usual split with Mother Room, and he went on tour with Mother Room and King Woman, who used to sing with Whirr and released a solo EP earlier this year…

The long Labor Day Weekend (8/29-9/1) is upon us already, which for many is one last chance to enjoy the freedom of summer. It’s a good time to get away for a weekend, but if you’re staying in NYC for it, there’s plenty to do here as well…

Keven Tecon logged time in San Fancisco bands Wax Idols and Soft Moon but left the drummers seat of both to form his own group, Vaniish. The new quartet — featuring fellow Wax Idols member Amy Rosenoff  as well as Bay Area scene regulars Adam Beck and Nick Ott (drums) — released their debut album, Memory Work, in June…

today in NYC * ATP * Atlantic Antic * New Yorker Fest * comedy @ Maxwell’s * Tarras Band @ Barbes * Jon Brion @ Le Poisson Rouge * Third Eye Blind @ Irving Plaza * Panda Bear, The Present @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple * Celestial Shore, Arches, Night Manager @ Cake Shop * Roedelius, XAMBUCA, Ron Anderson’s PAK @ Littlefield * Stephane Wrembel Presents The Django Experiment @ Barbes * Sophia Knapp of Cliffie Swan, GLDK, Lichens @ Cameo Gallery * Diamond Doves, Cartright, Diamond Terrifier, Ian Turner @ Bruar Falls * Erase Errata, Talk Normal, Edie Sedgwick, Bodyparts, Las Palabras @ Glasslands * Mister Melt, American Sun, Sleeping in the Aviary, The Marsh Hens @ Shea Stadium * Angels In America, Weyes Blood, Hubble, The Spanish Donkey, Zaimph (Northern Spy Festival) @ Zebulon * Tribraco, Tubax, Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter/Marcus Cummins Trio, Slipstream Time Travel @ Death By Audio Go see Portishead at ATP tonight, or else go see Jon Brion, or else see one of the other two Jon Brion shows…