
Oct 28: Lee Ranaldo @ Other Music 8pm (FREE!)
Lee Ranaldo @ Other Music 8pm (FREE!) Sonic Youth’s guitarist wants to teach you guitar — for free! Head out to Other Music in the

Lee Ranaldo @ Other Music 8pm (FREE!) Sonic Youth’s guitarist wants to teach you guitar — for free! Head out to Other Music in the

MEN @ Union Pool 9pm This is sold out, but worth staking out Union Pool to finagle your way in. Why would you miss out

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk @ Brooklyn Museum 11am ($12) Fashion or art? Find out for yourself

“Fringy Slider” is the first glimpse into tongue-in-cheek punks Mr. Dream’s new album, The Ultimate In Luxury. While the version they’ve released is unmastered, there is

Little Dragon, SZA @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($25) Add some dance to your week with Little Dragon and SZA tonight.

While some of us are often left disappointed and frustrated with humanity, people like JD Samson are out there making change, good music, and inspiring

Exit Through the Gift Shop on Netflix As you may have noticed, Banksy has been taking over the streets of New York with his Better

Review: HAERTS @ Bowery Ballroom (10/19) At one point during HAERTS’ brief set, lead singer Nini Fabi misheard an ‘I love you!’ shoutout as a

Born of fragments from two individually successful Brooklyn indie bands (Royal Baths and Friends), LODRO is the dark brainchild of Lesley Hann, Jeremy Willie Cox,

Weekend, Disappears, Nothing @ Glasslands 8pm ($12) Here’s a very original thing to say: don’t forget yr earplugs! Seriously though, get ready to break a

A Tribute to Elliott Smith with Cat Power, Zachary Cole Smith, Sky Ferreira, Yoni Wolf, The Low Anthem + More @ Glasslands 8:30pm ($50) Today

Also featured: Pizza There is a lot to unpack in Upset’s video for “You and I”. There is a bunch of young homeless people,

Review: Night Terrors of 1927 @ Bowery Ballroom (10/17) The first word that came to mind when seeing Night Terrors of 1927 at Bowery Ballroom
Are you only looking for a rip-roaring comedy? Please don’t go see “12 Years a Slave” then. But really, everyone should go see this film

Review: Dan Croll @ Mercury Lounge (10/17) Dan Croll’s name has been tossed around the CMJ bustle for the last few weeks and last night

Review: Dynasty Electric @ Bowery Ballroom (10/18) Dynasty Electric, psych-pop duo out of Brooklyn, is the most magnetic energy that I’ve seen in a while.

Review: Nova Rockafeller @ Tammany Hall (10/18) We came a little late to Nova’s set on Friday night at Tammany Hall, and walked into a

Silent Rider, a self-described minimalist, indie-pop act from Brooklyn, was a pleasant repose from the overwhelming sea of bands descending on CMJ during the past

Black Taxi, Walking Shapes, LOVESKILLS, Seasick Mama @ Cameo Gallery 2pm (FREE!) Black Taxi always puts on a show. When I saw them last year,

Pity Sex, DADS, Greys, Ovlov, Kal Marks + More @ The Grand Victory 4pm ($5) Today, get a little emo, a little shoegaze, a little

One of the most interesting and promising collaborations in these last few months was Chance the Rappers’ appearance on the remix for James Blake’s “Life

Schoolboy Q, Casey Veggies, DJ Sliink, Bishop Nehru @ Webster Hall 8pm ($20) Schoolboy Q is part of Compton’s TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) — you

Yuck, Porcelain Raft, Eagulls, Courtney Barnett, Theo Verney @ Glasslands 8:30pm ($15) Yuck’s Glow & Behold is considered a must listen by most of the Alt

It’s safe to say that I grew up with The Dismemberment Plan. I was in high school when I first discovered them. They were my

The Happy Hollows, Supercute!, Juliette Commagere, Son of Stan @ The Grand Victory 7pm ($10) Check out LA band The Happy Hollows tonight. It’s led

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Netflix We’re starting this week off with giving you a day off with Ferris Bueller himself before the madness of

If you missed out on the first night of Mexican Summer’s birthday celebration definitely come out to party with the Brooklyn label today. There’s an

Frankie Rose is great. She is celebrating the release of a new album, Herein Wild, released on September 24th. You know who else is pretty great?

Photo filtered and shot to loosely mimic an acid trip, Danny Brown’s brand new video for “Dope Song” features the Detroit rapper riding around his

The Blank Generation @ Anthology Film Archives 8:30pm ($13.50) This movie focuses on the best of New York’s new wave and punk scene filmed live

LVL UP, Kal Marks, Palehound, Frankie Cosmos @ Shea Stadium 8pm ($7) A pretty fuckin’ stellar line-up brought to you by the geniuses over at

Modern Renaissance man and former Talking Head David Byrne took to the Internet this week to lament the state of culture in New York in