Is it that Mariah Carey's abnormally lucky, or that she's got a career mojo that just won't quit? Neither, I'd argue: Her career longevity is directly connected to her collaborative savvy, ability to nimbly surf pop trends, and the best cosmologists and stylists Daydream royalties can buy. Even... More >>

Fed up with love? Take comfort in the fact that you’re not alone when Rooftop Films presents Love Hurts, an evening of 10 short films on the trials and tribulations of romance. Highlights include Kerri Lendon’s Sounds Good, about a couple having “that talk no one wants to... More >>

Before Skrillex, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift, before HARD Fest in L.A., Electric Zoo in New York, and Electric Daisy in Las Vegas, there were artists like Skream, Mala, Plastician, and Hatcha midwifing the genre that would be called dubstep in small clubs in South London’s Croydon... More >>

Soccer fans will think they’ve died and gone to heaven with this blockbuster. First, a live screening of Fox Sports’ telecast of the UEFA Champions League final from London (kick-off time 2:45), shown on the stadium’s 59-by-110-foot high-definition centerfield video screen.... More >>

As surreal and potentially volatile a reunion as you'll stumble upon this year, B.A.L.L. was the troubled and troubling late '80s slop-rock assemblage of the Velvet Monkey's Don Fleming and Jay Spiegal, Shimmy Disc proprietor-bassist Kramer, and Bongwater drummer David Licht. Original Sonic... More >>

And you thought Amanda Palmer was ambitious. Guitarists versed in meditation and the Fripp's Guitar Craft technique will pay $1000 for the privilege of training with and performing alongside the King Crimson leader during a few East Coast gigs. The fee includes room, board, transportation, and... More >>

"This song will change your life,” said Natalie Portman's Sam to Zach Braff's Andrew as she played “New Slang” for him in 2004's quintessential indie classic Garden State. A more accurate statement would've been that Sam and Andrew would change the Shins' lives, as a spot on... More >>

Punk rockers, Shea Stadium-proprietors, and men about town the So So Glos have made Bay Ridge proud. Tonight, the band that toured with post-hardcore heroes 
. . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead in Europe and like-minded New 
Jersey natives Titus Andronicus in the U.S.... More >>

Now in its third year, the New Romantic Ball is one of the best excuses in town to get glammed up. Tonight’s party, hosted by Chi Chi Valenti, features live performances by the 22-piece ensemble This Ambitious Orchestra, downtown hip boy Michael T and the Vanities, live sets by Hypernova... More >>

The lingo is particular in New York City. We have “foodies,” who differ slightly from “locavores” and often stray from the academic realm of “sustainability experts” and “urban agricultural advocates.” While disparate in their definitions, these... More >>

Laura Marling rose to fame in her teenage years, and after working with indie darlings Noah and the Whale, her debut solo full-length garnered a nomination for England's coveted Mercury Prize. Now, embarking on tour in support of her fourth, Marling is barely 23 but feels like a scion in the... More >>

Looking to break some hearts this summer? Let the “Primadonna” extraordinaire Marina Diamandis teach you with her bubbly electro-pop. But don’t let the heart on her cheek and her pink closet fool you—the UK pop star has a tendency to get a little dark in her reflections... More >>

If you were a young woman in the early ’90s, chances are the riot grrrl movement, with its zines, gatherings, and outspoken heroes (such as Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill), changed your life. Thanks to Lisa Darms, the senior archivist at the Fales Library and Special Collections at NYU,... More >>

Patrick Stump's ferocious, proto-Glambert shriek, Pete Wentz's lacerating text-message bon mots, exhausting song titles: The mid-00s emo-punk answer to hair-metal pomp is back in business. Glossy and lupine, Fall Out Boy have long felt like a clash of contradictory forces. Vital, hungry,... More >>

The excellent jazz marimbist and her clarinetist husband Richard Stoltzman premiere eight works written just for them, including "The Nymphs for Solo Marimba" by John Zorn, "Burning Bright" by William Thomas McKinley, and several new arrangements of works by Chick Corea, including "Mozart Goes... More >>

Groundislava is the mellow member of the WeDidIt crew, a collective of LA-based DJs whose M.O. involves flipping regional bass thuds into bouncy club bangers that deftly (and often, just barely) sidestep the traps of festival mosh pit glut. No, give this guy some room to work. He'll sneak... More >>

If you like your Southern rock thick, syrupy, and dreamlike, look no further than this Athens, Georgia, quintet's new Baba Yaga, which captures a Robitussin vibe vaguely, but oh so pleasantly, reminiscent of Chicago's long, lost Souled American. Laconic three-part harmonies, pleading... More >>

Steeped in the bossa tradition and the folkloric culture of her native Santiago, Chile, Claudia Acuna ushers in the change of season with her Latin flair and honeyed alto hues. Before becoming one of the elite voices in jazz, the singer, songwriter, and arranger cut her teeth in the late '90s... More >>

If you can’t make the Backstreet Boys’ 20th Anniversary Cruise, then this 3-for-1 boy band tour (appropriately titled “The Package”) is for you. Special guests 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men will be joining Donnie, Danny, Jordan, Jonathan, and Joey for to entertain nostalgic... More >>

If you dug the sloe-eyed undie-rap science Aesop Rock dropped over Kimya Dawson's hyperactive folk plaints on the latter's Thunder Thighs, the Uncluded is right up your alley. What the pair fosters, for better or worse, is the experience of two strong creative minds brainstorming... More >>

The saxophonist was a lieutenant in Lurie's Lounge Lizards and knows all the nuances of his old pal's book. Whether re-spinning North African gnaw or sweeping a little dust off the blues, that book contains some of the most enchanting music around. Saxophonist Blake will make tonight’s... More >>

The show is called “Tonya Pinkins Unplugged,” as if the singer hasn’t always performed that way. Who knows. The songs are from Broadway, and it seem she’s going to use them to make any number of autobiographical points, just as she did in her book Get Over Yourself: How... More >>

If you can’t make the Backstreet Boys’ 20th Anniversary Cruise, then this 3-for-1 boy band tour (appropriately titled “The Package”) is for you. Special guests 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men will be joining Donnie, Danny, Jordan, Jonathan, and Joey for to entertain nostalgic... More >>

Sure, Fleetwood Mac recently reissued their 1977 mega-hit album Rumours in hundred-dollar deluxe configurations with T-shirts and posters and a couple droplets of the witch juju Stevie Nicks used to withstand the rise of punk. And sure, the Big Mac has served up over 100 million LPs in sales... More >>