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The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Week, 4/22/13

Here are the top 10 concerts around the city this week, in no particular order.

The Best Dipset Songs Ever

Time flies especially when one of your aliases is "The Fly Boys." It's been 10 years since the Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and the rest of that "hooligan gang" the Diplomats (a collective of Harlem hustlers and goons) released their double disc effort, Diplomatic Immunity. Since then they've g ... More >>

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 3/15/13

Here are the 10 best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Week, 3/11/13

Here are the 10 best concerts around the city this week, in no particular order.

The Best Metal Concerts in NYC This Month

These are the best metal shows in NYC this month. See also: The Ten Best Metal Albums of 2012

You Guys Wanna See the World's Weirdest John Denver Concert?

John Denver is coming to town, and he's bringing his old bandmates with him. Together, they're kicking off the "Rocky Mountain High Concert" U.S. tour in Westbury on Friday (at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury), and then looping back around to Best Buy Theatre on Tuesday, February 12. And they'll be pla ... More >>

Why We Still Love Cypress Hill

Tonight, west coast hip-hop favorites Cypress Hill return to the Best Buy theater. With over two decades of nationwide touring, they've developed a reputation as one of the most anticipated and consistent live shows in the genre. Even after departing from their longtime label Sony in 2008, the group ... More >>

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Eight Musicians Who've Proved Themselves Damn Fine Authors

Thanks to Frankenstorm, a whole slate of concerts has been wiped out tonight and tomorrow, including this evening's Joshua Radin/A Fine Frenzy gig at Best Buy Theater--it's been rescheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4. As it turns out, Alison Sudol, the brainy beauty behind AFF, is about more than just music ... More >>

Here's Your List of Sandy-Related Concert Cancellations

Frankenstorm Sandy is throwing salt in everyone's concert game. Here's a list so far of everything that's been postponed or canceled. Check back for updates throughout the day. And stay safe.

The Very Busy Phil Anselmo Talks Beatles And Blues Before Show At Best Buy Theater

The metal lineup thundering into the Best Buy Theater tonight should be called the Housecore Records Tour: ex-Pantera frontman and Housecore Records founder Phil Anselmo has produced or is performing in all but one of the four bands on the bill. Both the openers, Haarp and WARBEAST--from Louisiana ... More >>

Live: Say Anything Works Through Its Growing Pains At Best Buy Theater

Say Anything Best Buy Theater Friday, April 13 Better than: So what say you/ and all your friends/ step up to my friends/ in the alley tonight/ yeah. On Friday night, Say Anything ended their encore with two songs of the same name: "Admit It." The first, from Say Anything's 2004 record ... is a Re ... More >>

Live: Machine Gun Kelly Is The Valedictorian Of XXL's Freshman Class

XXL Freshman Class 2012: Don Trip, Kid Ink, Iggy Azalea, Roscoe Dash, Macklemore, Hopsin, Danny Brown, Future, French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly Best Buy Theater Monday, April 9 Better than: Ten rappers you're completely unfamiliar with. Every year, XXL selects a group of rappers to label as "fres ... More >>

Live: Slaughterhouse (Minus Joe Budden) Satisfy The Faithful At Best Buy Theater

Slaughterhouse w/Flatbush Zombies Best Buy Theater Thursday, March 29 Better than: Spending the next few nights in the bookings alongside Joe Budden. There's Joell Ortiz. Here comes Crooked I. Royce just bopped onstage... but where's... uh oh. "Where's Budden at?" shouted the tipsy Nets hat next t ... More >>

Head Bangers And Hardcore Hits: A Ten-Track Hit Squad Collection

Tail-end golden era rap fanatics rejoice—the Hit Squad is back! Emerging after Long Islanders Erick Sermon and Parish Smith found fame as EPMD, the Hit Squad drafted in the duo's pugnacious rap mates Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray and Das EFX and reigned as one of the most beloved rap posses of ... More >>

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Live: Chris Webby Packs Irving Plaza, Scowls While Doing So

​Chris Webby Irving Plaza Thursday, December 29 Better than: A Republican debate. Chris Webby has "203" inked across his right side, a gothic "Connecticut" burned into the skin beneath his neck. There are the scattered images of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario Brothers and Transformers a ... More >>

NYE Guide: Shows

Live music to sound off the new year

Live: 2NE1 Says Hello To America At The Best Buy Theater

MTV Iggy Best New Band 2011 Concert w/2NE1, Gyptian, La Vida Boheme, and Yuna Best Buy Theater Monday, December 12 Better than: The monoculture. Korean pop group 2NE1 waved at their fans from a wall-sized window above the Best Buy Theater Monday night. "Music is truly becoming a borderless thing, ... More >>

Live: Method Man, Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T., And Others Smoke Out The Best Buy Theater

Method Man w/ Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Fiend & Cornerboy, Marcus Manchild, and more Best Buy Theater Friday, October 14 Better than: Hanging out in my own living room (barely). Last time Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. rolled through Manhattan on the Smoker's Club tour (sans Method Man), both ... More >>

Wild Flag, Method Man, Cyndi Lauper And More: Your Guide To The Weekend's Biggest Shows

Those Darlins, hangin' out in those giant pipes.​The mouse-headed DJ Deadmau5 finally finished his six-night stand at the Roseland Ballroom earlier this week (in one of the week's strangest press releases, I learned that the event was commemorated by a fancy cake that placed his signature head ... More >>

Live: Big Sean Cuts Through The Clutter At The Best Buy Theater

​ Big Sean Best Buy Theater Monday, September 19 Better than: Playing video games alone in your mom's basement. Earlier this summer, the Detroit rapper Big Sean played show at Irving Plaza that could have been described with the word "pandemonium. Know that last night's Big Sean concert ... More >>

Win Tickets To See The Human League This Saturday At The Best Buy Theater

​New Wave pioneers The Human League are playing at the Best Buy Theater this Saturday, and Sound of the City is giving away a pair of tickets—plus a $100 gift certificate to the "music-inspired menswear shop" Any Old Iron—to one lucky person. (Two almost-as-lucky runners-up will re ... More >>

Live: Taking Back Sunday Bring It Back Together At The Best Buy Theater

Taking Back Sunday w/Thursday Best Buy Theater Sunday, July 17 Better than: Breaking up. The Best Buy Theater seems hermetically sealed from Times Square—to enter it is to completely remove yourself from the heat, which, in July, introduces stasis to the blood. You are rewarded inside with ... More >>

Thin Lizzy (Or What's Left Of Them) Are Playing Best Buy Theater Later This Month

Two of the guys on this cover are still alive and in the band, and that'll have to do.​It's tough dealing with Frankensteined, death-ravaged, radically lineup-shuffled entities like Thin Lizzy, the '70s-ascendant twin-guitar-rock sensations whose performing days by all rights should've ended i ... More >>

Live: Cradle Of Filth Pack Best Buy Theater Full Of Quasi-Vampires

Leave these guys alone already. Pics by Daniel.​Cradle of Filth Best Buy Theater Thursday, March 3rd Better than: Sitting through Twilight Cradle of Filth take a lot of crap from "true" metalheads, a fact that frontman Dani Filth seemed well aware of as he introduced the band as "the pieces ... More >>

Your Week In Nightlife, Starring Downtown Records, Dixon, Rye Rye, And A Party Called "Reality Bites"

​The weekend starts early, as we're desperately trying to take advantage of the pleasant weather and gallivant around the city by foot. Start your Thursday night off at Sway for the relatively new Reality Bites throwdown -- yes, a reference to the '90s film classic. (Note: We're basically will ... More >>

Live: Motörhead, Clutch, And Valient Thorr Pack 'Em In At Best Buy Theater

Just don't get between Lemmy and the bar, or the women. Pics by Phil.​Motörhead/Clutch/Valient Thorr Best Buy Theatre Monday, February 28 Better than: Any other 65-year-old still making (rock) music. Bassist/vocalist/negative role model Lemmy has always insisted that Motörhead are not a me ... More >>

Ariel Pink, Titus Andronicus, the Butthole Surfers, Drive-By Truckers, and More Headline Your New York City New Year's Eve

​New Year's Eve is next Friday, which means you probably already missed out on Patti Smith tickets. Wait much longer and there won't be much left to choose from. So, in the interests of being servicey, and in honor of the news that 2010's Most Important Singles Artist, Ariel Pink, will be in a ... More >>

Q&A: Nick Cave On the Grinderman Lyrics That Infuriate His Wife the Most

Cave is the one...aw, hell, you already know which one he is. Photo by Deirdre O'Callaghan.​Nick Cave is a busy man. Over the past year, the underground rock hero has released a novel, scored a Viggo Mortensen movie, re-released some of his Bad Seeds records, rewritten the screenplay for a rem ... More >>