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The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 12/28/12

We're gettin' an early jump on the weekend because you've probably already checked out anyway. So here are the 10 best concerts around the city this weekend, in no particular order. The Ten Best Reissues of 2012 The Ten Best Noise Tracks of 2012 The Ten Best Metal Albums of 2012 The Ten Best Countr ... More >>

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Live: Phish Bring The Phish Experience To Jones Beach

Phish Jones Beach Theater Wednesday, July 4 Better than: Putting the freak flag in permanent cold storage. "Goddard College!" Phish leader Trey Anastasio called out between verses during "Alumni Blues," the band's opening number at Jones Beach on Wednesday night, a rare onstage shout-out to the b ... More >>

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Live: My Morning Jacket Build A Better Classic Rock At Madison Square Garden

My Morning Jacket w/Band of Horses Madison Square Garden Wednesday, December 14 Better than: The other bands on the Bonnaroo roots-jam circuit. I sometimes imagine the young Kentucky rock fan who would one day name himself Jim James surfing the internet in the late '90s (we called it surfing bac ... More >>

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Live music to sound off the new year

Nine Fantastic And Thoughtful And Perfect In Every Way Gifts For The Music Fans In Your Life

​How many gift guides have you read that started off by reminding you that "the holiday season is fast approaching"? Probably too many by this point. If you're like me, you just get stressed out and close the tab before even realizing that some of them have awesome suggestions. Don't do that h ... More >>

Live: Megafaun Keep The Lower East Side Weird

​Megafaun Mercury Lounge Saturday, September 24 Better than: More than a few '90s Dead shows I could mention. Set openers don't get much more inviting than "Real Slow," a slyly seductive scene setter wherein "people come from miles just to take a seat and watch the show." Better yet, North C ... More >>

Farewell, Rob Harvilla

Photoshop assist courtesy of a very sad Jesus Diaz. ​Once, he infiltrated Michael Bolton's house, where he proceeded to photograph the innocent singer's Scrabble board and College Dropout platinum plaque. At least one regular reader was moved to write an entire song in tribute, the first line ... More >>

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Jeff Mangum at Town Hall Tickets Sell Out Instantly, And a Twitter Nation Laments

At 11 a.m., New Yorkers got their long awaited, announced in advance, ticketed-and-everything, first official Neutral Milk Hotel show (slated for October 29th) in a long, long time. And at 11:01 a.m., perhaps unsurprisingly, it was already over--if LCD Soundsystem can sell out Madison Square Garde ... More >>

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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 >>

Meet The One Man In New York Who Successfully Bought Tickets To Kanye West's Show at the Bowery Ballroom

Many tried but few succeeded when, at 11:58 a.m. or 11:59 a.m., we all started frantically hitting our refresh buttons, typing Captchas in as fast as we could, and generally doing everything in our power to get into tonight's "private" Kanye West show at the Bowery Ballroom. None of it worked, so ... More >>

Why Was the Empire State Building Tie-Dye?

Via​Last year, in celebration of a Grateful Dead exhibit at the NY Historical Society, the Empire State Building was lit up in tie-dye colors, exciting hippies everywhere. This weekend, the colors went wild again (pictured above) but no one can seem to agree on why. Either it's a "private ligh ... More >>

Phish Playing Three Nights At Madison Square Garden, Including Their "First-Ever New Year's Day Show"

Trey at MSG last year​I got in a lot of trouble the last time I suggested you go see Phish at least once, but the suggestion stands, and as 2010 morphs into 2011 you'll have three chances: They're playing Madison Square Garden December 30-31, plus an apparently wildly anomalous January 1st gig ... More >>

Infographic: 13 Weird Ways to Get High, All of Which Make You a Categorical Crackhead Regardless

​Happy Tuesday, New York! Today's the day when you realize you are now knee-deep in a week that simply won't end until, well, four days from now. And you are likely to reach the point of what's commonly (though not medically) known as "quiet desperation" sometime over the next three hours. The ... More >>

Man Commits Suicide Onstage At Swell Season Concert In San Jose

​And here we have the worst possible thing: A man jumped to his death from the roof of San Jose's Mountain Winery during last night's Swell Season show, falling roughly three stories and landing within feet of frontman Glen Hansard. Our counterparts at the SF Weekly have eyewitness accounts, w ... More >>

Week in Review: Jugga-luh-oh

Run Tila, run! Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.​In the week one of us went to the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back with what is increasingly looking like Stockholm Syndrome, we witnessed Tila Tequila (and Method Man) battle a pack of angry ICP fans and--shortly after she took her top off--lo ... More >>

Phish Fan Leaps 25 Feet From a Jones Beach Balcony: "Blood Everywhere"

Click on the photo that is being linked to there at your own peril. In what the New York Post is already dubbing a "horror leap," a 25-year-old man at last night's Phish concert dove headfirst off a 25-foot Jones Beach balcony, landing "with a sickening thud" on the seats below. It happened around ... More >>

Good Morning, Fake New York Senatorial Candidate Harold Ford Jr., Trying His Best Not To Look Terrified Of Iggy Pop At Last Night's Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

​Yeah, some wacky and/or poignant stuff happened at last night's Rock Hall induction, but rest assured that this moment, captured by the NYT's Dave Itzkoff, was the highlight. "Roll over Woodstock, we won," Iggy declared, upon the Stooges' official acceptance, alongside ABBA, the Hollies, Jimm ... More >>

'Bam Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival Presents the Prigs'

This Week in the Voice

​Like to gamble online? Political odd couples like Barney Frank and Al D'Amato are fighting for your right to do so. Meanwhile James Giordano made millions via internet gambling, and wound up in prison. So... do you feel lucky? Graham Rayman has the story. Tom Robbins has previously covered t ... More >>

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Tonight! Phoenix/Passion Pit, DJ Spooky, Phish, And Jaguar Love

SOTC-beloved French pop doggs Phoenix and hyperactive aggro-twee synth-bashers Passion Pit love each other so much they can't stop playing shows together -- fresh off a stint at Central Park a couple months back, they reunite this evening at Hammerstein Ballroom for 101.9 RXP DJ Matt Pinfield's Ho ... More >>

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This Weekend! Not-at-Bonnaroo-and-Don't-Care Defiance Edition

So it's awful outside, and your friends ditched you for Bonnaroo. Quit sulking; Tennessee is flooded in state troopers and Phish acolytes, while you have countless local offerings to gorge on. If you haven't already picked up your Northside Festival badge, order online for pickup at 60 North 6th St ... More >>

Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Phish!

Props to Zach for intentionally running the words "Phish in a barrel" on this website. Starting today, the legendary jam band wanks three nights away at Jones Beach. Isis do metaphysics by way of doom metal at Irving Plaza, plus a set by sludgy post-rockers Pelican. Sweden is weathering the rece ... More >>

The Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup's Secret Weapon

If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>

Live: My Morning Jacket at Madison Square Garden, With MP3s

Download My Morning Jacket's entire New Year's Eve show here. My Morning Jacket Madison Square Garden December 31, 2008 So My Morning Jacket isn't the new Grateful Dead. That was Phish. Except that Phish wasn't half as good as the Grateful Dead and only had about half a dozen great songs ("Wolfm ... More >>

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