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Exploding with Excitement

This weekend is ATP NY with performances from many great bands, including Explosions in the Sky

New York Philharmonic Ensembles

Purchase tickets for intimate and unforgettable performances
Five Best September Songs

The ninth month has been the inspiration for some great tunes
Our Favorite Guy/Girl Groups

In honor of Jenny and Johnny’s album, I’m Having Fun Now

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Bambi Kino Recreate the Beatles’ 1960 Set

Before they were famous, they played in a tiny club in Hamburg, Germany
Built to Spill…on a Boat!

A mix to get you ready for tonight’s show
Be Careful

Eric Lindley bring his electronic folk sound back to NYC
Five Songs That We (Well, I) Take Granted

Let’s never forget the greatness of “Like a Rolling Stone”
Original Cast Returns to Our Sinatra for Two Weeks

The musical celebration at the Oak Room contains more than 50 classic songs by Ol’ Blue Eyes
Ten Shows to See in September

From Built to Spill to Superchunk to Belle & Sebastian
The Confusing Career of Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth-frontman plays with White Out, just one of 1,325 side project groups
Can You Be Back If You Never Left?

Apparently, in the case of one boy band, yes
Classic ’80s Albums, Cathyland-ized

Blondie, the Police and Pat Benatar at Le Poisson Rouge, sort of
Tribute Band of the Week

KISSNATION covers KISS
Sufjan. Album. New

First full-length since 2005′s Illinois
So Much Cooler Than Seventy-Six Trombones

Boredoms’ performance with 77 drummers to be released on DVD
Got to Be There

Spike Lee hosts “Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Annual Birthday Party”
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 23-29
Leon Russell Will Play a Song for You

Specifically at the Highline Ballroom this Saturday
Tribute Band of the Week

The Sons & Heirs cover the Smiths
The Vaselines Return with New Album, Tour

The influential group releases their first album in 21 years
Musical Bucket List

The concerts you’d sell your first child for
Five Famous Concert Riots

Tila Tequila, you are not alone
Photos from Solid Sound Festival

Featuring Wilco, Mavis Staples, On Fillmore and more
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 16-22
The One and Only Mavis Staples

Five songs you need to hear before this weekend’s Solid Sound Festival
Interview with Martin Courtney of Real Estate

The frontman talks about touring Europe and playing in basements
Opening Night

Alan Gilbert to launch the New York Philharmonic’s 169th season
Merge Records’ Five Most Important Releases

From Superchunk to the Billboard-topping Arcade Fire
I’m on a Boat, Listening to Music

Rock Off’s Concert Cruises bring rock ‘n’ roll to the water
Woah: Weezer Puts Hurley on Cover of New Album

Plus seven rejected cover ideas, including a fellow Lost-mate
Sufjan Stevens Announces 2010 Tour Dates

Including two shows at NYC’s Beacon Theatre
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 9-15
Randy Weston Rides Again

Apollo Theater and BMCC Performing Arts Center celebrate the jazz great’s career
Better Than Standard

Standard Fare play their first NYC show tonight at Don Hill’s
Osheaga, Day 2

Featuring the Gaslight Anthem, the Black Keys, the Morning Benders, Sonic Youth and Weezer
Welcome to The Suburbs

The best first three albums, including Arcade Fire’s trilogy
Our Favorite Harpist

Joanna Newsom to play Carnegie Hall in November
Osheaga, Day 1

What we saw during our trip to Montreal’s premiere music festival
The Song’s Legacy Goes On and On and On and On

Twenty-nine years later, “Don’t Stop Believin’” has become the world’s biggest cross-format song of all-time
Interview with Peter Bauer of the Walkmen

He talks to us about making a new album, the capital of Portugal and the difficulties of performing at 1 p.m.
$10 Concert Tickets

Discount prices for PNC Bank Arts Center and Jones Beach
Channeling Chilton

Pay your respects to the Big Star singer tonight at City Winery
Back in Brooklyn, Where They Belong

Photo’s from last night’s National and Beach House show
No Longer Mistaken for Strangers

Brooklyn’s best band, the National, playing at Prospect Park
Review of Hard NYC

Die Antwoord steals the show, M.I.A. disappoints
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from July 26-August 1
At Their Best? Not So Much

Review of Best Coast’s show at the South Street Seaport
Clearning Up Their Mess

City Winery hosts “Reclaim the Coast: Oil Spill Benefit”
Dance to Your Favorite Old School Video Games

“Chiptunes Dance Party” at The Brick Theater
A Live Album to Be Heard Live

Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway
Edgard Varèse’s Revolution, In Two Parts

“Varèse: (R)evolution” at the Lincoln Center Festival
It’s Day’s Night

Spencer Day at Joe’s Pub
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from July 19-25
A+ for Minus the Bear

Review of their recent Webster Hall show
Two-For-One Saturday

Afternoon, Siren Festival; Evening, We Are Scientists
Glenn Kotche

Interview with the percussionist for Wilco and On Fillmore
East, Meet West. West, Meet East

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic play together for the first time on the Great Lawn
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from July 12-18
Cover Me (But No Dark Side!)

Five song-by-song album remakes
A Sixteen Hour Journey

Waiting in line to see Lady Gaga on Today
Get Hard NYC (No, Not in That Way)

M.I.A, Sleigh Bells and others perform at Hard NYC
Encore’s Ten Favorite Albums of 2010, So Far

We reserve the right to change our minds once the new Arcade Fire and Radiohead records are released
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from July 5-11
Jazz That Doesn’t Lurk in the Shadows

Brent Canter Trio on the cutting edge
Deep Feelies Fascination

The all-time great Feelies are playing Maxwell’s
The Youthful Sound of Ethel

Quartet releases new album, has upcoming Lincoln Center show
Kooper, You Did It Again

The Al Kooper Rockabilly Trio at City Winery
Gee’s Midnight Swing

George Gee kicks off Midsummer Night Swing
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from June 28-July 4
And the Livin’ is Evolutionary

New York Philharmonic presents “Summertime Classics”
Read ’Em and Rock

A collaboration between musician and writer
Passion of the Pit

Concert review of Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club and Brahms
The Bearded Baby

Go see Baby Gramps at Brooklyn’s Zebulon
The New Blues

Greenwood play straight-up rock ‘n’ roll at the National Underground
Let the People Hear Mingus’s Music

How the jazz great’s wife keeps his legacy alive
Three’s Company

A look (and listen) at the John Butler Trio
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice

A film by Babeth M. VanLoo
SummerStage Over the Past 25 Years

An interview with the executive director of City Parks Foundation David Rivel
A Convenient Truth

Interview with Kings of Convenience
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Glee’ing)

Review of Glee Live! at Radio City Music Hall
Isle of Indie Dance

Yeasayer at Governor’s Island
Recession Era Blues

Roky Erickson’s triumphant return
Haunted Graffiti and R. Stevie Moore at the Mercury Lounge

An Ariel Pink Concert Review
Haitian Drums Meet Frankenstein Violin?

Daniel Bernard Roumain on his new album
A Project You’ll Beg Your Boss For

The Gotan Project blends styles to impress audiences
Beyond the Myth

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band live in New York
Unfiltered

Encore exclusive interview with The Golden Filter
Bringing Back the Classics

Blues and Lasers at Brooklyn Bowl
Gloom and Satire Reaches the New York Philharmonic Stage

Alan Gilbert conducts Le Grand Macabre
They Came Out Of a Lady!

Rubblebucket’s new single and upcoming performances
Innovative Sounds

Encore exclusive interview with Mary Halvorson
Nikki at Night

Nikki Yanofsky bursts onto the scene
On the Road Again

Willie Nelson comes to NYC
Believe in Ghosts

Encore exclusive interview with The Scarlet Ending
Fats Waller Returns to New York

A new take on a classic jazz musician
Contemporary Composers

The New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT!
I Know What Girls Like

San Francisco-based Girl play Webster Hall
Discover ‘The King of Mambo’

The music of Tito Puente at Jazz at Lincoln Center
7-String Success

Charlie Hunter wows audiences
Great Music Dies Hard

A New Take on the Classic Cords of Django Reinhardt
Anchors Away!

April Smith and the Great Picture Show Making Waves
Madama Butterfly Spreads Her Wings This Spring

City Opera presents Puccini’s tale of catastrophic culture collision
Guitar Gods

Rodrigo y Gabriela bring musical skills to Radio City
Greatness Comes in Two’s

Pair of jazz giants play together
Muse Begins The Resistance

Muse brings new music, innovative sound to NYC
Out on His Own

Houston Person Quartet plays Jazz Standard
Braden-Rapp: Warm Expressions on a Cool Night

A review by Natasha Huang
Chill Out with Hot Music

Encore, St. Luke’s host exclusive party for readers
Man of the World

ALO releases new album

Album Celebration

Jeremy Pelt Quintet celebrates new album at Jazz Standard
Ladysmith Black Mambazo

South Africa’s cultural ambassadors arrive
Dance, Rhythm and Rhyme

The Beats of NYC bring cultural profusion
The Planets – An HD Odyssey

Houston Symphony, film at Carnegie Hall
Flight Crew

Leaderless Fly plays Jazz Standard
Celtic Woman Delivers Big

Musical super group plays NYC
Winter Festival: Beethoven Cycles

Chamber Music Society presents six concerts in February
David Jo Solo Provides Protection From the Cold

David Johansen at City Winery
David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos

Bandmates present songs and stories at SOPAC
George Coleman Quartet Still Fresh

Historic Saxophonist plays Jazz Standard
Peter Frampton and Denis Leary Play Benefit

John Varvatos hosts concert for Road Recovery
globalFEST 2010

Webster Hall’s world music mash-up
Listen up! The Dutchess and The Duke demand your attention

The Seattle duo returns to the scene of their appearance at CMJ and they don’t take kindly to a bunch of audience chitchat.
Christmas with Il Divo and Special Guest Kristin Chenoweth

International super group plays New York
The Christmas Story

The Waverly Consort at The Cloisters
Neon Indian “Strikes” in Williamsburg

The latest Brooklyn music phenom plays a pre-holiday show at Williamsburg’s “roomy” Brooklyn Bowl
Piano Man

Kenny Barron quintet plays Jazz Standard
Hail the Regal Rage

The Royal Family New Year’s Ball
A Fitting Tribute

Steve Wilson does Joe Zawinul at Jazz Standard
Nuevo Tango

Tango Meets Jazz festival comes to Jazz Standard
New Music Makes CONTACT

New York Philharmonic plays The Met
The Manhattan Transfer Holiday Concert

A New York christmas
Cream of the Crop

Met states impressive concert
The Flamenco Side of Kind of Blue

Chano Dominguez concert at Jazz Standard
SOPAC presents A Chanticleer Christmas

Christmas caroling
The Problem with Being a Folk Singer from Texas

Lyle Lovett live at the Beacon Theatre
Clear Your Lenses

An experiment in sound you have to see to hear
The Legendary Pixies on Tour

The alternative rock band celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark Doolittle album
A Celebration in Three Acts

The Nativity Triptych comes to Carnegie Hall
Chico Hamilton Celebrates Milestone

Jazz legend throws birthday party with fans at Le Poisson Rouge
Barry Harris at the Jazz Standard

The bebop jazz pianist and educator has spent a lifetime preserving the classicist jazz persuasion
The Flaming Lips Curate a Wild All Tomorrow’s Parties 2009

The legendary DIY festival returns to the Catskills again this month
Titillating Tales

An interview with jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp
Larry Willis at the Jazz Standard

The multitalented pianist brings various styles
Animal Collective at Celebrate Brooklyn

Brooklyn band tops NME’s “Future 50” and headlines in their own backyard
The Pool Party Lives On in Williamsburg

Jelly NYC moves its free Sunday shows from McCarren Pool to the North Side waterfront and the quality lineup follows
Chico Hamilton at Dizzy’s

The famed percussionist and band-leader is still working diligently to promote jazz music
In With the Old and the New

Seventies rock standards reborn on the revitalized Jersey Shore
Depeche Mode is Back in Fashion

Thirty years later the electronic group is still going strong
Ernestine Anderson at the Jazz Standard

Critically acclaimed jazz singer brings her vocal prowess to the Big Apple
New Twist on Old Songs

Freddy Cole Quartet plays the Jazz Standard
A Night of New York Greatness

The New York Philharmonic is takin’ it to the parks
Big Easy Musician Visits Big Apple

Trumpet great Terence Blanchard plays the Jazz Standard
Enigmatic Vibraphonist Comes Home

Stefon Harris & Blackout play the Jazz Standard
Bob Dylan at Bethel Woods

The legendary singer makes up for his absence at Woodstock ’69
Forty Years After Woodstock

The famous festival still brings good music to Sullivan County
Summer Sounds From All Around

Central Park and Prospect Park host a slew of summer music
MGMT at Celebrate Brooklyn

The indie rock band brings its infectious melodies to Prospect Park
The 2009 Seaport Music Festival

This outdoor music event offers a dazzling NYC downtown harbor view
Renowned Jazz Organist to Play at the Jazz Standard

Joey DeFrancesco brings tour to NYC
Andrew Bird Spreads His Wings

The master of spontaneity is expanding the appeal of his sound and filling more seats
David Byrne at Celebrate Brooklyn

Ex-Talking Head will open the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn season
Following the Sound

Sharon Little headlines the Gloucester County Summer Music Series
An Experimental Make-Under at Carnegie Hall

Band of Horses ushers in summer with their fresh, lush sound
Chris Morrissey Channels His Way to the Top
X the Band at Bowery Ballroom

Legendary Los Angeles punk band is back by popular request
Clarinet Cool

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the king of swing
The Sky is the Limit

Kat Edmonson makes her first Northeast appearance
Hopeless Romantics

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble performs the music of Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
A Modern Classic

Bonnie “Prince” Billy at the Apollo
Chris Smither at the Rubin

Folk-blues veteran rocks the Rubin Museum’s K2 Lounge
Etta James at B.B. King Blues Club

Soul’s bad girl trashes Beyonce…and it’s about time
Leonard Cohen Comes Down from the Mountaintop

Recent Buddhist disciple entertains, pays some bills
Jamie Leonhart at Le Poisson Rouge

The sharp-witted chanteuse continues to develop as an artist
Leslie Mendelson at the Abrons

New album marks the young artist as an effortlessly charismatic performer
She Is Neko, Hear Her Roar

Artist showcases ever-maturing songwriting style at Nokia
Flight of the Conchords

Kiwi masters of deadpan hipster misadventure play Radio City
A Big Night Out in Montclair

New Jersey’s Wellmont Theatre is an entertainment force to be reckoned with
Rumors

Fleetwood Mac, poster children for 70s excess, tour greatest hits
Bloc Party

It’s always a party at U.K. rockers’ shows
St. Patrick’s Day with the Pogues

Skip the parade and spend the holiday in…style?
The Black Keys Channel Ike Turner

Expect the same notorious live performances, plus a handful of new tunes written for Tina’s late ex
Rufus Wainwright, Boy Genius

If his latest pop releases didn’t impress you, check out his opera chops
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

No matter what your relationship status, this band is playing your song
Antony and the Johnsons

Frontman Antony Hegarty brings his artistic integrity, and man-child sensibility, to Town Hall
Smells Like Brooklyn Spirit

BAM’s annual music fest focuses on internationally infamous local scene
The Prodigal Tenor Returns

Placido Domingo reprises the role he debuted with 40 years ago
Kings of Rock

Kings of Leon settles for superstardom with new U.S. tour
It’s Her Party: Four Decades of Meredith Monk

Underground music’s matriarch throws herself a live retrospective at the Whitney
The Man in Black Is Back…Again

A look at the latest Cash CD and DVD releases, not all of which are worth the bling
Celebrate the New Year with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James

My Morning Jacket is one of the endless options for ringing in 2009 in the frozen apple
The Next Generation of Experimental Pop

Classically trained Shara Worden brings her layered compositions and avant-garde sensibility to Le Poisson Rouge
Neil Young Plays Santa

Prolific songwriter and seasoned performer brings his “gift” to MSG
Aimee Mann’s 3rd Annual Christmas Variety Show

Former ’Til Tuesday singer has your Christmas plans all wrapped up
New Blood for John Pugh

Former !!! member founds dance-mix-friendly Free Blood
Girl Talk Is Inspired, Jarring Samples

Generation attention deficit disorder has a new pied piper
Broadway Unplugged

Blockbuster stars light up Dark Monday
Rock Is for the Living

Former Beach Boy survived the ’60s, psychotherapy and an abusive childhood—yet Brian Wilson’s latest will still make you smile
Saturdays=Youth

M83’s latest captures excitement and emotions of adolescence
Reclusive Electro Pop

Germany’s Notwist are back on the road with a new album
Beck Bounces United Palace Theatre

The Danger Mouse produced Modern Guilt proves America’s favorite “loser” is still relevant
Smashing Pumpkins at the United Palace Theatre

Well, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin at the United Palace Theatre
Art Rock History 101 with New Jersey’s The Feelies

The band that shaped the indie sound is back, and playing better than ever
Siren’s Song

Israeli performer’s work is the perfect introspective sound track for autumn
My Bloody Valentine to Curate Mountain Music Fest

This ain’t your father’s Borscht Belt
Willie Nelson: America’s Songwriter

Still riding high (in the saddle) at Radio City Music Hall
The Benevento-Russo Duo

Childhood buddies Joe Russo and Marco Benevento bring their jammy-jazz devout rock worship to Spiegelworld
Panic at the Old-World Disco
Interview with NYC Music Impresario George Steel

On the 20th anniversary of Columbia’s Miller Theatre, the executive director heads west to helm the Dallas Opera
Interview with Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford

The band’s second album, In Ghost Colours, proves that the new dance hall sound comes from a land down under
Bob Dylan Is the New James Brown
All Points West Puts NYC on Music Fest Map
Dean & Britta Take Manhattan
Indie Rock Out with Your Cause Out in Central Park
Wilco at the Pool