Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Black Sabbath in NJ in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Black Sabbath, Rival Sons @ Madison Square Garden Metal as we... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The songs of Robert Burns. Aquarium Drunkard interviewed singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Electric Literature interviewed author Kelly Link. NPR Music is streaming the new Jose Gonzales album, Vestiges and Claws. Work in Progress interviewed author Art... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The inarguable, intangible greatness of Mark Eitzel is a slippery thing to articulate. To begin with, it appears by all available metrics not to be a well-known fact that Mark Eitzel is one of our best living songwriters. But Eitzel is indeed one of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mark Eitzel Mark Eitzel, leader of seminal indie rock/slowcore band American Music Club, hasn't put out new music in a couple years now, but he's touring as we speak. The tour comes to Brooklyn on Saturday (8/2) at The Wick... more info

Prefix — Photo Gallery Of Mark Eitzel At Highline Ballroom In New York (December 3rd, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/mark-eitzel-highline-ballroom-in-new-york-pics/ more info

Guardian Music — RR contributor Chris Bishop gives us the best answers to last week's gnawing question: what are the best rodent songs?This week's playlist has been selected by Chris Bishop.Given that they account for 40% of all animal species and inhabit every conti... more info

Consequence of Sound — His best (and most self-deprecating) album in years. more info

Bradley's Almanac —  The latest installment of our ongoing series of DJ gigs known as NEW MUSIC NIGHT happened on an evening when there was a whole lot of other stuff going on around Boston. Hell, if I wasn't up in the booth, there are at least 2 shows I'd have loved t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stylish Mark Eitzel at Knitting Factory, Dec 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Move over Alex Trebek, Mark Eitzel wants your job. (With his upbeat demeanor and penchant for suits, this probably seems obvious.) The American Music Club frontman is prepar... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Last Sunday, when I shared the (yes, overly-long) list of album releases I'm most looking forward to in the coming months and beyond, I said I'd try to keep it updated as more info & songs became available. Realizing that the original post takes far ... more info