Brooklyn Vegan — photo: APTBS/Grooms @ DbA's final show (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Ricky Eat Acid, Juiceboxxx @ Alphaville Bass and drum... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Michael Chapman - 'Fully Qualified Survivor' (1970) artwork) Every artist has a piece of work that niggles them--something that they wish they could redo, given the chance. It's why Paul McCartney once reproduced Let It Be and why Kate Bush... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Majical Cloudz at Pitchfork Festival 2014 (more by James Richards IV) The full lineup for Hudson, NY's two-day Basilica Sound Scape (9/12-13) has now been announced. Joining the lineup of Swans, Deafheaven, White Lung, Julia Holter, Tim Hecker and mo... more info

Guardian Music — Azealia Banks, ManchesterSomething of a rough diamond when she first appeared, Azealia Banks is an artist in the process of being buffed to a high sheen. Writer of a head-turning C-bomb-dropping single, 212, Banks immediately found herself a magnet f... more info

Rollo & Grady — JD McPherson Recommended Shows :: June 4th – June 10th Monday, June 4th AA Bondy @ The Echo Electric Guest @ Constellation Room Tuesday, June 5th Xavier Rudd @ Fingerprints Wednesday, June 6th Cayucas with Chasing Kings, James & Evander @ Los Globo... more info

Guardian Music — Not-so-mysterious-yet-masked producer SBTRKT brings his eclectic dubstep-soul-electronica mash up (3-5 Oct, tour begins O2 Academy Bristol) ...Maxïmo Park are back with more literature-strewn alt rock aiming at epic status (1-10 Nov, tour begins O2 ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — This month saw both the reissue of Michael Chapman’s cult favorite Fully Qualified Survivor (via Light In The Attic) and Trainsong: Guitar Compostions 1967-2010 (via Tompkins Square). We are giving away copies of both records (vinyl and CD) to AD r... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Michael Chapman, apart from being a prolific English songwriter whose revered work spans four decades, is probably the best guitar smith you have never heard. While his skills are best evidenced on this album’s predecessor, Rainmaker, the original ... more info