Brooklyn Vegan — American Football in Chicago in August (more by Jeff Ryan) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... American Football, S. Carey @ Webster Hall Emo legends American Football had... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Devo at Best Buy Theater in June (more by PSquared) The CBGB Festival returns to various NYC venues this week, beginning Wednesday (10/8) and continuing through Sunday (10/12). It includes the Billy Idol keynote interview/acoustic set at Center548, T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Miriam Linna, Kicks fanzine writer, The A-Bones drummer/singer, Norton Records co-founder, and all-around punk/garage rock veteran, released her first solo album, Nobody's Baby, on Norton this year under the name Miriam. You can get a taste of that a... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend, Burger Records held a small festival called Burger A-Go-Go. That name implies a dance-filled occasion, but considering the goofy charm of the label, they’re probably referring to Monster A-Go-Go, one of the most painfully stupid ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Debi Del Grande The Muffs / Best Coast / La Sera Song by song, band by band they came. Peach Kelli Pop, the catchy, girl-group suggestive punk band fronted by Allie Hanlon, delivered verse-chorus-verse songs about love and... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Muffs leader Kim Shattuck repeated a mantra to herself just before her band's Tuesday-night performance at Hollywood's Amoeba Music. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jenny Lewis's new solo album, The Voyager, is in stores this week. Finding Fela soundtrack and Hooray for Earth's Racy are my personal favorite new releases. The Muffs also have a new album, Whoop Dee Doo. What new releases... more info

The Music Fix — We chow down with Kim Shattuck. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Shannon & the Clams will be visiting NYC in September, where they'll play three shows: Union Pool on 9/9 with Las Rosas, then Death by Audio on 9/11 (openers TBA), and Palisades on 9/12 with Las Rosas again and... more info