Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dinosaur Jr at Bowery Ballroom on Thursday (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Dinosaur Jr. @ Bowery Ballroom One of the quintessential American indie... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mimi Hong Kurt Vile @ Webster Hall - 12/2/15 Kurt Vile is having quite the busy week in NYC. He played the big Ground Control 15th anniversary show on Wednesday (12/2), and joined Dinosaur Jr at the first... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis While Chromatics' new album Dear Tommy, is still TBA (MIA?), the band are releasing singles on a pretty regular basis. We got "Shadow" back in September and now comes a new one, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's... more info

Stereogum — At this point, it seems safe to call Richmond gore-metal legends Gwar the greatest band in the history of the A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover series. In the past few years, the band has appeared in the A.V. Club’s studios to play damaged thrash cover... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Cyndi Lauper in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Cyndi Lauper is once again doing her 'Home for the Holidays' show at NYC's Beacon Theatre this year. It happens Saturday, December 5. Guests are still TBA, but last... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Pop singer Cyndi Lauper and actor and writer Harvey Fierstein bring their Tony Award winning musical "Kinky Boots" to London, saying the song and dance show about a struggling British shoe factory has come "home". more info

Stereogum — Chromatics have covered Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” — well, Robert Hazard’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” actually, but like, come on — for MANGO. The clothing brand just launched its fall/winter 2015 line with an ad ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — David Bowie, The Flaming Lips, Dirty Projectors and other artists are contributing new songs to a Spongebob Squarepants musical. According to Entertainment Weekly, other artists contributing songs include Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Aerosmith's Steven... more info

Time — John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty Projectors, and the Flaming Lips have also written tunes more info

Stereogum — Last night at the 46th annual Songwriter Hall Of Fame awards dinner, several current stars covered classic songs to honor this year’s inductees. Carly Rae Jepsen covered Cyndi Lauper’s iconic ’80s love song “Time After Time.” Lady Gaga has ... more info