Monday: Knight School, Diehard, Family Portrait, + Golden City @ The Studio at Webster Hall 8pm FREE [info]After a pretty wild weekend that included the Super Bowl, birthday parties, and some fantastic music, we're probably going to take Monday night... more info

Friday night the Brooklyn Academy of Music opened its doors once again to the fantastic Sounds Like Brooklyn music series with a lineup that seemed like it was handpicked just for yours truly! We have been raving about both Ra Ra Riot and The Antlers... more info

This week the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were handed out in L.A. in advance of the March 7th award show. With ten nominations for Best Picture this year and all but locked up races for the Best Acting awards it was difficult to be too up... more info

Parenthetical Girls - "Evelyn McHale"; I've always been a fan of songs based on historical figures or events. This tune is about a woman who leaped to her death from the Empire State Building and absolutely flattened a car below her (pic). She looks ... more info

Yesterday we spoke of the brand new Efterklang album Magic Chairs, telling you all how beautiful and amazing the record is. Today we get the first video for the album, a visually stunning accompaniment to the amazing first single "Modern Drift". This... more info

Monday: Bottle Up & Go + No Place @ The Studio at Webster Hall 8pm FREE [info]There really is no better way to kick off a week than to have the opportunity to catch a free show! Tonight's free performance come courtesy of Bottle Up & Go and up-and-co... more info

Monday: Dinosaur Jr. @ Brooklyn Bowl 8pm $20 [tix]If you're not trapped on your catch watching hours 3 and 4 of this year's "24" you should probably be at Brooklyn Bowl to get your mind blown by Dinosaur Jr. I saw these guys a few weeks back at Termi... more info

Dirty Projectors - "Emblem of the World"; At some point we're probably all going to get sick and tired of hearing great new tunes from the Dirty Projectors, but until we reach that point we will continue on like normal enjoying all of their gorgeous ... more info

Last week we brought you the Top 10: New York Bands To Watch In 2010 and everyone seemed to love the list so we thought this week we'd expand it to the rest of the world. Of course there are tons of bands left off this list so feel free to chime in a... more info

....and yes I am only posting about this because I get a small commission if you buy it through my site!Pre-Order Hot Chip's One Life Stand and get this posted! Pre-Order Toro Y Moi's Causers of This and get this free poster! Pre-Order Titus An... more info