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British electronic artist Dan Black first came to fame with 'HYPNTZ,' a Nororious B.I.G./Rihanna mash-up. Now touring on the heels of his summer '09 European release of debut album ((un)), he has caught the eye/ears of Kid Cudi, who collaborated with him on his February 16 U.S. album release. Tonight Black brings his infectious beats and inventive mixes to a sold-out crowd at Mercury Lounge. And

The Phenomenal Handclap Band brings the party to Bowery Ballroom, in their last NYC concert of the year. This eclectic conglomeration of NYC DJs and musicians create a 60's psychadelic rock meets nouveau disco sound on their first, self-titled album, released in June. It features contributions from members of TV on the Radio, Antibalas, The Mooney Suzuki, Si Se, and more. Though they have toured

New York's Bowery Ballroom plays host to Elvis Perkins and band tonight.Perkins is touring in support of his second album, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, recorded with a band--after the scrutiny leveled at the debut Ash Wednesday, Perkins felt the need to give "three other dudes a say."It's impossible not to hear songs from these albums through a tragic lens, as Perkins's father died of complications

Written by: Dallas MeckAlways vulgar, always bumping, and always entertaining Peaches should be sure to bring the beats this Saturday the 14th at Terminal 5. She released her latest album in May called I Feel Cream, whose album title is only topped by her previous album Impeach My Bush.With rocking over the top outfits coupled by shenanigans of the same genre, Saturday will be a sexual experience

Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel met after being placed on the same bill at the Knitting Factory, and out of this serendipitous meeting came KaiserCartel. The Brooklyn-based duo will perform at the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, where they will not only play their own folk-inspired indie rock, but will also have to comply with the Series' one rule for musicians: to play one cover song

Swedish pop band El Perro Del Mar is hitting up the New York City streets tonight. Playing at Webster Hall at 8:00pm, leading lady Sarah Assbring will be opening for a fellow Swedish band Peter, Bjorn and John.The tour kicks off their newest album Love Is Not Pop, released in the U.S. on October 20th. Slow melodies, coupled with synthesizer extras El Perro Del Mar is a dreamy state of her upbeat

Basement Jaxx, UK's kings of house music, rose to fame in the late '90s with electronic anthems like 'Red Alert' and 'Bingo Bango,' which could be heard everywhere from south London clubs to Coke commercials. They have been churning out funkified house hits ever since.The duo (otherwise known as Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe) just released a new album, Scars, featuring an impressive guest

While most are just beginning to enjoy the leaves changing and gathering more layers for their closets, Noah and the Whale are appreciating a different season. In light of their latest album First Days of Spring, band members Charlie Fink, Tom Hobden, Matt Urby and Doug Fink have been touring the U.S. November 2nd, 3rd , and 4th they come they visit the Mercury Lounge.The release of their third

Chanteuse Clare Muldaur Manchon, with her Reasons, will be playing the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn tonight as an opener (alongside Liz Durrett) for the Vic Chestnutt Band, featuring Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion and godspeed! you black emperor, and Witchies.If baby-voiced bossa nova washed up on Ennio Morricone's front porch, it would sound like Clare and her

In case you didn't catch it, The Sounds played Jimmy Kimmel live on Tuesday night! They performed "Beatbox" from their latest album Crossing The Rubicon, and "Painted By Numbers" from their second album Dying To Say This To You.You'll be able to see them live at the Warfield on Saturday, October 24th. 10/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *10/23 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *10/24 - San

Via Tania has come a long way. Literally. Growing up in Australia and playing in all-girl rock band SPDFGH, she now resides in Chicago and deals in her own, unique brand of dreamscape pop. This ethereal chanteuse will play Le Poisson Rouge on 10/22 -- right on the heels of the 10/20 release of her sophomore album, Moon Sweet Moon, which, Gaper's Block assures, "will seduce you." Also on stage at

Written by: Stephanie GortonLush electronic music from Nashville could sound like a dubious proposition, but Paper Route make it new: the three from Tennessee are touring around the recently released album "Absence" and will play Brooklyn's Union Hall tonight, October 20th. Inspired by insomnia and Boards of Canada, the heartfelt melodies and oddly irresistible beats make for album of euphoric,

Written by: Stephanie GortonMelissa Auf der Maur, Renaissance woman of our times, is playing New York City's new Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tonight, to my enormous excitement. The new album, released under the name MAdM, shares a title with a graphic novel and film -- all are called Out of Our Minds, or OOOM. Promising to be a contemporary response to the Pre-Raphaelites, the film part of the

Scottish lads Frightened Rabbit will perform Friday, September 18 at The Independent in San Francisco followed by Saturday the 19th at San Jose's VooDoo Lounge. They will be joined by friends and countrymen, The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks.Frightened Rabbit honed their explosive live show with extensive touring of the States last year and has just finished writing, recording and

Scottish lads Frightened Rabbit will perform Friday, September 18 at The Independent in San Francisco followed by Saturday the 19th at San Jose's VooDoo Lounge. They will be joined by friends and countrymen, The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks.Frightened Rabbit honed their explosive live show with extensive touring of the States last year and has just finished writing, recording and

The Virgins, an indie group from NYC, founded in 2006 and running ever since, is playing San Francisco's GAMH on 5/20. Here's what the opening of their wikipedia entry has to say about them:"The Virgins are an American band formed in 2006 in New York City consisting of Donald Cumming (vocals, guitar), Wade Oates (guitar), and Nick Zarin-Ackerman (bass). They have toured with Jet and opened for

Michael Zapruder's recent Chinese Dragon Cocktail Horoscope aligns itself with the lyrically adroit work of venerable Californian artists from Tom Waits to Camper Van Beethoven, and much of the new album is actually bolstered by a revolving coterie of their former studio collaborators. Distilling this expansive material for his set at the Café Du Nord tonight may have required some adjustments

The Killers and Wild Light will be at the San Jose Events Center on Sunday, 4/19 starting at 7:30pm. You might want to get there a few minutes early, because San Jose Events Center is known for starting before their published start time. It's a "general admission" show, so if you want a seat on the side, then you'll want to get their early. If you want a spot in the front row, you'll want to get

The Australian duo known as The Presets will be bringing their slickly produced dance punk sound to The Mezzanine on 4/16. The group released their first album back in 2005 and refined their sound to almost a science. One can't help but tap their foot and bob their head to one of the biggest contributers to the rebirth of new wave music. The Presets are still touring on 2008 Apocalypse album.

Blind Pilot, Portland's latest indie breakout act, is coming to San Francisco's Café Du Nord tonight with opener Loch Lochman. After an extremely underground West Coast tour from Vancouver to San Francisco two years ago, so underground that frontmen Ryan Dobrowski and Israel Nebeker accomplished it by bike, the two returned to Portland and recorded their debut album 3 Rounds and a Sound, which