Since settling in New York in 2001, promoter Todd Patrick – known through his website as Todd P – has established himself as a major force in the avant-garde rock scene. In the fastidious spirit of a modern day Bill Graham – though without the passion for profits – Patrick has distinguished himself with his commitment to producing shows at atypical, under-the-radar locations like lofts, rooftops and funky, “illegal” clubs. Often eschewing such vagaries as......

FESTIVITIES: Forget about that big shiny show-off in Rockefeller Center. Tonight the menorah and Christmas tree in Washington Square Park will be illuminated for all. Come bask in the glow of holiday, people. 6pm // Washington Square Park [W 4th St to Waverly Pl between MacDougal and University] // Free FILM: In a week-long tribute to Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini (pictured), tonight The Film Society of Lincoln Center will be screening Notes for an......

Pazz and Jop, revealed! Just when we thought we were finally done having to think about the music of 2006, we get one last hurrah of ultimate listage. The 34th annual Pazz and Jop poll finally made landfall this week, and unsurprisingly, there were few shockers. Some feigned outrage/interest that Bob Dylan's latest overtook the otherwise consensus disc of the year by TV on the Radio (see image), but a few minor swaps at the......

This just in from Stereogum, Karen O recordings were found in TV on the Radio guitarist, Dave Sitek's, old Brooklyn apartment. This seems like an indie rock time capsule to us, opened a little bit too soon. The inscription, written by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer, on the cd cover reads: And all the woe that moved so that he gave that Bitter cry And the Wild regrets and Bloody sweats none knew so well......

Wolfmother...

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scenei. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorrito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out their art and face off. A plagarized novel is the......

Nick Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs...

For some reason there doesn't seem to be a lot going on this week. Tonight Cold War Kids take over Pianos, catch them there before they're headlining Bowery (and then having that show switched over to Webster Hall to accomodate all of their fans). What we're trying to say is...there is buzz. There are plenty of shows to go to Tuesday night incase you missed out on Yeah Yeah Yeahs tickets (which you should be......

Last chance for Brokeback jokes and the Pita's Music Picks: Unlike Ennis, we know how to quit you. Next time it'll be someone else's picks. See you in the clubs![Ed. Note - This is Catherine's last week on the music roundup-- thanks, Catherine!] We have never set foot inside Avalon, and we suspect tonight may be many Mogwai fans' first foray into the club, too. This is the first show that's come up on our......

I had no idea that Strokes fans were into crowd surfing! And MOSHING. And hardcore hallucinogens! What a fun time. Seriously. Compared to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs shows last weekend, it was quite the shot in the arm to see these guys play a room that was this amped to see them. I'll take the rowdy annoying crowd over the chatty annoying crowd any day of the week. I'm cool with having some tripped out......

Last weekend the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played their first shows in the New York area since opening for Devo at Summerstage in 2004. They have a new album on the horizon and scheduled a few small and quickly sold out club dates to showcase the new material. I was fortunate to snag tickets to see them at Maxwells in Hoboken on Thursday and the Bowery Ballroom on Friday. Of the two I attended, Maxwells was......

On Presidents' Day, we are going to exercise our executive power to tell you what shows to go see. Here's our vision of the state of the rock 'n' roll union this week: Tonight Gothamist will be at the Mercury Lounge, grooving to Australian band Wolfmother's heavy, heady mix of Queens of the Stone Age psychedelia and White Stripes rawk. They're pictured at left in all their wolfy glory. Garage rockers Black Lips open. Tuesday......

For a while now Music For America has been providing us with endless amounts of entertainment, events and information. Tonight is no different, and if you're in NY (and c'mon, who of us aren't?) then The Songwriter's Beat will entertain you in the name of Democracy over at one of Gothamist's favorite establishments, Cornelia Street Cafe. For those not privy, The Songwriters Beat is an all-acoustic show with 4 singer songwriters all given a......

Adam Shore, General Manager, VICE Records...

After the Guardian released its list of top 40 American bands (still playing), information leafblower took it upon himself to compile another top 40 list - this time coming from a panel of different bloggers. Here is the top ten: 1) The Strokes 2) Queens of the Stone Age 3) The White Stripes 4) The Flaming Lips 5) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6) Outkast 7) Wilco 8) Spoon 9) The Shins 10) The Mountain Goats......

Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes, explains to the Times' Style section why white-trash chic is in these days: "For middle-class kids just out of university and living in Williamsburg. the closest thing right now to bad-ass culture is blue-collar culture, so you have hipsters play-acting blue collar. Instead of saying, `I'm a PlayStation-reared, e-mailing-all-the-time Friendster loser,' they're getting lots of tattoos and drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon and listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs." Anyway, besides......

All the hipsters will be going to Irving Plaza to hear Williamsburg band Interpol perform tonight and tomorrow. The Daily News chats with the band in a feature that has obligatory references to the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Velvet Underground. Here's Interpol's official site.......