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Port O’Brien — Threadbare
7 Worlds Collide
La Roux — La Roux
Default — Comes and Goes
Antipop Consortium — Fluorescent Black
Ghostface Killah — Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City

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NYC: 9/28 Fever Ray @ 8 p.m., Webster Hall
NYC: 9/29 Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ 7:30 p.m. Music Hall of Williamsburg
NYC: 9/30 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ 7:30 p.m., Giants Stadium
SYRACUSE: 10/1 They Might Be Giants @ 8 p.m. State Theatre
NYC: 10/1 Jay Reatard @ 11 p.m., le poisson rouge
NYC: 10/1 The Roots @ 10 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl
BUFFALO: 10/2 Streetlight Manifesto @ Club Infinity
BUFFALO: 10/2 Matt & Kim @ 9 p.m., Soundlab
NYC: 10/2 Brazilian Girls, Man Man, The Phenomenal Handclap Bland @ 7 p.m., Governors Island
NYC: 10/2 Andrew W.K. @ 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub
NYC: 10/2 Micachu & The Shapes @ 8 p.m., Littlefield
NYC: 10/3 Amazing Baby @ 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom
HOBOKEN: 10/3 The Antlers @ 10 p.m., Maxwell’s
NYC: 10/4 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ 6 p.m., Webster Hall
NYC: 10/4 Sufjan Stevens @ 7:30 p.m., Bowery Ballroom
NYC: 10/4 Shwayze, Cisco Adler, Paradiso Girls @ 6 p.m., Highline Ballroom
NYC: 10/4 Maps and Atlases, Princeton @ 7 p.m., Knitting Factory Brooklyn
NYC: 10/4 Blink-182 @ 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden

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20 Watts presents The 20.4: Your Essential Guide to Noise Pop
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The 20 — the 20 essential Noise Pop albums from the Pixies to Wavves.
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Girls — Album
Islands — Vapours
The Twilight Sad — Forget the Night Ahead
Why? — Eskimo Snow
Volcano Choir — Unmap
Brand New — and one head can never die
Monsters of Folk — Monsters of Folk
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — Higher Than the Stars
Sean Kingston — Tomorrow
Mika — The Boy Who Knew Too Much

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SYRACUSE: 9/21 Alice Cooper @ 8 p.m., Turning Stone Casiono
NYC: 9/21 The Roots @ 11 p.m., Highline Ballroom
NYC: 9/21 Moby @ 8:30 p.m., The Fillmore New York
NYC: 9/21 The Decemberists @ 7 p.m., The Wellmont Theatre
BUFFALO: 9/22 Matt Nathanson @ 7 p.m., Canisius College
NYC: 9/22 Snow Patrol, Plain White T’s @ 8 p.m., Beacon Theater
NYC: 9/22 Starfucker @ Bruar Falls
NYC: 9/23 Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ 8 p.m., Radio City Music Hall
ITHACA: 9/23 Sufjan Stevens, 8 p.m., Castaways
NYC: 9/24 HEALTH @ 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom
NYC: 9/24 Japandroids @ 9:30 p.m., Mercury Lounge
NYC: 9/24 Wavves @ 7 p.m., Santos Party House
SYRACUSE: 9/25 A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Beatles’ Abbey Road @ 9 p.m., The Westcott Theater
NYC: 9/25 Phoenix, Passion Pit @ 6 p.m., Central Park
NYC: 9/25 Julian Plenti @ 8 p.m., Guggenheim Museum
NYC: 9/25 Yo La Tengo, The Black Lips @ 8 p.m., Roseland Ballroom
SYRACUSE: 9/26 Marc Benevento Trio @ 9 p.m., The Westcott Theater

////IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [...the best of last week's blog]
20 Watts previews Juice Jam 2009 Featuring Girl Talk, Jack’s Mannequin, and The Cool Kids
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The 20 — from Joy Division to Blondie, editors choose the 20 most essential New Wave albums.
Juice Jam — exclusive coverage (review, photos, interview, podcast) of Girl Talk, Jack’s Mannequin, the Cool Kids.
RIAA vs. Bloggers — an inside look at the debate between bloggers and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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Kid Cudi — Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Muse — The Resistance
LCD Soundsystem — Remixes
Q-Tip — High Rollers
Drake — So Far Gone

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NYC: 9/14 Kings of Leon @ 8 p.m., Nassau Coliseum
NYC: 9/14 Fruit Bats @ 7:30 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg
NYC: 9/14 OK Go @ 9:30 p.m., The Bell House
BUFFALO: 9/16 Fruit Bats @ 9 p.m., Soundlab
NYC: 9/16 Little Boots @ 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom
NYC: 9/16 Rodrigo y Gabriela @ 7 p.m., Terminal 5
SYRACUSE: 9/16 Truth & Salvage Co @ 8:30 p.m., The Westcott Theater
NYC: 9/17 The Sounds @ 8 p.m., Roseland Ballroom
BUFFALO: 9/17 Ziggy Marley @ Town Ballroom
SYRACUSE: 9/18 Sirsy @ 8:30 p.m., The Westcott Theater
NYC: 9/18 Of Montreal, Janelle Monae @ 8 p.m., Terminal 5
NYC: 9/18 …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ 6 p.m., Webster Hall
SYRACUSE: 9/19 Back to School Jam ft White Picket Fence @ 4:30 p.m., The Westcott Theater
NYC: 9/19 The Decemberists @ 7 p.m., Terminal 5

////IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [...the best of last week's blog]
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20 Watts reviews Yo La Tengo’s Popular Songs
20 Watts reviews Polvo’s In Prisms
20 Watts presents The 20.2: Your Essential Guide to New Wave

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////COMING SOON [...features and exclusives you shouldn't miss]
The 20 — editors choose the 20 most essential New Wave albums
Positive Jam — exclusive coverage of The Hold Steady, Deer Tick, Felice Brothers, and Rural Alberta Advantage
Juice Jam — pump-up preview for Girl Talk, Jack’s Mannequin, Cool Kids

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BLK JKS – After Robots
HEALTH — GET COLOR
Circulatory System — Signal Morning
Sondre Lerche — Hearbeat Radio
Taken By Trees — East of Eden
Yo La Tengo — Popular Songs
Jay-Z — Blueprint 3

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NYC: 9/7 Deer Tick, Jonny Corndawg @ 7 p.m., Rocks Off Concert Cruises
NYC: 9/8 The Roots @ 11 p.m., Highline Ballroom
NYC: 9/8 BLK JKS, Highlife @ 7 p.m., S.O.B.’s
NYC: 9/8 Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Talib Kweli @ Santos Party House
NYC: 9/8 Alice in Chains @ 8 p.m., The Fillmore New York
SYRACUSE: 9/9 The New Deal @ 8 p.m., Westcott Cinema
NYC: 9/9 Les Savy Fav @ 7 p.m., Knitting Factory
NYC: 9/10 Kings of Convenience @ 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom
NYC: 9/11 Super Furry Animals, Real Estate @ Highline Ballroom
UTICA: 9/11 The Black Crowes @ Saranac Brewery
BUFFALO: 9/11 Polar Bear Club @ The Mohawk Place
NYC: 9/12 The Feelies @ 7 p.m., Bearsville Theater
NYC: 9/12 Mos Def @ 7 p.m., Governors Island
NYC: 9/12 Kings of Leon, Glasvegas @ 7 p.m., Izod Center
NYC: 9/12 All Tomorrow’s Parties @ Kutshers Country Club
SYRACUSE: 9/12 Tonic @ 8 p.m., Turning Stone Casino, Syracuse

////IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [...the best of last week's blog]
20 Watts interviews Nils Edenloff of Rural Alberta Advantage
20 Watts reviews The Apples in Stereo’s #1 Hits Explosion
20 Watts reviews Datarock’s Red

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