http://www.nypress.com/blogs-1-1-1-3.html Enjoy the amazing weather when Matt & Kim play at Pier 54, Perry & West Sts.; 7, FREE --- Or find religion with Matisyahu and Umphrey's McGee at Central Park SummerStage, enter park at E. 69th St. & 5th Ave.; 6:30, $35 Get your ska on with Reel Big Fish, The English Beat and The Supervillains at Nokia Theatre Times Square, 1515 Broadway (at W. 45th St.), (212) 930-1950‎; 7,  $27 But we'll be catching The Drums with Living Days,]]> Indie rock band Oxford Collapse is breaking up and they will have one final performance in the city. --- The band issued a statement saying:"After eight years, 450 shows, and four albums, we’ve decided that we’ve reached the end of the line. To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, 'what a long, strange, eye-opening, stomach-bursting, heart-breaking, bittersweet, educational, enlightening, mind-numbing, ‘why-are-we-doing-this-shit]]> Every “goodbye” tour tends to raise skepticism here and there, but regardless, we want to see Nine Inch Nails one more time so we'll buy into La Reznor's claim that this will really be his last time around. --- After stating that the band's final tour would end in Asia, Trent Reznor announced recently that the group would be making a few stops in New York, specifically at Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal 5. --- The da]]> Don’t give up on NYC’s jazz scene—although the JVC Jazz Festival was cancelled this year due to insufficient funds, there will be a major event in the city next summer. --- Longtime Jazz Festival producer George Wein announced a new sponsor yesterday: The company, CareFusion, is based in San Diego and is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health. Besides the scheduled June 2010 CareFusion New York Jazz Fe]]> Have you ever been more excited to get your hands on 27-year-old recording? Insound and Richard Hell are releasing Destiny Street Repaired, a new and improved edition of Hell's famous final album with The Voidoids. --- The original copy has been out of print for five years, making the new release even more exciting. According to Richard, Destiny Street Repaired better represents the intentions of the original 1982 sessions than does the De]]> JET is playing tonight in support of its new single "She's a Genius" at Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-777-6800; 8:30, $TBA --- Musicians from Mile Davis’ 1972 jazz-funk album On the Corner pick up where they left off at Rockefeller Park, enter park at River Terr. & Warren St.; 7, FREE The Offspring and Frank Turner get their 90s mall punk on at Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd]]> Heavy metal band Slayer is back with World Painted Blood, an album set to be released late this summer.  --- The follow-up to the 2006 record Christ Illusion is loaded with tracks about the darker side of life including "Psychopathy Red" and "Public Display of Dismemberment."  The quartet recently released a video with clips of new songs (below) and an exclusive peek into their recording process.  They will be ]]> Cauldron frontman Jason Decay has been kicked out of his apartment for having decent taste in metal! During the wee hours of one June morning, Jason confronted his Metallica S&M-blasting landlord with a copy of Kill Em All, suggesting that if he must play Metallica, he should do it properly. --- According to the Canadian singer and bassist, the strange situation began a few weeks before the end of June. His landlord told him he would have]]> Today in "did that just actually happen!?" news, we learned that Lissy Trullie bassist Ian Fenger contracted Swine Flu during the band's European tour, and the entire group had to be quarantined. The epidemic passed, and Ian is OK. The band will tour England in September and October, hopefully without catching that month's international disease du jour. ---]]> Handsome Furs (see interview below!) plays with The Cinnamon Band at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (betw. Bowery & Chrystie St.); 8, $15 ---Cubic Zirconia celebrates its record release with DJ Sets by Dam Funk, DJ Assault, Kool Hersh, Mike 2600 & live sets by Cubic Zirconia, Head Automatica, Chico Mann at Santos Party House, 100 Lafayette St. (betw. White & Walker Sts.); 11, $12. Earlier in the evening, Andrew W.K. does spoken word,]]> A pioneer of traveling and of low-fi indie rock, Dan Boeckner of Handsome Furs has been bringing innovative music to rabid audiences for years. After his bout in Atlas Strategic, he moved on to Wolf Parade and, in 2005, aligned himself to yet another band—Handsome Furs. The tight two-person unit is shared with wife Alexei Perry, and the couple tends to write otherworldly songs of travel and experience. Boeckner spoke with us about recent ]]> A wave of screams overtook the opening bluesy swing of the deceptively seedy yet superficial "See Fernando," from 2008's Acid Tongue, as Jenny Lewis strutted onto the stage wearing an American Flag as a cape. --- What came next was an almost pitch perfect hour long set from a Class A entertainer—with a huge emphasis on "almost." The 12-song set was professionally executed by her band of able studio quality multi-instrum]]> When you become a rock star like Oasis’s Noel Gallagher, you’re practically expected to imbibe illegal substances. The English guitarist has confessed to loving every minute of his former drug use—spending approximately 1 million pounds—until he quit in 1998. Well duh! --- What prompted him to make the blatantly honest statement was a question on the part of Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, asking him how he f]]> If you've got any good sense, you'll make sure to check out our pal Jonny Leather's show, featuring Right on Dynamite, Deleted Scenes, Deep Sea Diver and Michael Runion tonight  at Union Hall, 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.), Brooklyn.; 7, $10) ---Peter Murphy of Bauhaus plays tonight at Highline Ballroom,  431 W. 16th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-414-5994; 8:30, $35And if you need a big, house-made drink with your entertainment, t]]> Jack White's back and it's not just with his new band, The Dead Weather. Yesterday, White made news with his record label, Third Man Records. With the slogan “Your Turntable’s Not Dead,” White’s company has released an online subscription service called The Vault in hope of changing the way records are distributed. --- The service gives subscribers two ways of being a part of White’s online community: The highest ]]> His first big management client was Sam Cooke, but eventually Allen Klein was managing the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Klein died on July 4 at the age of 77. ABKCO Music & Records is one of the biggest indie labels and will continue to be run by his family. Its assets include recordings by the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Womack, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and many others. ]]> Exactly a year after the band reunited at Maxwell’s, its longtime Hoboken haunt, the Feelies took the stage at the small, narrow venue last night, once again sating the desires of diehard followers. --- Lead singer Glenn Mercer mused that this time fans only had to wait a year for a return. It was a nod to the decade-plus period during which many younger fans longed to see one of their favorite bands live for the first time, years]]> Fuck the fourth, there will be fireworks in Washington Heights tonight when Sonic Youth plays with The Entrance Band at United Palace Theater, 4140 Broadway (at W. 175th St.), 212-307-7171; 8, $35 and up. --- This afternoon the Woodsist / Captured Tracks Festival kicks off with  Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs, Psychedelic Horseshit, caUSE co-MOTION!, the Mayfair Set, Gary War, Little Girls, Kid Romance, Beachniks and the Gutsies at 979 Broadway]]> Summer might not feel like its here yet, but it's already July, folks, and there hasn't been a single music-filled, beer-soaked, fun-but-slightly-horrifying outdoor concert in Williamsburg yet. That's all about the change! --- The party elves over at Jelly NYC have finally announced their summer concert schedule, and it looks like it was worth waiting for. Fucked Up, Ponytail, Dirty Projectors, No Age and more will grace the stage going up at Hip]]> Corn Mo, who can rock the accordion like no other, has toured with Ben Folds and the Polyphonic Spree, as well as jugglers and a sideshow circus. His band .357 Lover is performing tonight at (le) poisson rouge. Corn Mo took some time to tell the Press about life, Corn Mo style. --- When did you discover the accordion was your calling?A year after high school. My high school bands were mostly metal. When I went to music school, I saw a band cal]]>