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Craig Finn of the Hold Steady at Terminal 5 in November 2008

The two Hold Steady shows that went on sale earlier today have sold out, so they have added two more shows. Their NYC schedule looks like this now:

June 8 - Bowery Ballroom (sold out)
June 9 - Bowery Ballroom (ON SALE NOW)
June 10 - Music Hall of Williamsburg (sold out)
June 11 - Music Hall of Williamsburg (ON SALE NOW)

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Santogold at the mtvU Woodie Awards at Roseland Ballroom on November 12, 2008.

In case you haven’t heard, Santi White, better known as Santogold, has changed changed her stage name to Santigold. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I can tell you the exciting news that according to New York Magazine, Santigold will be playing the opening of the new TopShop store (on Broadway and Broome) on April 1 (finally!) along with Mark Ronson and Lady Gaga for free. Sadly, like she mentioned, Little Boots will not be there.

If you don’t feel like dealing with the crowds that wil likely be there, you can wait until June 9 when she plays Terminal 5. Tickets go on sale TODAY at noon.

Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale:

• Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here
• The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here
• Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here
• The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets here
• Phosporescent performing their new album of all Willie Nelson covers at Bell House on February 28, tickets here
• Bell X1 at Highline Ballroom on March 14, tickets here
• Goblin Cock with Rob Crow of Pinback at Highline Ballroom on February 11, tickets here
• Black Kids and Mates of State at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 5 and Webster Hall on April 6 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• Cursive at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon, their March 9 show at Music Hall of Williamsburg is also still on sale
• Clem Snide at Bowery Ballroom on March 18 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon
• Bloc Party added a second date at Terminal 5 on March 25. Tickets are on AmEx presale now and regular sale on Saturday at noon
• The Oddity Faire featuring Les Claypool with special guest Saul Williams, Secret Chiefs, and O’Death at Terminal 5 on March 28 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• The Leonard Cohen presale started today. The password is Fingerprints. (Thx Brookylnvegan)

 
Vampire Weekend @ the Q Awards in London 2008. Image: Newscom

Tickets are back on sale for the Vampire Weekend show tonight at Terminal 5. Teenagers open.

Teenagers are also playing their own show tomorrow night at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets for that are still on sale.

Andrew Bird @ All Points West Festival
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Andrew Bird will be back in town to play Carnegie Hall which is pretty damn awesome. He’ll be there with Dosh on January 28 and tickets are on sale now.

Devotchka will also be in NYC in January, on the 24th to be precise, at Webster Hall. Those tickets are on sale tomorrow (Friday) at noon.

D.C. boys Thievery Corporation will be at Terminal 5 on February 25; those tickets also go on sale tomorrow at noon.

Of Montreal is also returning to the city and will be playing the small-for-them venue Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 16. Those tickets are on sale now.

Going back to classic rock, Steve Winwood will be at United Palace on January 15 and 16. Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon.

Regina Spektor is playing a Planned Parenhood benefit called “Roe on the Rocks” at Bowery Ballroom on January 22. Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon.

And finally, Femi Kuti, who will be in town for GlobalFest 2009, will play his own show three days earlier on January 8 at Webster Hall. Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon.

On Sale Now:

Cloud Cult on November 11 @ Bowery Ballroom

The Sea and Cake on November 10 @ Bowery Ballroom and November 11 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Rachel Yamagata on December 10 @ Bowery Ballroom

Will Sheff (Okervill River) and Charles Bissell (The Wrens) on December 11 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Teenagers on December 4 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

On Sale Friday:

The Fab Faux on December 26 & 27 @ Terminal 5

Patti Smith and Her Band on December 30 & 31 @ Bowery Ballroom

Annuals on January 28 @ Bowery Ballroom

Plenty of shows on sale:

The Killers on January 25 @ Madison Square Garden

TI on December 3 @ Hammerstein Ballroom

Aimee Mann on December 18 @ Nokia Theater

Gregg Allman on January 2 and 3 @ Blender Theater

Glasvegas on January 6 @ Bowery Ballroom

The Black Keys on February 6 @ Terminal 5

The Neville Brothers and Dr. John on February 20 @ Terminal 5

STS9 (Live PA Set) on January 31 @ Bowery Ballroom

In addition to all these other shows on Halloween, here are some more options:

Yacht is playing a DFA party with some DJs at Tribeca Grand tomorrow night. RSVP to events@grandlifenyc.com.

Cafe Tacuba is at Terminal 5.

Satan’s Circus with Apes & Androids,  The Dirty Pearls, Jake Destroyer, Dirtyjean, and more at (le) Poisson Rouge.

These tickets are on sale now:

Vampire Weekend and Crosby & Nash Obama Benefit on Sunday October 12 @ St. Ralph’s Cathedral. They have an “economic stimulus package” of two tickets for $55. Click here for more.

Gov’t Mule on December 30 @ Hammerstein Ballroom

Noah and the Whale on December 4 @ Bowery Ballroom

Boris on November 9 @ Maxwell’s

Walkmen and the Dodos on December 14 @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple  (Presented by New York Magazine)

Vampire Weekend on December 6 @ Terminal 5

Adventure, Beach House, Ecstatic Sunshine, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, WZT Hearts, Dent May and His Magnificent Ukelele, Excepter, Kria Brekkan, Rings, and Tickley Feather on October 22 @ (le) Poisson Rouge (part of CMJ)

Bad Brains on Noveber 5 @ Irving Plaza

Jesse Malin on December 19 @ Bowery Ballroom

These tickets are on sale tomorrow (Saturday):

Hinder on November 19 @ Nokia Theater

New York Dolls on December 27 @ Irving Plaza

Duran Duran on December 14 @ Wellmont Theater

Three giants of the nineties played two nights at Terminal 5 on Thursday and Friday: Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., and Built to Spill. I was at the show on Friday and much to my disappointment I missed the Meat Puppets who went on at 7:30 p.m. I did see all of Dinosaur Jr.’s set, who were excellent. But the real thrill for me was seeing Built to Spill perform their seminal album Perfect From Now On. They played the album all the way through with excellent jams and Doug Martsch wailing perfectly. After they finished they played a few more favorites, like “The Plan” and “Carry the Zero.” The best part of the night was when J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and members of the Meat Puppets came out on stage to play with Built to Spill for almost 30 minutes. They all seemed to be enjoying themeselves immensely, especially the Meat Puppet boys who were joking around a lot. Not sure what happened to Lou Barlow…I guess he had to head out early. Lots more photos after the jump. Read more