((Features)) - Oh My Rockness

Why does this week have so many totally boss shows? I don't know. I just blob here.

The Kills, St. Vincent, Thee Oh Sees, Japanese Breakfast, Sad13, Oberhofer, Black Sheep, Bob Moses, SZA, Love Theme (Alex of Dirty Beaches), Mannequin Pussy, Black Joe Lewis, City of the Sun, Baked, James Chance + more!

Warpaint (free), The National, Pitchfork OctFest (with Guided By Voices, Charles Bradley, Okkervil River, The Pains...), Best Coast, The Hold Steady, Quicksand, Boris, Cherry Glazerr, EMA, Widowspeak, Colleen Green, Julie Byrne, Preoccupations, Tei Shi, Rainer Maria, Surfer Blood, Cigarettes After Sex, The Fall, The Besnard Lakes, together PANGEA, Moses Sumney, Turnover, Muse, Jagwar Ma, Danzig, Teen Daze, Princess Nokia, Diamanda Galas, Gary Numan + even more!

Summer's best month of shows. Make a plan!

The finest show season is also the freest.

St. Vincent, Washed Out, LCD Soundsystem, Lorde, Nas, Kasabian, Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star), Ariel Pink, The Hotelier, Chelsea Wolfe, White Lung, Xiu Xiu, Japanese Breakfast, Sannhet, No Joy, The Spits, Weekend, Surf Curse, Matt Pond PA + more!