1. Lola Montes Schnabel opens "Within Reach," an exhibit of her new paintings, next week in New York City. Tripoli Gallery is mounting the show in a pop-up space at 980 Madison Avenue on the 3rd floor. It will be up until February 11.
2. Save the date: The annual "No Pants Subway Ride" is this Sunday, January 13. HERE's all the details. (Photo via WikiCommons)
3. School of Seven Bells plays a FREE (with R.S.V.P. here) show at the Dr. Marten's store (868 Broadway) next Wednesday, January 16, 6 p.m. White Castle is one of the sponsors.
4. "Last Night's Party" made a video! Nightlife photog Merlin Bronques is apparently releasing an album on Dim Mak and he shot this clip for a track called "Lies" with his GoPro camera.
5. BATTLE OF THE BANDS: Compressorhead vs. BabyMetal.
6. Jens Lekman promised to write a song for anybody who would drive his pianist up to Boston following Hurricane Sandy -- and he did.
(Consequence of Sound, photo via Flickr)