• Photo courtesy of The New York Times.
• Click here to listen to OFF!'s latest album "Wasted Years" before it hits record stores on Tuesday, April 8.

Hardcore punk band OFF! will be debuting their sophomore album Wasted Years on Tuesday, April 8. The New York Times is currently streaming the whole kit kaboodle so you can learn all the words and dance moves before you see them live at Club Congress, April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Click here to listen to the album and here to buy your tickets.

Waiting through a commercial? Watch this to shake some tension, and to see, if you already didn't know, that stripped of the sexual histrionics and general provocations manipulated by its author and her crew, "Wrecking Ball," is one hell of a song.

Go girls!

And Bear Down Cats!

• From NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

In case you weren't watching the Arsenio show Tuesday night - and of course you weren't, because who watches late night talk shows in any non-YouTube form anymore - you missed an extensive appearance by R&B supergroup (a stretch of that term, but let's let that slide for now) TGT. Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank, the performers in the aforementioned group discussed their debut album last year, Three Kings, and performed their super subtle song "Sex Never Felt Better," but most importantly, Ginuwine sang most of his classic, "Pony":

The world cannot ever get enough of that song, because it speaks nothing but truth.

While it's nice to see Ginuwine still bumping and grinding on audience members, for a slightly fresher take on that particular sex jam, here's a remix by New York City DJ/unique user of capitalization eSenTRIK. Get nasty, baby.

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• Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines at Boondocks March 22

Terri Hendrix is a genuine Texas force of nature. Like other well-known troubadours from the Lone Star State, she's achieved her success by going her own way, ignoring genre boundaries and expectations in general. She's owned her own record label since releasing her first, live recording fifteen years ago. Onstage, she exudes the confidence and warmth that come from being her own woman.

While the Weekly staff was at the Sharon Jones & The Dat Kings concert, Jimmy Fallon was making some melodic magic with the legendary Billy Joel. Fallon wanted to show off his fancy new iPad app Loopy and find any excuse to sing with one of his "all time favorites." Joel agreed to try out the app and sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Then the newly founded two-man, doo-wop group closed the show withYou May Be Right:

[HD] Billy Joel & Jimmy Fallon - You May Be... by IdolxMuzic

• Photo courtesy of Tanline Press.

Joe Marshall and the Tanline Press crew have moved their business to the City of South Tucson. You know you're on the south side when you can see a giant Food City sign from your doorstep. The new location accommodates their printing production needs, and makes for a good space for live music.

We've tried our best here at the Weekly to help you with your life choices and get you to the Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show this Thursday at the Rialto (here, here and here), but at this point, if we haven't swayed you, we give up. Live your life, even in wildly erroneous ways.

But, if you're already in, you probably will be interested to know that members of Jones' backing band, the illustrious Dap-Kings, will be at Zia on Speedway at 6:30 pm before the show for a DJ set/meet and greet. Sounds like a pretty good time, even if it means a hurried race to the Rialto for the start of the show at 8 p.m.

I’m back from SXSW, in the comfort of my home, with my feet up on the footstool and a hot cup o’ joe in my hand. Here’s a run-down on some of the bands I caught over the last couple of days.

Over at the Thrasher Death Match party at the Scoot Inn, I caught a blistering set from Savannah, Georgia’s Black Tusk on the outside stage. A three-piece metal band, Black Tusk got the crowd revved up with their roaring songs about embracing madness and unleashing wrath. Another band from Savannah, Kylesa, toned down the attack but still delivered a thunderous set. I’m a sucker for bands with two drummers (unless you’re The Grateful Dead, in which case I’m outta here) and while Kylesa doesn’t utilize them as brilliantly as say, the latest incarnation of The Melvins, the extra drummer definitely gave the band a dense bottom-floor to trudge on.

There was a different scene going on inside the venue. L.A.’s Youth Code may not be a traditional hardcore band, but their short set was full of crackling energy. A boyfriend/girlfriend duo, Youth Code are two ex-hardcore twenty-somethings flirting with industrial dance music. Think Agnostic Front by way of Skinny Puppy. I had never heard of this band before, and without a doubt they were the best surprise of the festival.

I caught punk supergroup OFF! twice this trip. Comprised of members of The Circle Jerks, The Burning Brides, Redd Kross and Rocket from the Crypt, OFF! play one to two minute short blasts of pure manic energy. These were the only shows I caught where stage diving was rampant, and mostly done by guys way over the age of 30. At one of their gigs, a guy in a Verbal Abuse shirt tapped my shoulder and shouted “Woody Harrelson!” in my ear while motioning towards my right. Sure enough, The Woodman was in the house, wearing aviator shades and tapping his foot. Good for you, Woody.

The eclectic music/art venue Topaz Tucson will no longer host live musical performances after April. Topaz founders Joel and Krysta Leshefka announced the news on Temple of Cairo early Monday. The independent venue has been a major catalyst for various local bands including Prom Body:

When we opened, Tucson didn't really have a space dedicated to the types of music we were really inspired by, nor did it have a space that supported and cultivated local music as a true priority. We were consistently BLOWN AWAY after going to bars and seeing four band bills FULL of amazing touring bands, and ZERO local acts. SACRILEGE. Today there are many spaces, a thriving local scene, and we are happy to have played a role in that...and to have inspired others to use our model.

We could not be more excited to announce the release of Prom Body's Naughty by Natural on LP/CD/CASS. Out in late July, followed by a West Coast tour, we'll be busy coordinating THIS INCREDIBLE NEW RELEASE, as well as making a short video for one of the new songs.

I'm not entirely sure how I stumbled upon them, but for the last few months, I've been following the Toronto group Choir! Choir! Choir! on Youtube and Soundcloud. The concept is pretty simple: people get together and sing indie-friendly songs together. The group has covered songs by Haim (above), Erasure, Robyn, Big Star, Daft Punk and many, many more and it looks like they have a heck of a time doing it.

In fact, Toronto's Globe and Mail ran a guest column today about the joys of choir singing that included a reference to Choir! Choir! Choir!:

My friend Lenni Jabour, an accomplished songwriter herself, sings every Tuesday in a choir gloriously named Choir! Choir! Choir! It’s in the west end of Toronto, and they rehearse in a bar where choristers drink mojitos and sing genius choral arrangements of pop songs like Daft Punk’s Get Lucky. Organizers video each rehearsal and post it on YouTube so participants can share it with friends. According to Lenni, it’s a bit like participating in an impromptu concert every week. More importantly, it makes her deliriously happy. “We’re always encouraged to sing as children, and then you grow up and, unless you go to church, when do you sing?” she says.

Singing in a choir is a transcendent experience — and there aren’t many of those in life. It instills gratitude and bliss without the contortions of yoga or hangovers of alcohol. Singing doesn’t just make us feel better — it makes us better people. By singing in a group, we choose to recede for a moment from selfish concerns and pursue harmony with those around us.

While I probably should not be invited to sing publicly under any context, there is something really beautiful and communal about singing with other people and the way a multitude of voices come together. As the author above alludes to, it just doesn't happen too often for adults, which seems sort of sad.

So, why doesn't Tucson have this sort of thing? Seems like a nice bit of interpersonal connection in our generally disconnected world. Someone make this happen, people!