Much of New York tries to help out Yellow Dogs

After the murder of two members of Yellow Dogs and others earlier in the week, New York is rallying round. Brooklyn Vegan reports:

Monday (11/18) at Brooklyn Bowl there will be a "Special Memorial Evening / Fundraiser" featuring performances from Nada Surf, James Chance, Luke Temple, Dirty Fences, Kyp Malone (of TVotR), Helado Negro, Hamish Kilgour (The Clean), Iranian visual artist and activist Shirin Neshat and more; plus DJ sets from Paul Banks (Interpol), Jonathan Toubin, Sinkane, Vito & Druzzi (The Rapture), The Men and more.

Tickets ($15.00 - $30.00) for the benefit go on sale Saturday (11/16) at noon. 100% of the door will be going to the families of the deceased, the hospital bills of Sasan Sadeghpourosko who was wounded in the shooting, and then as well as the two surviving members of Yellow Dogs.

There doesn't seem to be a non-tickety way of donating if you want to help out but can't be in Brooklyn, but if we come across something we'll pass it on.

An American ending: Band split leads to murder

There's a pretty grim story coming from New York this morning, as a split in an indie band has come to a horrible, bloody end: Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie, formerly of Iranian group The Free Keys, appears to have shot Arash Farazmand and Soroush Farazmand of the Yellow Dogs. A third man, Ali Eskandarian was murdered; after firing on others, Rafie turned the gun on himself.

The New York Times has pieced together the full story, which appears to hinge of Rafie's falling out with the rest of the Free Keys and the easy access to guns in America.