· The internet is so, like, egalitarian! The Plug Independent Music Awards, held tonight at Webster Hall, let you, blogger/procrastinator/online gambling addict, decide who the top acts in indie music are. RJD2, Aesop Rock, Sufjan Stevens, and Ted Leo are among the acts scheduled to perform. [TicketWeb]

· Tsunami relief concerts are sooo two weeks ago (man, we're going to hell—again): Philip Glass, former Phish member Trey Anastasio, Nellie McKay, and Marc Anthony Thompson of Chocolate Genius perform at Carnegie Hall tonight on behalf of the Tibet House. [Carnegie Hall]

· Putting the phrase "avant-garde" in front of anything pretty much makes it cooler (avant garde grandma—see), and avant-garde jazz great Henry Threadgill is no different. The dude invented his own wind instrument and fancies the tuba, for chrissake. He plays the Knitting Factory tonight with his Zooid project. [Flavorpill]