The Arbitrary Guide to Popular Culture
Music from July 8th, 2008 to October 4th, 2008

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An incomplete and arbitrary guide of musical events in and around the WFMU broadcast area. If there's an event you'd like considered for inclusion, send announcements here.

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Date Cost Artist/Event Event Time Venue Address City Phone
7/8/2008 $10  8 pm Paul Austerlitz CD Release—Journey (Innova Records). Paul Austerlitz (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet) RA Fish (trap drums, tablas) Ramón Terrero, Freddy Pichardo Sr. and Pedro Raposo (Afro-Dominican percussion)
Afro-Dominican Improvised Music with bass clarinet.
10 pm Kali. Z. Fasteau—Sound World News. Kali. Z. Fasteau (soprano sax, piano, nai flute, drum set, voice, viola, mizmar) Ron McBee (percussion, berimbau) w/surprise!
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/8/2008   Goran Bregovic   AVERY FISHER HALL 65th Street & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5030 
7/8/2008 $15  The Hush Sound, The Cab, The Morning Light 6 AM  HIGHLINE BALLROOM (web site) 431 W 16th St, b/t 9th and 10th Aves  New York City  212-414-5994 
7/8/2008 $10  Calamity Magnet (member of The Rentals), Mood, The Heavenly Tenants, The Besties 7 AM  KNITTING FACTORY (web site) 74 Leonard St.  New York  (212) 219-3006 
7/8/2008 $8  Her Majesty, The Coast, Pan 7 AM  REHAB 25 Avenue B b/t 2nd & 3rd Sts  NYC   
7/8/2008   Puddin Tang, The Stalkers 8 AM  DON PEDRO'S (web site) 90 Manhattan Ave at McKibbin St, East Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/8/2008 $10  Crystal Antlers, Chairlift, Religious Knives 8 AM  MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) 217 E. Houston St.  New York  (212) 260-4700 
7/8/2008 $7  The Keepers, Sub Rosa, Golden Age of Radio, Get Laid 8 AM  DELANCEY 168 Delancey at Clinton  NYC   
7/8/2008 $10  As Tall As Lions 9 AM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/8/2008   The Master Musicians of Jajouka 7:30 PM  LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/8/2008   Turkish Jazz: Timucin Sahin & Burak Akten 8 PM  DROM (web site) 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street)  New York City  212-777-1157 
7/8/2008 $6  Meneguar/ Woods tour going away party w/ VIVIAN GIRLS & King Darves and BLUES CONTROL dj set 8 PM  DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/8/2008 $10  Slavic Soul Party! 9 PM  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/9/2008   Vaselines   MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/9/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/9/2008   Gregor Samsa   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/9/2008 $10  8 pm Bruce Purse: St Louis Creative Transformation into the 21st Century. Kelvyn Bell (guitar) Kim Davis (bass) Bruce Purse (the Pocketbook arsenal: bass trumpet, flugelhorn, various Bb trumpets)
10 pm Malcolm Mooney and Guests—NYC: poetry and music. Alexis Marcelo (keyboards) Miles Levy (percussion/drums) Tim Dahl (bass) Malcolm Mooney (poetry, vocals)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/9/2008 $10  STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
8pm LOGAN RICHARDSON’s SHIFT 6. Saxophonist/composer/bandleader Logan Richardson has pulled together a unique band, that displays a direction that is undeniably a way in which improvised music will go. Going by the name of "Shift Six", this band will release its debut album this fall on Greg Osby's new record label, Inner Circle Music. Featuring Logan Richardson - alto saxophone , Colin Killalea - voice, Mike Pinto -vibes, Greg Ruggiero -guitar, Chris Tordini - bass, Tommy Crane – drums.Logan Richardson - alto saxophone , Colin Killalea - voice, Mike Pinto -vibes, Greg Ruggiero -guitar, Chris Tordini - bass, Tommy Crane - drums.
10pm MARCUS STRICKLAND TRIO According to JazzTimes, saxophonist/composer Marchs Strickland has created "…some of the most intelligent, impassioned jazz that anyone of his generation has put down on record." His new trio will perform creative adaptations of Bjork, Jaco Pastorious, Outkast, Oumou Sangaré in addition to the premieres of several originals. Marcus Strickland – saxophones, Ben Williams – bass, Ej Strickland – drums.
  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/9/2008   Goran Bregovic   AVERY FISHER HALL 65th Street & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5030 
7/9/2008 $35  At The Gates, Darkest Hour 7 PM  FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
7/9/2008 Free!  The Avett Brothers 7 PM  ROCKEFELLER PARK (web site) Battery Park City  NYC   
7/9/2008 $25  Alejandro Escovedo, AA Bondy 7 PM  HIGHLINE BALLROOM (web site) 431 W 16th St, b/t 9th and 10th Aves  New York City  212-414-5994 
7/9/2008 $8  Des Roar, Solid Gold, Cummies, Thing-One, The Hot Left, The Doppleganger 7 PM  PIANOS 158 Ludlow St.  New York  212-505-3733 
7/9/2008 $14  Fleet Foxes, The Dutchess & The Duke 8 PM  BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) 6 Delancy St.  New York  212-533-2111 
7/9/2008 $20  The Vaselines, The Indelicates 9 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/9/2008   WFMU's Diane Kamikaze spins tunes that push the confines of good and evil 9:30 PM  LAMP POST 382 2nd St (at Brunswick)  Jersey City, NJ   
7/10/2008   Brooklyn Hip Hip Festival: REVIVE DA LIVE featuring Chris Dave with special guests Bilal, Smif & Wessin, Chip Fu, Ladybug Mecca , and surprise guests TBA   BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE 317 Clermont Ave # 4  Brooklyn  718-638-1256 
7/10/2008 Free!  St Vincent   BATTERY PARK LAWN   NYC   
7/10/2008 Free!  I-Wayne with Screening of The Harder They Come   CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
7/10/2008   Jenny Lin   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/10/2008 $10  8 pm The Angelo Branford Quartet with special guest JD Parran. Angelo Branford (guitar) JD Parran (saxophone, flute) Todd Nicholson (bass) Kevin Shea (drums)
10 pm FORTY GUNS. Michael Attias (alto & baritone saxophones) Anthony Coleman (piano/organ), Ben Gerstein (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Ches Smith (drums)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/10/2008 $16  Boris, Torche, Wolves in the Throne Room 7 PM  WEBSTER HALL (web site) 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves  NYC  212-353-1600 
7/10/2008 $35  At The Gates, Darkest Hour, Municipal Waste 7 PM  FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
7/10/2008 Free!  Whodini. 7 PM  VON KING PARK (web site) GREENE, MARCY, LAFAYETTE, TOMPKINS AVES  Brooklyn   
7/10/2008 Free!  St. Vincent 7 PM  CASTLE CLINTON (web site) Battery Park  NYC   
7/10/2008 $10  The XYZ Affair, Dusty Brown, Sad Red, Norris, Hans Blix 7 PM  FONTANA'S (web site) 105 Eldridge St  NYC   
7/10/2008 $3  FREDDIE McGREGOR / SOUL STEPS 7:30 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/10/2008 $12  As Tall As Lions, Leah Siegel 7:30 PM  MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) 217 E. Houston St.  New York  (212) 260-4700 
7/10/2008 $10  12k presents a night of textured electronics: jodi cave+taylor deupree+kenneth kirschner 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/10/2008 $8  Skeletons and Kings of All Cities, Boyfriends 8 PM  EUROPA (web site) 98 Meserole Ave at Manhattan Ave  NYC  212-383-5723 
7/10/2008 $18  The Watson Twins, Tim Fite 8 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/10/2008 $8  Motel Motel, Ports of Call, The King Left, The Kiss Off, Cinema, Cinema 8 PM  PIANOS 158 Ludlow St.  New York  212-505-3733 
7/10/2008 $20  The Vaselines, The Indelicates 8 PM  SOUTHPAW (web site) 125 5th Ave. Park Slope  Brooklyn  718) 230-0236 
7/10/2008 $6  Monster Eiffel Tower, Oceans, Noumenon 8:30 PM  LIT LOUNGE (web site) 93 2nd Ave b/t 5th & 6th St.s  NYC  212-777-7987 
7/10/2008 $8  People in Planes, Happy Anarchy, The Vanguard 8:30 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/10/2008 $8  Werewolves, Red Wire Black Wire, Cruel Black Dove, Bottle Up & Go, Solid Gold 9 PM  GALAPAGOS (web site) 70 N. 6th St. btw Wythe & Kent Aves  Brooklyn  718-782-5188 
7/11/2008 Free!  No Age, Telepathe & Abe Vigoda   SOUTH STREET SEAPORT WORLD STAGE (web site) John Street  NYC  212-219-3910 
7/11/2008 $33  The Zombies   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
7/11/2008 $$  8 pm Rosemary George—A Rock ‘n Roll Revue. Rosemary George (vocalist) Joseph Diamond (keyboards) JD Parran (saxophone). Kelvyn (“Kelvynator”) Bell (guitar) Steve Little (drums). This show highlights the music from the “Girl Group” Era of the 50’s and 60’s and includes songs recorded by Connie Francis, Lesley Gore, Brenda Lee, the Chiffons and more. From “Break It to Me Gently” and “He’s So Fine” to “Where the Boys Are” and “Its My Party”, we hear the logical transition from the Blues to Rock ‘n Roll. fifteen dollars
10 pm Saris. Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) Harris Eisentadt (drums). Saris plays their own compositions and pieces by some of their favorite composers. ten dollars
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/11/2008   Suckers, Hopewell, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson   GLASSLANDS 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/11/2008 $125  Brian Wilson 7 PM  HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM 311 W. 34th St. / Manhattan Ctr.  New York  (212) 564-4882 
7/11/2008 $3  BRAZILIAN GIRLS / MIRANDA! / TICKLAH 7 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/11/2008 Free!  Thurston Moore and David Browne will be doing a joint bookstore event to promote their respective new books "No Wave," Abrams, and "Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth," Da Capo. They'll yap about the New York City they knew back in the day (late '70s) and then field questions, sign books and so forth. 7 PM-8 PM  MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS 52 Prince St  New York City  212-274-1160 
7/11/2008 $20  GRANT LEE PHILLIPS 7 PM  JOE'S PUB (web site) 425 Lafayette St  New York  (212) 539-8777 
7/11/2008 $10  The Kadane Brothers (ex-Bedhead/The New Year), Bottomless Pit, Kahoots 7 PM  KNITTING FACTORY (web site) 74 Leonard St.  New York  (212) 219-3006 
7/11/2008 $9  "La Corona" y "Alguna Trsiteza" (Short Films). Live music presented by Sound Fix: Yerbabuena. Venue: On the roof of El Museo Del Barrio. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance. 8 PM  EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO 1130 Fifth Ave at 104th St  NYC  212-831-7271 
7/11/2008 $10  Gust Burns/Vic Rawlings, Barry Weisblat/Aki Onda/Margarida Garcia, Tucker Dulin/Bryan Eubanks 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/11/2008 $7  Elf Power, Hum 1, Cut Off Your Hands, Hermit Thrushes 8 PM  CAKE SHOP (web site) 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts  NYC  212-283-7610 
7/11/2008 $12  Tim Fite, The Watson Twins, Ravens & Chimes, Ben Weaver 8 PM  MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) 217 E. Houston St.  New York  (212) 260-4700 
7/11/2008 Free!  The Breeders 8 PM  OTHER MUSIC 15 E. 4th St. (b/t B’way & Lafayette)  NYC   
7/11/2008 $10  NinjaSonik, Japanther, Juiceboxxx, The So So Glos 8:30 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/11/2008 $13  The Dirtbombs, The Fleshtones, Titus Andronicus, The Mighty Fine 9 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/11/2008   La Cumbiamba eNeYé 9:30 PM  DROM (web site) 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street)  New York City  212-777-1157 
7/11/2008 $15  Ghost Rock 9:30 PM  JOE'S PUB (web site) 425 Lafayette St  New York  (212) 539-8777 
7/11/2008 Free!  Spazz Rock & Roll Dance Party featuring Dave the Spazz (duh), Bob Shannon, The Empress and Phast Phreddie; 10pm til who knows when? No cover. 10 PM  OTTOMAN LOUNGE 318 Grand Str @HAvermayer, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/12/2008   The Breeders   STARLAND BALLROOM (web site) 570 Jernee Mill Road  Sayreville, NU  732-238-5500 
7/12/2008 $10  8 pm CD Release—Kokopilau Duo. Michael Castro (voice, bells, flute) JD Parran (tenor saxophone, bamboo and terracota flutes, ocarina, percussion). Collaborative poetry & music paying tribute to John Coltrane, Native American mythic roots and other subjects.
10 pm Evan Howard and Unity Gain. Evan Howard (drums) and his newest ensemble. It's gonna be a mix original music and some tunes by other composers.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/12/2008 $10  MIDSUMMER OUTDOOR PARTY in conjunction w/ Impose & Crashin' In - 2 stages! Starts at Noon w/ ONEIDA, HIGH PLACES, TITUS ANDRONICUS, Shy Child, Chinese Stars, Ponytail, x Wikkid, x Bloodlines, Vivian Girls, Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, Knyfe Hyts, Ninja Sonik, Soft Circle, Soiled Mattress and the Springs (last show ever), Chairlift, more tba + secret special suprise guests... Noon  THE YARD 400 Carroll St at Bond & Nevins at Carroll Grdns,Gowanus  Brooklyn   
7/12/2008 $17  Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, Matt & Kim, Team Robespierre, Monotonix 5:30 PM  HIGHLINE BALLROOM (web site) 431 W 16th St, b/t 9th and 10th Aves  New York City  212-414-5994 
7/12/2008   LAMC 7 PM  CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
7/12/2008 $20  GRANT LEE PHILLIPS 7 PM  JOE'S PUB (web site) 425 Lafayette St  New York  (212) 539-8777 
7/12/2008 $22  Hot Water Music 7 PM  TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
7/12/2008 $21  Alkaline Trio 7 PM  FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
7/12/2008 $3  BETH ORTON / MATT MUNISTERI 7:30 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/12/2008 $18  Joseph Arthur, Anna Ternheim 7:30 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/12/2008 $9  Knee Deep (Michael Chandler | Farmington, ME | 1:21:00). Live music presented by Sound Fix: She Keeps Bees. Matricide gets a modern twist in this bittersweet true-crime story of a Maine boy who believed the family farm was his, right up until the day his mother evicted him. On that day, Mom got shot. Every time Josh Osborne found himself exhausted from work and knee deep in cow manure, his parents reminded him that someday their Maine dairy farm would be his. But then Dad died, and Mom reneged on the deal. So Josh and a motley crew of backwoods friends and relatives hatched their hare-brained scheme: kill Mom and keep the farm. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance. 8 PM  OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY 230 3rd St at 3rd Ave, Gowanus  Brooklyn  212-865-7915 
7/12/2008   Damon Albarn And The Honest Jons Revue 8 PM  AVERY FISHER HALL 65th Street & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5030 
7/12/2008   The Crimea 8 PM  CAKE SHOP (web site) 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts  NYC  212-283-7610 
7/12/2008   Bloody Panda, Tombs, Krallice, Wetnurse 8 PM  DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/12/2008   CUT OFF YOUR HANDS, Bear Hands 10 PM  MARKET HOTEL (web site) 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick  Brooklyn   
7/12/2008   Changa Libre feat DJ Afro, Bitman, Julian Bevan & more. With a ton of Latin Alternative Music Conference happenings in town, we are proud to present an all night Latin dance party with DJs Afro (Los Amigos Invisibles), DJ Bitman, DJ Julian Bevan and more DJs. 10 PM  DROM (web site) 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street)  New York City  212-777-1157 
7/13/2008 $10  8 pm Bob Feldman’s Triplicity. Bob Feldman (tenor saxophone, flute) Ken Filiano (bass) Bob Hubbard (drums)
10 pm William Hooker— “Bliss”. Adam Lane (bass) Darius Jones (alto saxophone) William Hooker (drums)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/13/2008 Free!  The Breeders, Matt & Kim, The Whip Noon  MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
7/13/2008 Free!  Mobius Band, Amazing Baby 6:30 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/13/2008 $16  FÜCK YEAH FEST TOUR 2008: THE CIRCLE JERKS, Dillinger Four, Matt & Kim, Team Robespeirre, Monotonix, Japanther, + more special guests. stand up comedians TBA! art by 1026 Space from Philly + more
8 PM  CLUB EXIT 147 Greenpoint Ave @ Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint  Brooklyn  718-349-6969 
7/13/2008   ZoZo Afrobeat & Syd Kitchen - A 13-piece ensemble from New York City, Zozo Afrobeat features musicians from around the world and is led by African music luminary Kaleta. Afro-Saxon minstrel poet, guitarist and singer song-fighter Syd Kitchen has been a dynamic, innovative contributor to the South African musical landscape since the ‘70’s. Catch an exclusive excerpt from the FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM 'Africa is Not for Sissies' about the life, music and poetry of Syd Kitchen directed & produced by filmmaker Joshua Sternlicht. 8 PM  DROM (web site) 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street)  New York City  212-777-1157 
7/13/2008   Emergency Party, Rabbles 8 PM  CAKE SHOP (web site) 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts  NYC  212-283-7610 
7/13/2008 $8  Titus Andronicus, Ponytail, Abe Vigoda, War on Drugs 8 PM  MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) 217 E. Houston St.  New York  (212) 260-4700 
7/13/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/14/2008 $45  Rush ($45 - 150)   JONES BEACH (NIKON AT JONES BEACH) (web site) 1000 Ocean Pkwy.  Wantagh, LI  516-221-1000 
7/14/2008 $10  A Very Special Night with Anthony Davis. Featuring a Solo Piano Recital and his long running band Episteme. A rare NY appearance by masterful composer/performer Anthony Davis
8 pm Anthony Davis Solo. Anthony Davis (solo piano)
10 pm Anthony Davis’ Episteme. JD Parran (clarinets, flute) Earl Howard (saxophone, electronics) Anthony Davis (piano). Longtime collaborators join in on this special Monday at The Stone.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/14/2008 $15  A Hawk and a Hacksaw 7:30 PM  LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/14/2008 Free!  Simone White, Chris Masterson (with Eleanor Whitmore) 9:30 PM  PETE'S CANDY STORE (web site) 709 Lorimer St. btw Richrdsn & Frost Sts.  Brooklyn  718-302-3770 
7/15/2008 Free!  Fennesz and Sakamoto (at the Winter Garden)   WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER (web site) West & Vesey Sts.  New York City  212.945.2600 
7/15/2008 $33  Spoon, Jay Reatard - A concert to benefit free performances at the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival   PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/15/2008 $10  8 pm The Todd Marcus Quartet. Todd Marcus (bass clarinet) Joel Holmes (piano) Mac Hunter (drums) Corcoran Holt (bass)
Original compositions by Baltimore-based jazz bass clarinetist and composer Todd Marcus.
10 pm Rosi Hertlein and Joe McPhee Duo— "Minds, Matter, Mystique: Music". Joe McPhee (reeds, trumpet) Rosi Hertlein (violin, vocals)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/15/2008   FIASCO VIDEO RELEASE PART-AY! Fiasco, Future Islands, Digital Leather, EAR PWR 7 PM  SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood  Queens   
7/15/2008 $10  Littoral, veronica gonzalez+steve erickson+101crustaceans 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/15/2008   Simone White, Chris Masterson (with Eleanor Whitmore) 8 PM  DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/15/2008   Puddin Tang, Heavy Hands 8 PM  DON PEDRO'S (web site) 90 Manhattan Ave at McKibbin St, East Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/15/2008 $20  Ratatat, Despot 8 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/15/2008 $10  Slavic Soul Party! 9 PM  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/16/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/16/2008   The Markovic Orchestra   LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA (web site)   NYC   
7/16/2008   The Markovic Orchestra   DROM (web site) 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street)  New York City  212-777-1157 
7/16/2008 $20  8 and 10 pm John Zorn Improv Night—A Stone Benefit. John Zorn (sax) JD PArran (reeds) Mike Lowenstern (clarinets) Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and many special guests   THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/16/2008 $10  ryan jewell+nate wooley+jesse kudler + talibam! 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/16/2008 Free!  Mr. Finewine does his Downtown Soulville thang live (minus talking, plus drinking) every Wednesday (10pm until very late, no cover) 10 PM  BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/16/2008 $10  STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. BRIGGAN KRAUS/KAREN WALTUCH. Two of Brooklyn’s finest improvisors join forces for a night of original compositions and duo improvisations. Briggan Krauss -saxophone and Karen Waltuch - violin/viola.n Williams – bass, Ej Strickland – drums. 10 PM  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/16/2008 $18  Dengue Fever 11:30 PM  JOE'S PUB (web site) 425 Lafayette St  New York  (212) 539-8777 
7/17/2008 Free!  Ted Leo and the Pharmacists   CASTLE CLINTON (web site) Battery Park  NYC   
7/17/2008 $10  8 pm Tom Hamilton—Three X Two=Four. Bruce Eisenbeil (guitar) Chris Mann (voice) Jacqueline Martelle (flute) Tom Hamilton (virtual & real electronics). The well-aged synthesist conjures some fun with his friends.
10 pm 456 with video (quintet with video)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/17/2008 $35  DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist 6:30 PM  MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
7/17/2008 $38  Ween 7 PM  MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
7/17/2008 $10  roy vanegas+ ki 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/18/2008 Free!  Deerhoof, Metropolis Ensemble performing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. A free concert Co-presented with Celebrate Brooklyn.   PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/18/2008 $15  Matmos   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/18/2008   Matmos   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/18/2008 $10  8 pm Greg Beyer Solo Berimbau (solo berimbau). Berimbau specialist Greg Beyer performs selections from "Arcomusical", transforming this Afro-Brazilian musical bow into a solo instrument in its own right.
10 pm Greg Beyer and D. Bayne duo. Greg Beyer (solo berimbau) D. Bayne (percussion). Chicago-based pianist/composer D. Bayne joins Beyer for an hour long set of introspective, impressionistic improvisation.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/18/2008 Free!  MARY WEISS OF THE SHANGRI-LAS (others to be announced) 7 PM  SOUTH STREET SEAPORT PIER 17 (web site) Fulton St at Water St  NYC   
7/18/2008 $13  mewithoutYou, Maps & Atlases 7:30 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/18/2008 $9  Rural Route Films (Short Films) Live music presented by Sound Fix: Goddamn Rattlesnake
Venue: on the lawn of Automotive High School. The rougher side of the rural life. Short films about troublemakers, hell-raisers, and two entire towns that brawl annually. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance.
8 PM  AUTOMOTIVE HIGH SCHOOL 50 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/18/2008 $10  duane pitre + corridors+ ilya monosov 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/18/2008 $5  9:00 pm Brian Drye (trombone / keyboard), Shane Endsley (trumpet / drums), Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone / bass clarinet)
10:00 pm "We Can Build You" - Rich Johnson (trumpet), Jon Goldberger (guitar), Jason Rigby (saxophones / winds)
Suggested Donation $5
8:30 PM  I-BEAM ABBREVIATED 168 7th Street, btw 2nd and 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/19/2008 Free!  Siren Music Festival with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, teh Helio Sequence, Beach House, Times New Viking and more   CONEY ISLAND   Brooklyn   
7/19/2008   Matmos   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/19/2008 $10  8 pm Ben Neill (mutantrumpet, electronics.)Ben Neill will perform a variety of music for his newly redesigned mutantrumpet with interactive computer electronics.
10 pm Joshua Fried's Radio Wonderland. Joshua Fried (shoes, steering wheel, boombox, laptop, programming). Joshua Fried's RADIO WONDERLAND turns a live FM feed into recombinant funk, all controlled by an actual steering wheel, old shoes and laptop--all LIVE.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/19/2008 $3  ENTER THE DRAGON with KARSH KALE / SOH DAIKO 7:30 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/19/2008   Vialka, Mike Pride's DRUMMER's CORPSE, Vialka 8 PM  SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood  Queens   
7/19/2008 $25  THE COWSILLS Featuring Bob Cowsill-Guitar, Vocals, Susan Cowsill-Guitar, Vocals, Paul Cowsill-Vocals, Russ Broussard-Drums/Percussion, Tad Armstrong-Bass, Vocals, Ryan Cowsill-Keyboards 8 PM  B.B. KING BLUES CLUB (web site) 243 W. 42nd St.  New York  212-997-4144 
7/19/2008 $9  INDUSTRIANCE Short Films: The Livelong Day. Live music presented by Sound Fix: Pwrfl Power. Short films about the weirder side of work. With dancing dock hands, desperate CEOs, out-of-control operating system salesmen and radioactive chicken, this is a joyful program about jobs that’s both hard-working and humorous. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance. 8 PM  OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY 230 3rd St at 3rd Ave, Gowanus  Brooklyn  212-865-7915 
7/19/2008 Free!  9:00 pm Aaron Dugan & Jeff Arnal Duo - Aaron Dugan (guitar), Jeff Arnal (percussion)
10:00 pm Fulminate Trio CD release concert - Michael Evans (drum set, percussion and electronics), Ken Filiano (double bass and electronics), Anders Nilsson (electric guitar and electronics). Admission Free, $10 CD's available at the door
8:30 PM  I-BEAM ABBREVIATED 168 7th Street, btw 2nd and 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/20/2008 Free!  Santogold, Diplo, Plastic Little, A-Trak, Kid Cudi   CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
7/20/2008 $10  8 pm Gary Nelson(electronic music) —Walking the wire without a net ... and without the wire. Gary Lee Nelson plays new works for laptop and wireless performer interface devices-- Wingman and Wii game controllers, the Flederrmaus and a new version of the MidiHorn based on Eric Singer's MidiTron.
10 pm Wu Fei Solo (Guzheng)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/20/2008 $3  GOLEM / SWAY MACHINERY / MICHAEL SHOWALTER / DELEON / SOULICO / & Special Guests 6 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/20/2008   Bethany Ryker of WFMU's "Stochastic Hit Parade" presents her first ever live broadcast, featuring: normal love, bing & ruth and entr'acte performances of kurt schwitters' ursonate by christopher meeder 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/20/2008   Wet Hair (Sean from Rac-oo-oon), Meth Teeth 8 PM  OLIVIA'S REFRIGERATION 378 Bedford Ave at S 5th St., Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/20/2008 $10  9:00 pm Reuben Radding / Jane Rigler Duo - Reuben Radding (bass), Jane Rigler (flutes)
10:00 pm Kirk Knuffke Quartet - Kirk Knuffke (trumpet), Brian Drye (trombone), Reuben Radding (bass), Jeff Davis (drums). Suggested Donation $10
8:30 PM  I-BEAM ABBREVIATED 168 7th Street, btw 2nd and 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/20/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/21/2008 $50  George Michael ($50 - 150)   MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts  New York   
7/21/2008   Jarvis Cocker - sold out 8 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/21/2008   MAE SHI, JAPANTHER, THE DEATH SET 8 PM  MARKET HOTEL (web site) 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick  Brooklyn   
7/22/2008 Free!  Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid   WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER WINTER GARDEN (web site) West & Vesey Sts.  New York City   
7/22/2008   Kathleen Supové with Morton Subotnick and opener Morgan Packard   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/22/2008 $10  8 pm Jerome Kitzke's The Mad Coyote. Jerome Kitzke (piano, voice) Michael Lowenstern (bass clarinet) Steve Rust (bass) Harvey Sorgen (drums)
10 pm Silvie Jensen (voice, estonian music). Silvie Jensen presents rarely performed Estonian trance/runic music by Veljo Tormis, a new work by James Blachly, and a few classics arranged for voice and saxophone/bass clarinet. With Bohdan Hilash, Marija Ilic, and Holly Nadal.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/22/2008 Free!  Naughty By Nature 7 PM  QUEENSBRIDGE PARK, QUEENSBRIDGE Vernon Blvd at Bridge Plaza  Queens   
7/22/2008 $38  Jarvis Cocker 8 PM  TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
7/22/2008 $10  MARY MAGDALENE FEASTDAY CELEBRATION curated by MM Serra A fantastic evening of films and festivities—a homage to the female subject and the exultant powers of both self-possession and captivation. 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/22/2008 $10  Slavic Soul Party! 9 PM  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/23/2008 $50  George Michael ($50 - 150)   MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts  New York   
7/23/2008 $25  Bob Mould   MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/23/2008   Bronwyn C. has been invited to read at the inaugural "New Voices" series and is writing a new short-short story for the occasion.   CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS (web site) 28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor  New York City   
7/23/2008 $10  8 pm Theo Bleckmann (voice) — songs for voice, loops and toys. Incorporating technology ranging in prices from 99 cents to 9, genre-bending -skipping and -skirting vocalist Theo Bleckmann will draw from his vast range in jazz, new music and performanc
10 pm Nicole Camacho (flute) — In Q. Inspired by street sounds, a direct connection to the world and this electronically driven age; In Q explores the contemporary side of all things musical.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/23/2008 Free!  David Browne reading to promote this new book "Goodbye 20th Century : A Biography of Sonic Youth" 7 PM-8 PM  BARNES AND NOBLE - COURT ST, BROOKLYN (web site) 106 Court Street  Brooklyn   
7/23/2008 $10  mask mirror meets james rouvelle+ j sam sheffield 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/23/2008 Free!  Mr. Finewine does his Downtown Soulville thang live (minus talking, plus drinking) every Wednesday (10pm until very late, no cover) 10 PM  BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/24/2008 Free!  Akron Family   CASTLE CLINTON (web site) Battery Park  NYC   
7/24/2008 $25  Bob Mould   MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/24/2008 $10  8 pm Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder Duo
10 pm Cristhian Rodriguez (clarinet, bass clarinet). Peruvian clarinetist will be performing solo and small chamber works by Gerard Grisey, Evan Ziporyn, Steve Reich, David Lang, Anna Clyne and newest work by Chris Marienetti (composer/beat-boxer/accordionist)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/24/2008 Free!  KRS-One 7 PM  EAST RIVER PARK AMPLITHEATER (web site) FDR Drive, south of Delancy  NYC   
7/24/2008 $10  darmstadt presents emily manzo 'A night of vocal music from many genres'. Pianist Emily Manzo plays all of her favorite music- Webern, Ives, Neil Young, George Gershwin, Christy & Emily- with all of her favorite singers – Daisy Press (virtuosic soprano and champion of new works), Judith Berkson (of Platz Machen), Nick Hallett (!), Aaron Diskin (of Golem, Lycaon Pictus), Rachel Cox (of Oakley Hall), Pat Sullivan (of Oneida, Oakley Hall) and Christine Edwards (of Christy & Emily). Plus other surprise guests and DJs. 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/25/2008 $25  Freedy Johnston plays Can You Fly, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 play The Days of Wine and Roses   MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/25/2008 $10  8 pm Michael Lowenstern (clarinets) and many special guests. Electro-funk and jazz from the collection of bass clarinetist and composer Michael Lowenstern, featuring music from his most recent CD "Fade" and some new compositions for audience and "Funboxes" — wireless controllers, microphones and cameras distributed to the crowd.
10 pm Jeff Herriott (electrronic music). "Contemplative music for instrument and electronics (plus video), with Mike Lowenstern (bass clarinet), Greg Beyer (berimbau), and Matt Sintchak (saxophones).
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/25/2008 $23  Brian Jonestown Massacre 7 PM  TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
7/25/2008 Free!  ATLAS SOUND, EL GUINCHO (Atlas Sound is the solo moniker of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox) 7 PM  SOUTH STREET SEAPORT PIER 17 (web site) Fulton St at Water St  NYC   
7/25/2008 $15  Freedy Johnston (performing "Can You Fly"), Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 (performing "Days Of Wine & Roses" by The Dream Syndicate) 7:30 PM  MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
7/25/2008 $3  Music & Movies: World-renowned composer PHILLIP GLASS and his ensemble perform Glass’ masterful score to avant garde filmmaker Godfrey Reggio’s visually stunning chronicle of cultures around the world POWAQQATSI (1988), The cross-cultural MARTA TOPFEROVA, a Brooklyn based Czech native with a smoky voice and a thing for traditional Cuban music. 8 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/25/2008 $9  IAnimation Block Party (short films) Live music presented by Sound Fix: Plushgun. Some call it punk rock, some call it grass roots, but labels aside, NYC based Animation Block Party is dedicated to exhibiting the world's best independent, professional and student animation. Since the premiere of the first official Animation Block Party film festival on September 9th 2004, Animation Block has received over 3500 animation submissions from all ends of the earth and screened many of the greatest animated shorts made anywhere. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance. 8 PM  AUTOMOTIVE HIGH SCHOOL 50 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/25/2008 $10  droid: amir ziv + jordan mclean + luke o’malley w/ visualist cj. Advanced screening of “DROID – The Spirit of Improvisation” A documentary film by Rafael Altman 8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/26/2008   Fernando Otero   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/26/2008 $10  8 pm Anthony Burr (clarinets) and many special guests. New pieces that might think they're folk music. anthony burr pedal steel guitar/bass clarinet/electronics, david shively cimbalom, matt welch bagpipes and possibly a couple of others.
10 pm Chris Tignor & Slow Six. Chris Tignor (violin, electromagnetics) Lorna Krier (fender rhodes) Theo Metz (drums). Slow Six composer/violinist/computer musician Christopher Tignor performing work outside of his pioneering band but maintaining his signature blend of fender rhodes, strings, electrics, and beats sure to appeal to the “new music” alienated.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/26/2008   EXTREME ANIMALS (Jacob Ciocci (from Paper Rad) + David Wightman) 7 PM  SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood  Queens   
7/26/2008 $3  Ghostland Observatory / Jealous Girlfriends / Bear Hands 7 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
7/26/2008 $9  In a Dream (Jeremiah Zagar | Philadelphia, PA | 1:18:00) New York Premiere! Live music presented by Sound Fix: TBA. When filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar set out to make a documentary about the legendary mosaics his father Isaiah pieces together, he didn’t mean to take his family apart. At the urging of his mother Julia, Jeremiah agreed to gorgeously document his father’s art and the ways his building-sized murals had been part of a revitalization of Philadelphia. But in delving deeply into his dad’s very personal art, Jeremiah accidentally exposes some of the darker problems within his family. Told with dexterity, sensitivity and poignancy, “In a Dream” is an eye-popping and heart-wrenching documentary about art and love, merging home movies and public expression. tickets are $9 or $6 online in advance. 8 PM  OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY 230 3rd St at 3rd Ave, Gowanus  Brooklyn  212-865-7915 
7/27/2008 $30  Spiritualized   TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
7/27/2008 $10  8 pm Tim Feeney (percussion)
10 pm Wendy Richman (viola)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/27/2008   Red Hook Cine Soiree! featuring cats, spiders, and dancing robots!!! Guest Programmer Joel Schlemowitz presents a salon of experimental and underground films from cine-artists WFMU's Fabio Roberti (Directart Productions Ltd.), Jimmy Kinder, zaza m., Caryn Cline, Kelly Fancher, Jennifer MacMillan, Bradley Eros, Sheri Wills, Jennifer Matotek, Seth Mitter, Florens Fanciulli, and Donna Cameron. Expect red wine and soft cheese, possibly sangria, and 1920s foxtrots on the Victrola! 2 PM  BWAC (web site) 499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook  Brooklyn   
7/27/2008 $20  !!! (chik chik chik) 8 PM  MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
7/27/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
7/29/2008 $10  8 pm Philip Everall (bass clarinet). Australian bass clarinettist Philip Everall presents works for Bass Clarinet and Electronics by Nigel Westlake, Nathan Koci, Roderik de Mann and more…
10 pm William Lang (trombone). William Lang, an up and coming trombonist in the New York area, will be playing a set featuring Xenakis, Berio, Scelsi, and others, including a world premiere from the Boston-based composer, James Bergin.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/29/2008 Free!  The Delfonics 7 PM  QUEENSBRIDGE PARK, QUEENSBRIDGE Vernon Blvd at Bridge Plaza  Queens   
7/29/2008   Wordless Music: Max Richter w/Kathleen Supove & Jennifer Choi - Performing original compositions and music for violin and piano by Erkki-Sven Tuur, Neil Rolnick, Ramin Heydarbeygi, and Vijay Iyer. Presented by Wordless Music. 7 PM  LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/29/2008 $35  Butthole Surfers 8 PM  WEBSTER HALL (web site) 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves  NYC  212-353-1600 
7/29/2008 $10  harrius + the moth
Jenny Graf (Metalux) and Chiara Giovando (PCPCG) are Harrius, a duo from Baltimore, Md. Their first LP "Enter the Cotton Ring" was released on Ehse records in 2005. Described as a "bizarre dream of a record... this is willfully weirdly its own brand of wonder! It works a deep subconscious rupture…like a blood vessel mic’d up to volcano level."
The Moth is a Swedish improv/elctronicaduo comprised of Martin Öhman and Erika Alexandersson. With drums, voice and live electronics, attractive as well as repulsive soundscapes take form. The moth use no pre-recorded tracks since they are very fond of creating in the spur of the moment. And that's what you'll hear at ISSUE PROJECT ROOM - the spur of the moment!
8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
7/29/2008 $10  Slavic Soul Party! 9 PM  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/30/2008 $10  STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
8pm JESSICA PAVONE...NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE ...No Way to Say Goodbye is a collection of songs for string quartet that substitutes a second violin for a double bass. Jessica Pavone – viola, Sam Bardfeld – violin, Loren Depmster – cello, Reuben Radding - double bass.
10pm 13TH ASSEMBLY The Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians and four different and musically distinct small ensembles. Styled somewhere between the classic r&b/soul revues of the 60’s and a post-modern traveling circus, the Thirteenth Assembly presents a selection of some of the fastest-emerging young artists and bands in New York’s creative music scene in one package. Over the course of an evening, each group performs a short set, offering a glimpse of the vibrant and varied stylistic diversity and creativity of this particular musical community. Jessica Pavone – viola, Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet, Mary Halvorson – guitar, Tomas Fujiwara - drumsJessica Pavone – viola, Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet, Mary Halvorson – guitar, Tomas Fujiwara - drums.
  BARBES (web site) 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope  Brooklyn  718-965-9177 
7/30/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/30/2008 Free!  SSUE Project Room presents and evening for the Music at the Bridge Festival in the Tobacco Warehouse, Dumbo. Theremin Society w/ members Dorit Chrysler, David Simons, Rob Schwimmer. John Zorn's Cobra w/ jim staley... trombone, sylvie courvoisier... plano, david weinstein... keyboard, annie gosfield... keyboard, anthony coleman... keyboard, eyal maoz... guitar, mark fekdman...violin, okkyung lee... cello, shanir blumenkranz... bass, ikue mori... electronics, cyro baptista... percussion, kenny wollesen... drums. john zorn...prompter. Jonathan Kane's February   TOBACCO WAREHOUSE 26 New Dock St at Water St, DUMBO  Brooklyn  212-625-3505 
7/30/2008 $10  8 pm Amelia Lukas (flute). Amelia Lukas performs pivotal works by Takemitsu, Sciarrino,and British flutist/composer Ian Clarke.
10 pm Megan Schubert (voice) David Broome (piano). This program is mainly a tribute to two of Schubert's favorite folks of the avant-garde: Cathy Berberian and Meredith Monk. The concert will also include works by John Cage and Luciano Berio that were written for Cathy; and world premieres of music by Jenny O. Johnson, composer-pianist David Broome and Megan Schubert
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/30/2008   Wordless Music: Max Richter w/Bruce Brubaker 7 PM  LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/30/2008 Free!  Mr. Finewine does his Downtown Soulville thang live (minus talking, plus drinking) every Wednesday (10pm until very late, no cover) 10 PM  BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
7/31/2008 $10  8 pm Andy Akiho (steel drum, electronics).
10 pm Loadbang. Will Lang (trombone) Andy Kozar (trumpet) Phil Everall (bass clarinet) Jeff Gavett (voice)
loadbang plays musics new, improvised, and electronic, written by the band and composer friends.
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
7/31/2008 Free!  Willie Colón 7 PM  EAST RIVER PARK AMPLITHEATER (web site) FDR Drive, south of Delancy  NYC   
7/31/2008   Wordless Music: Max Richter w/ Bing and Ruth 7 PM  LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
7/31/2008 $20  Wolf Parade 8 PM  TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
7/31/2008 $10  Walking Another Way + Cosmic Poetry – New audiovisual compositions of ethereal qualities.
Walking Another Way – Being 98% water, jellyfish are the visual manifestations of water as a creature. First performed at EyeWash *Scenario" earlier this year, Walking Another Way is an all-immersive audiovisual performance exploring the elegant movements and mysterious world of the jellyfish. With Lady Firefly on live video mix and Dok and Zemi17 on live sound.
Cosmic Poetry - Cosmic Poetry premieres at IPR as a series of audiovisual performances dedicated to the cosmos. In the first installation, Cosmic Poetry transforms analog / digital noise, feedback, and video abstractions into flower-like and organic imagery — creating a sonic and visual jungle. Other short form pieces to be included. Developed by Lady Firefly at a residency at Experimental Television Center this summer.
8 PM  ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave  Brooklyn   
8/1/2008 $10  8 and 10 pm (((Microwaves))). Dave Kuzy (guitar, voice, fx) John Roman (drums, synth drums, voice, fx). Modern day noise-rock for modern problems. Hailing from Pittsburgh.   THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
8/1/2008 $25  Old 97s 7 PM  WEBSTER HALL (web site) 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves  NYC  212-353-1600 
8/1/2008 $3  Carl Davis: The Charlie Chaplin Mutuals, with The Knights / Christina Courtin 7:30 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/2/2008 $15  Vetiver, Phosporescent   BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) 6 Delancy St.  New York  212-533-2111 
8/2/2008 $10  8 pm Mark Dresser - Mark Dresser (contrabass) Diane Moser (piano)
10 pm The Marks Brothers. Mark Dresser (contrabass) Mark Helias (contrabass)
  THE STONE (web site) Avenue C & 2nd Street  NYC   
8/3/2008 Free!  JellyNYC Pool Parties with Black Lips, Deer Hunter, King khan & the Shrines   MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
8/3/2008 $15  Vetiver, Phosporescent   MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken  Brooklyn   
8/3/2008 $40  Rock the Bells with a Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, Method Man and Redman, De La Soul and more ($440 - 75)   JONES BEACH (NIKON AT JONES BEACH) (web site) 1000 Ocean Pkwy.  Wantagh, LI  516-221-1000 
8/3/2008 $3  AFRICAN GUITAR FESTIVAL with OLIVER MTUKUDZI & BLACK SPIRITS, HABIB KOITÉ & BAMADA / DABY TOURÉ / YOSSI FINE & AFRIKAN BASS / EXTRA GOLDEN 2 PM-9 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/3/2008 $3  African Guitar Festival with Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits / Habib Koité & Bamada / Daby Touré / Yossi Fine & African Bass / Extra Golden American Express Roots Music Series.
Each year, Celebrate Brooklyn! presents an all-day festival of food, clothing crafts, and musicians from across the continent of African. This season’s event is an African Guitar Festival featuring one of Zimbabwe’s most beloved and internationally acclaimed artists, Oliver Mtukudzi, as well as Habib Koité & Bamada and Daby Touré, who reimagine traditional Malian roots music in the creation of wondrous new sounds. Rounding out the bill will be Extra Golden and Yossi Fine & African Bass. The festival is
presented in association with the Museum for African Art.
2 PM-9 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/3/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
8/4/2008 $60  The Police, Elvis Costello and the Imposters ($60 - 233)   JONES BEACH (NIKON AT JONES BEACH) (web site) 1000 Ocean Pkwy.  Wantagh, LI  516-221-1000 
8/4/2008 $30  The National 6:30 PM  CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/5/2008 $60  The Police, Elvis Costello and the Imposters ($60 - 233)   JONES BEACH (NIKON AT JONES BEACH) (web site) 1000 Ocean Pkwy.  Wantagh, LI  516-221-1000 
8/5/2008 Free!  Jungle Brothers 7 PM  RED HOOK PARK & RECREATION CENTER Bay St. btwn. Henry St. & Clinton St.  Brooklyn   
8/5/2008   FIASCO TOUR KICKOFF- FIASCO 8 PM  MARKET HOTEL (web site) 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick  Brooklyn   
8/5/2008 $6  Artist Cory Arcangel appears at Light Industry to perform the first complete and authoritative version of his now-notorious Bruce Springsteen Born to Run Glockenspiel Addendum. This appearance marks the first time and perhaps last that Arcangel will provide live accompaniment on glockenspiel to Springsteen's canonical album in its entirety, alongside the premiere of a new video featuring Springsteen and the E Street Band. 8 PM  LIGHT INDUSTRY (web site) 55 33rd Street, 3rd Floor  Brooklyn   
8/6/2008 $55  Sonny Rollins ($55 - 65)   CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/6/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/6/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/6/2008 Free!  Mr. Finewine does his Downtown Soulville thang live (minus talking, plus drinking) every Wednesday (10pm until very late, no cover) 10 PM  BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/7/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/7/2008 $30  The Black Keys 6:30 PM  MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
8/7/2008 Free!  Stephane Wrembel, Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/7/2008 $26  Bloc Party, Does It Offend You, Yeah? 8 PM  WEBSTER HALL (web site) 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves  NYC  212-353-1600 
8/8/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/8/2008 $89  Radiohead, Underworld, The New Pornographers, Spearhead, The Go! Team, Girl Talk, CSS, Forro in the Dark, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Andrew Bird, Mates of State, Duffy Noon  LIBERTY STATE PARK (web site)   Jsersey City, NJ   
8/8/2008 $3  Lila Downs / The Villa-Lobos Brothers / Grupo Norteño 7 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/9/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/9/2008   the JACK String Quartet   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
8/9/2008 $89  Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Animal Collective, Chromeo, The Roots, The Black Angels, The Virgins, The Felice Brothers, Alberta Cross, Sia, K'Naan, Nicole Atkins, Your Vegas Noon  LIBERTY STATE PARK (web site)   Jsersey City, NJ   
8/9/2008 $3  Celebrate Brooklyn & Brighton Festival present HAL WILLNER'S BILL WITHERS PROJECT 7 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/9/2008 Free!  Dulsori, Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey with special guests, DJ Logic, Carlos Darci and Anat Cohen 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/9/2008 $3  Celebrate Brooklyn! and Brighton Festival present Hal Willner’s Bill Withers Project 7 PM  PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL (web site) 9th St. & Prospect Park W.  Brooklyn  718-855-7882 
8/10/2008 $25  Juda Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament ($25 - 75)   JONES BEACH (NIKON AT JONES BEACH) (web site) 1000 Ocean Pkwy.  Wantagh, LI  516-221-1000 
8/10/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/10/2008 $89  Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Amadou and Mariam, Youssou N'Dour,, Secret Machines, Black Kids, Jason Isbell, De Novo Dahl, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Earl Greyhound, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead Noon  LIBERTY STATE PARK (web site)   Jsersey City, NJ   
8/10/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
8/11/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/12/2008 $55  Neil Diamond ($55 - 120)   MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts  New York   
8/12/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/12/2008   El Vez   MAXWELLS (web site) 1039 Washington St.  Hoboken  (201) 653-1703 
8/12/2008 Free!  B.T. Express 7 PM  RED HOOK PARK & RECREATION CENTER Bay St. btwn. Henry St. & Clinton St.  Brooklyn   
8/13/2008 $24  Rancid   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
8/13/2008 $40  Wilco   MCCARREN POOL North End McCarren Park, NASSAU AVE, BAYARD, LEONARD & N 12 STS  Brooklyn   
8/13/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/13/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/13/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/13/2008 Free!  Keep A Light in the Window: An Homage to Joel Dorn. Hal Willner and Adam Dorn, Artistic Directors. Featuring Dr. John, Roberta Flack, Les McCann, Mocean Worker, Jane Monheit, David “Fathead” Newman, Janis Siegel, and additional artists to be announce 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/14/2008 $24  Rancid   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
8/14/2008 $60  King Crimson   NOKIA THEATRE TIMES SQUARE 1515 Broadway, 44th & Broadway  NYC   
8/14/2008 $55  Neil Diamond ($55 - 120)   MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts  New York   
8/14/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/14/2008 $30  Electric Six 7 PM  ROCKS OFF BOAT CRUISE Skyport Marina, 23rd St at East River  NYC  212-571-3304 
8/14/2008 $35  Boy George 7 PM  TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
8/14/2008 Free!  Big Daddy Kane 7 PM  MARCUS GARVEY PARK 124 St at Mt Morris Park West  NYC  212-860-1380 
8/14/2008 Free!  Fernando Otero, Ahn Trio, East Village Opera Company 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/14/2008 $15  John Brown's Body 8 PM  SOUTHPAW (web site) 125 5th Ave. Park Slope  Brooklyn  718) 230-0236 
8/15/2008 $24  Rancid   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
8/15/2008 $60  King Crimson   NOKIA THEATRE TIMES SQUARE 1515 Broadway, 44th & Broadway  NYC   
8/15/2008 $55  Neil Diamond ($55 - 120)   MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts  New York   
8/15/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/15/2008   Wowee Zowee: 800 Years of Minimalism at Lincoln Center highlighting spiritual minimalist music from eight centuries of human experience, in a program exploring the transcendental and ecstatic dimension of music-making. Opening with the debut performance of Beata Viscera, an early-music vocal group, in a selection of works by the 13th-century French medieval composer Pérotin, who pioneered the three- and four-part style that came to be called organum—the earliest type of polyphonic music.
Following the Pérotin selections, Rhys Chatham and section leadersJohn King, Ned Sublette, David Daniell, and Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) will lead an oversized orchestra of 200 volunteer guitarists in the world premiere of A Crimson Grail (Outdoor Version), a Lincoln Center Out of Doors commission. Reflecting Chatham's interest in polyphonic and antiphonal music, A CrimsonGrail's players will be conducted in four sections of 50 guitarists each, and will perform not on the bandshell stage but along the sides of the audience at Damrosch Park, to heighten the work's polyphonic effect.

Concluding the show will be the U.S. premiere of Manuel Göttsching's hour-long electronic composition E2-E4. Widely acknowledged by producers and DJs the world over as the starting point for much early house music and experimental techno, E2-E4 builds from calm and quiet to multiple layers of texture and repetition, culminating in an ecstatic groove that, years later, would eventually come to be called techno.

Collaborating with Gottsching for the first-ever U.S. live performance of E2-E4 will be visual artist Joshua White (The Joshua Light Show), who will create a live visual projection designed specially for E2-E4 to be projected on the surface of the Damrosch Bandshell, involving the "liquid light" techniques developed at Bill Graham's Fillmore East during the late 1960s.
  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/15/2008   Future Islands, EAR PWR 8 PM  SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood  Queens   
8/16/2008 Free!  3pm Doug Elkins & Friends: Fräulein Maria (Family Matinee)
4:30 Stepping With Step Afrika!
7:30 Step Afrika!, Doug Elkins & Friends: Fräulein Maria
  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/16/2008 $24  Rancid   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
8/16/2008 $60  King Crimson   NOKIA THEATRE TIMES SQUARE 1515 Broadway, 44th & Broadway  NYC   
8/16/2008 Free!  Battles, Black Dice, Gang Gang Dance   CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/16/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/16/2008 Free!  Battles, Black Dice, Gang Gang Dance 3 PM  CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/17/2008 Free!  2pm Ologundê, Bonga & The Vodou Drums of Haiti, Kotchegna Dance Company
7:30 93rd Birthday Tribute to Graciela Featuring José Alberto “al Canario” y su Orquesta with special guests Xiomara Laugart and David Oquendo, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios y Nueva Generación and a special appearance by Graciela Perez-Grillo
  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/17/2008 $24  Rancid   FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) 17 Irving Place  New York  www.irvingplaza.com 
8/17/2008 Free!  Sharon Jones and th Dap-Kings, Manahan Stret Band, Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens   CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/17/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/17/2008 Free!  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, Naomi Shelton & Gospel Queens 3 PM  CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE (web site) 72nd St. @ 5th Av. (Rumsey Field)  NYC  212-360-2777 
8/17/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
8/18/2008 $25  The Faint   TERMINAL 5 (web site) 610 W. 56 ST  New York City   
8/18/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/19/2008   "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" (documentary directed by Steven Sebring). Showtimes: 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00. Aug 6 - Aug 19. PEOPLE ASK HER “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK ICON?” a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness approach that is exactly right in his affecting portrait of the “rock ’n’ roll Joan of Arc” who can bring a crowd of devotees to their feet chanting “Glor-i-a!” as effectively as she can share her pain over the early death of her husband, Fred (Sonic) Smith and her brother, and the loss of her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe and of other artists she admires (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs). Everyone knows that Patti Smith’s music, poetry and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. But this film also captures her physical presence – her gamine beauty – and a charming, self-effacing style that will take you by surprise and leave you deeply moved. (web site)   FILM FORUM (web site) Houston St. west of 6th Ave.  New York  (212) 727-8110 
8/19/2008   Best Friends Forever 9 PM  THE TANK 432 W 42nd St  NYC   
8/20/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/20/2008 Free!  Extra Golden, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete with The Either/ Orchestra, Gétatchèw Mèkurya with The Ex. Presented in collaboration with WFMU and Ethiopiques/ EthioSonic. 6 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/20/2008   Best Friends Forever (web site) 8 PM  DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
8/21/2008 Free!  Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely with Bernice Johnson Reagon, David Dorfman Dance: underground 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/21/2008 $36  Suzanne Vega, Christina Courtin 7:30 PM  BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE 317 Clermont Ave # 4  Brooklyn  718-638-1256 
8/22/2008 Free!  Spam Allstars Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown 7 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/23/2008   Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon   LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) 158 Bleecker St  New York City   
8/24/2008 $23  Finntroll   B.B. KING BLUES CLUB (web site) 243 W. 42nd St.  New York  212-997-4144 
8/24/2008 Free!  25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival - Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Alabama Slim, Adolphus Bell, Dr G B Burt, Cap Luke, Boo Hanks, Macavine Hayes and Big Ron Hunter, The Knitters: John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, DJ Bonebrake, Jonny Ray Bartel, Haden Family Singers Labor of Love (Debut) featuring Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron, Petra, Tanya, Rachel and Josh Haden, with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Bryan Sutton, Dan Tyminski and special guests Patti Smith and Her Band 4 PM-10 PM  DAMROSCH PARK (LINCOLN CENTER) (web site) 63rd & Broadway  NYC  212-875-5766 
8/24/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
8/27/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/27/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
8/27/2008 $55  Nine Inch Nails (tickets $54.50 - $64.50) 7:30 PM  IZOD CENTER MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX (web site) Route 3 (near the New Jersey Turnpike)  East Rutherford, NJ  201-935-3900 
8/28/2008 $15  Xiu Xiu 7 PM  BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) 6 Delancy St.  New York  212-533-2111 
8/30/2008   Bennie W & the bros, Aa / BIG A little a 8 PM  MARKET HOTEL (web site) 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick  Brooklyn   
8/31/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
9/3/2008   Mr. Finewine spins soul 45s every Wednesday   BOTANICA 47 East Houston Street, between Mulberry and Mott  New York   
9/7/2008 Free!  Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. 10 PM  UNION POOL 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg  Brooklyn   
9/12/2008   TUSSLE 8 PM  MARKET HOTEL (web site) 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick  Brooklyn   
9/15/2008   ROBERT FORSTER (of The Go-Betweens)   JOE'S PUB (web site) 425 Lafayette St  New York  (212) 539-8777 
9/16/2008 $18  Sigh   B.B. KING BLUES CLUB (web site) 243 W. 42nd St.  New York  212-997-4144