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Posted in To Do | music on June 17, 2009
What's going on Wednesday?
Metric @ APW 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* THIS WEEK IN INDIE
* Nouvelle Vague @ Irving Plaza
* Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago @ MSG
* Portugal the Man, Kiss Kiss @ Southpaw
* Regina Spektor, Little Joy @ Beacon Theatre
* Tinted Windows, Locksley @ Highline Ballroom
* Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ The Stone
* The Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Music on the Oval
* Jonathan Richman, Vic Chesnutt @ Bowery Ballroom
* Metric, Sebastien Grainger, Smile Smile @ Terminal 5
* pow wow!, Browns, Dinosaur Feathers @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Clues, Drink Up Buttercup, Bridges and Powerlines @ Santos
* Hip Hop Legends w/ Raekwon, Naughty By Nature @ BB King's
* Pepi Ginsberg, Emilie Simon, Glass Ghost @ Public Assembly
* Sisters, My Teenage Stride, Knight School, I'm Turning Into @ Glasslands
* Jon Spencer Blues Explosion & The Teenagers @ South Street Seaport
* Walter Schreifels, Borrowed Eyes, Glacier Hiking @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Junkstar, The Drums, Action Painters, What Would Jesus Drivev@ The Annex
* Loudon Wainwright III, Sloan Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Madison Square Park
* Slasher Risk, Grasshopper, Effing, Power Animal, Chaos Majik, Fiasco @ Death By Audio
* Lightspeed Champion, Apache Beat, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Spacecamp @ Mercury Lounge
The much-anticipated NYC debut of Clues, the band featuring ex-Unicorn Alden Penner, hits Santos tonight.
Nouvelle Vague's show at Irving Plaza is one of only four U.S. gigs for the French band.
Dave Hill was just at Bonnaroo. Tonight he plays guitar in Walter Schreifels's band.
Jonathan Richman and Vic Chesnutt play the second of two Bowery Ballroom shows. Their tour continues.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for free at South Street Seaport!
The first free Wednesday Madison Square Park shows of the season comes tonight with "A Wainwright Family Concert" featuring Loudon, Sloan and Lucy.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band play a free set at the Stuy Town Oval. Coming up, they'll be celebrate the release of their debut record at Santos Party House on Thursday, June 25th at Santos.
Just as a heads up, the BAM R&B Fest that happens in the Metrotech Commons every Thursday at noon will continue tomorrow with singer Simone, who's the daughter of jazz legend Nina Simone.
It'll be your first chance in a while to catch Lightspeed Champion and Regina Spektor. Newish videos from both: Lightspeed doing new song "Marlene" acoustic and live, and Regina's official video for new album track "Laughing With," below...
What else?
Lightspeed Champion - Marlene (Acoustic + Interview)
Lightspeed Champion - Marlene (New)
Regina Spektor - Laughing With
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Posted on June 17, 2009 5:45 PM
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Comments (13)
Kevin Smith at Carnegie Hall.
Posted by noamjamski | June 17, 2009 5:53 PM
I love the Clues record, but I saw them live in San Francisco for like the first date of their tour less than 2 weeks ago, and boy they were terrible live.
Hope they got better since then
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 6:04 PM
she can open wider.
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 6:09 PM
the live video of Lightspeed Champion performing Marlene is awesome... AND Nina Simone's daughter is performing! Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair is an incredible song...maybe SImone will play a tribute =)
Posted by Downtown Harvest | June 17, 2009 6:10 PM
Lost In The Trees @ Bell House, for sure.
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 6:13 PM
Kevin Smith's a useless chode.
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 9:18 PM
jsbx were fucking amazing. best free outdoor show for me since superchunk at mccarren a few summers back.
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 11:06 PM
I love Jonathan Richman, but the crowd tonight was the stereotype of hipster douche. Unreal.
Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2009 11:59 PM
"The Phenomenal Handclap Band play a free set at the Stuy Town Oval. Coming up, they'll be celebrate the release of their debut record, which comes out the same day, Tuesday, June 23rd at Santos."
Release party is June 25th at Santos
Posted by Anonymous | June 18, 2009 1:35 AM
clues show was amazing.
Posted by Anonymous | June 18, 2009 9:01 AM
drink up buttercup killed
Posted by Anonymous | June 18, 2009 1:26 PM
nice pits
Posted by Anonymous | June 18, 2009 3:06 PM
Karin Dreijer Andersson's voice is hauntingly beauuuutiful. Fever Ray beats are dope too.
Posted by Designer Wedding Gowns | September 12, 2009 2:02 PM