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tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Larkin Grimm @ Joe's Pub
* Boy Crisis, Tearist @ Pianos
* The Roots & Common @ Terminal 5
* An Evening Without Monty Python @ Town Hall
* Manic Street Preachers, Bear Hands @ Webster Hall
* Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Kurt Vile, Birds of Maya, Coconuts, Still Life Still @ Mercury Lounge
* Rural Alberta Advantage, Kittens Ablaze, Lovely Feathers @ Bowery Ballroom
* Fear & Trembling, Golden City, pow wow!, The Twees, Lyrycyst @ Public Assembly
* It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City, Rana, Chris Harford & Band of Changes, American Babies, A Big Yes And A Small No, Matt Trowbridge @ Brooklyn Bowl

Rana makes a rare appearance tonight at Brooklyn Bowl, and it's free.

Sufjan Stevens and Cryptacize play their fourth of four NYC shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight. Sufjan is also appearing to say hello at least some of the NYC stops of the Osso Quartet/BQE tour.

This is your final week to see Dan Graham: Beyond at the Whitney before it closes on October 11.

Manic Street Preachers are on their first US tour in ten years. They play at Webster Hall tonight with Bear Hands.

Os Mutantes play Webster Hall tomorrow.

Bad Lieutenant play Webster Hall in November.

Basia Bulat couldn't get a visa and isn't playing the Bell House tonight.

Happy Ending Music and Reading Series featuring Stephen Elliott, Tanguy Viel with musical guest Larkin Grimm is at Joe's Pub tonight.

John Wesley Harding and his band, The English UK, host the monthly Cabinet of Wonders show at (Le) Poisson Rouge tonight. Guests include Tanya Donelly (Belly, The Breeders, Throwing Muses), Rosie Thomas (folksinger extraordinaire), Martha Plimpton (doyen of the stage and screen), Eugene Mirman, (wit), Rick Moody (writer) and Michael Zegarski (singing the work of Daniel Felsenfeld).

John Wesley Harding recently showed up to assist the Decemberists at Terminal 5.

The Rural Alberta Advantage are opening for Passion Pit at T5 in January (tickets are now on AmEx presale). Tonight they headline Bowery Ballroom with Kittens Ablaze and The Lovely Feathers.

Kurt Vile, Birds of Maya, Coconuts and Still Life Still perform at Mercury Lounge. Still Life Still open at the venue again tomorrow and will be back during CMJ.

Kurt will also be at UCB/on WFMU between 6-7.

Noah & the Whale have announced three shows at Mercury Lounge.

Gossip play Terminal 5 Friday. They just played Kimmel. Video below...

Grizzly Bear playing "Foreground" and "I Live With You" on Pitchfork's Cemetery Gates is below.

What else?

Gossip Performs "Heavy Cross"

Tags: Gossip, Grizzly Bear, Rana

posted at 4:54 PM on October 7, 2009 in To Do | music | Comments (21)

Comments (21)

Wild Yaks - Charleston - 11ish.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:10 PM

Weird Photo!

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:18 PM

Looks like he took a hit off a "line between the sidewalk" pipe.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:20 PM

Chris Harford!!!

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:36 PM

sufjan set time?

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:36 PM

social distortion at starland ballroom.

Posted by george | October 7, 2009 5:37 PM

anybody seein kurt vile tonight?

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:44 PM

its all cold and windy out. make it a Blockbustor nite.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:47 PM

would be seeing Kurt Vile tonight if it wasn't for illness and Mercury's need to pack four bands on a Wednesday night bill. Have tix if you want them.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 5:47 PM

Can't miss the Manix!

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 6:01 PM

RIP Irving Penn

he took this picture of two Peruvian peasant children in 1948. The Band wanted to use it for the cover of their album "Cahoots" but the record company said no.

http://www.afterimagegallery.com/penncuzco.htm

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 6:02 PM

is Rana or Chris Harford headlining the Brooklyn Bowl show?

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 6:14 PM

that dude looks gay.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 7:17 PM

It's cold and windy out. Make it a ballbuster night.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 8:18 PM

some hummus on your balls will protect you from the chill.

Posted by edgar allen foe | October 7, 2009 9:20 PM

Manics fucking ruled tonight! Excellent show.

Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2009 11:54 PM