What's going on Saturday?
Pissed Jeans @ Mercury Lounge in 2009 (more by Jake Forney)
tonight in NYC
* Mermaid Parade @ Coney Island
* Baby Gramps @ Terra Blues
* Hanne Hukkelberg @ Joe’s Pub
* Reigning Sound, The Anabolics @ Southpaw
* Sleepy Sun, She Keeps Bees @ Brooklyn Bowl
* New Kids on the Block @ Radio City Music Hall
* The Ponys, Disappears, Woven Bones @ Union Pool
* Class Actress, Tom Tom Club (DJ) @ Soho Grand
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Hess Is More @ 92YTribeca
* Rooftop Films w/ North Highlands @ Open Road Rooftop
* Anthony Braxton’s birthday fest @ Issue Project Room
* Melvins, Isis, Totimoshi @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Born Ruffians, Young Rival, Motive @ Santos Party House
* Karen Elson, Midnight Masses @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Zola Jesus, Effi Briest, Nice Face, Amen Dunes @ Glasslands
* The Goodnight Loving, Prince Rupert’s Drops (late) @ Cake Shop
* The Most Serene Republic, Annuals, What Laura Says @ Maxwell’s
* Ceremony, Skin Like Iron, The Men, Blaclisted (early) @ Cake Show
* Balls to the Wall, Designer Imposter, House of Ladosha @ Bruar Falls
* Josiah Wolf, The Chocolate Horse, Ortolan @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Celebrate Brooklyn w/ Bitches Brew Revisited @ Prospect Park Bandshell
* The New Pornographers, The Dodos, The Dutchess & The Duke @ Terminal 5
* Glenn Branca solo,The Paranoid Critical Revolution @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* The Machine plays Pink Floyd @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise on The Temptress
* The Morning Benders, Freelance Whales, Wild Nothing @ Beach at Governors Island
* Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Lovers, The Constellations (late) @ The Bell House
* Frog Eyes, Beach Fossils, Pearly Gate Music, You Can Be A Wesley @ Mercury Lounge
* Cool Places Soundsystem, Sonido Chichadelico, DJ Awesome Tapes From Africa @ Zebulon
* Blue Sabbath Black Fiji, Telecult Powers, Rust Worship, Family Treasures @ Silent Barn
* Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Pissed Jeans, Social Circle, Pop. 1280 @ Death By Audio
* Crest Fest w/ Deluka, The Sundelles, Motel Motel, Oberhofer, Zongo Junction, Darlings, Wizardry @ Crest Hardware
* Chemical Brothers listening party w/ Huoratron (live), Alex English (Special Chemical Brothers DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* NYC Pride Rally concert w/ Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Martha Wash, The NYC Gay Men’s Chorus, Vickie Shaw, Billie Myers, Bruce Vilanch @ Central Park SummerStage
Tonight’s Celebrate Brooklyn show is party of the CareFusion Jazz Fest, which runs through June 26th. The full schedule is here.
Soho Grand will be hosting Summer Hummer, BBQ+bands on the third Saturday of every month this summer – the first one is today with a special DJ set by the Tom Tom Club (both Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth will be there) and a free performance by Class Actress. A flyer is below. RSVP here.
The Mermaid Parade happens at Coney Island, featuring King Neptune Lou Reed and Queen Mermaid Laurie Anderson (Laurie has a new album out and shows on the way).
If you RSVPed to Brooklyn Block Party, you can see Freelance Whales, Justin Townes Earle, The Cringe (a hint at the event’s host), J Rocc and Motel Motel at The Bell House.
Make sure you know how to take the ferry to the free show at Governors Island tonight.
Punk Island is on Governors Island on Sunday.
NXNE concludes in Toronto.
What else?
