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Timothy S. Griffin

What's going on Friday? (Television, Dean Wareham, Toxic Holocaust, Menzingers, APTBS, Kill Your Idols & more)

Television at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)
Television

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…

Television, Gambles @ Rough Trade
Back in action (though without guitarist Richard Lloyd), Tom Verlaine and the rest of Television play tonight and Saturday and the new Rough Trade NYC. With a new album in the can, expect new songs…and hopefully plenty of classics. Both nights are sold out.

Dean Wareham, Papercuts @ The Bell House
A veteran of two classic indie rock bands (Galaxie 500 and Luna), Dean Wareham just released his first-ever solo record, the lovely Emancipated Hearts. He’s playing The Bell House on Friday with Papercuts (whose Jason Quever produced Dean’s LP) will open with an acoustic set.

The Menzingers, Modern Baseball, Banquets, Ma Jolie @ Bowery Ballroom
The Menzingers give their punk a dose of heart-on-your-sleeve everyman’s rock, and they’re one of the best bands doing that kind of thing right now. They’ve also got killer openers tonight, including fellow Philly bands Modern Baseball, who do the nasally away-message emo thing really well, and noodly post-hardcore band Ma Jolie. Plus, Jersey’s Banquets, whose anthemic punk is probably the closest musically to Menzingers of the three opening bands.

Toxic Holocaust, Ramming Speed, In Defence @ Saint Vitus
These two ass-kicking thrash bands, Toxic Holocaust and Ramming Speed, are about as gnarly as names like Toxic Holocaust and Ramming Speed imply. So head to Saint Vitus if your Thanksgiving weekend needs a night of full-throttle assault.

A Place to Bury Strangers, Dawn of Midi, Pontiak, Woodsman @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Sure to be one of the loudest shopping experiences ever, A Place to Bury Strangers headline tonight’s free Brooklyn Night Bazaar show. Go early for Dawn of Midi who answer the question, “what would electronic dance music sound like made solely by classical instruments?”

Brian Chase @ La Sala
Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase headlines this night of “drone based music in Just Intonation, meditative short films and video projection environments” happening in the old Monkeytown space.

LVL UP, Liam Betson, Heeney, Liquor Store @ Shea Stadium
LVL UP make crunchy ’90s-style indie rock that’s somewhere between Weezer and Built to Spill, and their DIY-attitude will go over really well in a place like Shea Stadium. The rest of this indie rock-oriented lineup is good too.

Glassjaw @ The Paramount
Early-’00s post-hardcore vets Glassjaw ended their hiatus a few years back, though they still aren’t the most active band. They do have this one-off tonight though, and where better to see a Long Island Emo band than Long Island itself?

Kill Your Idols, Crime in Stereo, Altered Boys @ Santos Party House
NYC/Long Island hardcore vets Kill Your Idols have been pretty active this year, having played Black and Blue and This Is Hardcore, and tonight they begin their 2-night run at Santos. There’s cool openers both nights too. Tonight gets Crime In Stereo, who reunited last year.

Slayer, Gojira, 4arm @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Slayer may not have their classic lineup, with Dave Lombardo out and Jeff Hanneman having passed away (RIP), but they’re moving forward nonetheless. For this tour, they’re promising “old school” sets, which means they’ll be focusing on material solely from their first five albums. And get there early for French death metallers Gojira, who are always worth seeing too.

For all of tonight’s shows, and tomorrow’s, check out our full NYC show calendar.

For laughs, check out the NYC Comedy calendar too.

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