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What's going on Saturday? (Weyes Blood, Louis CK, Savages, Sufjan, Kayo Dot, Besnard Lakes, Mystery Lights & more)

photo: Weyes Blood at Mexican Summer Five (more by PSquared)
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You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Weyes Blood, Excepter, Regal Degal, Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk @ Baby’s All Right
Weyes Blood’s new album is terrific but it’s best to experience her powerhouse vocals in a live setting. This whole bill is good too, with experimentalists Excepter, art punks Regal Degal and Kansas transplants Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk.

The Besnard Lakes, USA out of Vietnam @ Rough Trade
We’re coming up on two years since Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes released the last album, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO, and while they haven’t announced a new record, there is movement in the works…hence this tour. Their brand of guitar rock grandeur makes a case for “epic” not being a four-letter-word (in the not literal sense, of course, which it clearly is).

Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Round-Up’ w/ Yarn/Wire @ BAM
While Sufjan will release his first studio album since 2010 this March, ahead of that he’s premiering a new piece called Round-Up at BAM which continues tonight and runs through Sunday (1/25). Sufjan will be on electronics and new-music ensemble Yarn/Wire is on piano and percussion.

Kayo Dot, Gnaw, The Glorious Revolution @ Coco 66
Kayo Dot bring together a ton of different metal subgenres (and some non-metal ones too) into a mix that’s truly their own. Local noisemakers Gnaw are not to miss either.

Reverend Horton Heat, Robert Gordon, Dale Watson, Rosie Flores @ Gramercy Theatre
In the world of surf-rock, the Rev is a lengend, bringing a crazed twang to his raucous instrumentals and psychobilly freakouts. This show was originally supposed to be at Irving Plaza.

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Loren Connors @ Sugarcube
It’s another free show in the inflatable South Street Seaport venue Sugarcube, and this one’s the first of two Northern Spy-presented shows with two excellent avant-garde guitar players.

The Mystery Lights, EZTV, Worthless @ Knitting Factory
Party-friendly garage rockers The Mystery Lights release their new album, At Home With the Mystery Lights, on February 1. (Stream some of it below.) Tonight’s an early preview, and are joined by power pop band EZTV.

Savages @ Saint Vitus
We’re a little more than halfway through Savages’ nine-show NYC residency, and they seem to have gotten comfortable with the new material they’re playing at these shows. (We’re still hoping they’ll add “She Will” and “Flying to Berlin” pop up on setlists, though.) Sold out, but check Savages twitter — they have been releasing a few tickets at the door to most of the shows so far (including last Saturday’s Vitus show).

Louis C.K. @ Madison Square Garden
Once an underground sensation, Louis CK has become one of the biggest comedians in America — by doing it his way. This is Louis CK’s third of four (!) MSG shows.

Scully, Daddy Issues, Merkin, White Rope @ Cake Shop
Formed when San Francisco band Splinters splinters, Scully’s sound isn’t all so different — garagey, punky pop — and, also like that band, they’ve got good songs as the backbone.

Pale Lights, Great Lakes @ Friends & Lovers
Like the expertly jangled sound of ’80s indiepop like Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Felt and The Go-Betweens? Brooklyn’s Pale Lights, led by sometimes Comet Gain member Phil Stutton, keep the flag flying. Ladybug Transistor offshoot Olson, Rydholm, and Forester were supposed to play tonight as well but have had to drop off the bill.

Nitty Scott MC, Celeste, Chelsea Reject, DJ Patrick A Reed @ The Acheron
Tonight, Celeste brings her recurring hip hop party back to the mostly-punk/metal venue Acheron, and this time it’s an all-female lineup with Nitty Scott and Chelsea Reject.

Alejandro Escovedo @ City Winery
Punk rocker turned roots rocker Alejandro Escovedo concludes his City Winery run with a different album performed in full each night. Tonight it’s 1996’s With These Hands.

Brenmar, Sliink, L-Vis 1990, Calore @ 88 Palace
Stay out late at Chinatown’s restaurant-by-day, dance-club-by-night 88 Palace for this stacked Dark Disco party.

Sworn Enemy, Old Wounds, 96, Ides, The Dead Tricks @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Long-running metalcore band Sworn Enemy headline this free night at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, and we think it’s worth showing up on time for NJ’s Old Wounds too.

Motion Studies, Rathborne, Fitness @ Palisades
Motion Studios carry on in the live band dance rock tradition of early-’00s Brooklyn and do a very good job of it. Catch them tonight with the solid pop of Rathborne.

Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band @ BB King Blues Club
Formed in the mid-’70s while Bootsy Collins was also playing in Parliament-Funkadelic, Rubber Band have now been bringin’ the funk for four decades.

Fleetwood Mac @ Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City)
Fleetwood Mac are now back with their entire classic lineup — Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham — and tonight they continue their multi-night NY-area run. They’ve still got it and they play all the hits, so see them while you still can.

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

For laughs, check out the NYC Comedy calendar too.

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