The Loom @ BV Loft CMJ 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* free comedy @ Pianos
* Spanglish Fly @ Barbes
* Krystle Warren @ Zebulon
* Doppelganger, Vs. Antelope @ Mercury Lounge
* Lost in the Trees, The Loom @ Mercury Lounge
* Dinowalrus, Dream Diary, Gross Relations @ Bruar Falls
* Psychic Steel, Fielded, Lichens, Driphouse @ Death By Audio
* Dylan Different: Ben Sidran with Amy Helm, Will Bernard, Tim Luntzel, Leo Sidran @ Highline Ballroom (Piano series)
* .357 Lover, The Love Show, Ekaterina, Root Hub, Jonathan Wood Vincent, Chris Rozzi (music, burlesque & more) @ Knitting Factory
* Taka Kigawa, piano w/ music of Xenakis, Boulez, Webern, Pintscher & Eckardt @ LPR
* Tony Mason, Nels Cline, Jim Campilongo Electric Trio, Tony Scherr, Anton Fier, Rob Jost & more @ The Living Room

.357 Lover brings a 'Rock n Roll Circus' back to Knitting Factory tonight with a diverse lineup of freaky interesting characters. A video of .357 Lover covering Katy Perry in the style of Van Halen, below...

Jim Kimball (Retisonic/J.Majesty) and Chris Daly (Texas Is The Reason/Jets To Brazil) have formed a new band called Vs Antelope. Their debut album is being recorded by Ian Love of Rival Schools, and their next NYC show is tonight at Mercury Lounge with their friends Doppleganger (whose album release show it is). Their next show after that is with Samiam at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tuesday is the first of two Scissor Sisters shows at Terminal 5.

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Prince Rama @ PS1 last Saturday (more by Andrew St. Clair)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* It Is It comedy @ Pianos
* Lazer Crystal @ Death By Audio??
* Bruce Brubaker, piano @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Logan Richardson Quartet @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Empire of the Sun, Juan Maclean (DJ set) @ Terminal 5
* Nite Jewel, Violens, Prince Rama, Silk Flowers @ Mercury Lounge
* Bad Dream, Dangerbird, Gholas (member of Deathbeds) & Dutchguts @ Lit Lounge
* .357 Lover, Sweet Soubrette, Amazing Amy, Carla Rhodes, Harlen Muir, Gabe Pacheco @ Knitting Factory
* Sam Cooper of Horse Feathers, Glass Anchors, Jack and The Pulpits @ Cake Shop
* Xray Eyeballs, Dubknowdub, These Days (Kronner Burger/Sto & Frankie's Birthday Bash) @ Bruar Falls (free)
* Packway Handle Band, Shinkoyo Night with Skeletons, Salamander Wool, Jenny Graff (Metalux), Blondes (DJ Set) @ Zebulon

Bruce Brubaker will be playing the music of music of Nico Muhly (New York premiere), Philip Glass, John Cage, and Alvin Curran on pianos at Le Poisson Rouge tonight. It's an early show before: Logan Richardson Quartet with Nasheet Waits, Tarus Mateen, and Jason Moran at the same venue.

The free comedy lineup at Pianos tonight includes John Mulaney (SNL), Ali Waller (Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon, Julian McCollough (Comedy Central), and Kevin Bartini (Comedy Central).

Nite Jewel played a solo set at Cake Shop last night and continues her August NYC run with a show at Mercury Lounge tonight.

Prince Rama, who recently played PS1, is also on the Mercury Lounge bill (as is Violens).

Lazer Crystal played Cake Shop last night too and were supposed to play Death By Audio tonight but their show is no longer listed, so I don't know. Check out their video for Love Rhombus below.

Corn Mo and his band .357 Lover bring a cast of interesting characters to Knitting Factory tonight (Sweet Soubrette - Sweet Songs on the Uke, Amazing Amy - Contortionist from America's Got Talent, Carla Rhodes - America's Ventriloquist Girlfriend, and Harlen Muir - Accordion songman with Jason Trachtenburg). A video flyer is below.

Will Sheff is playing the Living Room on Tuesday.

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