Ra Ra Riot @ BAM in 2010 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

today in NYC
* Veveritse @ Barbes
* Adam Levy @ Barbes
* Tanya Morgan @ Southpaw
* Harris Eisenstadt @ The Stone
* John Wesley @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Bizi Gara w/ Marco Benevento @ Cameo
* The Vinny Golia Septet @ The Stone
* Justin Bond, Doveman @ Bowery Ballroom
* Soft Landing, Zula, Koelie @ Cameo Gallery
* Wire, Weekend @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Wise Blood, Zambri, My Gold Mask, Lavalier @ Pianos
* David Liebe Hart (Tim & Eric), The Press @ Maxwell's
* Das Racist, Small Black, Wallpaper @ NYU
* Fostercare, Blissed Out, Megafortress @ The Delancey
* Royal Bangs, Fine Peduncle, The Grand @ Knitting Factory
* Hand, Sophia Knapp of Cliffie Swan, Hairy Sands @ Zebulon
* Alex Winston, Warm Ghost, Two Lights, Dirty Gold @ Mercury Lounge
* This City Defects, Multitudes, Noxious Foxes, Inzinzac @ Death By Audio
* AraabMuzik, Telephoned, Jasmine Solano, Zuzuka Poderosa @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Ra Ra Riot, Sean Bones, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, Diamondsnake (Japan Benefit) @ The Bell House
* Dred Scott Trio, Stripmall Ballads, Michael Daves, Dina Rudeen, Christopher Paul Stelling, Griffin Anthony, Beatie Wolfe @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Jesse Harris, The Cosmo Band featuring Larry Goldings, Anthony Wilson, Michael Leonhart, Clark Gayton, Mauro Refosco, Bill Dobrow, Rob Jost, Tony Scherr & more @ Le Poisson Rouge

Liam McEneaney hosts the Japan benefit with Ra Ra Riot, Sean Bones, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, Diamondsnake, and more at the Bell House tonight. (Liam's weekly "Tell Your Friends" comedy show at Lolita Bar seems to have the night off).

Nellie McKay recorded a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR. You can watch that below...

What else?

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Ra Ra Riot @ MHOW in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Speaking of Japan benefits, The Bell House has two special ones scheduled....

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Tom Allen

Very funny UK comedian Tom Allen, who just completed a mini 'Pretty Good Friends' east coast tour with Eugene Mirman, Reggie Watts and Kumail Nanjiani, is now on their homebase and playing his own show at Union Hall tonight (3/8).

It's a late show - begins at 10pm. If you want to make a night of it, another comedy show, with Kristen Schaal and more, is happening at the same venue earlier.

The next 'Pretty Good Friends' with Eugene Mirman happens at Union Hall on Sunday, 3/13 at 7pm. That's an early show that is followed, strangely, by a "CONAN O'BRIEN STAND-UP GUEST SHOWCASE" with Eliot Glazer, Andy Haynes, Matt McCarthy, Eugene Mirman, John Roberts, Dan St. Germain, Myq Kaplan, Joe Mande, Dave Hill, Jay Oakerson, and Kurt Metzger. It is unclear if Conan even knows about this intimate Park Slope basement show with his name on it, but it should be good nonetheless.

Reggie Watts may or may not being playing a free show at Cake Shop tonight (3/8), but he's definitely playing TWO shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 30th.

Aziz Ansari may or may not be on the bill of "Tell Your Friends" at Lolita bar tonight, but host Liam McEneaney has leaked the following clue:

JUST ADDED TONIGHT:
A guy whose name is very nearly an anagram for "ZZ Sariani."
You might know him from his show that is anagrammed as "A Crankiest Pardoner."
And his sketch show on "VTM" might also be known as "Giant Human."
And his first name is "Aziz."
And I "farted."

Eugene Mirman can also be found at City Winery with John Wesley Harding (and Andrew Bird) on April 22nd.

A Tom Allen video below...

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Todd Barry @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 (more by Tim Griffin)

Want to laugh Tuesday night? Head over to Lolita Bar at Broome and Allen for another edition of "Tell Your Friends!". This week's special guests include HANNIBAL BURESS (who performs a free show every Sunday at Knitting Factory) (and who recently opened for Aziz Ansari at Beacon Theater), LIAM McENEANEY, ANDY DE LA TOUR, and a "MYSTERY GUEST" who "is doing a big big show later in the week, and can't be advertised for this. He appears all over television and films, though, and this may be your last chance to see him in a basement before he's too famous for our show. - A MUST SEE!" Hmm.

Speaking of a big big show later in the week, Nick Kroll's two tapings at Music Hall of Williamsburg take place this Thursday, 11/18.

Nick also did a show at UCB tonight/Monday right before Whiplash (with special guest Mike Birbiglia). How was that? Whiplash takes place every Monday.

MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden will be a guest at the live broadcast of WFMU's comedy/variety show "Seven Second Delay" at UCB Theatre on Wednesday (11/17). $5.00 tickets are still on sale, though note that he won't be performing. They'll be interviewing him, but they promise they have a couple of surprises planned. Other guests appearing on the same show: former New York Times Ombudsman Dan Okrent, and author / gambling expert / former bookie Beth Raymer.

That WFMU thing is early - like 6pm. Stick around after for an edition of Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkel's Totally J/K with special guests Hari Kondabalu (Comedy Central Presents), Greg Johnson (Sirius/XM Radio) "& more!" Then stay even longer, cause Joe Mande is also part of the show right after that too. Anthony Atamanuik, John Flynn & Ed Gavagan also perform in "The Nights of Our Lives"

Much like Pee Wee Herman, Colin Quinn has a new show on Broadway (which is directed by Jerry Seinfeld) (the Colin show) (Jerry didn't direct the Pee Wee show). We are giving away tickets to see Pee Wee. The Apiary has a pair up for grabs to see Colin.

What about Eugene Mirman you ask? Well, in addition to stuff we've mentioned in the past and his somewhat regularly scheduled Sunday night shows at Union Hall, you can catch him along with John Roderick (as Santa Claus), A.C. Newman, John Hodgman, Gary Shteyngart, and Ollabelle on December 17th at City Winery for the next edition of John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders. Tickets are on sale.

You will also find Eugene Mirman at the Bell House on December 12th for "Pretty Good Friends (formerly Tearing the Veil of Maya) End of the Year Holiday Blowout" with Kristen Schaal, Jon Glaser and "more to be announced." Tickets are on sale.

Speaking of Kristen Schaal, was she at Littlefield last night/tonight/Monday night for "Hot Tub with Kurt"? It's unclear from the listings whether Kurt Braunohler is doing "Hot Tub" without her every Monday night through 11/29. Upcoming listed guests include Wyatt Cenac, Laura Krafft, Dan Friel, Jon Friedman, Liam McEneaney, and Chris Rozzi.

Patton Oswalt has four shows coming up at Caroline's - two on January 7th and two on January 8th. Tickets are on sale.

Last but not least, after postponing the original date, honorary Juggalo Gallagher will appear at Gramercy Theatre on April 8th. Tickets are on sale.

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...with Liam McEneaney, John Oliver, Caroline Rhea, Kristen Schaal & more TBA @ Comix in NYC on December 8th.