Juan Maclean @ Bowery Ballroom in October (more by Tim Griffin)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Old 97's @ Maxwell's
* Peaches @ the Stone Pony (NJ)
* Frances @ Roosevelt Live
* OJ All Day @ Brooklyn Lyceum
* Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Joe's Pub
* John Zorn Improv Night @ The Stone
* Screaming Females @ the Court Tavern (NJ)
* Ume, Aloke, Black Swan Green @ Glasslands
* The NY Dolls @ Starland Ballroom (NJ)
* The Juan Maclean, The Field @ Webster Hall
* Ethel, Gutbucket @ Prospect Park Bandshell
* Vieux Farka Toure, BLK JKS @ Highline Ballroom
* Passion Pit, Shy Child, Cale Parks @ Bowery Ballroom
* HEALTH, Awesome Color, Kid Congo Power @ Market Hotel
* Wild Yaks, The Theater Fire, Robert Gomez @ Union Pool
* The Loom, Cotton Jones, The Wild Moccasins @ Union Hall
* Sick of It All, Capital, Bane, Inhuman @ Gramercy Theatre
* Secret Life of Sofia, No Eye Contact, Joe & Flying Spoons @ The Cameo
* DAT Politics, Miho by Miho Hatori/New Optimism, Lumberob @ Bruar Falls
* The Maccabees, Miike Snow, Hatcham Social @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Kittens Ablaze, Home Video @ Santos Party House
* Harry & the Potters, Remus Lupins, The Whomping Willows @ The Bell House
* Crocodiles, ArpLine, Big Bang TV, Eytan & His Orchestra, Silvertone @ Mercury Lounge
* Boogie Boarder, Pow Wow!, Darlings, Dinosaur Feathers, Los Basement, Soldier on Dear Friend @ Shea Stadium

The Mermaid Parade is in Coney Island; Clearwater Festival is up at Croton-on-the-Hudson.

Two more chances to see the mighty Screaming Females before they leave on tour with Jack White. Tonight at the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, and Thursday when they open for Dinosaur Jr @ MHOW.

Miho Hatori (of Cibo Matto) and band New Optimism have bee added ot the bill at Bruar Falls tonight. She played LPR, The Stone and Glasslands earlier this month.

The Major Lazer video shoot is underway at Studio B.

Ethel and Gutbucket play their live score to sci-fi flick Nave de los Monstruos at Prospect Park Bandshell. Gutbucket plays an opening set too. That's a free Celebrate Brooklyn show.

The much-delayed NYC debut of Miike Snow is tonight. They'll play the Music Hall of Williamsburg with The Maccabees and Hatcham Social (who already played Don Hills and Cake Shop in the past week). All three of those bands play a sold-out Mercury Lounge show on Monday.

The OJ All Day Fest is having its second and final day at the Brooklyn Lyceum today.Peggy Sue, who fills in for Scary Mansions, plays tonight at 8pm. The full schedule for that fest is below...

Simian Mobile Disco's new video for "Audacity of Huge", below...

What else?

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by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: Peggy Sue - Spare Parts (MP3)

Peggy Sue @ Pianos (more by Tim Griffin)

London trio Peggy Sue, who last visited us around SXSW, are back in NYC playing a couple low key shows this weekend. Originally, they were only slotted to play tonight (6/18) at Bruar Falls (they're on at 11). But the trio are also a last-minute addition (thx, Joly) to the OJ All Day Festival, replacing Scary Mansions on the Main Stage Saturday night (8PM).

While Peggy Sue put the finishing touches on their debut album, they've got a lovely new EP, Lover Gone, due out July 7 on Yep Roc. You can check out the video to the title track below, as well as video of Peggy Sue at this year's Camden Crawl which should give you a good idea what to expect live.

More shows happening in NYC this weekend are listed HERE. All PS dates below...

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Jeffrey Lewis repping Olive Juice Music @ Mercury Lounge (more by Chris La Putt)

The OJ All Day music festival is an annual event put on by Olive Juice Music, a D.I.Y. label, studio, and online distributor, based in New York City, interested in helping people who are in the developmental stages of trying to do something with their art.

June 19th and 20th at: The Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY)

Jeffrey Lewis, who releases his comics on Olive Juice and has cut many records with the label, won't be playing this year, but Dufus, who toured with Lewis earlier this year, will.

Full schedule, trailer, other videos and more info, below...

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