words & photo by Andrew Frisicano

At Dam-Funk's set I saw during SXSW 2010, the foggy synths and sun-baked cassette jams of his Toeachizown LP, which came out last year on Stones Throw, blasted on an ear-crushing level. He also played a keytar. Videos of that gig and another Austin show are below.

Coming up, he has scattered tour dates all over the world, including Sasquatch and Pitchfork music fests this summer, and an NYC show on a boat. Dam-Funk plays a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on Saturday, April 24th. Tickets are on sale.

Other upcoming Rocks Off Concert Cruises: Rana, Flosstradamus, The Queers, and NASHVILLE PUSSY/GREEN JELLY/PSYCHOSTICK which happens TONIGHT (4/8).

All Dam-Funk tour dates and his cover of the Human League's "Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (and its accompanying trippy video) are below...

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Cold War Kids are headlining Terminal 5 on January 29th. Tickets are now on American Express presale.

Matisyahu does his annual Hanukkah run of shows with various openers (Kevin Devine, Rana, Dub Trio, etc) at Webster Hall and Music Hall of Williamsburg this year. Tickets for all dates are on sale.

Tickets are now on American Express pre-sale for the third Passion Pit show at Terminal 5

Tickets are on American Express pre-sale (@ noon) for the just-added Wolfmother / Heartless Bastards show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tickets are still available for tonight's Raise the Roof show (10/28) at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Nada Surf, They Might Be Giants & Charles Bissell.

Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom on Monday (more by Vincent Cornelli)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Larkin Grimm @ Joe's Pub
* Boy Crisis, Tearist @ Pianos
* The Roots & Common @ Terminal 5
* An Evening Without Monty Python @ Town Hall
* Manic Street Preachers, Bear Hands @ Webster Hall
* Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Kurt Vile, Birds of Maya, Coconuts, Still Life Still @ Mercury Lounge
* Rural Alberta Advantage, Kittens Ablaze, Lovely Feathers @ Bowery Ballroom
* Fear & Trembling, Golden City, pow wow!, The Twees, Lyrycyst @ Public Assembly
* It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City, Rana, Chris Harford & Band of Changes, American Babies, A Big Yes And A Small No, Matt Trowbridge @ Brooklyn Bowl

Rana makes a rare appearance tonight at Brooklyn Bowl, and it's free.

Sufjan Stevens and Cryptacize play their fourth of four NYC shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight. Sufjan is also appearing to say hello at least some of the NYC stops of the Osso Quartet/BQE tour.

This is your final week to see Dan Graham: Beyond at the Whitney before it closes on October 11.

Manic Street Preachers are on their first US tour in ten years. They play at Webster Hall tonight with Bear Hands.

Os Mutantes play Webster Hall tomorrow.

Bad Lieutenant play Webster Hall in November.

Basia Bulat couldn't get a visa and isn't playing the Bell House tonight.

Happy Ending Music and Reading Series featuring Stephen Elliott, Tanguy Viel with musical guest Larkin Grimm is at Joe's Pub tonight.

John Wesley Harding and his band, The English UK, host the monthly Cabinet of Wonders show at (Le) Poisson Rouge tonight. Guests include Tanya Donelly (Belly, The Breeders, Throwing Muses), Rosie Thomas (folksinger extraordinaire), Martha Plimpton (doyen of the stage and screen), Eugene Mirman, (wit), Rick Moody (writer) and Michael Zegarski (singing the work of Daniel Felsenfeld).

John Wesley Harding recently showed up to assist the Decemberists at Terminal 5.

The Rural Alberta Advantage are opening for Passion Pit at T5 in January (tickets are now on AmEx presale). Tonight they headline Bowery Ballroom with Kittens Ablaze and The Lovely Feathers.

Kurt Vile, Birds of Maya, Coconuts and Still Life Still perform at Mercury Lounge. Still Life Still open at the venue again tomorrow and will be back during CMJ.

Kurt will also be at UCB/on WFMU between 6-7.

Noah & the Whale have announced three shows at Mercury Lounge.

Gossip play Terminal 5 Friday. They just played Kimmel. Video below...

Grizzly Bear playing "Foreground" and "I Live With You" on Pitchfork's Cemetery Gates is below.

What else?

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There are also mysterious listings on Ticketmaster for both shows (thx Tim).

Kinda reminds me of Bridget Jones' Diarrhea aka Megapussi aka Portion Control.

Gang Gang Dance-led 88Boadrum on 8/8/8 (missdarling)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* FREE STUFF
* Panther @ Cake Shop
* Neil Diamond @ MSG
* VOD in Farmingdale
* Rancid @ Irving Plaza
* Rana @ Mercury Lounge
* Loxsley are playing Pianos
* King Crimson @ Nokia Theater
* Woodhands are at Silent Barn
* Oh No! Oh My! play Sound Fix
* Jana Hunter @ Knitting Factory
* "Song Sung Blue" on Roosevelt Island
* Kelley Polar, Tony Conrad & Metro One @ PS1
* Battles, Gang Gang Dance & Black Dice @ Summerstage
* East River Music Project @ East River Amphitheater
* Suckers, The Blacks & Amazing Baby @ Union Pool

Isaac Hayes was scheduled to play Capital One Bank Theatre in Westbury, NY tonight.

Loxsly is not to be confused with Locksley. Loxsley is from Austin. They played with Bodies of Water at Union Hall last night. Tonight they are at Pianos.

It's been a while since I've noticed Rana'a name on a bill. In fact it's possible that they haven't played a NYC show as a full band in two years. Tonight they return with two sets at Mercury Lounge.

Today's free show at the East River Amphitheater features: itsnotyouitsme, Mark Dancigers, Timberbrit, Alex Sopp & Matt Marks and the Li'l Death Band.

Panther (Kill Rock Stars) play Cake Shop tonight and McCarren Pool with Aesop Rock tomorrow.

These are Powers are playing Silent Barn September 27th.

Oh No! Oh My! play Sound Fix tonight and Mercury Lounge on Sunday.

Death & Taxes Union Pool flyer below...

Video of Body Count playing "Cop Killer" at Europa below...

What else?

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