James Murphy aboard SS Coachella 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)

Staying in NYC this weekend? There's actually no shortage of things to do here, even though the weather forecast is less than ideal. Head below for our top 10 list of events going on this Memorial Day Weekend.

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photos by Gabi Porter; words by Bill Pearis

Ty Segall @ The Well, September 2012

Ty Segall's third album of 2012, Twins, is out today and is yet another enjoyably fuzz-soaked bit of sunshine, definitely on the '60s psych-pop end of the spectrum. Someday his prolific streak is going to slow down, but till then...just ride that wave. Ty was here a few weeks ago with Thee Oh Sees, including a stop at Bushwick outdoor venue The Well (with K-Holes as well) and a belated set of photos from that wild, wet show are in this post.

If you missed him that time around, Ty just announced a 2013 tour with Ex-Cult that includes a NYC stop on February 1 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (10/12) with an AmEx presale happening Wednesday at noon. Ty will also be making his late night talk show debut on Conan on October 16 so be sure to tune in for that.

A list of all tour dates and more pictures from The Well show are below..

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Ty Segall at The Well (via BrooklynVegan Instagram)

New-ish Bushwick outdoor venue The Well had a SXSW vibe to it on Saturday night (9/22) with the one-two punch of Bay Area blasters Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall. The large gravel pit backyard was packed with revelers of all ages and degrees of tattoo coverage, some whom were maybe having a little too much fun. (Setting my beer on the ground for just a second, an over-imbided girl came within inches of puking on my head. This was 8 PM.) But the vibes were good as was the music.

Thee Oh Sees (via BrooklynVegan Instagram)

I missed openers K-Holes, but Thee Oh Sees put on their usual killer show with yelping into the mike (sometimes eating it), abusing his array of cool, weird guitars and generally inspiring crowd mayhem. Clouds opened up about three songs into Ty Segall's set, which sent many into the covered bar area, but the band (which still includes longtime cohort Mikal Cronin who makes his own awesome records) didn't let a little rain (okay, a LOT of rain) stop the party and even, improbably, covered "Sweet Home Alabama."

Thee Oh Sees play ATP NY today (6 PM) and will be at Death by Audio on Monday (9/24) with Ty for what will surely be an entirely bananas show. Look for a full set of pictures on the way.

LCD Soundsystem at MSG in 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

There's already been quite a few chances to catch screenings of LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits in NYC, and now while we await the DVD and Blu-Ray release (10/9), we've been given yet another chance to see the film. It will screen on the 25 ft screen at new outdoor Brooklyn venue The Well this Saturday (9/15) and it's totally free. The screening is being presented by Rooftop Films, NYC & Company, and Flavorpill and there will be a special guest DJ set from Dubspot before the screening. Doors are at 7 PM and entry is 18+. The flier for the screening is below.

The Shut Up and Play the Hits screening is one of the three remaining Rooftop Films screenings of the season, including the free IFB Labs Showcase Screening at Solar One on Monday (9/17) (on the pier at 2420 FDR Dr.). That showcase includes excerpt screenings of multiple films. You can check out the full list HERE. Doors open at 7:30 PM, there is live music TBA at 8:30, and the screenings begin at 9. There will also be a Q+A with the filmmakers.

Rooftop Films will also be presenting a screening of Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, which we just presented a screening of at Knitting Factory, and whose fictional band turned into a real band that played Cake Shop last Tuesday (9/11). The screening happens this Tuesday (9/18) at Open Road Rooftop (350 Grand St above New Design High School) Solar One. This one's free too but RSVP to brooklynbrothers@rooftopfilms.com is required. Doors are 7:30 PM, the band Brooklyn Brothers will play at 8:30, and the screening begins at 9.

Meanwhile, speaking of The Well, where Shut Up and Play the Hits screens, there's still only a few live shows scheduled there. Peter Murphy just played last month and the next upcoming live show is Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees on September 22 with K-Holes and DJ Jonathan Toubin. Tickets for that show are still available.

Flier for the Shut Up and Play the Hits screening is below..

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photos by Harriet Roberts

Peter Murphy at The Well, 8/26/2012

Goth icon Peter Murphy played Bushwick outdoor venue The Well a couple weeks ago (8/26) and we've got a belated set of pics for you to check out. His set mixed cuts from 2011's Ninth with many of his late '80s alt-rock hits ("Cuts You Up," "All Night Long") as well as a few Bauhaus songs and Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" which Bauhaus covered as a single in 1982.

Setlist from The Well, along with more photos from the show are below...

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Omar Souleyman at Summerstage in 2011 (more by David Andrako)

Omar Souleyman will be in North America this September for Bumbershoot and MusicFestNW, and while he's here, he'll stop in NYC for a show at new Brooklyn venue The Well on September 7 with Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang and DJ Hutz (aka Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello). Tickets for that show are on sale now. It happens the day before the rescheduled Slaughterhouse show (9/8) at the same venue.

Meanwhile, you can catch Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang even sooner when they play MoMA Nights on Thursday (8/30). That show starts at 6:30 and is free with museum admission.

All dates are listed below.

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Peter Murphy at Highline Ballroom, 4/2/2011 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin)

Peter Murphy, who recently announced a 2nd-annual "Miracula Halloween Special Event" that will take place "Halloween 2012 at a secret location in Los Angeles", just finished up a set of West Coast dates that included an LA show at the Roxy on 8/16. Check out the setlist from that gig below.

The former Bauhaus singer is heading towards Brooklyn where he'll play new Bushwick venue The Well on Sunday, August 26 with openers Crystal Stilts, Small Black and Air Waves. Tickets are still available but if you'd like to go for free we have two pairs of tickets to give away. Details are below.

No other new shows at The Well have been announced, with the rescheduled Slaughterhouse show on September 8 (tix) and Thee Oh Sees / Ty Segall on September 22 (tix) being the only other two shows remaining.

The flyer for the Peter Murphy show, his recent LA show setlist, and contest details are below...

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Tonight's forecast

Just when we were getting you excited by the slight possibility of a Marshall Mathers appearance at tonight's Slaughterhouse show at The Well, Mother Nature has stepped in with a different agenda:

Due to inclement weather (including reports of severe thunderstorms and potential flooding this evening), The Well, located at 272 Meserole Street in Brooklyn, regretfully reports that our outdoor show featuring hip hop supergroup SLAUGHTERHOUSE, previously scheduled for this evening, August 10, has been postponed until Saturday, September 8.

We greatly regret any inconvenience this change causes. All tickets purchased for the August 10 show will be valid for the September 8 show.

Well there goes that.

Meanwhile other outdoor shows, like tonight's Little Dragon / Frankie Rose show at Prospect Park and the StePhest Colbchella show on the Intrepid with Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear and Santigold, continue on rain or shine.

Eminem at Manhattan Center - 8/9/12 (via Indigo Clarke)

New Brooklyn venue The Well opened last month with a Cam'ron, Flatbush Zombies, Asaad & Reese show (7/14) and the venue's second show will be tonight (8/10), after Os Mutantes cancelled their 7/28 show at the venue. Tonight's show is with Slaughterhouse, Freeway, LAD & Willie the Kid, J the S, Da Circle, and special guest Pharaohe Monch. Tickets for tonight's show are still available and we've also got a pair to give away! Details on how to enter are below.

Rumors are flying that there will be a few guests showing up at tonight's show. One of those possible guests is Beanie Sigel and there is talk that Slaughterhouse's boss at Shady Records (aka Eminem) might show up too. If that sounds like a stretch, it should be noted that Eminem performed in NYC last night (8/9) as part of Casio's G-Shock 30th anniversary at Manhattan Center, which Slaughterhouse was also at. XXL Mag was at the show and they write:

With a live band setting the mood and clips from some of his iconic music videos playing on the big screen behind him, Em had the crowd in the palm of his hand and he proceeded to give them what they wanted.

The masterful Detroit rhyme slinger ripped into classics such as "My name Is," "The Real Slim Shady," "Cleaning Out My Closet" and "Love the Way You Lie," dedicating the "Lie" to the ladies in the audience.

UPDATE: Due to a neighborhood flood watch, this show has been rescheduled to happen on September 8. Tickets purchased for tonight's show will be honored, as will the winner of the pair of we are giving away in this post.

Videos of Eminem at last night's show are below. Also below is a video of Slaughterhouse discussing tonight's show at The Well and the contest details.

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The Well, located at 272 Meserole Street in Brooklyn, regretfully reports that our show featuring Brazilian rock legends OS MUTANTES (previously scheduled for July 28) has been indefinitely postponed due to artist illness.

We greatly regret any inconvenience this cancellation causes. For all ticket buyers who purchased tickets via credit card, your purchase will be refunded automatically over the next few days. If you run into problems with this refund or purchased a ticket with cash, please follow up with us via email at refunds@thewicknyc.com

M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, DOM, and Citay were also scheduled to play the cancelled Well show, and we assume then that the Other Music Os Mutantes show will also be cancelled.

Ty Segall is a machine, he just keeps coming with new records. We've already had Hair, his collaboration with White Fence, and the just-released Slaughterhouse which was credited to the Ty Segall Band. Now comes news of a third album this year, Twins, which will be out October 9 on Drag City. The new album, if the press release can be believed, will find Ty delving into space rock. He's definitely giving off Bowie vibes in that new press shot, above.

Maybe we'll get some of those interstellar sounds when Ty plays the soon-to-open The Well in Bushwick as part of his tour with Thee Oh Sees on September 22. Tickets are still available for that show and for Cam'ron on Saturday, July 14 which will be the first-ever show in the new Bushwick space, which is not actually open yet, so the hip hop show will be a sneak peak (of the performance space part at least). Other shows coming to the Well, as previously mentioned, include Peter Murphy and Os Mutantes.

Updated Ty Segall dates are listed below.

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Peter Murphy at Highline Ballroom, 4/2/2011 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin)

Former Bauhaus frontman and gothfather Peter Murphy has just announced an August tour that wraps up in NYC for a show at new (and yet-to-open) Bushwick venue The Well on August 26 with openers Crystal Stilts and Small Black. Tickets for that show are on sale now. It's the latest addition to The Well's growing schedule, which includes Cam'ron on July 14 Os Mutantes on July 28, and Thee Oh Sees/Ty Segall on September 22.

Peter Murphy's most recent solo album, Ninth, was released last year and you can check out the video for "Seesaw Sway" below, along with a list of all tour dates.

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Ty Segall at Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by BBG)

Ty Segall will play the Pitchfork Festival in middle July and shortly afterword will jet across the pond to play a string of shows in the EU. A month after those dates wrap up, Ty Segall will hit the road on a tour with Thee Oh Sees surrounding their appearances at ATP I'll Be Your Mirror. The dates include a stop at new Bushwick venue The Well on September 22nd. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Both Ty and Thee Oh Sees have new albums coming out soon, though that's a statement that's almost always true. Slaughterhouse, credited to The Ty Segall Band, will be his first for In the Red and is out June 26. It's currently streaming in full over at SPIN and you can check out the cover art below, along with a video for "You Make The Sun Fry."

Meanwhile, Thee Oh Sees will release Putrifiers II on September 11 via In the Red. They're calling it an EP but it's got 10 songs. You can check out the cover art and "rough cut" of EP track "So Nice" at the bottom of this post.

All Ty Segall and Oh Sees tour dates are listed below.

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"The police call it "the Well" -- this block of Knickerbocker Avenue, between Troutman and Jefferson Streets, that has become the most notorious drug bazaar in Brooklyn and one of the toughest in New York City."
[NY Times, 1992]

It's been some time since we heard much about The Wick (260 Meserole St.), the forthcoming Bushwick, Brooklyn music venue located right down the street from The Acheron, and the Wick is still not open, but it is still coming (as you can see on its website).

Meanwhile welcome beer hall and event venue The Well, located at 272 Meserole St. (two blocks from the Montrose stop on the L line), which will be The Wick's larger and related neighbor.

Grubstreet posted this in April:

The Well is a "public house" ...with a 4,000-square-foot interior complete with 30-foot ceilings, and an 11,000-square-foot backyard. [Co-Owner Joshua Richholt] and partner Shay Vishawadia will offer 60 beers on tap and another 200 in bottles, with every brewery in New York State represented.

Richholt is excited about the space itself, a "huge old brewery circa 1875," with "great German architecture" in the form of intricate brick work and steel girders, "a lot of detail nobody bothers to do anymore because it's so expensive." The building's street was once known as "brewery row" and home to seventeen suds factories; the great part now is that Riccholt expects it to be pretty immune from noise complaints. "It kind of becomes a ghost town at night," he said.

The Well's 11,000 square foot private outdoor space, the venue tells us "is designed to serve as a meeting place for the neighborhood, offering public activities, community events, sports and more year round." They go on to say that "talent booker Chris White, the former showcase director of the CMJ Music Marathon, will bring some of the world's best known and most beloved performing artists to THE WELL with a lineup of pop, rock and hip hop artists as diverse and as talented as Brooklyn itself. Reasonably priced tickets offer the casual concert goer the opportunity to sample a few of THE WELL's 300+ beers on offer." Chris White is also, as mentioned back in 2011, booking the smaller venue The Wick which has the same owners (Chris also used to work at Knitting Factory).

The Well will host its inaugural show, a hip hop one, with Cam'ron (who was recently was a surprise guest at the Drake show in Jones Beach), Flatbush Zombies, Asaad & Reese, and more on Saturday, July 14. Doors are at 4:00pm, Show is at 5:00pm, 18 and over to enter. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets are also on sale Os Mutantes, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, DOM, and Citay on 7/28, the 12th Annual Rumblers NYC Car Show, and Ty Segall & Thee Oh Sees on 9/22. More shows to be announced soon. More Ty Segall & Thee Oh Sees tour dates HERE.