Chalk and Numbers

Tickets to see Death Grips at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon. Tickets to see Peter Hook & The Light performing New Order albums at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon…

Efterklang @ The Met, 9/24/2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Jacco Gardner @ BVSXSW (photo by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * DJ Spooky @ The Met * Jose Conde @ Barbes * Yuki Numata @ The Stone * Erik Satie Quartet @ Barbes * Justin Vivian Bond @ Joe’s Pub * Jacco Gardner, Mmoss @ Mercury Lounge * Zs, Mivos Quartet @ Issue Project Room * Efterklang, Nightlands @ Bowery Ballroom * Dennis Sullivan & Levy Lorenzo @ The Stone * Hundred Waters, Salt Cathedral @ Glasslands * Les Sans Culottes, Kenny Warren @ Spike Hill * Chalk & Numbers, Deidre & The Dark, The Hairs * Moon Hooch, Dubious Luxury @ Knitting Factory * NinjaSonik, DJ Dirty Finger @ Bushwick Church * Dumpstaphunk, The London Souls @ Brooklyn Bowl * Free Time, White Bike, Liam Betson @ 252 Norman * Tyler, The Creator @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * FELL VOICES, Ashencult, Anicon @ Saint Vitus Bar * Brandi Carlile, The Lone Bellow @ Beacon Theater * Esben And The Witch, Heliotropes @ Knitting Factory * Something in Spanish, Tippy Toes, Robert Cop @ Cameo Gallery * Black Marble, Weeknight, LODRO, Night Visions @ Shea Stadium * Sinkane, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band @ Mercury Lounge * Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Murphy) @ BAM * House Party, Internet Xplorer, Rud Dudley @ Glasslands Gallery * Samora Pinderhughes presents The Transformations Suite @ Joe’s Pub * Caitlin Marie Bell, Rue Snider, Jenna Smith @ Pete’s Candy Store * Doc Daneeka, Arca, M.E.S.H., Ter…

A$AP Rocky @ FFF Fest 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Jim James @ The Cap, Dec. 2012 (more by PSquared Photography) today in NYC * Slap @ Barbes * Henry Butler @ The Stone * Jim James @ McKittrick Hotel * Tegan & Sara @ Beacon Theater * Solange Knowles @ Webster Hall * SKYE (of Morcheeba) @ Joe’s Pub * Jonathan Richman @ The Bell House * Alexa Wilding @ Rockwood Music Hall * Prince Rama @ Three Legged Dog * The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Caterwaul of Sound, Deadzone @ Grand Victory * Gia, Tin Oak, grinning, Freecare @ Muchmore’s * Bonaparte, Tim Fite, .357…

Atlanta’s Tunabunny will release their third album, , on October 23 via Happy Happy Birthday to Me. Like last year’s (when they also played CMJ), the new LP is loaded with shambolic, angsty pop goodness…

Beach Day at Knitting Factory, June 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Hollywood, Florida’s Beach Day are visiting NYC again, playing two shows: tonight (7/25) at Public Assembly with The Babies (of a few shows the Babies have going on), Wild Yaks and Daytona; and Cake Shop Thursday (7/26) with charming local indie poppers Chalk & Numbers, and Island Twins…

There are so many good shows happening tomorrow (2/16) this column could be renamed This Thursday in Indie. But I won’t because that would be dumb…

DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (Zip) DOWNLOAD: Pet Milk – Cherry Outline (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gold-Bears – Record Store (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sea Lions – All Right (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Go Sailor – Windy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Soda Shop – Farewell (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days – Simple Thing (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days – Downhill (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Julu Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kids on a Crime Spree – Sweet Tooth (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Secrets (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Anyone’s Ghost (the National) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Mother of Pearl (MP3) This week is the fifth-annual NYC Popfest which happens Thursday – Sunday (May 19 – 22) at a variety of NYC and Brooklyn venues, playing host to around 30 bands from around the world…