What's going on Friday?

December 4, 2009

Elvis Perkins @ Clearwater Fest this summer (more by Chris La Putt)

tonight in NYC
* Phish @ MSG
* The Besties @ Asbury Lanes
* Ian McCulloch @ The Studio
* Crystal Antlers @ Cameo
* Nitzer Ebb @ Gramercy Theatre
* Darmstadt @ Issue Project Room
* Mew, Bear in Heaven @ Webster Hall
* Quest For Fire, Naam & Weird Owl @ Pianos
* Espers, Azita, Doug Paisley @ Drom
* The Sights, The Figgs @ Cake Shop
* A Prairie Home Companion @ Town Hall
* Sloan, Magneta Lane @ The Bell House
* Raphael Saadiq, Anjulie @ Terminal 5
* The Wrens, Palomar @ Maxwell’s (early)
* The Wrens, Bob Fields @ Maxwell’s (late)
* Sebastien Schuller, Hoferlanz @ Sycamore
* Alicia Hall Moran, Gordon Voidwell @ The Kitchen
* Brendan Benson, Cory Chisel @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* The Beets @ the Degenerate Craft Fair @ Silent Barn
* Woods, Real Estate, Cloud Nothings @ Market Hotel
* Red Mass & Golden Triangle @ Live With Animals Gallery
* The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, Von Haze @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Bowerbirds, Dave Godowsky @ Bowery Ballroom
* Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica w/ DJ Spooky & ICE @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera
* Mike Yaniro benefit w/ Sightings, Pink Reason, York Factory Complaint (w/ Genesis P-orridge), White Suns @ Death By Audio
* Pissed Jeans, Yellow Tears, Old Men @ Columbia U’s Lerner Party Space

Details on the Pissed Jeans show below…

The Wrens‘ first set tonight will be Meadowlands in full; the second, all new songs.

Elvis Perkins is in town for two shows. Tonight at Bowery and then Saturday at Music Hall. His video for “Chains, Chains, Chains” below…

The Beets plays the Degenerate Craft Fair.

Bowerbirds open for Elvis tonight, but not tomorrow. Instead they’re at Union Pool on Saturday with Sharon Van Etten.

Brendan Benson is at LPR tonight and Maxwell’s on Saturday. His new video for “A Whole Lot Better” below.

Jack White recorded two new songs with the band Smoke Fairies.

Amazon’s 25 days of free Christmas songs continues. They also have Diana Krall‘s Christmas album on sale for $2.99 and a compilation of 99 songs for $5.00, one of many albums they’re selling for that price now.

Ornette Coleman tops Amazon’s list of “100 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time“.

Richard Buckner plays Mercury Lounge on Saturday.

Black Sheep play Santos Party House on Saturday.

Rihanna got inappropriate with a mannequin last night at Hammerstein Ballroom. Video below…

Amanda Palmer does Tegan & Sara. Video below…

a new Lightspeed Champion video, below…

What else?

WBAR BARNARD COLLEGE RADIO PRESENTS A URINE-THEMED EVENING:

**PISSED JEANS
(http://www.subpop.com/artists/pissed_jeans)

****YELLOW TEARS
(http://www.yellowtears.com/)

********OLD MEN
(http://www.myspace.com/weareoldmen)

@ Lerner Hall Party Space, Columbia University
2920 Broadway (Near 115th Street) New York, NY
Take the 1 to 116th Street
Friday December 4th, 2009
Doors at 8:00/Music at 9:00
$5 / $3 with CUID
All Ages, Open to the public
**If you’re not a Columbia/Barnard student, please email
[email protected] with your name to guarantee entry