Legacy of the Witch

Today's NYC-area shows include Governors Ball, Bushwick Collective Block Party, SummerStage kickoff with Mavis Staples, The Avalanches, Lupe Fiasco, Warpaint, Tim Kasher, Parquet Courts, The Weeknd, Marissa Nadler, Chocolat, and more.

Sacred Bones 10th Anniversary show for Red Bull Music Academy featured performances from Zola Jesus, Blanck Mass, Jenny Hval, The Men, Moon Duo with Jim Jarmusch, Psychic Ills, Marissa Nadler, Uniform, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Edley O'Dowd. The label is putting on another 10th anniversary showcase as part of Northside Fest.

Second annual feminist fest happening at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus with Wax Idols, Sabbath Assembly, Void Vision, tarot readings, performance art, burlesque and more.

You may remember that last year Karyn Crisis (singer of the now-defunct NYC metal oddballs Crisis) launched a Kickstarter to fund an album with her new band Gospel of the Witches which also includes her husband Davide Tiso (of Ephel Duath), Immolation frontman Ross Dolan, Tombs frontman Mike Hill, and Vaura drummer Charlie Schmid...