Michael Cruz Kayne

Tuesday’s NYC-area shows include Denzel Curry, Pavement, Warpaint, Billy Idol, Digable Planets, The Lemonheads, Downtown Boys, Hollie Cook, Claud, and more.

Plus: boygenius, Run the Jewels, Life Is Beautiful, MSPAINT, Hotline TNT, Elvis Costello, Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortions, and more tour and festival news

The Colbert writer and ‘A Good Cry‘ podcast host brings his “comedy show about grief“ to NYC’s Minetta Lane Theatre for a six-week run starting April 28.

”This record’s all over the place, hopefully in a good way. I don’t think we’ve ever been more unpredictable as a band than we are right now,” the band says.

Plus: Bobby Tisdale, Seth Herzog, a new monthly comedy series at The Public Hotel, “Anita Dick” and more laffs.