Mighty Fine

Sunday's NYC-area show options include Lenny Kaye and Friends, Thursday, Between the Buried and Me, Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, and more.

Dan Scinta, who plays in Wild Yaks and Ice Balloons, suffered a stroke in June ,and Union Pool is putting on a benefit with Ice Balloons, Wild Yaks, Art Gray Noizz, and more.

photos by P Squared After playing Bowery Ballroom in early February, Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers frontman Greg Dulli's solo tour wrapped its way back to NYC on Friday, March 11 for a show at Brooklyn's Roulette. Billed as "An Evening With Greg Dulli," he played songs from throughout his career in semi-acoustic arrangements...

The 2013 edition of the annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery took place on Saturday (12/7) at Knitting Factory where members of various local bands -- including Walter Schreifels, "Delicate" Steve Marion, and Maria Minerva -- were thrown together randomly to form new groups, and then write and perfors new songs all in the course of 12 hours...

"Hardcore Lørd" at Brooklyn Rock Lottery 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) The fourth annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery, which happens on 12/7 at Knitting Factory and randomly puts various members of different bands into new bands for just that day, has expanded upon the previously announced list of participants...

Summer Thunder - 6/15/13 (more by Caroline Harrison) The June portion of the free Summer Thunder series at Brooklyn's Union Pool (484 Union Ave) is about to wrap up on Saturday (6/29) with Endless Boogie, TV Baby, and Degreaser, but it doesn't stop there...

Bushwick Open Studios happens this weekend (May 31 - June 2) and is "a three day arts and culture festival that celebrates the community's vibrant arts scene with the goal of fostering dialogue and collaboration between local artists and residents...

The Afghan Whigs wrapped up their run of New York shows with a sold-out gig at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (10/6). It was a more stirring affair than any of their three previous shows this year with 1965's "The Slide Song," "Neglekted" and "Omerta," arguably three of the most soulful songs in their entire catalog, making their way into the set...

Puerto Rico's Los Vigilantes, a garage punk band with ties to another Puerto Rican band of similar style (guitarist Jota Vigilante has played as a live member of Davila 666 and played on their Tan Bajo LP), are in the US and on the road right now...

...lo and behold, to my amazement, after Saturday's show, I've now seen The Gories do their thing threefold. And each time has been better than the last, as if they've picked up where they left off to become meaner and leaner...