| Date | Cost | Artist/Event | Event Time | Venue | Address | City | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/5/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Steven Bernstein (trumpet) and guests 10 pm Christopher Tignor/Judd Greenstein. Christopher Tignor (violin, interactive electronics), Colin Jacobsen (violin), Nadia Sirota (viola), Peggy Kampmeier (piano). Composers Christopher Tignor and Judd Greenstein present a collaborative evening of their most intimate chamber work. A distinctly new generation of chamber music in New York.. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/5/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring: Dan Bodah, host of Airborn Event The Pyramid Scheme Trio and Bing & Ruth bring an evening of delicate sounds and hopeful ambiances to IPR, presented by WFMU DJ Dan Bodah, who will also share his work with manipulated field recordings. All three come from different directions to a similar end -- the creation of habitable sound environments, from the post-jazz explorations of the Pyramid Scheme Trio, to the monumental minimalist melodicism of Bing & Ruth, to the dream chamber of Bodah's drones. |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/5/2008 | $25 | The Fratellis | 7 PM | ROSELAND (web site) | 239 West 52nd St. Btwn. 8th & Broadway | New York | (212) 247-0200 |
| 9/5/2008 | $13 | Kevin Devine, Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids) | 8 PM | BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) | 6 Delancy St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| 9/5/2008 | $7 | Mirror Mirror, Summerbirds in the Cellar, Dead Leaf Echo | 8 PM | CAKE SHOP (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 |
| 9/5/2008 | $8 | The Eidolons, Harriet Street, Holler Wild Rose, March of the Saints, Justina | 8 PM | REHAB | 25 Avenue B b/t 2nd & 3rd Sts | NYC | |
| 9/5/2008 | $12 | What Made Milwaukee Famous, Wild Sweet Orange | 8 PM | SOUTHPAW (web site) | 125 5th Ave. Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718) 230-0236 |
| 9/5/2008 | $23 | The Cribs | 8 PM | FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) | 17 Irving Place | New York | www.irvingplaza.com |
| 9/5/2008 | $10 | Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion, The Stationary Set, Needle Up, Future in Plastics, Neurotics | 8 PM | TRASH BAR | 256 Grand Street b/n Driggs and Roebling | Brooklyn | |
| 9/5/2008 | Free! | Jeff Arnal (percussion, tabla & electronics) & Anders Nilsson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar & electronics) | 8:30 PM | ZEBULON (web site) | 258 Wythe Ave, b/n North 3rd & Metropolitan | Brooklyn | |
| 9/5/2008 | $15 | Benefit For Terry Karydes feat. Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo), Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Kate Jacobs, Tammy Faye Starlite, Dave Schramm, Ron Metz and Al Greller | 9 PM | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 |
| 9/5/2008 | Titus Andronicus, Chairlift | 9 PM | LIT LOUNGE (web site) | 93 2nd Ave b/t 5th & 6th St.s | NYC | 212-777-7987 | |
| 9/5/2008 | Secret Language, Daniel Goodman, Pillowfighter | 9 PM | PETE'S CANDY STORE (web site) | 709 Lorimer St. btw Richrdsn & Frost Sts. | Brooklyn | 718-302-3770 | |
| 9/5/2008 | $10 | Bear Hands, Boy Crisis, Blip Blip Bleep, Bottle Up & Go | 9:30 PM | MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| 9/5/2008 | $5 | Horse Shoes | 11 PM | DON HILLS | 511 Greenwich St | New York | (212) 334-1390 |
| 9/6/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm Matmos and friends. M.C. Schmidt (electronics) Drew Daniel (electronics). Matmos will present improvisations with some of their colleagues. | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/6/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring: Irene Trudel www.wfmu.org/playlists/IT |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/6/2008 | 8 Hallelujah the Hills, Ford & Fitzroy $tba 10 Virgin Forest, Avarus, Ducktails $7 |
CAKE SHOP (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 | ||
| 9/6/2008 | $12 | 7 The Duhks, Luke Doucet $12 8:30 What Made Milwaukee Famous, Wild Sweet Orange $12 |
MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 | |
| 9/6/2008 | Free! | East Village Radio Music Festival. Line Up Includes Awesome Color, Vivian Girls, High Places, Dr. Lonnie Smith, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Flying Lotus, Ólöf Arnalds, and Devin the Dude, as well as John Oliver ofThe Daily Show. Hosted by the legendary KRS-One. | 1 PM-9 PM | SOUTH STREET SEAPORT PIER 17 (web site) | Fulton St at Water St | NYC | |
| 9/6/2008 | Free! | Oneida, Cassie, Katy & Ali, Ex-Models, Golden Triangle - 3rd annual Monster Island Arts and Music Festival Block Party. Special art performances between bands by Raul De Nieves, Nathan Whipple and Micki Pellerano... DJ's all day, Collaborative Carnival themed art installation on the street featuring members from the entire building: Kayrock Screen-printing, Live with Animals, The "O"cropolis, Todd P. NYC, Mollusk Surf Shop, Secret Project Robot, HappyFun Industries, and the studios with artists including Chris Gentile, Bradey Dollarhide, Jackie Gendel, Ben Bedauion, Maya Hayuk, Corey Hellburst, Raul De Nieves, ...All day BBQ by Mollusk Surf shop. | 2 PM-10 PM | MONSTER ISLAND | NE Corner of River St & Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| 9/6/2008 | $10 | Warm Up happening w/ Lisa Shaw, Bing Ji Ling, Neil Aline, Jerome Derradji | 3 PM-9 PM | P.S.1 CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER (web site) | 22-25 Jackson St at 46 Ave, Long Island City | Queens | 718-784-2084 |
| 9/6/2008 | $12 | ICP Orchestra (Instant Composer's Pool) Co-founded 41 years ago, in 1967 in the Netherlands, by pianist-composer Misha Mengelberg, drummer Han Bennink and saxophonist-composer Willem Breuker, the legendary Instant Composers Pool (ICP) is described by critic Kevin Whitehead as follows. "The music of ICP encompasses a full range of modern musics ranging from Ellington and Monk to Kurt Weill and European dance band music of a lost age, Webern-like chamber music, South African kwela, free improvisation, conducted improvisation, interactive games, counterpoint and simultaneity, catchy melodies, pastel harmonies, order and built-in chaos. Besides, Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, ICP includes Michael Moore, Tobias Delius, Ab Baars, woodwinds; Thomas Heberer, trumpet; Wolter Wierbos, trombone; Mary Oliver, violin & viola; Tristan Honsinger, cello; Ernst Glerum, bass. |
8 PM | ABRONS ART CENTER (web site) | 466 Grand Street at Pitt | NYC | 212-352-3101 |
| 9/6/2008 | $15 | Pete Francis & the Flyers, Josh Dion Band, Barefoot Truth | 8 PM | BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) | 6 Delancy St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| 9/6/2008 | $25 | Silver Jews, Monotonix | 8 PM | MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken | Brooklyn | |
| 9/6/2008 | sexual suicide, blackout shoppers, the bristles, kung fu killers, nihilistics, the freez | 8 PM | KNITTING FACTORY (web site) | 74 Leonard St. | New York | (212) 219-3006 | |
| 9/6/2008 | Ben Brown Trio with Special Guests, Dang-It Bobby's, Eleanor Whitmore | 9 PM | PETE'S CANDY STORE (web site) | 709 Lorimer St. btw Richrdsn & Frost Sts. | Brooklyn | 718-302-3770 | |
| 9/6/2008 | Kill Henry Sugar - Music of the huddled masses. With the snap of a drum and the moan of a dobro, Erik Della Penna and Dean Sharenow create folk songs from the roots of gotham. | 10 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/7/2008 | $$ | 8 pm Alexandra du Bois Various ensembles. The Chamber Music of Alexandra du Bois: Distant Occupation, including String Quartet: Oculus pro oculo totum orbem terrae caecat (An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind) and String Quartet No. 3: Night Songs (Nachtliederen). $15 10 pm Keith Fullerton Whitman (electronics) $10 |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/7/2008 | $14 | Reggie & The Full Effect, Leathermouth, Warship | 6 PM | HIGHLINE BALLROOM (web site) | 431 W 16th St, b/t 9th and 10th Aves | New York City | 212-414-5994 |
| 9/7/2008 | $25 | Silver Jews, Monotonix | 8 PM | BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) | 6 Delancy St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| 9/7/2008 | $6 | The Lil Hospital, Soundpool, Memphis Khan, Strega | 8 PM | CAKE SHOP (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 |
| 9/7/2008 | $25 | Magic Christian (feat. Cyril Jordan)/The A-Bones/Parallax Project | 9 PM | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 |
| 9/7/2008 | $15 | Damien Dempsey | 9 PM | MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| 9/7/2008 | Free! | Music To Spazz By's DAVE THE SPAZZ spins rock & roll, soul, garage, R&B, hillbilly, surf and assorted monkey-ape records every Sunday beginning at 10PM. | 10 PM | UNION POOL | 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| 9/7/2008 | $15 | Flying Lotus, So Percussion, Daedelus | 10 PM | LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| 9/7/2008 | The Citizens Band | 10 PM | SPIEGEL TENT (web site) | north side of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport | NYC | ||
| 9/8/2008 | $25 | HR (Bad Brains) | 7 PM | ROCKS OFF BOAT CRUISE | Skyport Marina, 23rd St at East River | NYC | 212-571-3304 |
| 9/8/2008 | $8 | The Shivers, Bad Credit No Credit, Toby Goodshank, Conrad Keeley (of Trail of Dead) | 7 PM | EUROPA (web site) | 98 Meserole Ave at Manhattan Ave | NYC | 212-383-5723 |
| 9/8/2008 | Silver Jews, Chris Brokaw | 8 PM | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 | |
| 9/8/2008 | Monotonix, Shellshag | 8 PM | DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) | 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | ||
| 9/8/2008 | $16 | Sons and Daughters, Benjy Ferree | 9 PM | HIGHLINE BALLROOM (web site) | 431 W 16th St, b/t 9th and 10th Aves | New York City | 212-414-5994 |
| 9/8/2008 | Chicha Libre | 9:30 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/8/2008 | The Citizens Band | 10 PM | SPIEGEL TENT (web site) | north side of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport | NYC | ||
| 9/8/2008 | $4 | Arboretum, Pontiak, American Buffalo | 10 PM | CAKE SHOP (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 |
| 9/9/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Boris Savoldelli with Elliot Sharp. Boris Savoldelli (voice and vocal noises, loop station, electronics) Elliott Sharp (guitar, sax and electronics). The Italian singer performs, for the first time in New York, his vocal solo album Insanology. His music starts from a mantric vision of each song, where overlapped loops of small harmonic and rhythmic patterns create the songs in an exquisite and complex balance. Special guest the charismatic sound of Elliott Sharp. 10 pm Okkyung Lee Solo (cello) |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/9/2008 | 7pm SOM, Indian classical music meets jazz and trance music. Featuring Snehasish Mozumder - Mandolin. Nick Gianni - Flute/Soprano Saxophone. Vin Scalla - Drums. Bopa King Carre - percussion. Jason Hogue - Upright Bass. 9pm Slavic Soul Party! |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/9/2008 | $15 | Olof Arnalds, Skuli Severrisson with Nico Muhly, Laurie Anderson, Amedeo Pace, and Peter Scherer | 7:30 PM | LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| 9/9/2008 | $7 | Brendan Fowler, Silk Flowers | 8 PM | DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) | 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| 9/10/2008 | $15 | 8 and 10 pm Mercury Rev's Trip Over the Light Fantastic. Jonathan Donahue, Grasshopper, Jeff Mercel with special guests Alex Chechile and Feedtank. Mercury Rev will perform two musical sets featuring all kinds of bizarre, unreliable electronic, spontaneous musical note generators: unbelievable futuristic brain-wave spatial arrangements in collaboration with the oblique quantum riddler. They will be playing and improvising around motifs from the Mercury Rev back catalog as well as the two imminent MR releases Snowflake Midnight. and Strange Attractor. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/10/2008 | 8pm STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday curated by FMU's Bethany Ryker. JEAN ROHE - The composer and vocalist explores the intersections of North American folk music and jazz as well as songs from the Southern Hemisphere. With Chris Michael (percussion), Liam Robinson (accordion), Benjy Fox-Rosen (bass), Ilusha Tsinadze (guitar), and Jeremy Viner (clarinet) ($10) 10 pm THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/10/2008 | $10 | An evening with Tristan Perichv - ISSUE Project Room’s Artist in Residence for Fall 2008 | 8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/10/2008 | $28 | MoveOn.org Benefit Concert featuring Living Colour, The Family Stand, Earl Greyhound, Danielia Cotton, Viva Mayday | 8 PM | LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| 9/11/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Hahn Rowe (violin, electronics, guitar) 10 pm Brian Chase (drums). The drummer from YeahYeahYeahs and Seconds in a different guise. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/11/2008 | $15 | "In the Shadow of No Towers" w Eric Bogosian, Marco Capelli and Elliott Sharp Eric Bogosian will read from Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "In the Shadow of No Towers" with an all star musical ensemble featuring Marco Capelli and Elliott Sharp and several other surprise guests. |
8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/12/2008 | $20 | 8 and 10 pm John Zorn Improv Night.A Stone Benefit. John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and many special guests. A NIGHT OF MUSIC AND MADNESS TO SUPPORT THE STONE. | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/12/2008 | $15 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS The Brother Lucy Show with Kurt Gottschalk Presents A Neil Peart Birthday Celebration With Brown Wing Overdrive and TBA. Brown Wing Overdrive is Chuck Bettis (electronics + vocals), Mikey IQ Jones (electronics + jaw harps + percussion + objects + vocals) and Derek Morton (electronics + banjo). Sean Meehan and another TBA |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | ||
| 9/12/2008 | Ribeye Brothers, Fallen Leaves, Brimstones | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 | ||
| 9/12/2008 | $20 | Tom Verlaine (of Television), Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, J Mascis, Norton Wisdom, Edison Glass | 7 PM | KNITTING FACTORY (web site) | 74 Leonard St. | New York | (212) 219-3006 |
| 9/12/2008 | Free Blood, TUSSLE | 8 PM | MARKET HOTEL (web site) | 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick | Brooklyn | ||
| 9/13/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Erik Sanko (bass, guitar, voice) Thomas Bartlett (keyboards). Erik Sanko (Skeleton Key) performing a haunting solo set with Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) 10 pm David Grubbs (vocal, electric guitar). Playing material from the forthcoming album .An Optimist Notes the Dusk, which will be released on Drag City at the end of September. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/13/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring DJ TONY COULTER. STERLING BASEMENT - In this performance, Sterling Basement presents an homage to the Gowanus Canal. The ensemble includes the multidisciplinary artist John Roach on his homemade Band-O-Fly instrument, sound artist John Hudak with homemade thumb pianos, pianist and composer Shawn Onsgard with his mockingbird Melodica, and the poet Matthew Rohrer delivering texts related to the once thriving shipping hub. If, Bwana and Michael Peters, sounds and texts. If, Bwana music is a fusion of ambient, industrial, and musique concrete, featuring strange soundscapes that are both soothing and unnerving, often at the same time. |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/13/2008 | Fallen Leaves, Thee 50s High Teens, Thee Fine Lines, Skip Jensen | DON PEDRO'S (web site) | 90 Manhattan Ave at McKibbin St, East Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/13/2008 | Free! | Transpacific Sound Paradise live from Barbes with Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel. With (at least) three bands tba. Free admission, free FMU swag and fun for all | 6 PM-9 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 |
| 9/13/2008 | $15 | Amir Ziv's KOTKOT KOTKOT is Amir Ziv (drums) with Marc Ribot (guitar), Cyro Baptista (perc) & Shahzad Ismaily (bass). Tonight they'll be celebrating the release of their debut record Alive At Tonic. |
8 PM | ABRONS ART CENTER (web site) | 466 Grand Street at Pitt | NYC | 212-352-3101 |
| 9/13/2008 | William Hooker, Katie Down | 9 PM | BRECHT FORUM (web site) | 451 West St. near Bank St. | NYC | 212-242-4201 | |
| 9/14/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm International Contemporary Ensemble. Daniel Lippel (guitar) Tony Arnold (soprano) and members of the ICE ensemble. To coincide with the release of their new album, ICE will present two different sets featuring highlights from the disc. | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/14/2008 | C.W. Stoneking - an Australian musician who draws influence from pre-war blues, jazz, 1920s calypso, folklore, and personal experience to produce his original songs. Accompanied with his trusty steel bodied dobro guitar and tenor banjo, or with his brass band, the 'Primitive Horn Orchestra' Stoneking's songs range in style from lonesome field holler blues, to cheeky hokum duets, to full blown 'jungle jazz' epics. | 10 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/15/2008 | ROBERT FORSTER (of The Go-Betweens) | JOE'S PUB (web site) | 425 Lafayette St | New York | (212) 539-8777 | ||
| 9/15/2008 | 7:30 FONT (Festival of New Trumpet) featuring Jeremy Pelt & Ralph Alessi $15 10:30 Glacial (David Watson, Lee Ranaldo, Tony Buck) $10 |
LE POISSON ROUGE (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |||
| 9/15/2008 | $15 | Silver Jews/Chris Brokaw | 9:30 PM | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 |
| 9/15/2008 | Chicha Libre | 9:30 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/16/2008 | $18 | Sigh | B.B. KING BLUES CLUB (web site) | 243 W. 42nd St. | New York | 212-997-4144 | |
| 9/16/2008 | $$ | 8 pm Aa (Big A Little A). Percussive mantras and mayhem. ONE DOLLAR 10 pm Z.s. Sam Hillmer (tenor saxophone) Ben Greenberg (electric guitar) Ian Antonio (drum set) Zs is primarily concerned with making music that challenges the physical and mental limitations of both performer and listener. Manipulating extended technique, unique instrumental synthesis, and near telepathic communication, Zs aims to create works that envelop the listener and unfold sonically over time, evoking unspoken past, present, and future rites and ritual. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/16/2008 | 7pm Kevin Tkacz's Lethal Objection. 9pm Slavic Soul Party! |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/17/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Paul Lansky. Meehan/Perkins (percussion) David Starobin (guitar) Paul Lansky (electronics). Paul Lansky presents a new percussion piece, Travel Diary, performed by Meehan/Perkins duo, four guitar pieces performed by David Starobin, and some electronic work. 10 pm David Lang. Meehan/Perkins (percussion) |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/17/2008 | 8pm STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday curated by FMU's Bethany Ryker. CHES SMITH (drums) / MARY HALVORSON (guitar) ($10) 10 pm THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/17/2008 | FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION "Let Joy Reign Supreme (Que la fęte commence…)" (Dir: Bertrand Tavernier, 119 min, 1975, France) Discussion with Mike Lardner. Bertrand Tavernier's Let Joy Reign Supreme, is a detailed look at French monarchy, diplomacy and debauchery on the threshold of the French Revolution... |
7:30 PM | BRECHT FORUM (web site) | 451 West St. near Bank St. | NYC | 212-242-4201 | |
| 9/17/2008 | $10 | MATA Interval Jennifer Walshe |
8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/17/2008 | $7 | Zac Davis (of Lambsbread) / Brian Sullivan (of Mouthus) duo, Lambsbread, Pink Reason, Red Dawn II, Cody Ranaldo, dj Zac Davis, dj Shane Mackenzie | 8 PM | DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) | 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| 9/18/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Jacob Kirkegaard (electronics). Danish sound artist will present a site specific performance inspired by the sounds of The Stone. 10 pm Lary 7 (objects). Lary 7 is an audio explorer using self invented sound producing objects involving the detritus of the twentieth century. With special guests. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/19/2008 | My Bloody Valentine, Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On, Meat Puppets performing Meat Puppets II, Thurston Moore performing Psychic Hearts, Tortoise performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Shellac, Mogwai, Polvo, Fuck Buttons, Autolux, The Drones, Low, Wooden Shjips, Edan with Dagha, Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra (Sept 19-21) | KUTSHERS COUNTRY CLUB (web site) | Monticello, NY | ||||
| 9/19/2008 | $10 | 8 pm NOW Ensemble. NOW ensemble will be premiering new works including a piece by Ryan Carter, plus some music from their catalogue. This show is a preview for their tour of Northern Mexico that we begin the next day. 10 pm USAisamonster. Colin (guitar) Tom (drums). The USAISAMONSTER is a brilliantly fried two-piece guitar and drums band of sun spotters hailing from Brooklyn, NY. The band has roved the planet with instruments strapped to their backs playing the tops of mountains, skin-melting deserts, and rusted out America. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/19/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring Bethany Ryker, host of Stochastic Hit Parade. BLOODCOUNT Tim Berne - sax; Chris Speed - sax/clarinet,Michael Formanek - bass and Jim Black - drums. NORMAL LOVE |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/19/2008 | John Eichleay | ARLENE GROCERY | Stanton btwn Ludlow & Orchard | New York | |||
| 9/19/2008 | $8 | Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron | 8 PM | LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH | 129 Russell St at Nassau, Greenpoint | Brooklyn | |
| 9/19/2008 | $30 | King of Congolese Soukous - Kanda Bongo Man. Vocalist and bandleader Kanda Bongo Man, one of the giants in modern African pop, is a pioneer and superstar of modern Congolese soukous - joyful and uplifting dance music that combines Caribbean rumba with African rhythms. He has been at the heart of the Parisian soukous scene since the 1980s, and popularized Kwassa Kwassa, the infectious Congolese dance style, throughout the world. His ensemble includes two dancers. (web site) | 8 PM | PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | Broadway at 95th Street | NYC | |
| 9/20/2008 | My Bloody Valentine, Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On, Meat Puppets performing Meat Puppets II, Thurston Moore performing Psychic Hearts, Tortoise performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Shellac, Mogwai, Polvo, Fuck Buttons, Autolux, The Drones, Low, Wooden Shjips, Edan with Dagha, Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra (Sept 19-21) | KUTSHERS COUNTRY CLUB (web site) | Monticello, NY | ||||
| 9/20/2008 | Feelies | MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Ken | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/20/2008 | Feelies | BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) | 6 Delancy St. | New York | 212-533-2111 | ||
| 9/20/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) Lemur Robots with special guests. LEMUR will present an 8pm concert w/the Gamelatron and a 10 pm concert with trumpeter Ben Neill incorporating an array of their robotic instruments. | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/20/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring WFMU music director/DJ: Brian Turner. Cooper-Moore Solo / Music: Old and New Paths Cooper-Moore performs Music: Old and New Paths on his handcrafted instruments. Old and New Paths is a mix, a gumbo, a stew of gospel, bop, avant and blues based music which is used to accompany stories about people that he's known, and to accompany stories that he heard as a child living in the Piedmont area of Virginia. Ryan Jewell & Greg Kelley Duo Heathen Shame Unbridled twin guitar destruction courtesy of Wayne Rogers and Kate Village accompanied by trumpeter Greg Kelley. |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/20/2008 | SUPERNATURE #4, dance party, dj BITCH ASS DARIUS, Dre Skull dj set | 8 PM | ASTERISK ART SPACE | 258 Johnson Ave, Bushwick | Brooklyn | 646-344-4019 | |
| 9/20/2008 | $30 | Rajasthan: Music & Dance of the Desert - Rupayan. From the windswept Great Thar Desert in Rajasthan (“the land of kings”) in northwestern India comes the famed Rupayan ensemble with its mesmerizing music. Composed of members of the Langa (“song giver”) and Manghaniyar hereditary groups of itinerant entertainers, Rupayan performs a program of vibrant folk music encompassing driving percussion, ecstatic Sufi songs, and hypnotic sarangi (bowed lute) and algoza (double flute). The ensemble is joined by the Kalapriya Dancers under the direction of Pranita Jain, the “Dance Jewel of Rajasthan.” |
8 PM | PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | Broadway at 95th Street | NYC | |
| 9/21/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Tony Conrad 10 pm Paola Prestini (voice) Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) with guests from VisionIntoArt Helga Davis (voice) Milica Paranosic (voice) Erik Carlson (violin). Performing electro-acoustic works with new multimedia by Michael Gordon, Annie Gosfield, and Paola Prestini, Fred Frith, and Milica Paranosic. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/21/2008 | $37 | Sufi Song & Ritual Dance of Syria - Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Shakkur & Ensemble Al-Kindi The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus have captivated audiences throughout the world with their spellbinding mystical dance that dates back to the 13th century when Rumi, a towering figure of Sufism, created it as a means of ‘spinning off’ worldly diversion to find oneness with the Divine. The Dervishes are joined by Sheikh Hamza Shakkur, the grand master of Muslim sacred song who officiates at the Great Mosque of Damascus, and Al-Kindi, one of the leading ensembles devoted to classical Arab music, on ‘ud (lute), qanun (zither), ney (flute) and percussion. Tickets $37, $42 |
7 PM | SKIRBALL CENTER (web site) | 566 LaGuardia Pl at Washington Sq South | NYC | 212-992-8484 |
| 9/21/2008 | Blank Dogs, Eat Skull, Psychedelic Horseshit, Little Claw | 8 PM | THE TANK AT DCTV | 87 Lafayette St at White St | NYC | none | |
| 9/22/2008 | My Bloody Valentine | ROSELAND (web site) | 239 West 52nd St. Btwn. 8th & Broadway | New York | (212) 247-0200 | ||
| 9/22/2008 | Eat Skull, Psychedelic Horseshit, Drunkdriver, Gold Dust, Little Claw | 8 PM | DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) | 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | ||
| 9/22/2008 | Chicha Libre | 9:30 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/23/2008 | My Bloody Valentine | ROSELAND (web site) | 239 West 52nd St. Btwn. 8th & Broadway | New York | (212) 247-0200 | ||
| 9/23/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Caleb Burhans. Caleb Burhans (viola, voice) Virginia Warnken (voice). Caleb Burhans will present Nadia Sirota playing his complete viola works, as well as his 1998 song cycle performed by Virginia Warnken, and a piano work, In Time of Desperation. 10 pm Petra Haden (voice) Yuka Honda (keyboards) |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/23/2008 | 7pm Bob Hoffnar's Mood Illusion 9pm Slavic Soul Party! |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/23/2008 | $16 | Black Mountain, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter | 8 PM | BOWERY BALLROOM (web site) | 6 Delancy St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| 9/23/2008 | Juiceboxxx, Narwhalz, dj Dog Dick | 8 PM | DEATH BY AUDIO (web site) | 49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | ||
| 9/23/2008 | $10 | Jacob Kierkegaard LABYRINTHITIS an interactive sound piece that consists entirely of sounds generated in the artist’s auditory organs – and will cause audible responses in those of the audience. LABYRINTHITIS relies on a principle employed both in medical science and musical practice: When two frequencies at a certain ratio are played into the ear, additional vibrations in the inner ear will produce a third frequency. This frequency is generated by the ear itself: a so-called “distortion product otoacoustic emission” (DPOAE), also referred to in musicology as “Tartini tone”. Kyle Bobby Dunn. Kyle Bobby Dunn is a young, New York-based minimalist composer and sound artist who draws his material from outdoor locations, classical instrumentation and generates sounds from site-specific environments and processes them using analog setups and a laptop |
8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/24/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Jay Wasco (fractal harp) and special guest. Mr Wasco performs compositions for his bizzare and unique fractal harp with a guest percussionist. 10 pm Andrew WK Solo (piano). Andrew WK will perform piano improvisations. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/24/2008 | 8pm STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday curated by FMU's Bethany Ryker. JONATHAN GOLDBERGER TRIO ($10) 10 pm THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. |
BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 9/24/2008 | $10 | Jason Kahn-percussion, electronics (Zurich), Bryan Eubanks-electronics, Andrew Lafkas-doublebass, electronics | 8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/24/2008 | $10 | Jason Kahn-percussion, electronics (Zurich), Bryan Eubanks-electronics, Andrew Lafkas-doublebass, electronics | 8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/24/2008 | $3 | Stranded In Stereo Club Night w/ Mames Babegenush, Secret Dakota Ring, Falcon | 9 PM | REHAB | 25 Avenue B b/t 2nd & 3rd Sts | NYC | |
| 9/24/2008 | $20 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Opening night Turkish band Baba Zula present their unique psychedelic belly-dancing Oriental dub music from Istanbul with belly dancer Soyoko Yazawa. (20 adv, 25 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/25/2008 | $32 | Built to Spill plays Perfect from Now On, Dinosaur Jr, Meat Puppets | TERMINAL 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | ||
| 9/25/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm JG Thirlwell.s Manorexia. JG Thirlwell.s avant-chamber ensemble will present arrangements from the first two Manorexia albums. | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/25/2008 | $10 | Mattin + Bernard Gal | 8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/25/2008 | $10 | Mattin + Bernard Gal Mattin is a Basque artist working with noise and improvisation. His work seeks to address the social and economic structures of experimental music production through live performance, recordings and writing. Bernhard Gal "relive" In his solo laptop performance “relive”, Bernhard Gal recycles sound materials from previous works and sound installations, creating new musical structures live in concert. Fragments of these works are taken apart and reassembled in a quasi-improvised, real-time context. The pool of used sounds ranges from environmental sound recordings (phonographies) to language samples as well as instrumental sounds. |
8 PM | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| 9/25/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Opening night Turkish band Baba Zula present their unique psychedelic belly-dancing Oriental dub music from Istanbul with belly dancer Soyoko YazawaNY Gypsy All-Stars & Balval. (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/26/2008 | $32 | Built to Spill plays Perfect from Now On, Dinosaur Jr, Meat Puppets | TERMINAL 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | ||
| 9/26/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Captains Sons and Daughters. Drew McDowell, Kara Bohnenstiel (electronics). Featuring Drew McDowell (Coil) and Kara Bohnenstiel. 10 pm Elysian Fields. Jennifer Charles (voice) Oren Bloedow (guitar). Jennifer and Oren bring the ever evolving mystery that is Elysian Fields to the concentrated confines of The Stone. Expect other great players, sinuous melodies and poetry to pour from their dark waters. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/26/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring Fabio, host of "Strength through Failure" | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/26/2008 | Free! | Thurston Moore and Byron Coley - Discussion, Slide show and Book signing for their book, NO WAVE Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980 by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley. | 7 PM | BARNES & NOBLE, TRIBECA | 97 Warren St, at Greenwich St | New York City | |
| 9/26/2008 | $28 | Electric Ganesha Land - Prasanna. Prasanna is the best-known performer of traditional Carnatic (South Indian) music on the electric guitar. |
8 PM | PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | Broadway at 95th Street | NYC | |
| 9/26/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Mames Babaganoush & Eastern Blok + DJ Dunkelbunt. (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/27/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm Thurston Moore (guitars) | THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/27/2008 | ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS featuring Trouble, host of "This is the Modern World". with Lights and MV & EE With the Golden Road. |
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |||
| 9/27/2008 | Chili Pepper Fiesta w/ performances by Pete Seeger, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and Guy Davis. sizzling musical and dance performances, spicy culinary demonstrations, tantalizing exhibits, and workshops from chile-loving regions around the world. This year, the legendary Pete Seeger, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and Guy Davis dazzle visitors with their famous folk music in a Special Family Concert. Also on stage is Sauce Boss who brings his National Steel Guitar to center stage and dishes out some of his world-renowned spicy Florida blues. It’s a soul-shouting picnic of rock & roll brotherhood and at the end of the show, Bill’s famous gumbo is served. Zagat-rated Terrace Cafe offers a special Chile Pepper Fiesta menu to tingle the taste buds with spicy food and cold beer. | Noon-6 PM | BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDEN (web site) | 900 Washington Avenue | Brooklyn | 718-623-7333 | |
| 9/27/2008 | $7 | These are Powers, Neptune, Screaming Females | 7 PM | SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) | 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood | Queens | |
| 9/27/2008 | $30 | Sephardic Song Festival - Savina Yannatou The evocative Greek singer Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico, the ensemble with which she has toured and recorded for over ten years, are known for their mastery and explorations of various traditions throughout the Mediterranean. They will perform deeply moving and haunting renditions of songs from the once thriving Greek-Jewish community of Salonica (now known as Thessaloniki) |
8 PM | PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | Broadway at 95th Street | NYC | |
| 9/27/2008 | $12 | Steven Bernstein's SEX MOB'S SEXOTICA with DJ OLIVE | 8 PM | ABRONS ART CENTER (web site) | 466 Grand Street at Pitt | NYC | 212-352-3101 |
| 9/27/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Zlatne Uste (NY) with belly dancers Julia Kulakova (Russian Gypsy), Dalia Carella (Arabic/Flamenco) and Bhavani Lee (Indian Fusion) + DJs Nohmada (Belgium). (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/27/2008 | $10 | Oxford Collapse, Takka Takka | 10:30 PM | MERCURY LOUNGE (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| 9/28/2008 | $10 | 8 and 10 pm Ted Hearne. Chris Coletti (trumpet) Ted Hearne (piano) Nathan Koci (horn/accordion/electronics) Taylor Levine (guitar/electronics) Eileen Mack (clarinet/bass clarinet) Ron Wiltrout (drums) Miki-Sophia Cloud (violin) Matthew Wright (trombone) World premieres. |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/28/2008 | $28 | Sephardic Song Festival - Mor Karbasi Described as “one of the great young divas of the global music scene” in the UK’s The Guardian, Mor Karbasi is a young London-based Israeli singer descended from Moroccan and Persian Jews. Singing in Spanish, Hebrew, Ladino and occasionally English, she performs songs that date back to the late 15th century when Ladino-speaking Jews were expelled from Spain; she also sings striking new works penned by herself and her guitarist Joe Taylor. Her repertoire includes songs highly influenced by flamenco. New York debut. |
3 PM | SOUTH STREET SEAPORT PIER 17 (web site) | Fulton St at Water St | NYC | |
| 9/28/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Dotschy Reinhardt (Germany) + Sanda Weigl (NY/Romania). (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 8 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/29/2008 | Chicha Libre | 9:30 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 9/30/2008 | $10 | 8 pm Bridget St John (voice) 10 pm Michael Gira (Guild antique burst electro acoustic guitar and a Roland JC-120. Jazz Chorus Guitar Amplifier) |
THE STONE (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | ||
| 9/30/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Viva Patshiva (NY) + Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza (NY/Italy). (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 8 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 9/30/2008 | Slavic Soul Party! | 9 PM | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| 10/1/2008 | $40 | Echo and the Bunnymen play Ocean Rain ($40 - 60) | RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL | 6th Ave. @ 50th St. | NYC | (212) 247-4777 | |
| 10/1/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Watcha Clan (France) + Ansambl Mastika (NY) + DJ Derek Beres. (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 10/2/2008 | $25 | Stereolab | FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) | 17 Irving Place | New York | www.irvingplaza.com | |
| 10/2/2008 | $7 | VAZ, SKULL DEFEKTS, TALK NORMAL, LARY 7 | 7 PM | SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) | 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood | Queens | |
| 10/2/2008 | $30 | David Sedaris - Playwright, author, radio star, and retired elf ($30 - 65) | 8 PM | STATE THEATER (web site) | 15 Livingston Avenue | New Brunswick, NJ | 732-246-7469 |
| 10/2/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight: Romski Boji (NY/Macedonia) + Cintron Brothers (NY/Spain). (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 10/3/2008 | $25 | Stereolab | FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) | 17 Irving Place | New York | www.irvingplaza.com | |
| 10/3/2008 | $28 | Piedmont String Band Music - Carolina Chocolate Drops debut. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are leaders in the revival of the old-time black string band music of the Piedmont region of the Carolinas – a rich banjo and fiddle tradition that was the antecedent of Appalachian old-time music, bluegrass, ragtime and blues. |
8 PM | PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | Broadway at 95th Street | NYC | |
| 10/3/2008 | $10 | Brett Ratliff (in Good Coffee House at Brooklyn Ethical Culture). . Brett has learned banjo tunes and ballads from some of the masters of old-time music, like knock-down banjo player George Gibson of Knott County and Pike County fiddle and banjo player Paul David Smith. On tour to celebrate the release of his new June Appal Records CD, Cold Icy Mountain, Brett will be joined by members of the Clack Mountain String Band playing tunes that range from Rufus Crisp's "Blue Goose" to Perry Riley's "Gettin' Wild Again." Comprising Jesse Wells on fiddle, Karly Higgins on guitar and harmony vocals, and J.T. Cure on bass, these four Kentucky natives create an energetic, hard-driving sound playing the music of their home state. $10 for adults, $6 for kids | 8 PM | BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE | 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd St, Prospect Park | Brooklyn | |
| 10/3/2008 | $13 | Droma Gypsy Festival 2008 (previously the NY Gypsy Festival) (9/24 -10/3) tonight:Frank London (NY) + Red Baraat Festival (NY/India) + DJ Joro-Boro. (13 adv, 17 door) (web site) | 9 PM | DROM (web site) | 85 Ave A (Bet. 5th and 6th Street) | New York City | 212-777-1157 |
| 10/4/2008 | $25 | Stereolab | FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) | 17 Irving Place | New York | www.irvingplaza.com | |
| 10/4/2008 | $50 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (web site) | 7th Ave b/t 33rd & 34th Sts | New York | ||
| 10/4/2008 | Extra Life | 7 PM | SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) | 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood | Queens | ||
| 10/4/2008 | Dark Meat, Stars Like Fleas | 8 PM | MARKET HOTEL (web site) | 957 Broadway at Myrtle (enter on Myrtle), Bushwick | Brooklyn | ||
| 10/5/2008 | The Bird And The Bee | MAXWELLS (web site) | 1039 Washington St. | Hoboken | (201) 653-1703 | ||
| 10/9/2008 | Free! | Wire - Produced and presented by WFMU radio as part its 50th Anniversary celebrations, and its Free Music Series. While a free show, there will be advance tickets distributed for this event, and those may be obtained at Other Music (15 E. 4th Street, Manhattan) starting on Wednesday, September 3rd. They'll be available during store hours while supplies last in increments of two per person. |
FILLMORE NY AT IRVING PLAZA (web site) | 17 Irving Place | New York | www.irvingplaza.com | |
| 10/9/2008 | Beck - sold out | 8 PM | UNITED PALACE | 4140 Broadway at 175th St | New York City | 212-685-1414 | |
| 10/10/2008 | Yellow Fever, Daniel Francis Doyle | SILENT BARN / RAVEN'S DEN/CLUB KRIB (web site) | 915 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood | Queens | |||
| 10/10/2008 | Against Me!, Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, Future Of The Left. | STARLAND BALLROOM (web site) | 570 Jernee Mill Road | Sayreville, NU | 732-238-5500 | ||
| 10/10/2008 | $49 | Beck with MGMT | 8 PM | UNITED PALACE | 4140 Broadway at 175th St | New York City | 212-685-1414 |
| 10/11/2008 | $23 | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Future of the Left | WEBSTER HALL (web site) | 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves | NYC | 212-353-1600 | |
| 10/11/2008 | Rosalia Roio - Debuting in NYC with her Urban Lullabies and spanish folk original per-versions, from classical guitar training to the rich universe of her original songs that takes from bossa-nova and jazz as well as ancient tradition. She will present her work Nanas Urbanas "Urban Lullabies", a new vision taken from the vast amount of forgotten styles, away from flamenco or celtic traditions, enriched by a very particular and virtuosistic treatment of the guitar. (web site) | BAM CAFE (web site) | 30 Lafayette Av. at Ashland Pl. | Brooklyn | 718-636-4139 | ||
| 10/12/2008 | Rosalia Roio - Debuting in NYC with her Urban Lullabies and spanish folk original per-versions, from classical guitar training to the rich universe of her original songs that takes from bossa-nova and jazz as well as ancient tradition. She will present her work Nanas Urbanas "Urban Lullabies", a new vision taken from the vast amount of forgotten styles, away from flamenco or celtic traditions, enriched by a very particular and virtuosistic treatment of the guitar. (web site) | BARBES (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | ||
| 10/13/2008 | Slim Cessna's Auto Club | SPIEGEL TENT (web site) | north side of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport | NYC | |||
| 10/14/2008 | TV ON THE RADIO | 9 PM | BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE | 317 Clermont Ave # 4 | Brooklyn | 718-638-1256 | |
| 10/15/2008 | TV ON THE RADIO | 9 PM | BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE | 317 Clermont Ave # 4 | Brooklyn | 718-638-1256 | |
| 10/24/2008 | $30 | Jazz Spectrum - Creative Music Studio Celebration John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Bill Laswell, Ingrid Sertso, Karl Berger, Graham Haynes, Steven Bernstein's "Millennial Territory Orchestra" and other leading jazz artists come together to honor the legacy of the Creative Music Studio, the Woodstock hotbed of musical exploration in the world of free improvisation and world jazz. $35 Day of Show; $30 Advance; $25 Member . |
7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 10/25/2008 | $23 | Minus The Bear, Annuals / Sylvie | 6 PM | WEBSTER HALL (web site) | 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves | NYC | 212-353-1600 |
| 10/30/2008 | Patti Smith, Black Crowes | 8 PM | HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM | 311 W. 34th St. / Manhattan Ctr. | New York | (212) 564-4882 | |
| 10/31/2008 | Patti Smith, Black Crowes | 8 PM | HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM | 311 W. 34th St. / Manhattan Ctr. | New York | (212) 564-4882 | |
| 11/7/2008 | $75 | Joe Jackson, Thea Gillmore | 8 PM | GRAND BALLROOM, MANHATTAN CENTER | 311 West 34th Street | NYC | |
| 11/11/2008 | $15 | Flipper featuring original members Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi & Steve DePace & Krist Noveselic + Excepter, and more acts TBA | 8 PM | KNITTING FACTORY (web site) | 74 Leonard St. | New York | (212) 219-3006 |
| 11/22/2008 | $30 | Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains. ($35 Day of Show; $30 Advance; $25 Member) | 8 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 12/12/2008 | $25 | The Jewish Music Project Trumpeter Steve Bernstein (Sex Mob) and composer/performer Peter Apfelbaum (who has performed with Don Cherry, Carla Bley, and has opened for The Grateful Dead) put a new spin on Jewish music, incorporating jazz, African, Latin, classical, R&B, reggae, blues, funk, Middle Eastern, and Indian sounds. $30 Day of Show; $25 Advance; $20 Member |
7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 1/16/2009 | $25 | In the Spirit of Don Cherry The defining works of jazz legend Don Cherry are performed by combos created specifically for this tribute, featuring an unforgettable cast of jazz greats including Mark Helias, Hamid Drake, Graham Haynes, Bob Stewart, Peter Apfelbaum, Kenny Wessel, Ingrid Setso, and Karl Berger. $30 Day of Show; $25 Advance; $20 Member |
7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 2/12/2009 | $30 | Chamber Music of 1939. The Colorado Quartet and pianist Margaret Kampmeier examine the profound stylistic and emotional differences between the musical worlds of Europe and the U.S. at the onset of WWII. Henry Cowell Mosaic Quartet Bela Bartók Quartet No. 6 Samuel Barber Quartet, op. 11 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57 $30 Day of Show; $25 Advance; $20 Member |
7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 2/13/2009 | $30 | Great Film Scores of 1939 Jazz singer Miles Griffith, whose balladry, according to Ira Gitler (Jazz Times) "bows in the direction of the romantic baritones of the 40s and 50s and who can croon short and sweet or unleash passionate, informed swing," shares the stage with pianist/composer/arranger Kirk Nurock, dubbed "joyously iconoclastic" by Keyboard Magazine, to de- and re-construct those classic 1939 film scores that have become a part of our national conscience, including themes from Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dark Victory, and Babes in Arms. $30 Day of Show; $25 Advance; $20 Member |
7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 2/26/2009 | $30 | The Pulse of 1939 Talujon Percussion Quartet is joined by the Purchase Conservatory and Queens College Percussion Ensembles to explore the radically new music that was taking shape in the U.S. in the 30s and 40s, informed by the exotic sound worlds of the Far East and Africa, including non- traditional instruments and found-object percussion orchestras. William Russell Made in America Johanna Magdalena Beyer Work(s) TBD Lou Harrison Bomba First Concerto for Flute and Percussion Fifth Symphony Counterdance in Spring Henry Cowell Pulse Return John Cage First Construction (In Metal) Imaginary Landscape $35 Day of Show; $30 Advance; $25 Member |
8 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 3/6/2009 | $25 | Oliver Lake and Vijay Iyer. $30 Day of Show; $25 Advance; $20 Member | 7:30 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |
| 5/7/2009 | Intimate Encounter: The Goldberg Variations with Jeremy Denk. Denk's intense and intimate exploration of Bach's Goldberg Variations has been personally revelatory, and he shares this incomparable music in an exclusive performance and conversation with Symphony Space's Associate Artistic Director, Laura Kaminsky. |
8 PM | SYMPHONY SPACE (web site) | 2537 Broadway at 95th St | NYC | 212-864-5400 |