The Arbitrary Guide to Popular Culture
Music from April 23rd, 2014
to July 26th, 2014
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| Date | Cost | Artist/Event | Event Time | Venue | Address | City | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4/23 | $$ | Catherine Christer Hennix & Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage (web site) | 7 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 4/23 | $30 | Patti Smith / Jesse Paris / Eric Hoegemeyer | 7 PM | The Greene Space (web site) | 44 Charlton Street (on the corner of Charlton and Varick) | New York | (646) 829-4000 |
| Wed 4/23 | $15 | Fanfarlo, Lilies on Mars (web site) | 8 PM | Rough Trade NYC (web site) | 64 N 9th St | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 4/23 | Free! | Talea Ensemble (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Wed 4/23 | $10 | Atomic Bitchwax, Mirror Queen, Mountain High, Blackest (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 4/23 | Greg Ashley / John Brothers / Zachary Cale | 8 PM | Cake Shop (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 | |
| Wed 4/23 | Samara Lubelski / Ignatz / Marcia Bassett / Kuschty Rye Ergot | 8 PM | Silent Barn (web site) | 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn | Queens | ||
| Wed 4/23 | $15 | Helio Parallax Josh Werner (bass) Takuya Nakamura (trumpet) Gintas Janusonis (drums) Mari Ayabe (drums, bass) (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Wed 4/23 | Que-Vlo-Ve at 8 p.m., Mandingo Ambassadors at 10 p.m. | 8 PM | Barbes (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 | |
| Wed 4/23 | $5 | Ice Balloons / Dragons of Zynth / Rob Bryn | 8 PM | Baby's All Right (web site) | 146 Broadway | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 4/23 | $$ | Acid Mothers Temple, Perhaps (web site) | 9:30 PM | Mercury Lounge (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| Wed 4/23 | $15 | Made To Break (Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Devin Hoff, Christof Kurzmann, Nate Wooley) | 10 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Wed 4/23 | $15 | Helio Parallax Josh Werner (bass) Takuya Nakamura (trumpet) Gintas Janusonis (drums) Mari Ayabe (drums, bass) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Thu 4/24 | $$ | The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson), Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Sam Amidon (web site) | 6 PM | Zankel Hall (at Carnegie Hall) | 154 West 57th St. at 7th Ave. | NYC | |
| Thu 4/24 | $$ | Har Mar Superstar (web site) | 7:30 PM | Bowery Electric (web site) | 327 Bowery at 2nd St. | New York City | 212-228-0228 |
| Thu 4/24 | $10 | Peter Stampfel / Jeffrey Lewis / Bushwick Gospel Singers / Modern Hut | 7:30 PM | Mercury Lounge (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| Thu 4/24 | $$ | [INTERPRETATIONS] Tom Hamilton // Ned Rothenberg’s Inner Diaspora (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 4/24 | $12 | White Hills (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 4/24 | $15 | Jacob Kirkegaard presents Else Marie Pade, Yarn/Wire Part of Ultima Festival New York, Berlin-based Danish sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard presents Faust as well as other works by the pioneering electronic musician Else Marie Pade (not present). The acclaimed piano/percussion quartet Yarn/WIre perform works by composers Øyvind Torvund, Simon Steen-Andersen and a collaborative pice by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Sigurdur Gudjonsson. Born in 1924, after serving time in a WWII prison camp, Else Marie Pade cultivated a diverse body of works and became the first composer in Denmark to compose with electronics. Over the past few years Pade has developed a collaboration with Jacob Kirkegaard— bridging an age difference of over 50 years, the duo released a collaborative record in 2013 (Important). (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 4/24 | $15 | Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band Tunde Adebimpe (voice) Josh Werner (bass) Alex Holden (guitar) Ryan Sawyer (drums) (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Thu 4/24 | $20 | Modeselektor / Falty DL / Aquarian / Turbo Tronix | 8 PM | Sankeys (web site) | 29 West 36th St. | Manhattan | 212 764-0157 |
| Thu 4/24 | $15 | Lee Ranaldo and The Dust / Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band | 9 PM | Union Pool (web site) | 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 4/24 | $15 | Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band Tunde Adebimpe (voice) Josh Werner (bass) Alex Holden (guitar) Ryan Sawyer (drums) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Thu 4/24 | $5 | Ashcan Orchestra / Daniel Carter / G Lucas Crane | 10 PM | Trans-Pecos | 915 Wyckoff Avenue | Ridgewood | |
| Fri 4/25 | $30 | Andrew W.K. | 7:30 PM | SubCulture | 45 Bleecker Street | ||
| Fri 4/25 | $$ | Baths, Young Fathers (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Fri 4/25 | $$ | The Feelies (web site) | 8 PM | The Bell House (web site) | 149 7th Street | Brooklyn | 718-643-6510 |
| Fri 4/25 | $15 | Henning Christiansen: Requiem of Art (NYC) Fluxorum Organum / Ne(x)tworks Ne(x)tworks Arne Nordheim: Vevnad , for cello, trombone, and Disklavier. Shelley Burgon: Conchoidal Kristin Norderval: Re-Play #4: Name Piece * Anton Lukoszevieze with Ne(x)tworks Henning Christiansen: Requiem of Art (NYC) Fluxorum Organum - New York Premiere (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 4/25 | $15 | MUMPBEAK Roy Powell (keyboard) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Pat Mastelotto (drums) (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Fri 4/25 | $13 | Toubab Krewe | 8 PM | Brooklyn Bowl (web site) | 61 Wythe Ave. | Brooklyn | (718) 963-3369 |
| Fri 4/25 | $8 | Pleasure Leftists, Survival, Dark Blue, Failed States. 18+ (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 4/25 | $15 | Steve Gunn / Kevin Morby | 8 PM | Rough Trade NYC (web site) | 64 N 9th St | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 4/25 | SUMMER CELEBRATION WITH A NIGHT OF REGGAE INSPIRED FOOD AND MUSIC FEATURING Top Shotta Band The Frtners The Far East DJ Grace of Spades (web site) |
9 PM-11:59 PM | Secret Project Robot | 389 Melrose St. | Brooklyn | ||
| Fri 4/25 | $25 | The Feelies | 9 PM | Bell House (web site) | 149 7th Street | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 4/25 | Hauschka | 9:30 PM | Joe's Pub (web site) | 425 Lafayette St | New York | (212) 539-8777 | |
| Fri 4/25 | $15 | MUMPBEAK Roy Powell (keyboard) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Pat Mastelotto (drums) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Fri 4/25 | Readings from Prophetika: Sun Ra's Lost Words featuring Barrence Whitfield, Mick Collins, Phast Phreddie, Charles Plymell, Mike Edison (web site) | 10 PM | St Marks Church in the Bowery | 131 East 10th Street | New York | 212-674-0910 | |
| Fri 4/25 | $15 | EMA / Downtown Boys | 10:30 PM | Mercury Lounge (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 |
| Fri 4/25 | The Orb | 11:59 PM | Brooklyn Bowl (web site) | 61 Wythe Ave. | Brooklyn | (718) 963-3369 | |
| Sat 4/26 | Free! | Brooklyn Zine Fest (web site) | 11 AM-6 PM | Brooklyn Historic Society | 128 Pierrepont St. | Brooklyn Heights | 718 222-4111 |
| Sat 4/26 | $15 | Lubomyr Melnyk / Antti Tolvi (web site) | 3 PM | Issue Project Room @ First Unitarian Congregational Society (web site) | 116 PIERREPONT ST | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 4/26 | $25 | Amir Nojan & the Nava Ensemble – Classical Persian Music (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sat 4/26 | $20 | Corrosion Of Conformity, Kings Destroy, Roadsaw, Ruby The Hatchet (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 4/26 | $15 | Serena-Maneesh & Vocal Ensemble / Frode Haltli * Frode Haltli, solo accordion Magnar Åm: On the Banks of the Eternal Second Aldo Clementi: Ein kleines… Hans Abrahamsen: Air Arne Nordheim: Flashing * Serena-Maneesh & Vocal Ensemble: Somnambulism With Emil Nikolaisen, Ådne Meisfjord, Kristian Rangnes, and Brede Rørstad; Ingrid Pop & Frode Fjerdingstad (visuals). (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 4/26 | $25 | Bernie Worrell solo / Bernie Worrell & Bill Laswell duo Bernie Worrell (keyboards) Bill Laswell (bass) Adam Rudolph (percussions) Grandmixer DXT (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Sat 4/26 | $5 | Couch Slut / Nebudon / Ocrilim / Child Abuse | 8 PM | Trans-Pecos | 915 Wyckoff Avenue | Ridgewood | |
| Sat 4/26 | $25 | Gaslamp Killer / Edan | 10 PM | 88 Palace | 88 East Broadway, 2nd Floor | Manhattan | 212 941-8886 |
| Sat 4/26 | $25 | Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell, Dr. Israel, Grandmaster DXT Bernie Worrell (keyboards) Bill Laswell Bass) Dr. Israel (voice) Grandmaster DXT (dj) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Sat 4/26 | K’ naan | 11:30 PM | Joe's Pub (web site) | 425 Lafayette St | New York | (212) 539-8777 | |
| Sat 4/26 | $10 | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | 11:55 PM | Knitting Factory Brooklyn (web site) | 361 Metropolitan Ave. | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 4/26 | Jonathan Toubin | 11:59 PM | Brooklyn Bowl (web site) | 61 Wythe Ave. | Brooklyn | (718) 963-3369 | |
| Sun 4/27 | Free! | Brooklyn Zine Fest (web site) | 11 AM-6 PM | Brooklyn Historic Society | 128 Pierrepont St. | Brooklyn Heights | 718 222-4111 |
| Sun 4/27 | Free! | A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO STEPHANIE STONE Irving and Stephanie Stone were a strong presence on the downtown music scene and their love and support will always be remembered. The Stone hosts an afternoon of music and remembrances by those who loved them in honor of our dear friends. ADMISSION FREE MATT SHIPP SHELLEY HIRSCH SYLVIE COURVOISIER MARK FELDMAN NED ROTHENBERG IKUE MORI JOHN ZORN ANNIE GOSFIELD ROGER KLIER ANTHONY COLEMAN CYRO BAPTISTA CONNIE CROTHERS ANGELICA SANCHEZ STEVE DALACHINSKY YUKO OTOMO DAVE SEWELSON TIM KEIPER ROSEMARIE HERTLEIN WILLIAM AND PATRICIA PARKER DENMAN MARONEY ROBERT DICK STEVE SWELL OSCAR NORIEGA AND MANY OTHERS (web site) |
Noon | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Sun 4/27 | $10 | Tongues: Indian Traditional and Experimental Music (web site) | 2 PM-6 PM | Silent Barn (web site) | 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn | Queens | |
| Sun 4/27 | $$ | Alarm Will Sound, Kaki King (web site) | 6 PM | Zankel Hall (at Carnegie Hall) | 154 West 57th St. at 7th Ave. | NYC | |
| Sun 4/27 | $20 | Ron Kuivila – Touch Tones, TV’s & Time: An Elegy for Debased Media (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sun 4/27 | $25 | METHOD OF DEFIANCE: 3rd Column Dr. Israel, Garrison Hawk (voices) Bernie Worrell (keyboards) Guy Licata (drums) Bill Laswell (bass) Adam Rudolph (percussion) Graham Haynes (trumpet) Peter Apfelbaum (sax) Special Guest Foday Musa Suso (kora) (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Sun 4/27 | $25 | METHOD OF DEFIANCE: 3rd Column Dr. Israel, Garrison Hawk (voices) Bernie Worrell (keyboards) Guy Licata (drums) Bill Laswell (bass) Adam Rudolph (percussion) Graham Haynes (trumpet) Peter Apfelbaum (sax) Special Guest Foday Musa Suso (kora) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Mon 4/28 | $8 | Sunning, Landscapes and Skylines, Liotta, Bedpan Fight (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Mon 4/28 | $15 | Jon Madof’s Zion80 plays John Zorn’s Book of Angels Jon Madof (guitar, conductor) Matt Darriau (alto sax) Greg Wall (tenor sax) Frank London (trumpet) Jessica Lurie (bari sax, flute) Zach Mayer (bari sax) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Brian Marsella (keyboard) Marlon Sobol (percussion) Yuval Lion (drums) (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Mon 4/28 | Generator Neoism with Istvan Kantor Monty Cantsin? Amen! / Pedro Bericat / Burning Iceberg / The Enchantress of Bioluminosity / Steve Dalachinsky/ /Sean Julian / Gen Ken (web site) | 9 PM-Midnight | Silent Barn (web site) | 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn | Queens | ||
| Mon 4/28 | Psychedelic Diaries: The Short Films of Étienne O’Leary (web site) |
10 PM | Spectacle Theater (web site) | 124 S. 3rd St | Brooklyn | ||
| Mon 4/28 | $15 | Jon Madof’s Zion80 plays John Zorn’s Book of Angels Jon Madof (guitar, conductor) Matt Darriau (alto sax) Greg Wall (tenor sax) Frank London (trumpet) Jessica Lurie (bari sax, flute) Zach Mayer (bari sax) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Brian Marsella (keyboard) Marlon Sobol (percussion) Yuval Lion (drums) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Tue 4/29 | $$ | The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Tue 4/29 | $8 | Thirsty!, Up For Nothing, Guilheim Point, Safety (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Tue 4/29 | $15 | Jennifer Choi, Felix Fan, Annie Gosfield and Marco Cappelli Jennifer Choi (violin) Felix Fan (cello) Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard) Marco Cappelli (guitar) Jennifer Choi plays the US premiere of the acoustic version of “Long Waves and Random Pulses,” which uses extended techniques, noise, and notes to evoke jammed radio signals. Cellist Felix Fan performs “Harmony of the Body-Machine,” for cello and machine sounds, “Four Roses” inspired by whiskey and detuned pianos (with Annie Gosfield on sampler) and new work. Marco Cappelli plays Marked by a Hat, a “right hand only” piece for 8 microtonally tuned sympathetic strings on his unique “extreme guitar.” (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Tue 4/29 | $25 | David Lynch in conversation | 8 PM | Brooklyn Academy of Music | 30 Lafayette Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Tue 4/29 | End Tymes Festival Fundraiser with United Waters / Modra / Shawn David McMillen (web site) | 8 PM-11:45 PM | Silent Barn (web site) | 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn | Queens | ||
| Tue 4/29 | $15 | Sylvie Courvoisier, Ha-Yang Kim and Annie Gosfield Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ha-Yang Kim (cello) Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard) A reprise of this improvising trio, with Gosfield performing “phantom electronics,” a ghostly electric bridge drawn from her extensive collection of altered cello and piano sounds. (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Wed 4/30 | $40 | The Knife (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Wed 4/30 | $18 | Future Islands (web site) | 7:30 PM | Webster Hall (web site) | 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves | NYC | 212-353-1600 |
| Wed 4/30 | $20 | Laetitia Sonami: “Some Birds…” Including new work by Eliane Radigue and duo with James Fei (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Wed 4/30 | $8 | Lion in the Mane, Dreamcatcher, Pralaya, Sun & Flesh (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 4/30 | $8 | Creepoid / Shawn David McMillen Band / Tom Carter & Pat Murano | 8 PM | Cake Shop (web site) | 152 Ludlow Street b/t Rivington & Stanton Sts | NYC | 212-283-7610 |
| Wed 4/30 | $15 | Craig Leon w/ ACME, Bill Kouligas | 8 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Wed 4/30 | $15 | Kathleen Supové, MIVOS Quartet, Olivia De Prato Kathleen Supové (piano) MIVOS Quartet: Olivia De Prato and Joshua Modney (violins) Victor Lowrie (viola) Mariel Roberts (cello) Kathleen Supové performs “Shattered Apparitions of the Western Wind.” Imagined as a hallucinatory duet with Claude Debussy, it couples Supové’s wild playing with distorted fragments of the prelude “What the West Wind Saw”, on site recordings of Hurricane Sandy, and lush Debussy harmonies. MIVOS quartet plays “The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,” inspired by codes used by resistance groups in WWII, and Olivia dePrato performs a piece for violin and satellites. (web site) |
8 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Wed 4/30 | $15 | Annie Gosfield, Brian Chase, and Roger Kleier Annie Gosfield (keyboards) Brian Chase (drums) Roger Kleier (guitar) (web site) |
10 PM | The Stone (web site) | Avenue C & 2nd Street | NYC | |
| Thu 5/1 | $18 | Nels Cline Singers w/ Mary Halvorson solo | 6 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Thu 5/1 | $40 | The Knife (web site) | 7:30 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Thu 5/1 | $$ | The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) (web site) | 8 PM | Music Hall of Williamsburg (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Kent | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 5/1 | $20 | Lainie Fefferman – Here I Am // Featuring Newspeak & Va Vocals (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 5/1 | Free! | Yarn/Wire/Currents: Christopher Trapani & Pete Swanson (web site) | 8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 5/1 | $7 | No, Stoic Violence, Survival, Pleasure Industry. 21+ (web site) | 8 PM | Lulu's | 113 Franklin Street | Brooklyn | (718) 383-6000 |
| Thu 5/1 | $5 | OFFICIAL Brooklyn US Air Guitar Qualifier! (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/2 | $29 | CHVRCHES, The Range (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Fri 5/2 | $75 | InspireCorps’ First Annual A Night to Inspire Gala (web site) | 7 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Fri 5/2 | $$ | Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest (web site) | 7:30 PM | The Bell House (web site) | 149 7th Street | Brooklyn | 718-643-6510 |
| Fri 5/2 | $18 | Federico Aubele | 7:30 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Fri 5/2 | $20 | BANG (First Ever NY SHOW!!!), The Golden Grass (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/2 | $10 | Matana Roberts / Helado Negro / VHVL | 9 PM | Trans-Pecos | 915 Wyckoff Avenue | Ridgewood | |
| Sat 5/3 | $18 | Deerhof, Tomaga, AWKWAFINA (web site) | 6:30 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Sat 5/3 | $18 | Deerhoof w/ Tomaga and Awkwafina | 6:30 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Sat 5/3 | $30 | CHVRCHES, The Range (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Sat 5/3 | $25 | Omar Faruk Tekbilek with Murat Tekbilek: Sufi & Contemporary Music of Turkey (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sat 5/3 | $20 | Yellow Eyes, Obsidian Tongue, Mountain God (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/3 | $$ | Pitchblak Brass Band at 8 p.m, Banda de los Muertos at 10 p.m. | 8 PM | Barbes (web site) | 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope | Brooklyn | 718-965-9177 |
| Sat 5/3 | What Cheer Brigade + Raya Brass band | 9 PM | Littlefield (web site) | 622 DeGraw | Brooklyn | (718)855-3388 | |
| Sun 5/4 | $$ | Bladerunner (US debut) featuring John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Dave Lombardo (Slayer) (web site) | 7 PM | (le) Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker Street | New York | 212-505-FISH |
| Sun 5/4 | $30 | CHVRCHES, The Range (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Sun 5/4 | $20 | Kendra Shank & John Stowell with special guest Rogerio Boccato: New York Conversations – CD Release Concert (web site) | 7 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sun 5/4 | $$ | Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest (web site) | 8 PM | City Winery (web site) | 155 Varick St. (b/t Spring and Vandam Streets) | New York City | 212-608-0555 |
| Sun 5/4 | $40 | Bladerunner featuring John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Dave Lombardo | 8 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Mon 5/5 | $$ | Matt Pond PA, The Lighthouse And The Whaler (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Mon 5/5 | $18 | Floor (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Mon 5/5 | Chop and Quench - the Fela Band | 8:30 PM | Knitting Factory Brooklyn (web site) | 361 Metropolitan Ave. | Brooklyn | ||
| Tue 5/6 | $37 | Foals, Cage the Elephant, J. Roddy Watson and The Business (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Tue 5/6 | $20 | Kendra Shank & John Stowell with special guest Rogerio Boccato: New York Conversations – CD Release Concert (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Tue 5/6 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Tue 5/6 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Wed 5/7 | $37 | Foals, Cage the Elephant, J. Roddy Watson and The Business (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Wed 5/7 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Wed 5/7 | $14 | A Minor Forest, The Austerity Program, Lushes | 8:30 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/7 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Thu 5/8 | $27 | Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Canoe (web site) | 7 PM | Webster Hall (web site) | 125 E 11th St b/t 3rd & 4th Aves | NYC | 212-353-1600 |
| Thu 5/8 | $12 | The Body, Whitehorse, Gnaw, Theologian (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 5/8 | $25 | Sound Bites: Celebrating 35 Years of Roulette (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 5/8 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Thu 5/8 | $25 | InspireCorps’ First Annual A Night to Inspire Gala Jennifer Choi, Well-Spent for violin and electronics by Eve Beglarian Mario Diaz de Leon, The Flesh Needs Fire (2007) for flute, clarinet, and electronics, with TAK Ensemble Darius Jones, The Oversoul Manual, with The Elizabeth-Caroline Unit Tristan Perich, Formations, for solo cello and 6-channel 1-bit electronics, with Mariel Roberts, cello Jennifer Shyu, Excerpt from solo opera Solo Rites: Seven Breaths for vocals, dance, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, gayageum, er hu, and East Timorese lakadou Varispeed, Love is a Good Example by the late Robert Ashley (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 5/8 | $14 | Peaking Lights Sound System / Protect-U / Imperial Topaz (web site) | 8:30 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 5/8 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Fri 5/9 | $27 | Mogwai, Majeure (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Fri 5/9 | $15 | TEA LEAF GREEN (web site) | 8 PM | Brooklyn Bowl (web site) | 61 Wythe Ave. | Brooklyn | (718) 963-3369 |
| Fri 5/9 | $12 | NEGURA BUNGET, GRIMEGOD, So Hideous, Kevorkian (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/9 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Fri 5/9 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Sat 5/10 | $$ | HAIM (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Sat 5/10 | $25 | COMMUNITY EVENT: World Music Institute presents LA CLAVE SECRETA – Cuba to Brooklyn! (web site) | 7 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sat 5/10 | $15 | TEA LEAF GREEN (web site) | 8 PM | Brooklyn Bowl (web site) | 61 Wythe Ave. | Brooklyn | (718) 963-3369 |
| Sat 5/10 | $12 | Ulcerate, Inter Arma, Car Bomb (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/10 | $$ | Tennis, Ski Lodge (web site) | 8 PM | Music Hall of Williamsburg (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Kent | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/10 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Sat 5/10 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Sun 5/11 | Transistor (Frank Vigroux/Ben Miller) | 6:30 PM | Mercury Lounge (web site) | 217 E. Houston St. | New York | (212) 260-4700 | |
| Sun 5/11 | $$ | HAIM (web site) | 7 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Sun 5/11 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
8 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Sun 5/11 | $25 | Of Montreal, Dream Tiger (web site) | 9 PM | Le Poisson Rouge (web site) | 158 Bleecker St | New York City | |
| Sun 5/11 | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band w/ special guests: Alfredo de la Fe, violin, Donald Harrison, sax, Joe Locke, vibes and Ronnie Cuber, baritone sax |
10:30 PM | Blue Note (web site) | 131 W. 3rd St. | New York | (212) 475-8592 | |
| Mon 5/12 | $20 | G Lucas Crane – Trance/Door/Trap/Door (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Tue 5/13 | $$ | Angel Olsen (web site) | 8 PM | Music Hall of Williamsburg (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Kent | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/14 | $15 | Kvelertak, TBA (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Thu 5/15 | Free! | Cheetah Chrome & Paul Burch (web site) | Manitobas | 99 Ave. B btw 6 & 7 Strs. | New York | 212-982-2511 | |
| Thu 5/15 | $$ | Chad VanGaalen (web site) | 8 PM | The Bell House (web site) | 149 7th Street | Brooklyn | 718-643-6510 |
| Thu 5/15 | $30 | Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak | 8 PM | Terminal 5 (web site) | 610 W. 56 ST | New York City | |
| Thu 5/15 | Dream Street Theatre Company Presents: RETURN OF THE WILD THINGS (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 | |
| Fri 5/16 | $14 | Breton (web site) | 8 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/16 | $$ | Woods (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Fri 5/16 | $15 | Solstafir, Junius, So Hideous (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/16 | $15 | Solstafir, Junius, So Hideous (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/17 | $$ | OFF! (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Sat 5/17 | $12 | Peelander-Z!, Math the Band, Bluejay | 8 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/17 | Free! | Institute, Breakout, Ivy. 21+ | 8 PM | Lulu's | 113 Franklin Street | Brooklyn | (718) 383-6000 |
| Sun 5/18 | $$ | Swans, Jenny Hval (web site) | 8 PM | Bowery Ballroom (web site) | 6 Delancey St. | New York | 212-533-2111 |
| Sun 5/18 | $15 | Young Widows, Helms Alee, Highness (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Mon 5/19 | $$ | Swans, Jenny Hval (web site) | 8 PM | Music Hall of Williamsburg (web site) | 66 North 6th St, b/t Wythe & Kent | Brooklyn | |
| Mon 5/19 | $12 | Castevet, Thantifaxath, Pyrrhon, Artificial Brain (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Tue 5/20 | $15 | Coffins, Bones, TBA (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Tue 5/20 | White Widows Pact, Hollow Earth, Tiger Flowers, Mad Diesel. 18+ (web site) | 8 PM | The Acheron (web site) | 57 Waterbury | Brooklyn | ||
| Wed 5/21 | $15 | Cripple Bastards, Hooded Menace, Maruta, Archagathus, Detroit (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/21 | $20 | Nazoranai: Keiji Haino (guitar, vocals & synth), Stephen O’Malley (bass) and Oren Ambarchi (percussion), Nazoranai unites three extraordinary experimental operators of doom, noise and power electronics. (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room @ The Wick (web site) | 260 Meserole Str | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/21 | $20 | Guy Barash: Facts About Water (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 5/22 | $15 | Excruciating Terror, Unholy Grave, Birdflesh, Mesrine, War Master, Entrails (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/23 | $14 | Trans Am / Dan Friel | 8 PM | Knitting Factory Brooklyn (web site) | 361 Metropolitan Ave. | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/23 | $20 | Alvin Lucier's "Criss Cross" with Stephen O'Malley & Oren Ambarchi / Eyvind Kang / Iancu Dumitrescu + more (web site) | 8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 5/23 | $20 | Angie Eng’s premiers: ‘Formfields’ with Cheryl Leonard and ‘Chasers’ with Akio Mokuno/Maria Chavez (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sat 5/24 | Free! | Panel Discussion: The Work of Harley Gaber (web site) | 6 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/24 | $14 | Iceage w/ Uniform | 8 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 5/24 | $15 | Panel Discussion: The Work of Harley Gaber Gaber’s monumental work The Winds Rise in the North is performed by a quintet including extraordinary string players Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim, Esther Noh, Alex Waterman and Erin Wight (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Sun 5/25 | $15 | Eric Richards / Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir / Alvin Lucier & Jenny Lin / Jeffrey Gavett (web site) |
8 PM | Issue Project Room (web site) | 232 3rd St at 3rd Ave | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/28 | $$ | Acid Mothers Temple, Perhaps (web site) | 7:30 PM | Knitting Factory Brooklyn (web site) | 361 Metropolitan Ave. | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 5/28 | $20 | Jen Shyu’s “Solo Rites: Seven Breaths” directed by Garin Nugroho (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 5/29 | $20 | Frederic Rzewski, Solo Piano Dreams, Part I (2012-2013) 1. Dream 2. Cabrioles 3. A Mensch 4. Illusions Perdues Four Pieces (1977) (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sat 5/31 | $20 | Silent Killer, Blood of Heroes (feat. Bill Laswell), SHVLFCE, Invertia, Katmai (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sun 6/1 | $25 | Funebrarum, Pseudogod, Wrathprayer, Diabolical Messiah, Geryon, Arsantiqva (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 6/6 | $$ | JD McPherson (web site) | 8 PM | The Bell House (web site) | 149 7th Street | Brooklyn | 718-643-6510 |
| Mon 6/9 | $20 | Adam Neely’s Mass Extinction Event: //exigence\\ (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 6/12 | $15 | Opera Cabal + ACME (web site) | 8 PM | Kitchen (web site) | 512 W. 19th St. betw. 10th/11th Aves. | New York | (212) 255-5793 |
| Fri 6/13 | $16 | Omar Souleyman w/ Prince Rama (DJ set) | 8 PM | Glasslands (web site) | 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg | Brooklyn | |
| Fri 6/13 | $15 | Opera Cabal + ACME (web site) | 8 PM | Kitchen (web site) | 512 W. 19th St. betw. 10th/11th Aves. | New York | (212) 255-5793 |
| Sat 6/14 | $15 | Circuit des Yeux / Tsembla / Kuupuu (web site) | 8 PM | Issue Project Room @ The Wick (web site) | 260 Meserole Str | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 6/18 | $20 | Elke Rindfleisch/Sarah Weber Gallo (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 6/19 | $20 | Elke Rindfleisch/Sarah Weber Gallo (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Fri 6/20 | $20 | Elke Rindfleisch/Sarah Weber Gallo (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Sun 6/22 | $12 | Merchandise, Ukiah Drag (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Mon 6/23 | $20 | David Watson, Highland bagpipes Sean Meehan, snare drum, cymbal With special guest, trombone. (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Tue 6/24 | $20 | [EAR HEART MUSIC] Momenta Quartet with Min Xiao-Fen Gyan Riley & David Cosin – Ghost Opera (web site) | 8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Wed 6/25 | $10 | White Lung (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Wed 6/25 | $20 | Marilyn Nonken & Collide-O-Scope Music – Figure & Ground Marilyn Nonken, piano Augustus Arnone, piano Patricia Spencer, flute Madeleine Shapiro, cello Lou Bunk, electronics and invented instruments (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Thu 6/26 | $20 | Nate Wooley’s Argonautica Nate Wooley, trumpet Ron Miles, cornet Cory Smythe, piano Jozef Dumoulin, fender rhodes Rudy Royston, drums Gerald Cleaver, drums (web site) |
8 PM | Roulette (web site) | 509 Atlantic Avenue | Brooklyn | (917) 267-0363 |
| Fri 6/27 | $25 | Mournful Congregation, Imprecation, Begrime Exemious, Holocaustum, Geryon (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 6/28 | $25 | Sargeist, One Tail One Head, Typhus, Forteresse, Sacrament Ov Impurity (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 6/28 | $$ | The English Beat (web site) | 8 PM | City Winery (web site) | 155 Varick St. (b/t Spring and Vandam Streets) | New York City | 212-608-0555 |
| Sun 6/29 | $25 | Behexen, Hell Militia, Prosanctus Inferi, Hekseri (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sun 6/29 | $$ | The English Beat (web site) | 8 PM | City Winery (web site) | 155 Varick St. (b/t Spring and Vandam Streets) | New York City | 212-608-0555 |
| Mon 6/30 | $25 | Cult Of Fire, Sargeist, Icon Of Phobos, Witchblood, Sein Und Zeit (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Tue 7/1 | $22 | Mournful Congregation, Lycus, Vilkacis, Evoken, Lord Mantis (web site) | 8 PM | Saint Vitus Bar (web site) | 1120 Manhattan Avenue | Brooklyn | |
| Sat 7/26 | $$ | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (web site) | 6 PM | Prospect Park Bandshell (web site) | 9th St. & Prospect Park W. | Brooklyn | 718-855-7882 |
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