July 4 Weekend
by 
dklein on July 3rd, 2008
While many people are going away, including me (I’m hitting up the Jazz Festival in Montreal!), there is tons going on in NYC for your listening pleasure:
July 4
1:00: Ponytail, The Apes, Indian Jewelry, Marnie Stern, Double Dagger, Power Douglas at The Yard, part of a Todd P Party. $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
3:30: Sonic Youth and the Feelies in Battery Park. Free, but you need to have tickets that have already been distributed.
4:00: Japanther, Hidden Power, Dear Friends, Bravo Specter, The Book Slave at The Bodega. $5.
5:00: Titus Andronicus, Aleks & the Drummer, Frances at Solar One, part of Rooftop Films Party. $25.
8:00: Mr. Brownstone and White Limo at Bowery Ballrom. $20.
9:00: Phosphorescent, Virgin Forest at Glasslands. tba.
9:00: Morning 40 Federation, Americans at Mercury Lounge. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
10:00: Viva l’American Death Ray Music, Lover, Jessica Anne, Puddin Tang, Hollywood at Cake Shop. $6.
10:00: Psychedelic Horseshit, Crystal Stilts, Fabulous Diamonds, Pink Reason at Death by Audio. $6.
July 5
12:oo: Afro Punk Festival with Janelle Monae, The Apes, Shawn Hewitt, and Millsted at the Afro Punk Skate Park at Lafayette Ave. and Ashland Pl. in Brooklyn. Free.
2:00: USAISAMONSTER, Ultra Dolphins at the Yard. $5.
3:oo: Rachid Taha, Dengue Fever, Apollo Heights at Central Park Summerstage. Free.
6:00: RZA (as Bobby Digital) at Webster Hall. $25.
7:00: Michael Stuart and William Cepeda at Prospect Park Bandshell. Free.
8:00: Smoking Popes, The Oranges Band at Gramercy Theater. $16.
8:00: Thurston Moore, Gene Moore Duo, Metal Mountains (PG6 & Helen Rush) at Rehab. $10.
10:00: Ponihoax, Zombie Nation, Riton at Studio B. $10.
July 6
12:00: Afro Punk Festival with JThe Five One, No Surrender, Jen Militia, P.O.S at the Afro Punk Skate Park at Lafayette Ave. and Ashland Pl. in Brooklyn. Free.
2:00: James Spaulding Ensemble at the Harlem Meer Performance Festival at The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, (110th Street between Fifth and Lenox avenues. Free.
2:00: Ronnie Spector at McCarren Park Pool. Free
3:00: Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at Central Park Summerstage. Free.
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