Remember Incubus? Somehow, they are playing Radio City Music Hall with The Duke Spirit on August 4 and 5. Are they still that big? Anyway, tickets are on presale now, use code HEMELODIES. Presale ends at 10 pm tonight, then tickets go no regular sale tomorrow (Friday) at 10 am.

Other tickets that recently went on sale:

• The Helio Sequence is at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 28. Tickets
• Ivri Lider is at Webster Hall on May 31. Tickets
• Titus Andronicus is at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6. Tickets
• Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is at Mercury Lounge on May 3. Tickets
• The Bad Plus is at Highline Ballroom on August 21. Tickets
• Leonard Cohen is at Radio City Music Hall on May 16 and 17. Tickets
• Bonnie Prince Billy is at Apollo Theater on May 21. Tickets
• Sick Of It All with Bane, Inhuman, and Capital at Gramercy Theater on June 20. Tickets
• Isis is at Irving Plaza on June 2. Tickets
• Tera Melos and Marnie Stern are at The Bell House on May 3. Tickets
• Chairlift, Takka Takka, Angel Deradoorian (of Dirty Projectors), The Secret Life of Sofia, and The Gay Blades are at The Bell House on May 10. Tickets
• The Radio Dept. is at The Bell House on May 16. Tickets
• Rock Plaza Central is at the Bell House on June 2. Tickets
• AA Bondy is at the Bell House on June 2. Tickets
• Balkan Beat Box is at the Bell House on June 7. Tickets
• Jill Sobule and Matthew Barber are at Union Hall on May 13. Tickets

The Bowery Ballroom hosed two great singer/songwriters last night. Deer Tick opened, who are supposed to be great but I missed them. Did anyone catch them?

A.A. Bondy played next, to a pretty sparse crowd actually. His voice is beautiful and he is clearly very skilled on the guitar and harmonica but all I could think was “Bob Dylan rip-off” the whole time…

Jaymay is a whole ‘nother story though. The place filled up by the time she came out and she looked radiant. She mentioned that this was her last show until the fall and she seemed really happy to be there. She played a great selection of songs from her debut album and engaged the audience really well. She is able to do some amazing things with her voice, even sounding like a trumpet at one point, and her lyrics are so real and emotional you can’t help relating to them. If you haven’t seen her live yet, be sure to catch her in the fall!

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If you haven’t heard of JayMay yet, then listen up: She’s from New York and she’s been taking the local singer/songwriter scene by storm. Her new album, Autumn Fallin’, is a beautiful swirl of lilting vocals and soft guitar. She’s a little bit of jazz, a little bit of folk, a little bit of rock, and altogether wonderful. Her lyrics are so straightforward and real–no complicated metaphors to decipher–it almost seems like she might be reading your diary.

Check out her song “Grey or Blue” here and check her out on tour :

June
10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
11 Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel *
12 Arlington, VA – Iota *
13 Cleveland, OH - B-Side *
14 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café *
16 Chicago, IL - Schuba’s *
18 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
19 San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord *
20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
21 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern *

# with AA Bondy
* with Fink

Here’s the lowdown on the latest upcoming shows.

2/1: AA Bondy and The Felice Brothers @ Mercury Lounge. Tickets are on sale.

2/23: Matmos @ The Stone

2/27: Phosphorescent and Bowerbirds @ Union Hall. Tickets are on sale.

3/18: The Mountain Goats @ Webster Hall

3/19: The Mountain Goats @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

3/23: Bodies of Water and Le Loup @ Mercury Lounge

3/24: Bodies of Water and Le Loup @ Union Hall

3/31: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks @ Bowery Ballroom

4/2: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

4/12: Hot Chip @ Terminal 5