If you are still recovering from the 3-day weekend, get over it and get ready to go out this week, starting tonight! Here are some shows at some of the smaller venues in the city going on this week:

• Here We Go Magic aka Luke Temple aka some music I am really into right now, is playing a FREE show tonight at Union Pool with Midnight Masses before he heads out on tour with the one and only Grizzly Bear. If you miss him tonight and can’t catch him with Grizzly Bear, he is also playing a FREE show on July 3 at South Street Seaport.
• Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers are strating thei residency at Pianos tomorrow (Wednesday, May 27) and it was just announced that the special guest is A Place To Bury Strangers. Nice! Coin Under Tongue and Sisters are also playing. Tickets are still on sale.
• Also tomorrow (Wednesday, May 27), Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hallelujah the Hills, and Ford & Fitzroy are all playing at Southpaw.
• If none of those float your boat, another new favorite, BLK JKS, are also playing tomorrow (Wednesday may 27) at the Bell House. Tickets on sale.
• On Thursday, May 28 Andrew W.K., Cherie Lily, Height, Ed Schrader, DJ Dog Dick, and Ana Lola Roman will all be at Santos Party House.
• Also on Thursday, May 28, Parts and Labor, Omega Jarden, Noveller, and Talk Normal will be at Union Pool.
  

As usual, there are a lot of fun concerts going on this weekend, and many of them still have tickets available. So get on it!

Friday

Adele @ Apple Store in Soho at 7 p.m. FREE

Wordless Music Presents: Hauschka, Tom Brosseau, Mischa Simonyan @ (le) Poisson Rouge 8 p.m.

Fixed with JDH and Dave P @ (le) Poisson Rouge at 11 p.m.

Robot Rock with Etan from Passion Pit DJing record release party for Dances With White Girls @ Le Royale. Free with RSVP.

Kadman (from Baltimore, MD) @ The Charleston in Williamsburg

Suicide, A.R.E. Weapons @ Europa 

Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Salt & Samovar, The Nouvellas @ The Bowery Ballroom

Rose Hill Drive, Colour Revolt @ Highline Ballroom

Wolf Parade @ Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ

Denison Witmer and Tyler James @ Union Hall 7:30 p.m.

M83 and School of Seven Bells @ Webster Hall

Saturday

Girl Talk, The Death Set, CX Kidtronik @ Terminal 5

Drew Daniel of Matmos @ Housing Works Cafe

Wordless Music Presents: The Calder String Quartet featuring Andrew WK @ (le) Poisson Rouge (please note, The Cinematic Orchestra is no longer on the bill)

Gregory & The Hawk, World Atlas, Juliana Barwick @ Glasslands

A.C. Newman, The Oranges Band, Bird of Youth @ The Bell House

Kaiser Chiefs and Oxford Collapse @ Webster Hall

Bob Schneider, Amie Miriello @ Bowery Ballroom

Infidels, Project Jenny/Project Jan, The Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Pet Ghost Project @ Asterisk* Art Space

The Homosexuals, The Octagon, Needy Visions, Magnet City Kids @ Cake Shop

Yeasayer, Ponytail, Graffiti Monsters @ NYU Skirball Center

Bang Camaro, Hooray For Earth, The Handsome Devil, Leslie @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Sunday

New Africa Live Presents: MAMA AFRIKA: A TRIBUTE CONCERT TO MIRIAM MAKEBA (who passed away on November 10) Featuring Harry Belafonte, Randy Weston, Blue Nefertiti (Celia of Les Nubians), Somi, Gino Sitson, Wunmi, Bakithi & Robbi Khumalo, Tony Cedras, Francis Mbappe and more @ (le) Poisson Rouge

The Spinto Band, Sam Champion, And The Moneynotes @ Bowery Ballroom

Girl Talk, Grand Buffet, Hearts of Darknesses @ Terminal 5

Eagles of Death Metal and The Duke Spirit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Death Set, NinjaSonik, Appomattox @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Lights, Heloise & The Savoir Faire, Coconuts @ Santos Party House

New York Magazine actually puts on some pretty fun events, and they have two interesting ones coming up. On November 19 Xiu Xiu will be playing at a “Bad Art Auction” hosted by Judah Friedlander and on December 3 at (le) Poisson Rouge (Tickets) and Ted Leo will be playing a full set and then will become the backing band for karaoke, hosted by Andrew WK at Studio B. Tickets here. I was at the last indie karaoke with Of Montreal and it was awesome.

The following shows are on sale now:

Eagles of Death Metal on November 16 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Eagles of Death Metal on November 17 @ Bowery Ballroom

Gang Gang Dance on November 28 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Jay Reatard, Longwave, White Lies CMJ Show on October 24 @ Bowery Ballroom

Calder String Quartet with Andrew W.K. on November 15 @ (le) Poisson Rouge

Electronic masters Digitalism will be at Santo’s Party House for their only New York appearance this Sunday, September 14. $10 advance tickets are available now at Other Music, or here, or it’s $12 at the door. The rest of the schedule at Santo’s, including Andrew W.K., Q-Tip, and Jay Reatard, is below.

09.15 Declassified w/ special guest Andrew WK (live solo show!)
09.15 Deitch Gallery Presents the NEST (Dash Snow & Dan Colen) & The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black double book release after-party
09.16 JUST ADDED EARLY SHOW: Lia Ices & PALMS
09.16 The.Beautiful.Kids w/ DJs Nick Lovely Day, Andy Carlson & Rian Fossett
09.17 (downstairs) Square One w/ DJs Matthias Heilbronn & Joeski
09.17 (upstairs) The No Comprendo w/ DJ Prince Language
09.18 Ete D’Amour w/ special guests Busy P & DJ Mehdi (Ed Banger Records)
09.18 DJs Rich Medina & Q-Tip
09.20 (downstairs) DJ Tommy Moye (Rong Music)
09.22 (upstairs) Declassified party w/ special guest Black Time & Static Static
09.22 (downstairs): Cut Copy/Presets after-party w/ DJs TBA
09.24 Special Disco Version w/ James Murphy, Pat Mahaoney & Tim Sweeney
09.25 Ete D’Amour finale w/ special guests Michael Mayer & Superpitcher
09.26 (early show) Endless Boogie LIVE!
09.27 Black Dice LIVE! w/ IUD (members of Gang Gang Dance) + DJs Jesse Fischler and Justin V (!!!, Outhud)
09.29 Declassified w/ special guest TBD
09.30 (downstairs) Let There Be House Monthly w/ Telfar
09.30 (upstairs): NYC premiere party for ‘The Boned Age’ snowboarding movie
10.02 (downstairs): Ceremony w/ Derek Plaslaiko, Mike Servito, Memory Boy & Lee Douglass
10.02 JUST ADDED: Buraka Som Sistema plus The Trouble & Bass crew DJs (Drop the Lime, Star Eyes, Math Head + The Captain)
10.07 NEW PARTY ALERT: See you Next Tuesday Monthly Party
10.09 NEW PARTY ALERT: Voodoo Funk w/ DJ Franco (Vampryros Lesbos)
10.14 Modular Records Night Presents LadyHawke w/ Bumblebeez
10.26 Jay Reatard (live) w/ Vivian Girls, Cola Freaks & DJ TIM WARREN
10.31 Halloween @ Santos!
11.02 JUST ADDED: Slank + Notorious MSG + Fan Tan

None other than Andrew WK is opening a new venue downtown at 100 Lafayette St. called Santa’s Party House. Kinda a great name. And, if the first show is anything of a harbinger of things to come, should be a great venue. It will be Handsome Furs (who had one of my top albums of 2007) on April 5. Not sure about tickets yet, but I’ll keep ya posted.